How to trade the EUR now

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

  1. briefly got long, averaged down, and just broke even

    got short, made money

    now I'm flat have a limit in to sell at 2807

    I add with something just like a trailing stop, only instead of it being a stop loss, it is a limit to add

    so, if I can't sell at 2807, I will lower my sell limit later (or possibly raise it.)

    but like I said, EUR.USD is just one of the four pairs I am trading, so what happens with the other 3 affects how I trade eur

    but I am a lot more comfortable and less likely to take a premature quick proft on the short side than I was on the long side

    and that is mainly because I think they are going to have a hard time trashing USD (and USD is 50% of the eur.usd trade.)
     
    #51     Mar 27, 2013
  2. I'm short from 2801

    it's small position, but still, it's my largest loser

    so I have no limits in to do anything with it

    until something else becomes my largest loser

    then I'll try to sell some more to raise my average price
     
    #52     Apr 1, 2013
  3. I'm still long from 2996. Oldtime, I never exited that trade we discussed several days ago since it didn't wipe out my profits earned during the day I entered the trade.
     
    #53     Apr 2, 2013
  4. up up and away! Its about time. Targeting 1.32.
     
    #54     Apr 4, 2013
  5. So much edge. Only 250 pips in heat as of last night. You may be able to stay off the welfare. Good luck.
     
    #55     Apr 4, 2013
  6. Still buggering your bro, Atticus?
     
    #56     Apr 4, 2013
  7. I guess you must be on the short side of this pair. :D
     
    #57     Apr 5, 2013
  8. man, I'm getting killed in this short eur.usd. I finally got a full load on at 3095 and got stopped out of half of it, a little at a time

    now I'm trying to sell a whole shitload at 3200

    and if that one ever gets filled, I'll just let them stop me out

    sad too, because yesterday it was one of my bigger winners
     
    #58     Apr 16, 2013
  9. Sorry about that. The short bias isn't a good one right now. I've yanked more than 750 pips out of this pair in the last month with my long bias, but this could change anytime.

    Overall, how well have you done over the last month? I'm sure you too have been going in an out over and over again on your shorts and probably grabbed some profit as well.
     
    #59     Apr 16, 2013
  10. no, I think eur.usd on the short side has been a loser for me as long as I can remember.

    congratulations on your 750 pips

    me personally, I don't like guessing what it is going to do

    it takes a lot of faith to not panic when you have lost more in a few hours than you use to make in a month

    like the man said, "90% is just money management, 10% is reading the market."

    and I have been doing an excellent job of money management, but a piss poor job of reading the market (and that is why I am still 90% alive.)
     
    #60     Apr 16, 2013