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    2012 Journal

    Trade 2: AUD/USD buy at 1.0491 stop loss 1.0423. Exited at 1.0528. Result: 37 pips, +0.13% equity change Trade 3: USD/JPY buy at 83.00 stop 82.69. stop hit at 82.69 Result: -31 pips, -0.25% equity change Comment: I was right about the reversal, but it came quite gradually and hit my...
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    2012 Journal

    USD/JPY buy at 83.00 stop 82.69. Reversal trade. Exit on the establishment of a new uptrend.
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    2012 Journal

    New trade AUD/USD buy at 1.0491 stop loss 1.0423 Looking for a quick reversal and exit on establishment of a new uptrend.
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    2012 Journal

    In terms of Brokers, I use Oanda and Interactive Brokers. This is because sometimes my trades require <1 standard lot/a few microlots. E.g position size of 124,000 units. I would trade a standard lot with Interactive brokers and 24,000 units with Oanda (which allows everything to 1 lot)...
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    2012 Journal

    Exit at 82.62. 0% profit. Breakeven. No open positions atm
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    2012 Journal

    For everyone making a trading system, I recommend the following simple principles Trend Trading System 1) Define a trend 2) Enter a trend 3) Trailing stop Backtest element 1 separately to 2 and 3. Acrary had a brilliant post on backtesting trading systems (can't really be bothered...
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    2012 Journal

    Some trade statistics for this year are included AUD/USD number of trades: 26 Win/draw/lose: 16/3/7 Profit factor: 2.0 Total pips: 315 Comment: quite a few choppy periods in the AUD/USD this year which lead to some losses and volatility in my equity curve. USD/JPY number of trades...
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    2012 Journal

    Outlooks: EUR/USD Analysis: Currently in a choppy uptrend. I'll sit this one out for a while and wait for an upside breakout at around 1.3293. Given the choppyness, i would put a small position in at 1.3293 at 0.25% risk and pyramid if it goes furthur. Currently a breakout at 1.3131...
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    2012 Journal

    Hi All Having finally become reasonably profitable over the past few months (after many years of trying to trade) I have decided to keep a journal to help me out on my trades and also to pay back some of the immense help that i've gotten from elitetrader and other various traders in my life...
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    strategy doesn't matter

    the points can be made on any market u idiot. u just offered nothing productive.
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    asus Eee PC for trading

    yeh cherry. i trade intermediate trends and i've loved these since they came out. Rig it up with mobile internet and u got something which can monitor the market anytime u need it.
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    strategy doesn't matter

    hmm looking thru the last say 20 posts for urself cheese (most of it the most unremarkable of bullshit and fluff) i can conclude that you've indeed found the holy grail! no stop losses, stop and reverse and guess what we get all the points!!!!! if ur a trader who has a "complete" stop/reverse...
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    What;s the reason for going fultime?

    trading f/t is nowhere near the breeze in the park that its advertised to be i probably worked alot more trading f/t than i did in my job. but then i was a public servant in australia and so hard is kinda relative.... but yeh after than i figured that its much easier trading intermediate...
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    strategy doesn't matter

    god sounds liek SCT to me! U sure ur not jack hershey's rebellious teenage son?
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