How to trade the EUR now

Discussion in 'Forex' started by irniger, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I was stopped out.
     
    #211     Jun 6, 2013
  2. Its about friggin' time! How many weeks was that??? Short now at 3214. May have been a mistake. Already against me 28 pips. Same rule as before. 600 pip stop loss. Exit around 100 pips unless there's a good reason to exit sooner.

    My record stands. I haven't lost a single trade since I opened this account in early March :D :D
     
    #212     Jun 6, 2013
  3. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Are you SkAlPz? He used to claim that he never lost a trade, though he'd take ridiculously large drawdowns and be sitting on losing trades sometimes up to a year before they came back. I think this is Mr. Market's strategy, too.

    It's quite ridiculous. Like risking 600 pips for 100 pips of gain. wtf.
     
    #213     Jun 6, 2013
  4. No, I'm not, SkAIPz. It works very well in pair like this that is trading within a fairly tight range. However, yes, at some point I expect to take a big hit. To date, my largest unrealized drawdown has been 31%.

    I simply wait for the 100+ pips and then transfer it out of the account into my margin account.
     
    #214     Jun 6, 2013
  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Let's try this again. Short at 1.3301, same size.
     
    #215     Jun 6, 2013
  6. contra

    contra

    funny how Euro turned right before the awesome neckline target lol.

    big day today... UJ getting crushed.
     
    #216     Jun 6, 2013
  7. contra

    contra

    you can't expect this to wok out for you in the long run.

    How many trades have you taken?
     
    #217     Jun 6, 2013
  8. If I had more time to watch this constantly, I'd devise a different strategy. However, I don't have time to trade actively.

    About 35 rounds (in and out) trades. Many of them have been less than 100 pips. The original capital is intact. Profit is now 140%. Given the margin requirement, potential loss is 60% approx of the original capital.
     
    #218     Jun 6, 2013
  9. contra

    contra

    You mean many wins have been less than 100 pips?

    If so then basically you're not really following this 600:100 pip r/r strategy as your taking profit/losses whenever?
     
    #219     Jun 6, 2013
  10. I scalp other opportunities when I can. A few USD/CAD. A few shorter term EUR/USD. I think it is a mistake to simple stick to one strategy. You can have a main strategy, and then grab other opportunies as they present themselves. However, the other opportunies are restricted by the state of the main trade. Obviously, if it is way against me, I don't have the available margin to take another trade. So, I sit and wait.
     
    #220     Jun 6, 2013