aussie open ... — ... what a buzz kill ... absolutely no volume. there usually is some great moves at the open leading up to tokyo. trade i took: no straddle so played a bb tag (w/in 4 pips i think), but PA too strong too pass up BEOB, ...

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great trade (why did i papertrade?) oh well, it was spot on w/ my rules: mirror pattern (shy 1 pip)/TBL (so couldn't close lower, but not playing it long) PA bouncing off both MA's/BB ADX crossed outside at/near 25 MA's about to re-straddletook it ...

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

couldn't get in the zone. didn't take any trades on my goals account. seemed to have "cant-pull-the-trigger-itis" or something. oh well, tomorrow's a new day.

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

off to a slow start — not in the mood to post charts ... papertrades only so far ... BEOB & ADX crossover (the break of the BEOB = EPR); straddle over (hourly MA traveled to the mid-bb) ... nothing i can point to about why this failed DBHLC; ...

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just happened to notice this good one ... not trading anymore, but the set-up needs to get implanted into my subconscious!!

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

goals update — 1.2% per day (average) 6.2% per week (i was close to 10% until i donked off some of the pips i made in some very D+ trades) not bad ... having cleaned up some of the leaks in my game, i still think 10% per week is attainable, ...

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friday morning — NY closing hours are starting to look the same ... did not take any trades on my goals account (pat on the back) ... i did take a few on the papertrade account just as an experiment ... the last one ("tricky") was tough, b/c ...

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

some missed opportunities ... — ... b/c i broke the rule about being my own trader ... trading partner's rule is to stay out of the market not only on the morning of the non-farm stuff, but also the day preceding it too. he did end up taking ...

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holy crap — i did it! finally ... 5 min: pin bar off mid-bb w/ sentiment & bullish momentum 15/30/60 min: all 3 same pattern at the same price! double top followed by IB ... i felt really confident about the trade so i switched over to my ...

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tradeable signals ... — ... some taken, some missed: PA = BEOB that closed below upper bands, followed by IB; short off the IB; no straddle in play & ADX shows correction is due ... did alright on this one; 5, 10, 15 next was a hammer/pin off ...

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divergence remix ... — it's the same old thing over and over ... this is the play that i got caught up in when i got back from the vet, but as it progressed it played out accordingly ... the key/legend to the chart: yellow line/"D" = ...

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more gems ... — from j16 chart thread ... this trader has really got his sh-- together.

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

im such a clown ... but im slowly getting it oanda's software is so bad ... almost every single day they re-set my settings despite me repeatedly hitting "save user settings" button .... arrgggh anyhow, when i sat down tonite, i took some trades, ...

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waited all morning for the break out i saw was setting up ... when price broke thru support level (which was also supported on the MTF's) i took it, but i didn't have a great feeling about it due to the fact the hourly was still above the 4hr ... i ...

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ADX & choppy session — becoming surprisingly predictable ...

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

the market has been totally spooky since 9pm or so. this might be the reason: "The European Central Bank is expected to slash interest rates by 50 basis points or more later on Thursday, hoping to breathe life into the euro zone economy as it faces ...

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pin off MA's w/ bearish sentiment, & weak bullish-ness ... what did i do? i papertraded ... why? all those huge spikes put me off ... oh well, i made out, 5, 10, 10 also the 3-bar RP pattern when divergence was present & had an ADX crossover where ...

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

registered for "The Disciplined Trader" Intensive Trading Course ... very excited!!!

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

so used to playing the straddle, then divergence after the straddle, i missed two tags once the straddle unwound completely. the long off the ADX.x.EPR would not have been wise, b/c price hadn't tagged the lower bands yet & the following long off ...

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played a short off a triple bottom on the 15 min that corresponded to the previous short off the star/pin ... wasn't goofing around so i pretty much bailed on it; was still good for 5, 3, 2

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