CHFJPY no trade — didn't close as a PB after all.

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EURJPY no trade after all — didn't close as a pin & my IB is back in business.

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USDCHF wednesday — price tested resistance at 1417 & closed below it forming this price action pattern; there is resistance to the upside at 1595 & nothing major holding it up really until 10900. going to gamble on this one cuz i like the RR & ...

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EURGBP wednesday — i like it, but 8033 still hangs me up ... im going to papertrade this & if it runs up & forms an IB that closes above 8033, i might gamble on the long. entry 7967; SL 7684; time stop

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GBPUSD wednesday — price closed below a resistance level & below prior day's low. no problems until 7049/6970. if it moves past there, there's a good chance i can reach 1%; renewed bearish momentum w/ bears still in control over bulls that are ...

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trailing stops update — EURCHF (j16): TSL 5535 (4 pip spread); risk reduced in half IB'S (subaccount): AUDJPY: TSL 67.03 on remaining 1% (10 pip spread); another 386 locked in (decided to go w/ the conservative approach here & move to 200% ...

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wednesday watchlist — GBPUSD ... double top that might close lower (at least lower than prior day's close) for a short signal ... maybe EURGBP ... double bottom (w/in 5 pips) that will likely close higher for a long signal ... however, once ...

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Missed Tuesday's Usdcad Ib!!!! — poop, there is no end to the amount i can flub things.

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wednesday morning update — EURUSD ... no clue = PASS GBPUSD ... double top that might close lower (at least lower than prior day's close) for a short signal ... maybe EURGBP ... double bottom (w/in 5 pips) that will likely close higher for a ...

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EURCHF tuesday trade — triggered & is just barely beyond the entry point. if it can stay in the black thru NY close, i can reduce risk by 1/2 ...

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EURCHF papertrade update — still in the red ... (duh, considering my EURCHF triggered short) ... present price is 5408-ish & SL is 5353. we'll see.

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USDCHF — time stop hit. went short instead ... no harm and no foul.

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morning update — happy morning to me today. all of IB the orders triggered & i set all the 1:1 orders (correctly ... woohoo). so far, the following have hit 1:1 targets on the following: AUDUSD NZDUSD AUDJPY EURAUD (you can't keep me down ...

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market's goofy tonite — tried finding some PA on the 5 minute tonite. couldn't seem to pull the trigger. missed a bunch of pips, but the set-ups did not give me a lot of confidence. oanda's spread on the EURUSD right now (london!!!) is 5 pips. ...

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5 minute plan — instead of a set number of days, weeks, or months as a target for deciding when to go live w/ this trading plan, i think a better measure might be when (if) i double my demo subaccount. this may take a shorter amount of time or ...

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USDCHF tuesday — price has action has formed a double top (w/in 1 pip), but price failed to close lower ... signaling a potential for a continuation breakout to the long side. sentiment is still bullish & is gaining momentum w/ the bears being ...

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found 2 more ... — GBPUSD ... almost a double bottom (w/in 18 pips) ... prolly pass on this one for that reason alone, but there sure is a lot of momentum behind those bears! however, the USDCHF looks great & deserves a separate post and a ...

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what a ... — pain in the butt posting all those tickets is ... phew!! this better train me to pay close attention when i place my orders. ...

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AUDJPY (IB) tuesday — entry 7079; SL 7630 10153 units makes 1 pip

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CADJPY (IB) tuesday — entry 9087; SL 9447 10158 units makes 1 pip

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