NYSE market session hours — missed adding this b/f "EDIT" button was removed on my market hour post: NYSE "The New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, is open from Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET." [source, nyse.com] PST = 630am-1pm CME ...

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

lesson for the day ... learn to embrace losses knowing that it's all coming back in one nice trade like this one and then some.

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

long off an IB following a domino TF sequence -- i.e., 15 min IB, 30 min IB, hourly doji-IB ... captured 6 pips on 1/2 & another 7 pips on the other 1/2 (back to grinds-ville as i might have trailed this to capture a longer move) 49.1% results had i ...

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hammer that gapped away from the hourly MA for 5 pips on a full lot; this increased my gains to 50.8% unfortunately, i took a pin that did not meet my criteria for a tradeable pin that was off MA's in the direction of the trend (open was not w/in ...

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last trade of the london session & the nite: double bullish pin bar & breach of double top which were below all MA. i took 6 pips off w/ 1/2 & moved stop loss to the low at the close of the 1st trigger bar. price continued to move up & i hit 50% ...

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the stop hunting has become a real problem w/ the system of taking 5-7 pips off on 1/2 and moving SL on remaining 1/2 to b/e. i might have to start taking a few chances & simply trail the stop bar by bar perhaps, having enuf guts to just hang on for ...

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short off quad support around 2500 where there was also an IB on the 15 min & other short PA on 30min & 1hr charts. took 5 pips off & moved stop to break even ... which was of course hit b/f price continued to drop ... yay oanda!! 48.6%

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short off an IB/double bottom/triple bottom after price bounced down thru hourly MA & closed below there or quick 7 pips on full lots traded. i finally passed 47.9% at 48.1% ... EDIT: could have stayed in this one for another 20-30 pips, but ...

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another bullish outside bar taken off hourly MA taken for 7 pips. prolly got out too early here too. 47%

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

feel a bit dejected considering price climbed to almost 2550 ... DOH!!

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

bullish outside bar taken off hourly MA where the entry was beyond daily MA. took 4 pips on full lots b/c price approaching 2500 resistance & my 2 past losses have me spooked. should have stayed in based on the strength of the signal, but wanting to ...

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a little disappointed that i took the short off this IB. thought i could get to the hourly MA. had a feeling it was gonna bust long b/f i got anything out of it so i bailed for a loss. this was a bad trade. back to 45%. sigh.

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couple trades during tokyo (monday) — pin bar short; 6 pips on 1/2, then b/e long off the IB; got nervous & bailed excellent short off the double inny; thought i was closing out the whole order at 10 pips; later, i heard oanda ding & realized ...

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took this pin; wasn't the best in terms of shape or location; 5 on 1/2, remainder to b/e that was hit. rethinking this ... knowing it was not a great trade, should have taken the entire units off at 5 pips. no worries. net gain 47%

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another sweet set-up — missed this cuz back on the phone again ... uggh (hopefully, there will be an end to that today ... ) evening star/pin bouncing off hourly MA & closing below it in an obvious downtrend; went back down to re-test ...

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monday NY closing hours trades — pin bar/star which was off hourly MA & my entry would be past the daily MA; had a feeling this was not the best of trades & i definitely had my finger on the buy button at 5 pips; b/e on the other 1/2 DBLHC; ...

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limit trade ... — that i canceled in favor of my instincts ... it was: breach of support to re-test yesterday's low. would have made it ... no worries. no losers tonite and at least and im up; & considering the fxdd trade & the ...

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actually ended up traveling 100 or so pips. outside bars (which are more than just engulfing candles) are price movers in the 5 min.

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

this one ended up okay — took this one & had to sweat it for a bit [bearish outside bar w/ the trend (can't see the daily MA above) thru the hourly MA that closed below it w/ weak momentum]. eventually got my 5 pips at 1/2 & then oanda ...

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missed trades sunday ... — had to take a phone call ... double top/pin bar-ish; probably wasn't the best trade to take anyway, but was the start of further price action ADX crossover/double bottom the break of which confirmed the EPR w/ the ...

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