AUDJPY sunday — i missed this trade due to having to wait until 5pm due to oanda's weekend spreads. sigh ... trade would be up 100+ pips by now ... (probably should have simply entered it on friday & took my licks w/ the 15 pip spread. aussie ...

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GBPJPY sunday — fundamentals provide some resistance, so i am going for this one. entry 18397; SL 18897; time stop is NY lunch

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sunday re-review — USDCHF ... RP, but bias will shift here to bearish (just barely so more like sideways action or beginning to consolidate) & bullish momentum in tact, bulls remain strong, while bears are weak = untradeable GBPJPY ... the ...

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open IB orders from last week — NZDUSD ... long; new IB looks like sentiment will prolly shift back to a short AUDUSD ... long; ditto AUDJPY ... long; ditto EURCHF... long; returned to bearish sentiment, so cancel the long CADJPY ... long; ...

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boy do i know that feeling ... uggh

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missed updating my IB open orders ... "TO DO LIST" ... figure out where they all stand against new sentiment & adjust orders ... for now, i'd rather play some cribbage w/ zl

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EURAUD update — forgot this one ... order didn't trigger & has been canceled (might still be a play off the IB ... see post above)

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quick scan of charts — GBPUSD ... double bottom (w/in 8 pips) that looks like it's going to close higher ... but it looks like sentiment will shift to bearish for next week; probably not tradeable GBPJPY ... double bottom (w/in 5 pips) that ...

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closing bell — TSL on EURGBP moved to 7800 plus oanda's crazy 10 pip spread ...; no change in USDJPY or GBPCHF

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friday morning update — GBPUSD ... TSL hit USDJPY ... gained some ground after NFP, but was lost again after the vote EURGBP ... 1:1 hit on 1st 1%, still trailing the remaining 1% GBPCHF ... IB long order triggered; has been skitzy thru ...

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mine shows a bearish outside bar on the 4hr (low is 10750 if that helps). also ... a triple top 10819, 10807, 10807 ... next support level 10700-ish ... then freerolling to 10548 ... have a good time w/ this one ghous!!

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forward test observation w/ CADJPY — granted this is just one example, but it was interesting nevertheless. sentiment did shift (probably just in the short term), but bias was clearly bearish as shown by the ADX. furthermore, resistance was ...

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EURAUD — bullish momentum remains solid. don't mind the gamble when good RRR opportunity. [sentiment has been ignored as i am basing it on the quasi-bullish outside bar] entry 7952; SL 7580; time stop NY lunch good luck to me.

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TSL's for open trades — GBPUSD ... price dipped to the 300% level & corrected a bit. in light of the fact we have NFP & house vote coming up i want to keep playing this trade pretty close to the vest & move my TSL as if it closed below 300% ...

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EURCAD — needs to be traded w/ the sentiment which is bullish, but only if momentum is not exhausted ---- however, the bulls aren't exhausted they aren't even in the picture at the present as the bears just have too much momentum for this to ...

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i just realized im up 600+ pips on this trade right now!!! HA!!

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thursday watchlist — EURCAD ... bullish PB EURAUD ... double bottom (w/in 4 pips) that is going to close higher signaling a long ... also looks like a PB although it's in a funny location; it's really close to being a bullish outside bar too

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thursday morning pairs overview — EURUSD ... still dropping & momentum building. unfortunately, no tradeable PA to jump on this ride ... wishing i would have played this from the IB ... uggh GBPUSD ... still in this short, but a teeny, tiny PB ...

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NZDUSD update — price broke short ... long order remains in place, unless sentiment shifts by week end (traveling weekly pivot currently at 6700-ish).

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AUDUSD update (double bottom) — as stated above, price broke short & is jammed up in support traffic.

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