LOL ... the local pub down the street! ... it's fairly, small (30 players avg), but competitive tourney ... it's one of these pub leagues ... i dont go much anymore, but definitely needed the distraction from the trading & lots of great overlapping ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

not even back for 1 minute & im back to hodge-podge ... traded some goofy NY closing swing breakout thing last week & presently up 1500 pips in the XAUUSD ... only relevance here has been the discipline that i have exercised for the duration ... ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

im back from the dead ... first post will be "under construction" (so-to-speak ... and when i get around from it, which means after the beyond-ridiculous heat wave we're having here on the NW coast ...) ... expect to be trading somewhat regularly ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

summer keeping me really busy & crappy market = not much trading ... took a small swing-type trade earlier this week ... and ... you guessed it ... ended in a loss ... i am a real genius aren't i? the 2 other swing trades i was in that were going ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

i did ... made me feel much better ... in fact, since reading it, i haven't had a losing trade in over a week! LOL ... could be because i haven't placed a single trade!!! think i will dip my feet in the waters again next week & see how it goes.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

the losing streak continues ... i wouldn't know what to do w/ myself if i were to experience a winning trade ... irony is my discipline has improved 10-fold ... unfortunately, still not reflected in the net gains. sigh

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

who knew successive losses could be such fun ... so this is what i've been reading about! i surrender again after 2 small losses this session.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

nothing special last nite. 1 small loss & i shut-'er down ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

hahaha ... what a prediction ... unfortunately, i gave up after the 1st 2 losses ... sigh ... for some reason, i cant seem to get all the pieces to come together at the same time; i.e., system & discipline ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

another nite that could crush the spirit of any young (eh-hem) ... budding forex trader ... phew ... ranging markets are exhausting on the 'ole self ... [2 losers tonite & a break even ...] ... i tink lucy, this market is gearing up for some kinda ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

i forgot all about my USDCAD swing trade ... presently up 200 pips on that one ... failed to make a lower low & fundamentally, it seemed like a logical bounce off 1.10 ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

made a slight modification to my plan of action ... should help w/ a much needed adjustment to these ranging times & when i sit down to trade & find i have "missed" the initial entry & remain dumbfounded as to what to do ... market is garbage ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

actually, i totally forgot that i did take a trade from a pullback, but i used a very tight stop loss & that trade ended in a very micro loss (technically should have been break even, but due to my lack of trust in oanda's platform, etc., i was a ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

this sunday phase seems t/b a weekly thing ... the market has been in a giving mood (albeit very sloooooooow) ... and i just sit there and watch it go by ... the 1st trade i missed was simply a matter of me 1st sticking to my rules by beginning my ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

ha! thanks for stopping by ... i totally agree about the summer thing ... volume has really been an issue for my "system" for sure, but should be good to continue my training in discipline ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

END OF WEEK POST-MORTEM : net for the week was 10.1% loss ... much of which could have been avoided w/ a few adjustments to my discipline & also b/c i have further simplified my entry signals. discipline + higher MA's for filter = 4.1% gain for the ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

found another entry, but passed again due to the hour (didn't feel like i could stay up long enuf to see it thru) ... wouldn't you know it, im still up and the trade is about to reach 1% locked in profit ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

yup ... break even it is. the market is in serious range mode ... i passed on the next signal cuz RR was way off.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

not earth-shattering ... 3 small losses ... trade im in presently just hit the break even mark so hopefully that puts an end to the losing streak.

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe

getting creamed by this sideways, very slow market ...

go live or bust ... diary of an fx live-trader-wannabe