Ivan's Trade Thread, part II

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

  1. thre is no really good central website, you need to look at the daily weekly and other time frames like 4 hr and 60 min and draw the s/r lines yourself
     
    #801     Nov 25, 2008
  2. I did not take the long trade from the EUR/USD lows since we made a lower low, but looks like it would have been a good trade.

    I am looking to now get short the EUR/USD as we have been retracing the fall but I don't see how Europe is now any better than the USA.
     
    #802     Nov 25, 2008
  3. A basic question:

    What do you do with the balances in other currencies that you end up with. For example I traded USD.CAD and EUR.JPY and now I have a whole lot of CAD and Yen balances which in itself is FX risk which I would prefer to be without. When I traded, I used the same quantity for both sides of the transaction hence the residual in CAD and JPY. My base is USD. It will be a pain to adjust quantity when you close a trade as the nuetral quantity will depend on the traded price. I'm sure that's not the way to go. I trade at IB. I know I can get out of these balances by trading them for USD and pay another bid-offer spread. But thought I'd ask what others do about it.

    Thanks.
     
    #803     Nov 25, 2008
  4. Sorry for the late response. I use daily pivots, which are easy with the Oanda charts. You can calculate them by hand, tedious to say the least. You can find calculators online, and input your numbers, which is more accurate than reading someone else's.
    Time zones, plus or minus GMT can skew the numbers.
     
    #804     Nov 25, 2008
  5. I sit on a soft pillow and stretch my legs every 15 minutes or so. I recommend you buy good quality hemorrhoid cream.





    forex-forex :)
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    Trading guru
     
    #805     Nov 25, 2008
  6. #806     Nov 26, 2008

  7. Don't use too much of that cream if it's designed to get rid of hemorrhoids forex-forex, you may disappear altogether!



    Wow, what a day, ya gotta love that Eur/Aud pair :)


    53 trades, 47 wins +543 pips, 1 b/even, 5 losses -16 pips, total +527 pips!

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    #807     Nov 26, 2008
  8. Sooooooo, you like that pair, eh Cable?:D
    Some fine scalping.
    Scalping was an art performed by native Americans, like the ones displaced by our pilgrims, your ancestors, who landed here in 1620, not more than 75 miles from where I live. True story. So, the whole thing sorta comes full circle. On Thursday we eat turkey, and give thanks. For stuff.
    I worked pretty much all day, traded briefly Monday and Tuesday, up 64 pips, looks like you found all the sweet spots.
     
    #808     Nov 26, 2008
  9. achilles28

    achilles28

    Way to go, Man! You're an inspiratioN!
     
    #809     Nov 26, 2008
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    #810     Nov 27, 2008