A day in the life of a real trader

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Squeal Trader, Jun 18, 2014.

  1. spencer

    spencer

    :D
     
    #31     Jun 23, 2014
  2. Full time trader eh? These days that's like sighting an albino dinosaur. So what stocks looking good to you?
     
    #32     Jun 23, 2014
  3. As we discussed earlier i was waiting for a retrace on this Euro and have managed to get entry at 13601 to go short. Ive got a real tight stop on this because frankly, I don't trust this euro and if i am wrong i will want out quick.
     
    #33     Jun 23, 2014
  4. Ok nice to see my stop worked as resistance to stop this upmove. as i mentioned in my first post i always place my actual stop a few ticks above the technical level i have chosen. Now that the trade has seen a firm rejection from these highs i have moved my stop to sctach. if price gets back up to 136 i am not going to want to be in this trade.

    We've also had decent new home sales numbers which should help this euro down a bit more. ive adjusted my profit targets also
     
    #34     Jun 23, 2014
  5. What a miserable trade - I am out this Euro with 5 ticks profit. It was looking good at 1 point but Cable's reluctance to get below 16990 meant euro stayed supported.

    Never ever short the euro.
     
    #35     Jun 23, 2014
  6. tom_czr

    tom_czr

    I do not believe that this type of manual intraday trading of EURUSD is long term stable & profitable...
    Maybe you should rather spend your time studying cointegration of FX pairs...
     
    #36     Jun 24, 2014
  7. Morning, Have just been entered short here on bund at 14625 with stop above 14633. Dovish comments from Carney on the wires this morning, weak ifo numbers (but not that weak). has caused a decent equity sell off also. Lets see how this bund plays out. im also awaiting entries on estoxx and euro so will post those also if i get filled.
     
    #37     Jun 24, 2014
  8. Carney and Miles dovish comments have caused a nice sell off this morn on cable so have caught this retrace back up to test yesterdays support for an extended move lower. Cable has not been my friend recently and i have my stop above 170. if it gets back above there then i am wrong and want to be out of this trade ASAP
     
    #38     Jun 24, 2014
  9. Have been in both my bund and cable trade now for over an hour. Bund found perfect resistance at my entry but it is struggling to move down. I am aware that I am counter trending it as well so my stop is now at scratch.

    Cable trade looking a lot better. Again it found decent resistance at yesterdays support and my stop placement meant i gave the trade enough room to wiggle. only a few ticks away from target 1 so stop now at scratch also.

    Glad to be risk free from here on out.
     
    #39     Jun 24, 2014
  10. I have taken my cable trade off. euro pushing higher which will probably end up dragging cable with it.

    Nobody ever went broke taking a profit
     
    #40     Jun 24, 2014