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Looks like we have couple of night birds here :)

Could it be because you're thinking of position trading and scalping at the same time? By the way, I'm not trying to give you advice or telling you what to do. I'm just trying to start a discussion. For instance, you think about holding a long position for couple of days. But you decide not to...

I was up all night long again. Lots of sleepless hours and ended up with -2 ticks. I went to bed at 8 am EST!

Got b/e on my long. Now switched to short mode. Not an exciting nite so far.

Things usually start moving right about now (2am EST)...

I've been watching the market for the last 60 minutes. I'm hoping to see some kind of trend develop during this European session. I'm currently long...

These are from the charts. Pivots from earlier today. I wish you all luck and patience during the Asian session. I just woke up from my beauty sleep. Now it's time for my daily relaxation. Some hot tub and swimming action in the gym. Also, time to shout and laugh like a maniac in the car :D

I ended up making net 50 ticks today after commissions--another 10 ticks went to CME and IB! I handled some of the trades very well today-- Waited for entry triggers, scaled in, trailed and scaled out. But still, especially one earlier high leverage trade was very scary. I ended up loosening...

Actually, I don't have much experience with FX. Someone was commenting that during days like tomorrow liquidity might be low and there might be some stop running. So actually we might some wide ranges... Edit: I'll force myself to use low leverage especially during the initial trades...

It was sudden death after 45 minutes of maddness. Trading after Fed decision, shaved off my profits by about 25%. I thought this thing would slowly creep up... After all of these crazy moves today, we're back to unchanged :)

I'm hoping that this thing creeps to 1.2940s before close. Well maybe.

For these FX futures, these #s are the # of actual contracts at bid/ask.

I don't like this stalling under 1.29.... I think I aged couple of months today! I can't wait this evening-- on the way to the gym, I'll crank up my stereo and shout like crazy :) Edit: These are the side effects of unnecessarily high leverage. I'm getting better though, it used to be worse...

Are you scalping them :) On a serious note, are you trading the crude oil?

I think FX futures will close 45 minutes early tomorrow.

Got whipped here twice. Long finally. I'm hoping that this is the last chop and we see a nice uptrend until close :)

I decided to close my short with +4. I need to save my mental energy for the potential trading frenzy after the Fed decision. I need to keep my mental balance in check. I've done quite well today. A last minute stubbornness with high leverage can easily turn good profits into terrible loss!

I have a feeling that lows of the day will be tested (and bounce up) before 14:15 EST. Edit: I'm back to (light) short mode. The book's getting light. Bid side is weaker.

This has been a unique day. I just can't let my profits run, it just keeps on switching directions. 45 minutes to Fed decision...

Exactly! Wanting to feel good and coming back for more are the real monsters! I wrecked countless number of days because of these obsessions.