4X Made Hard

Discussion in 'Journals' started by JR97, Aug 28, 2005.

  1. JR97

    JR97

    EURUSD
    Short from 1.2070 1.2083 and1.2110


    Full position and every add-on in the black. Had to absorb a lot of drawdown on this one. But system was showing massive divergence all week and very oversold.
     
    #61     Jan 12, 2006
  2. JR97

    JR97

    Closed all at 1.2036. +74, +47, +34 = +155 total.

    Looking to short on a confirmed 1.2040. Will also add to short at 1.2055 and 1.2070 should price bounce around on me a bit. Aggressive is target is 1.1900. Moderate target is 1.1980 and conservative target is 1.2000. Will possibly add on upon retest and break of 1.2000 area.
     
    #62     Jan 12, 2006
  3. TheFinn

    TheFinn

    I'm curious as to what you made your Keltner Channel settings to be. I think I have a different setup in my software than you. Mine (forex.com) doesn't let you set standard deviation. It has the following settings:

    Keltner Channels: value is set to 10
    Zoom: value 1 is set to 30, value 2 is set to 65
    Shift: value is set to 5

    Using your setup, what would I put for these settings? Thanks.

    Finn
     
    #63     Jan 15, 2006
  4. JR97

    JR97

    Exited all Euro shorts at 1.2075. +30, -20, -25 = -10 overall. Poor timing. Poor management. But I got out with only -10, so that's not too bad. Could have been worse.. I was down over 100 combined at one point. Overall still showing short, but I'm going to wait until a setup forms.
     
    #64     Jan 18, 2006
  5. JR97

    JR97

    Limit buy orders triggered at 1.2100 and 1.2115. Looking to exit at 1.2180-1.2190 area.

    Last night the system gave a signal that I missed when it was happening....
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_1.gif
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_2.gif
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_3.gif
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_4.gif

    But the move was pretty quick and I didn't want to jump onto a moving a bus.
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_13.gif
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_14.gif

    So I set a few buy limit orders to catch any retrace at 1.2115, 1.2100, and 1.2190.

    First limits triggered:
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_15.gif
    www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_01-18_16.gif

    Currently up +50 and +35.
    Looking to possibly add on again if there is a retrace to 1.2130.
     
    #65     Jan 18, 2006
  6. JR97

    JR97

    #66     Feb 14, 2006
  7. JR97

    JR97

    #67     Feb 16, 2006
  8. JR97

    JR97

    This will be my final post in this journal. Centralizing things a bit. I'll be keeping a new live one atwww.4xmadehard.roxr.com/forum/

    There are some long term patterns showing up on my radar. I'm initiating some long term positions in GBP and EUR that I'll pretty much set and forget for a while.

    GBP showing wolfe wave with a target in the 1.8500 http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_1.gif

    Intraday/Swing
    GBP Long at 1.7392 targeting 1.7700 followed by 1.7900
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_2.gif
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_3.gif
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_4.gif

    On the Euro side of things I'm targeting a long term in the 1.2800 area.
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_6.gif

    Intraday/Swing
    EUR Long at 1.1884 targeting 1.2025 followed by 1.2160
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_7.gif
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_13.gif
    http://www.4xmadehard.roxr.com/charts/PTS_02-16b_8.gif

    Much thanks to the support I received here and through pm's. I'm not sure I got what I was looking for here at elitetrader, but I did receive a lot of positive things that I wasn't looking for. Best of luck.

    Chad
     
    #68     Feb 16, 2006