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you are sooo right on my friend...I promptly got 'stopped' out of this trade about 4:23pm CST today for a "nice" -35 pip loss...hmm...you be right on!...you trade the EUR/AUD at all anymore?

obviously more in depth chart evaluating went into this trade...but...did look at EUR/USD and AUD/USD...this is 'at the end of the day' why the EUR/AUD moves in any direction...

real live trade made at 3:58pm CST short 1 EUR/AUD at 1.7379 stop: 1.7414 target: 1.7279 trailing stop in place... AUD/USD rally has got to stop and EUR/USD will regain speed...hence, I am bearish EUR/AUD...you?

if you have the cash $$$...best thing is...forget the covered call and sell naked about 100-1,000 way out the money QQQQ or SPY options...that is where the liquidity and real cash $$$ is...please note this...

real/live trading update...I got filled for a +40 pip profit at 1.6502 at 8:22pm CST last night...so, what was a -29 pip loss day yesterday turned into a +11 pip gain day for me...cool...I've not traded yet today... I've got: EUR/USD GBP/USD USD/CHF currently on my trading screens...

wow...you must use serious huge stops...what 100-200 pips...or...you are just a very good trader...as for the overbought/oversoled...just looked at a 4 hour chart over the days...any more move up for euro and gbp and down for chf would mean 'into new territory'...therefore...I think it is oOB...

I adjusted this trade @ 4:38pm CST stop: 1.6562 target: 1.6502 Trailing stop: distance: 10 step: 30 Questions: do any of you use trailing stops? if yes how and what ratios?...like what I did above?

placed real trade @ 3:21CST short 1 GBP/USD @ 1.6542 stop: 1.6577 target: 1.6442 trailing stop engaged GBP, EUR way overbought and CHF way oversold...should see sell-off starting about now into Asian and overnight...

super glad this was not 10 lots standard lots X -29 pips lost...yuuuoochh!:eek:

first of all...I was looking at WAY TOO many cross rates!!!...now, I am just looking at EUR/USD and GBP/USD...forget these other ones...still holding at -29 pips since today...being 'real'...you?

OKAY...running "transparent" trade results STARTING TODAY-July 20, 2009 -29 pips loss in the hole...need to 'dig out'...3 trades produced this...this is where I am at currently yeppers... 3 trades and -29 pips in the 'hole'...

IGMarkets USA...they are very, very good...

no, no...I was using a 'trailing stop loss' on these trades thankfully...that is why it was not the whole 'loss value' that it could have been...

another 10 pip loss here...29 pips lost on the day...need to re-wind and go for a 50 pip 'bagger' win...like the 2 fifty pip wins cople weeks back...this is not fun...being real by sharing my losses (real trading)

lost 4 pips here...19 pip loss today total

I almost 99% ALWAYS use market orders to enter a trade...limit orders to exit --unless scalping where that is exit by market order always..

10:28am CST long 1 GBP/USD at 1.6490 stop: 1.6476 profit: 1.6520 ...real/live trading...

urgh! just took a 15 pip LOSS here!

9:49 AM CST short 1 GBP/USD at 1.6459 (rea/live) stop: 1.6484 profit: 1.6449

huh?:confused: