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Still in play. Reducing risk stop to 109.88 . Almost hit target overnight. Letting run to stop or target.

Long usdjpy 109.98 20 pip stop target 110.25 target. Target or stop to be hit while I sleep.

Scratched

Stop moved to break even. Letting this run to scratch or target whilst I sleep.

FALSE (being persistent is not an edge).

long usdjpy 109.93 15 point stop 30 point target

aha. retail traders are currently 86% short the Dow. retail traders as a group are classified as a losing group of gamblers, sounds rough but that's just fact in the industry. retail traders as a group do not have the power to move price in any meaningful way and they are a subset of a larger...

FALSE

Target hit for 1.6R winner.

leaving this scalp running overnight happy to let it hit stop or target, likely expansion to downside in next few hours imo. sleep beckons.

short usdjpy 110.36 target 110.20 stop 110.46

I didn't post the exit because I accidently closed the trade on my phone whilst in a small profit. I immediately reopened it with a smaller stop and that trade I got stopped out on. It was a complete mess up, I didn't post that I closed the trade accidently on my phone as it would just feed the...

the entry was good but i messed up and scratched it. cudda wudda shudda.

I couldn't disagree with you more. If you don't risk more than 1% of your account per trade, then taking 2 or 3 trades per week on a small account is not financially viable. Even if you are batting a very respectable average of 0.5R per trade trading a small account is not financially viable...

It's all about bankroll guys. Try taking 2 trades a week risking $250 per trade on a $25k bankroll. Psychologically very hard as you feel like you can't make decent money. Compare to risking $2500 per trade twice per week on a $250k bankroll. Much easier to be patient and not overtrade as you...

My 2c on outrights. If you are point and click you need to isolate a certain condition and only study price or even consider a trade when your conditions are met. This is really hard to do psychologically as the trader is drawn to what he thinks are 'opportunities' but he ends up losing. The...

Hold hold hold.

You are assuming the material can only improve your performance and discounting that it could reduce it.

managed a 4 point pop there.

i am expecting a pop in the next 30 mins in S&P as a lot of the guys who shorted will not want to hold over the weekend.