Recent content by Soctopus

My trading is nothing to do with predictions. Have I done something to upset you?

I don't believe there is any upside left in property, a crash is due imminently and prices won't recover. But I take your point however.

A bigger potential threat to Trump Capital LLC as a going concern than the recent streak of losses is that in an unguarded moment I alerted my misses to the existence of my funds, and she has had a great new idea for an extension to our house. Watch this space.

We'll it's been a horrendous month for Trump Capital LLC. Ten successive losses and this time there are no mitigating circumstances such as missed trades or fat finger trades. It's looking pretty bleak, and I did think about quitting, then decided against it. I will persevere for a while longer...

Unrelated to the trades thus far, I have some money in Bitcoin. Thinking about whether it's time to cash in or go for the home run. I am surprised OANDA don't offer a Bitcoin CFD.

Worth mentioning this trade in the Europe 50. I saw it, thought it looked gross (but how do I define "gross" mathematically), however it met the criteria so I took it and got stopped out same day. Will keep charts like this in a folder named "Gross" in the spirit of "what gets measured gets...

I suspect this journal would actually be very successful if the trades weren't being taken by a complete muppet. Six trades, five losses, one nice win in the Bund for a £50 profit for the month and overall profit of £593. Realised P&L in the Oanda platform does not take into account financing...

Have these trades saved in a folder in KeepNote named "catching a falling knife". Not doing that again. They also could have been kept in a folder named "highly correlated trades". Who knew the Nikkei and the EUR/JPY move in the same direction.

The gold trade. Makes me smile thinking that shortly after I opened this trade I accidentally read an article on how hedge funds are dumping gold. A few years ago I probably would have closed my position on reading that.

Since my last post I have taken 11 trades with 8 losses and three wins. Thanks to a big well timed swing in Gold my account is now showing a small profit, but more importantly I have learned some important lessons and gained some valuable experience. On the subject of learning and experience...

Natural Gas hit its target. I am not going to post every trade anymore. I am not looking for feedback on the fundamentals of my strategy, that is a given as far as I am concerned, it's the bigger picture I am interested in so will post occasional updates.

With all due respect MrScalper I have addressed your point regarding sticking to one market multiple times now. Am sure you are a very successful trader however I cannot change my strategy based on the advice of a random person on a message board. In all likelihood you are correct but I will...

Second crack at my old friend Natural Gas. Pending Orders #82 NATURAL GAS D1 L Cancelled Orders - Open Trades - Closed Trades (Win) - Closed Trades (Loss) - Win/Loss 4 / 1 Win Rate 20% Win Average R:R 2.04

And we are off! First win of the journal courtesy of the French elections. The less said about "the one that got away", the better. Pending Orders - Cancelled Orders JAPAN 225 D1 S SILVER D1 L Open Trades - Closed Trades (Win) GERMANY 30 D1 L Closed Trades (Loss) - Win/Loss 1 / 4 Win Rate...