interesting pin bar meets news release thing again. green is the pin; yellow is the news release that screwed w/ it. glad i didn't take the pin.

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

dbl IB w/ the retrace; entry 3404.7, exit 3423.4. might get beyond this, but the market doesn't seem to favor the longs right now. net 1.8% LOL ... now it does, did in fact reach 162% of my 2nd fib rg, then 162% of my 3rd fib rg, then 100% of the ...

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

1st one triggered for a 2% win. 2nd one didn't triggered ... duh.

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

another friend of mine mentioned another book she wrote & thought insightful.

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

okay, market went kookoo on me. took that final trade (as stated above) to end the day at net 8.5% ... HA!! to the positive for a change. entered 2 stop hunt trades. one going short at 3420 and one long at a serious resistance level break that will ...

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not too surprisingly the loss was off a pin bar that was off support level. .... which was a big hint the market was bailing on open orders ... waaaaaa ... failed to check the news ... major GBP news right after i took this trade. dunce. (and i ...

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i dont know what forex god decided to bless me today, but despite a bunch of missed trades and a bunch of scratches, in 10 trades i've netted 8.0%. 10 wins 1 loss. all i can say is wow ... follow simple rules for entries w/ an exit strategy in place ...

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im asleep at the switch!!! WAKE-UP!!

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

caught this for a quick 0.9% missed this one cuz of a distraction (one of my usual flaws) ...

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

last pullback off a mirror/IB; formed a BUOB once i was in it so i knew i was in decent shape to make a few pips; bailed b/f hitting the 262% mark, but stalled after a spike ... still good for another 1%. net 4.5% for NY close/Kiwi open. never did ...

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2 more that i took. after i hit buy on this one i didn't feel that confident in the trade. felt it still had some unfinished business on the short side. bailed at b/e. mirror/dbl IB after the TL break at the start of a new long move & at the 80 mark ...

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hey ma, look no hands!! 1% on both trades. i stuck to the plan on both.

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

gosh-darned, power-outages ruining the party! (for later when i wonder why i didn't trade it)

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STOP HUNT TRADING — made my 2nd stop gunning trade based on a free article i read in investopedia & a link to a video tutorial (i think made by the co-author of the article) that found in a different forum. short at 3920 to 3900 ... 1.9% gain ...

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lack of discipline (allowed fear to creep in again) caused me to lose profit opportunity. 1st trade off the pullback ... got to 161.8% (based on the range related to that move) ... price retraced & had i moved SL to even the earlier 3935 (plus 2 ...

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loss. -1.7% took the TL break off the IB/DBHLC, but it couldn't get going ... i feel unphased (versus the "tilt" feeling i usually experience after taking a loss) so this is good.

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crazy confluence. had to answer the doorbell & missed these. doji pin or IB or doji IBall at the pullback; all good for a minimum of 20 pips 4. hammer/pin/simple PA off pullback ... good to finish the move for another 20 pips

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johnw method url

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

happy new year ghous, were you able to achieve your aim? cheers & good trading.

From 17 to 1000...

last nite netted 2.9% - woohoo! to close out the week, took 2 trades to net me another 4.5% -- im amazed w/ myself, my progress, and my increasing patience & discipline w/ my trades. BEOB off pullback IB, a little early as price not at pullback; had ...

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