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5/31/2007 No trades today.

5/30/2007 +$66.58, 1 trade (1W) USDJPY: +28/34 A Didn't get to watch much today, but held the one trade for a nice profit (maybe a bit too greedy). Holding good USDJPY shorts from yesterday that didn't reach targets.

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5/29/2007 +$16.17, 3 trades (2W, 1L) EURUSD: +9/12 USDJPY: -3/23 C Very frustrating this morning - Fought USDJPY most of the time. Opened EURUSD positions right before what turned out to be 2 hours of a 6 pip range. They never reached stop or target by the time I was ready to leave, so...

5/28/2007 +$32.05, 1 trade (1W) USDJPY: +6.5/10 A Opened a lotto ticket position before dinner on Sunday night, but got out when I came to my senses about 30 minutes after opening it.

5/25/2007 +$602.04, 2 trades (2W) USDJPY: +122/94 B Closed out of all USDJPY positions (to book a profit for the past 3 days) on Thursday eve. Not going to trade Friday morning. Luckily I closed these positions rather than holding them overnight - the downward USDJPY trend popped up...

5/24/2007 -$491.40, 3 trades (1W, 2L) EURUSD: -79.5/87 C Closed my long EURUSD positions from yesterday. Could have been worse, but was smart enough to get out of the bad situation. Rolling over short USDJPY positions that negate today's EURUSD losses.

5/23/2007 No trades / closed positions today.

5/22/2007 +$24.89, 2 trades (2W) EURUSD: +2/11 USDJPY: +3.5/11 B Pretty slow morning, limited range. Neither of the positions hit targets or stops, just closed out before leaving.

5/21/2007 +$178.55, 5 trades (4W, 1L) EURUSD: +10/65 USDJPY: +25/30 B Too aggressive with USDJPY positions, which caused me to miss out on some good EURUSD moves. Held USDJPY positions longer than I like, but not much happening.

5/18/2007 +$59.94, 4 trades (2W, 2L) USDJPY: +13/48 C The 4 USDJPY positions from yesterday weren't doing as I anticipated so closed them; turns out I closed way too early because it eventually hit my original target. Quit early before I do something foolish.

5/17/2007 +$75.42, 4 trades (4W) EURUSD: +13/31 USDJPY: +15.5/30 B A little cautious after yesterday's blow-up. Decent trending in both pairs this morning. Rolling over 4 USDJPY short positions that I am happy with. Accidentally closed SC before printing and saving charts.

5/16/2007 -$648.00, 6 trades (2W, 1S, 3L) EURUSD: -113.5/90 USDJPY: +10/21 F This was a blow-up day that basically wiped out this month's profits. I considered holding the losing positions overnight in the hope of the trend turning back in my direction; and worse yet - try to hide these...

Hi nzbryant. I may be screwed, but not for the reasons you suggest: 1. Commissions - You may not be familiar with IB's forex commissions so you can review them at http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/commissionForex.php?ib_entity=llc. Some simple math works the minimum RT fee to...

5/15/2007 +$76.47, 6 trades (3W, 2L) EURUSD: +3/16 USDJPY: +13.5/26 B - Held positions to targets, but hesitated taking a loss on one.

Thank you clacy. The formula I use to calculate my lot size is (basically it works out to be 10K for every 1K in account equity): (acct_balance*0.001)*10,000 My trouble has been maintaining the consistency. In the past, after about 2 months of good daily progress I will screw up very...

5/14/2007 +$89.76, 3 trades (2W, 1L) USDJPY: +18/20 C - Not much range today to work with. Could have been a bit more aggressive, and didn't take one or two scalps on EURUSD that were available.

5/11/2007 +$23.06, 5 trades (3W, 2L) EURUSD: +0.5/11 USDJPY: +5/45 D - Really had my head up my ass. Opened USDJPY positions out of fear of missing out rather than according to the rules and guidelines. TGIF.

5/10/2007 +$117.45, 4 trades (4W) EURUSD: +12/17 USDJPY: +11/15 C - When I got greedy, I let my dollar bearishness allow me to ignore rules on last two trades. Quit trading after that.

Thank you kostia00 and John at IB. Backfill seems to be coming through fine now.