Quote from paulchaney 08-08-09 10:44 PM:
Have exited all positions at the following prices.
Aud/usd: out at 0.8367 4
Eur/usd: out at 1.4178 8
Gbp/usd: out at 1.6679 6
Usd/cad: out at 1.0818 3
Usd/chf: out at 1.0816
Usd/jpy: out at 95.904
Closed trades,
-429.9 pips
-1.39%
Quote from paulchaney: 08-08-09 10:46 PM
Have entered the following positions.
Gbp/usd: long 1.6689 6
Usd/cad: short 1.0808 3
Usd/chf: short 1.0806
Usd/jpy: short 97.51 5
I don't understand, could you explain please, thanks........
You closed trades and then 2 minutes later re-opened them in the same direction, paying Oanda's weekend spreads of 10 pips. Why would you do that?
You just spent 40 pips for absolutely nothing!
Also your USD/JPY exit was not posted in real-time. If you exited it at the same time as the others it would have been closed at 97.61 5 not 95.90 4, a loss of 298.1 pips not 127 pips, making a total loss of 601 pips -1.94%
It's a mystery why anyone would allow profitable positions to turn so negative, and then spend 40 pips closing them and re-opening them two minutes later, could you explain?