loser. 0.6%. followed my set-up, just didn't work.

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

one more at 1% risk for a 0.3% gain. followed my rules & let the market take me out. keep it up. hammer at the crossover after a TDTL break.

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

yay!! i followed my trading rules to a tee. risk was 1% of my account. TSL was per the plan ... was tempted to jump out early & sat on my hands. price reached 1-1/2 RR, TSL to 1:1 & was taken out there by the market. hallelujah. 0.4% gain only b/c i ...

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

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

Thursday, January 11, 2007 Four Overlooked Qualities of Successful Traders One of the things I most enjoy about working with traders in various settings--prop firms, hedge funds, and investment banks--is the opportunity to see how successful traders ...

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

final trade for the nite net me 1%. nothing special here. did jump out b/f my rules dictated, but way past my trading hours at this point so took the gains gladly (well, after i did, i made sure i exited my charts so i couldn't see what i had left ...

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

well, i didn't keep the promise i made to myself last nite to trade my set-ups and follow my trailing stop loss method to the tee. took 0.6% on this trade jumping out at 1/2R b/c i had just experienced 2 losses & lots of my trades today got to 1/2R ...

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

1st trade for the evening b/e.

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

and now a word from oanda ... SPIKE!

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

discipline strikes again. earlier took a trade & phone call at the same time. loss of -0.6%. then i took another trade just for the sake of it b/f going out. loss of -1.5%. not too bright grinder. no trades taken tonite b/c i got roped into going to ...

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

url i cant keep up anymore w/ all the great reading. better send this to my bro too.

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

let fear & over-thinking (think long, think wrong?) ... get in my way on this one. just sat there frozen as the price dropped.

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

1st trade of the day is a 0.6% gain. price slipped down pretty fast and i got in 2 pips late ... once price stalled i decided to jump out b/c my risk was greater than 2% due to the late entry. nothing fancy here. jumped in after MA's crossed which ...

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

this is great free site! url (discovered courtesy of dialist in the rookie section i believe) and this one too. url

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

read this tomorrow. url

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

bookmark, chapter 8, page 65

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

closing shop for the day. tried to find that multi-time-frame moving average indicator that showed up as small red or blue boxes at the corner of the chart that i used to have, but somewhere along my re-install of mt4, it must have been over-ridden. ...

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

3 more trades taken after computer maintenance. 1st for a loss of 0.4%, 2nd was b/e, 3rd was for a net gain of 0.8% (leaving another potential 0.8% on the table due to the same old fear thing i have going on ... i will overcome this!!) ... missed ...

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

in the middle of reading this and dont want to lose the address. url

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

quick short trade for 0.4% gain, but have to do some computer maintenance so couldn't see it thru. i think i might have been stopped out at b/e anyway so just as well.

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