Welcome back!
. It's been 10 months sinse my last journal
post from my old journal Adventures of a new trader
, and I've returned to start a new journal focused on Forex. I
dont have much in this real money account ( but i paper trade
too), so I want to put this out right now:
1. I know stops may be too big for my acct size (usually 30-50 pips) This generates big % swings, but I cant do much about it right now. No, I'm not going to stop trading.
2. I know risk/reward ratio my not always be a perfect 1:3. If the setups are successful, thats all that matters
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My Method
I'll be placing my trades off trend line analysis, as well as
fibs. . I wont trade the day OF news, because of the volatile,
and unpredictable movements, unless its a scalp for 30-100
pips. 50% of my trades are intraday, and 50% are swings..this
is unintentional as the holding time for my trades is really
unlimited. There will be three types of trades I will be
making, and they are simple in nature:
* Trend following - buy/sell.. short/cover off trend lines
* Breakout/ Retracement - Wait for a 30-50% retrace before entry
* Scalping News - long/short from important economic news releases.
Because the markets are 24hrs a day, I might not post my PnL everyday.
CM69
. It's been 10 months sinse my last journal post from my old journal Adventures of a new trader
, and I've returned to start a new journal focused on Forex. I
dont have much in this real money account ( but i paper trade
too), so I want to put this out right now:
1. I know stops may be too big for my acct size (usually 30-50 pips) This generates big % swings, but I cant do much about it right now. No, I'm not going to stop trading.
2. I know risk/reward ratio my not always be a perfect 1:3. If the setups are successful, thats all that matters
---
My Method
I'll be placing my trades off trend line analysis, as well as
fibs. . I wont trade the day OF news, because of the volatile,
and unpredictable movements, unless its a scalp for 30-100
pips. 50% of my trades are intraday, and 50% are swings..this
is unintentional as the holding time for my trades is really
unlimited. There will be three types of trades I will be
making, and they are simple in nature:
* Trend following - buy/sell.. short/cover off trend lines
* Breakout/ Retracement - Wait for a 30-50% retrace before entry
* Scalping News - long/short from important economic news releases.
Because the markets are 24hrs a day, I might not post my PnL everyday.
CM69