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30 pips for an intraday trade is not bad at all. Got stopped out in my long trade. Chinook

I went long over the double bottom around 1.2338. Chinook

The downtrend channel just got broken, testing 1.2350 upside. Chinook

Thanks for pointing this out. http://www.forexnews.com/ didn't show it but http://www.nasdaq.com/econoday/calendar/US/EN/New_York/year/2004/month/08/day/16/daily/index.html did. Chinook

I didn't want to start an "official" journal mainly because I don't trade a system. Sometimes I just go with my gut feelings. Anyway, I want to keep this thread open to discussions about short-term plays in Eur/Usd. 8/18/2004 There are no major US eco #s coming out and given that Friday had...

Hi Baruch, I miss your daily quotes! I hope you guys can work out something so you stay here. Chinook

I agree with you. It was a great thread for FX traders to exchange ideas. I really miss that thread. Maybe we can start a similar thread... Chinook

Here's some strip poker action http://www.starpoker.com/ Chinook

Baruch, Bracket Trader is free if you are entering up to 5 contracts initially. But you can scale in as much as you want. Chinook

With these wild swings in EUR, it's very tempting to lock into all of the profits. Anyway, taking partial profits and trail with the rest would be best of all worlds. Chinook

If I can trade FX succesfully for a while, I'll trade from Europe too at least part of the year. Chinook

Anyone trading EUR this Monday during US holiday? I think UK has a holiday too. Chinook

\ Traderguy, Thanks for the interesting suggestions. I also trade the ES. I might just have to give up the pre-US EUR session. Are you trading EUR from the US? Chinook

Are there any EUR traders trading from the US? How do you guys handle the night hours? I'm in the Pacific time zone. I follow EUR 10 pm-4 am EST and then 9am-3pm EST. My body and mind is about to break down. I think I'll just start trading EUR from the NY open 8am EST from now on. However...

Which contracts are rolling over besides the interest rate futures? Thanks, Chinook

IB is just bare bones. You get great executions (I only trade CME products) and low commissions. No news, no charts. I use Tradestation for charting and analysis purposes. Perhaps you can keep your current broker and use IB as your second broker. You can use free Mehved's charting program...

Actually, I've been an IB customer and I'm quite happy with them. If you don't like using their system directly, you can use Bracket Trader , ButtonTrader etc... as front ends. Chinook

Is that in BP/USD? How much commission are you paying for the forex futures per side? Chinook

What's the worst stop slippage you had on the EUR futures? This is my biggest fear since the market doesn't seem to be too deep like ES. With some of these huge spikes, a slippage of 50-100 pips does seem to be likely. Chinook

Do you usually have open positions during such important eco releases? Too much whipsaw for me! Chinook