IB off TL break. rats. i thought i moved my SL on oanda ... maybe it was oanda (probable) maybe it was me (also probable) ... & i didn't get stopped out at 1/2 risk ... manually closed when i figured it out ... 1.4% loss ... did i say crying wasn't ...

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i think the problem w/ the SH trading is that it requires every opp be traded to maintain the edge in the market. any missed opp impairs the bottom line, b/c it could be the one trade that was critical to the recovery of the account after some ...

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out of the USDJPY at b/e ... or at least what oanda considers b/e ...

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ya, today just keeps being deja vu over and over. i entered this order and started adjust my stop loss & discovered i hit SHORT instead of long (an execution problem i sometimes have and apparently still need to improve upon) ... i jump out. im in ...

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actually i didn't. it just a modified demark entry, but i will only (i mean try to stay disciplined) enter on the break of the TL if it lines up w/ a PA signal to the pip. love the article tho.

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one last one ... pin bar mania ... i would not take this if price didn't break 2 pips. this one only broke by 1. notwithstanding that fact, if trade was taken anyway, risk was reduced in half once price closed below the entry which was eventually ...

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actually, i am going to use the recent one off the DBLHC ... "1" is where price closed above the actual entry. SL moved to reduce risk in half or what i call "1R" (i call the very bottom 2R now ... price only gets there if it enters, doesn't close ...

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this is a repeat from a trade i posted above that i had missed, but it is a good example of how letting profits run can wipe out a few losses and put the session in the black. "2" is where i [would have] entered off the IB after the TL break; "1" is ...

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did the usual w/ this one. 1) made an assumption it had no more room to run; 2) placed too much reliance on there needing to be some perfect little PA signal instead of just trading the pullback w/ the price action; 3) got distracted & lost focus. ...

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both stopped out a b/e. however, my USDJPY is now sailing on up ... i moved that SL to b/e. oanda still taking pennies on each of my b/e trades ...

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set-up i missed cuz i was working out ... there always seems to be a pretty good move during the kiwi/aussie open hours even it moves at a snails pace at times. even the spread wasn't too bad. entry off the break of the TL off the IB. this trade ...

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nevermind i think i found it. i agree w/ you on that point. rest in the PM. ... so as not to be rude re cross-contamination of course.

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good afternoon dahlia: would you mind giving me the specific time of that pin? i cant seem to find it on my GMT chart. thanks. any EST, CST, or PST will do. thank you. im sending you a PM ...

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i only see 2 daily trades today. EURUSD is probably going to end the day as an IB. will take this short w/ the trend. the USDCHF will likely end w/ a doji pin ... the trend is long-ish, but also sideways too since the beginning of the year. on the ...

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forgot about my 3 remaining open orders on the daily "scalp" trades. AUDUSD ... SL moved to b/e GBPJPY ... SL moved to b/e USDJPY ... in the black, but not behaving ... much about the same here as the 1st one ... guess the market happy w/ this price ...

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wow. it's good to go to sleep ... my remaining daily scalps resulted in ... drum roll please ... (cut out the drama grinder ... that's really bad) ... EURUSD ... never triggered NZDUSD ... loss ... too bad, cuz it tipped my entry, took out my stop & ...

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HA!!! my TP on my GBPUSD triggered ... im sick. really. or i must be. i lost 1% on the 1st USDJPY trade from last week (i cant remember if i would have had a chance to move the SL to b/e at some point, but irrelevant now) ... gained 4% on ...

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forgot about my SH trade. it worked. ran down to 2580. oanda didn't trigger my TP order ... of course. i discovered it when i went over to the sub-account to record the details of the trade in my log. there it was still open & starting to retrace ...

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the max distance stat for the nite are 21. the average pip per trade (again assuming i followed the system) is 11.5. out of the 9 trades i took where i followed my rules for entry (on the 5 min trading) ... only 2 losers. that's 7 out of 9 or 78%. ...

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totally gross. 1st this time change thing has me totally messed up. it's 4am and im wide awake (could have something to do w/ me sleeping past noon or possibly a combo of that and the hike i took). anyway ... another BAIL to add to my not-so stellar ...

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