i was and i did and they all ended in a scratch

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

yesterday's asian market was reeeeeeeally slow ... i got lulled to sleep & missed some potential trades ... net for the yesterday ... zero ... oh well. saw some continuation moves in the U/J, E/J, & G/J today & jumped into those. all three are in ...

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

actually tried some s/r trading on a lark tonite & was a complete bust ...

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

family in town, multiple bank holidays, & serious fundies throughout the week (NFP amongst others) make for some really drab trading ... im net negative for the week ... 4 of my 6 losers (uggh) ... were due to a complete lack of discipline ... i ...

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

not quite ... since it's not mandatory ... unless of course, ... you've been ordered to attend via a court order (ah, freedom ... aint it grand)

Leverage reducing begins

come to think about it ... i sure hope someone creates another super-smart-agency to tell me how much (errr, how little) to wager on the roulette wheel, whether i should double down at black jack, throw money on the "come" at craps or push all-in at ...

Leverage reducing begins

crap! i have a live account w/ a metatrader-broker so maybe that's why it worked? ... doubtful, but who knows ... sorry i wish i could help you get your's up and running since your thread prompted me to fix mine ... good luck.

MT4 mystery

EUREKA!! i uninstalled metatrader and asked my broker for another set-up file & reloaded!! lost all my templates (brilliant one that i am didn't heed the warning during the install to back-up my files ... oh well) ... but still have all those ...

MT4 mystery

this was a worthwhile in and of itself ... unfortunately, didn't solve the problem. nor did this one ... or these ones ... and not this ... but, i will press on working my way thru the suggestions ... (thanks for all)

MT4 mystery

same thing just start happening to me ...

MT4 mystery

final weekly tally w/ the assumption the E/J trade wont hold is net gain 5% ... had i been a disciplined trader taking only HP set-ups during my trading session & only 4 pairs, of 24 trades that presented, 15 would have been winners, 5 w/h/b ...

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

i couldn't resist ... but i didn't want to disrupt his thread which was well-intentioned ... ... "crystal ball?" ...

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

2 losses for the nite (1 should've been a scratch but for oanda's triple spread deal ... really grinder ... are you still going on about that ... get over it ... ) .... 2 are still open ... and they are in FREE TRADE mode ... oanda be damned ...

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

unbelievable ... oanda actually filled one of my orders on the E/J ... now in free trade status ... not sure if this market is going to cooperate further or not, but that certainly aint the point at this juncture ...

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

umm, well, not only did i not get the free trade off my NU due to oanda, but after paying them my spread & them f'g me on my free trade order, it then dumped me from a trade after flipping the price overlay from low-ask to the high-ask ... ...

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

my G/J trade was a loser ... however, i did win at the "not picking the top/bottom" stupid game i usually play w/ the market ... im taking it well ... :nerd:

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

the oanda is the worst broker saga continues ... N/U trade ... the "price overlay" showed 33.1 ... my order 33 ... uggh ... had i been w/ a grown up broker ... ahh ... enuf of the whining ... oh, but i do luv it so ...

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

the market has no volume ... and barely even a whisper at tokyo open ... so, it looks like i wont be getting a chance to redeem my "disciplined" self ... took 3 trades solely to practice learning how to take losses ... (something bf tried this week ...

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

here's the post-mortem for the day ... it's a doozy ... i had 2 outright losses from the U/J & N/U trades ... then, i bailed on the E/J at 1% net, but should have been a scratch ... U/J & N/U were both actually -2% each for a net -4% each ... of the ...

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

im still net 13% for the week (potential to drop to 11%) so i shouldn't be whining too much ... and im not about my account balance for sure, but i really am beating myself up over the LOD (.... lack of discipline) ...

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