I think it is possible to hold trades for a longer time especially if you are a trend follower, just need to do you analysis at a higher timeframe while fine tuning in a lower timeframe.
thank you for your experience, i will take a look at pairslog.
actually i was asking about arb maker and pairtrade finder.
i will look into pairslog too.
not sure if any one of you read this, it is an article from dailyfx on using ACD for sport forex.
http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/article/forex_strategy_corner/2011/11/23/forex_opening_range_strategy.html