i took the USDCAD off the table w/ 125 pips in hand ... very good trade. was going to let this one run, but it's bouncing off this same area too much for my liking & due to the extended holiday coming up, no need to be messing around. much to be ...

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found a much better set-up for the EURUSD long ... all planets aligned & i jumped on board. took my USDCHF trade off so i netted the initial 1% on that one. my 1:1 was given to very quickly which coincided w/ my GBPUSD watchlist short being negated ...

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still running ... i like my chances here, but anything can happen.

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haha. stopped out. humbling. i completely missed something that would have kept me out of all 3 trades ...

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sucker for punishment that i am, i have yet another EURJPY trade short.

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i didn't let them do it to me twice ... USDCAD on a free trade (came w/in 1 pip again so i manually gave myself the free trade)

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i think i might have messed this one up ... both times actually; 2nd time around was a full loss ... looking back over the set-up, im not sure why i took it short ... not a good sign. (i think i was chasing a bus i missed from last nite)

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oh joy. more oanda fun ... price reached my target for the free trade, but oanda's idiot "price overlay" policy f'd me again.

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short the USDCAD. looks promising ... we'll see.

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against my better judgment, i entered trades during the break b/w the NY closing bell & the tokyo open (& even b/f the kiwi open at 3pm!!! ... GASP!!) ... anyway, i fared okay, but as i expected per my back-testing data, there just wasn't enuf to ...

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did better tonite than last nite. friend suggested something to streamline things & that was implemented 1/2-way thru the session (was a huge help). all the pairs i was watching spiked at the tokyo/aussie open so i kind of missed the bus on them. i ...

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some great trades were missed &/or screwed up due to flawed execution and/or flawed analysis ... tonite ... back on task ... i think i did make a few pips on the EURJPY and that trade would still be open, but for me screwing the whole thing up ...

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it's too nice to pass up on a hike ... potential watchlist for later this evening: E/U, G/U, U/CHF, E/J, G/J, A/U, N/U, EURCAD

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this was a great trade ... couple of things. 1st i should have manually close 1/2 the trade at the 1:1 when i saw that oanda had not filled the buy order & saw price subsequently hit the same level at least 3 more times. regardless, had i totally ...

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market shook me out of these. (s/r was not congruent re the entries); i also took the EURCHF and upon review, this was also the problem (but i didn't get my free trade here).

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papertrades: (i screwed up the interpretation of the entries so instead of chasing them around, i just did it this way) USDCHF ... short at 1290; SL 1312; in free trade status; target 1000 USDCAD ... short at 2267; SL 2285; in free trade status; ...

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yup, that was its nonsense "price overlay" b.s. .... the other thing was i SAW the price reach my target on the order terminal ... i wasn't even referring to the chart ... whatever. due to these oanda shenanigans, i trailed my stop once more, ...

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make that 4 separate times price reached the price of my buy order that oanda didn't honor the stop ...

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EURGBP ENTRY (5M) [note to self: oanda did not honor my order re the 1:1 for the free trade (usual day-to-day, cost-of-doing-business-with-oanda-b.s. so i have to fade the correction w/ full lots]

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