happy weekend to me — final week wrap up ... made out okay to close the week ... took a couple quick trades that lined up nicely and ended the week at 43% net gain since i started & 11% for the week. this weekend will be used to review the ...

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frustrating end to the week — after last night's festivities (groan) ... woke up and decided to get right back to it .... playing in traffic ... freeway traffic. i am getting smarter by the minute aren't i? anyway, b/c i messed w/ the chop, i ...

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friday morning trades review — what was i predicting about my chances on these trades? ... oh well, there's always next week.

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then gave some back ... let my emotions run my trading again ... yikes! when will i ever learn?

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managed to grind my way back to 45% ...

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not having a great evening ... gun shy ... emotions running my trades ... relying on trading partner ... next week will be smokin' still up for this week ... let's leave it that way should we?

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still dwelling ... — playing this off the resistance break was not wise b/c ... price only tested it one time indicating exhaustion only ... and w/ that was bound to give me real trouble ... im almost over it ... swear. :-|

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note to self: dont make any assumptions about the market ... DUH ... especially if trying to scalp it.

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just missed a quad bottom at 2866 which was has become a serious support level ... im officiallly not in the zone ... tilt

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ummm, scratch that, i just threw an interception ... ugggh ... what a drag ... played a multiple resistance level to the long side; think this was a fake = loser okay, i have my work cut out for me now ... lost 2%

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divergence play — well, things are sure shaping up according to plan: pin bar for a quick 5 to the mid-bb price action indicating short, which did in fact travel to the lower bands (see #4 from the divergence post above) more price action (RP) ...

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price action — bearish outside bar: this one was really obvious; high of the bar off resistance and closed below yesterday's high; good for at least 10 pips b/f testing support at 2900-ish. missed it cuz just got back from hike. "PA pattern": ...

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rule — i have a feeling im going to want to review this one again & wont be able to find it cuz it's buried in another post. playing pins or other price action with the trend from the outer bands close 1/2 position at 5 pips ... trail the ...

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i am fully expecting to get burned on most of these trades by oanda due to it's ever-changing & increasing spreads thru the day (nothing to do w/ news releases even). there's not a lot i can do about it so i press on in the interest of my forward ...

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perfect pin bar formation — never ceases to amaze me how the most perfect looking pin bars can give the most grief ... i decided to experiment w/ this one and enter at the close of the pin instead of waiting for the break ... no big deal as it ...

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AUDUSD update — oops ... USD took a dive during the closing hours of NY session. trade is now in the red ... boy am i brilliant! ... ... and to top it all off, a pin bar has formed.

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price had already reached the lower band via the first move & i totally missed that. saw this 4 top & sat there staring at it ... dg was smart enuf to get in on the break & see it thru to the 2900 level. however, i did play that little pin at the ...

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actual trade — i watched this divergence play out and found this double top forming a bearish outside bar. got in for 12 pips. it did in fact bounce off the mid-bb and retrace. presently waiting for potential price action to catch the ride to ...

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divergence play predictability — there seems to be a bit of a price action pattern w/ these so im going to jot down what i see as the progression of the price action divergence forms tempting tradeable price action appears (e.g., pin bar ...

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thursday daily scalp watchlist — EURUSD ... pin bar (too much resistance in the way, but might be good for a few pips) GPBUSD ... might pin up ... update: yup USDCHF ... IB ... straddle trade EURCHF ... IB ... straddle trade USDJPY ... pin ...

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