Ivan's Trade Thread, part II

Discussion in 'Forex' started by Ivanovich, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. I went long at 129.3 about 30 minutes ago but it's not really going anywhere.
     
    #421     Oct 29, 2008
  2. I'm shorting any break of 129.50.

    Short setup for now is invalidated.
     
    #422     Oct 29, 2008
  3. Its going somewhere now! gg dude. Glad to hand over my money to you. :)
     
    #423     Oct 29, 2008
  4. Huge moves in EUR GBP CAD ...

    GBP bid-offer too wide. I always wondered about that. just trade EUR
     
    #424     Oct 29, 2008
  5. I'd much rather trade the GBPUSD than the EURUSD.

    Short eurjpy again at 130.38

    Stop .75
    Target 128.15
     
    #425     Oct 29, 2008
  6. Stop now at BE, took off 1/4 of the position in profits.

    edit: Stop now at 130.10
     
    #426     Oct 29, 2008
  7. LOL thanks man.

    What I have noticed that messes with me here recently...

    With this choppiness, you have to be ready to take profits relatively quickly, because things are so damn erratic. You have 1 minute bars moving a hundred pips or more out of nowhere....

    Therein lies the conflict.

    One one hand you have to take profits due to the whipsaw action, but at the same time there have been some outrageous moves of 500,600, even 900-1000 pips....so every time the market takes off you want to hang on for the big one....which contradicts the strategy of quick profit taking this market calls for.


    Normally taking profits is no biggie. Just tough to switch mindsets with this market as the condition is so contradictory. Almost every day there have been multiple hundreds of pip moves out of nowhere.

    This is an interesting market for sure!
     
    #427     Oct 29, 2008
  8. Out. Now watching for longs.
     
    #428     Oct 29, 2008
  9. Alright just pulled out two 40-50 pip moves on the long side.

    Just looking for black ink any way I can get it.


    EDIT: Just grabbed this bad boy real quick too:


    Talk about catching a falling knife!


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    #429     Oct 30, 2008
  10. Short EURJPY 128.75 stop 129.30 target 127.20 .
     
    #430     Oct 30, 2008