A thin Ascension day - saw lots of slippage as evidenced by my Euro trades - stopping me out of good set ups or having me get out early one nice trade on the EURJPY - expect a thin day tomorrow as it is all quiet on Monday with Memorial Day in the US and a UK Bank Holiday. Profit = 14 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 05/25/2006 02:52pm Forex Cover EUR/USD 1.2813 1.2811 1.2808 0.0005 Impulse Stall (50%) 05/25/2006 02:49pm Forex Cover EUR/USD 1.2816 1.2822 1.2813 0.0003 Impulse Stall (50%) 05/25/2006 09:38am Forex Sell EUR/JPY 143.08 143.12 143.1 0.02 Trailing Stop (50%) 05/25/2006 09:37am Forex Sell EUR/JPY 142.96 142.91 143.08 0.12 Figure Spit (50%) 05/25/2006 08:59am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2774 1.2771 1.277 -0.0004 Stopped out 05/25/2006 08:59am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2779 1.2776 1.2775 -0.0004 Stopped out
Just a few trades Friday market was very thin as expected - just held a nice break retest from Falcon in USDJPY for the afternnon to give me a nice little 16 pip fillip. Will be off until Tuesday Morning due to Memorial Day in the US and also it is a bank holiday in the UK so Bob is on holidays also. Have a great holiday everyone. Been a very nice month with plenty of adjustments. Wil post some charts later. Profit = 28 pips. Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 05/26/2006 01:39pm Forex Sell USD/JPY 112.52 112.66 112.68 0.16 Trailing Stop 05/26/2006 09:42am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2748 1.2755 1.2762 0.0014 Close ahead of release 05/26/2006 09:42am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2755 1.2749 1.2747 -0.0008 Stopped out 05/26/2006 09:32am Forex Cover USD/JPY 112.27 112.27 112.18 0.09 Close ahead of release 05/26/2006 09:27am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2777 1.2773 1.2783 0.0006 No Impulse Up 05/26/2006 09:23am Forex Cover USD/JPY 111.97 112.04 111.99 -0.02 Stopped out 05/26/2006 09:06am Forex Cover USD/JPY 111.91 111.97 111.98 -0.07 Trailing Stop
Just played in the Aussie today as testing new execution connectivities - expected a bit more ahead of Australia's trade report - look forward to some nice set ups into Friday's US jobs report. Profit = 2 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 05/30/2006 02:04pm Forex Sell AUD/USD 0.7617 0.7611 0.7626 0.0009 80/20 Spit (F) 05/30/2006 12:45pm Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.7625 0.7631 0.7635 -0.001 Trailing Stop 05/30/2006 12:44pm Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.7621 0.7625 0.7618 0.0003 Trailing Stop
Very choppy and difficult to stay in positions today - had some great Aussie shorts that got out of and traded the CHF which was chaotic with KoF and then all the stements from Ric about Iran. Was a good month with a difficult last week. Monthly Profit = 795 pips Profit = 17 Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 05/31/2006 06:14pm Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2183 1.2188 1.2187 -0.0004 Trailing Stop 05/31/2006 03:15pm Forex Short EUR/CHF 1.2612 1.2624 Previous High (F) 05/31/2006 03:14pm Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.56 1.5608 1.5612 -0.0012 Stopped out 05/31/2006 11:31am Forex Sell AUD/USD 0.7528 0.7524 0.753 0.0002 No Impulse Up 05/31/2006 09:28am Forex Sell USD/CHF 1.212 1.2116 1.2126 0.0006 Trailing Stop 05/31/2006 08:16am Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.76 0.7605 0.7592 0.0008 Murrey -2/8 (F) 05/31/2006 07:39am Forex Sell AUD/USD 0.7592 0.7586 0.7589 -0.0003 No Impulse Up 05/31/2006 07:27am Forex Sell USD/JPY 111.98 112.07 112.18 0.2 80/20 Spit (F)
Spent most of the day getting everything ready for the new month - work has exploded here and the problem is finding good support stuff - that is time for another discussion. Just did the EURCHF play that came back and reinstated and one JPY - 2-8. Tomorrow should be hectic with NFP and OPEC/Iran all over the news so wanted to get much of the month end done as possible. Profit: 8 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/01/2006 10:36am Forex Sell USD/JPY 112.41 112.35 112.46 0.05 Trailing Stop 06/01/2006 10:29am Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.5641 1.5647 1.5626 0.0015 Breakup retested (F) 06/01/2006 08:01am Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.2612 1.2624 1.2624 -0.0012 Trailing Stop
Choppy end to the weak - left with two good CHF set ups on continuation and completed ABC on CHF - the fundamental back drop of KoF and Iran supports also - same pattern of 3 weeks ago for stop test and Euro close. Profit = 35 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/02/2006 04:28pm Forex Short EUR/CHF 1.5514 1.5517 Double Top 06/02/2006 04:23pm Forex Short USD/CHF 1.2064 1.2086 ABC Complete 06/02/2006 02:31pm Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.5605 1.5612 1.5602 0.0003 No Impulse Down 06/02/2006 01:49pm Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2064 1.2077 1.2063 0.0001 Trailing Stop 06/02/2006 01:49pm Forex Cover USD/JPY 111.69 111.74 111.75 -0.06 Stopped out 06/02/2006 01:48pm Forex Cover USD/JPY 111.68 111.66 111.58 0.1 Trailing Stop 06/02/2006 01:47pm Forex Sell USD/JPY 111.33 111.37 111.38 0.05 Trailing Stop 06/02/2006 01:36pm Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2923 1.2927 1.2933 0.001 Trailing Stop 06/02/2006 08:57am Forex Sell USD/CHF 1.2087 1.2083 1.2094 0.0007 Trailing Stop 06/02/2006 08:49am Forex Cover USD/JPY 112.04 111.99 111.99 0.05 Trailing Stop
The Swiss Trend play played out nicely - covering at 0-8 and -2-8 for over 70 pips. took Monday nice and easy as week will pick up with the ECB this week providing plenty of noise to feed us on. Profit = 74 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/05/2006 02:59pm Forex Sell USD/CHF 1.2063 1.2056 1.2067 0.0004 Momentum Stalled 06/05/2006 10:16am Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.5614 1.5604 1.5581 0.0033 Murrey -2/8 (F) 06/05/2006 07:32am Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2064 1.2046 1.2027 0.0037 Murrey 0/8 (F)
Some nice trades but hard to hold onto - espeically when the JPY far away exceeded my thoughts on the move extent - very hard to hold onto with some severe slippage rushes - seemed to be the one possessed today! Overall can't be too unhappy given today was traded very defensively with a result of plus 39 pips. Profit = 39 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/06/2006 03:19pm Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2157 1.2166 1.2142 0.0015 Trailing Stop 06/06/2006 01:35pm Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2151 1.2154 1.215 0.0001 No Impulse Down 06/06/2006 01:34pm Forex Sell USD/JPY 113.13 113.18 113.18 0.05 Momentum Stalled 06/06/2006 12:33pm Forex Sell AUD/USD 0.7423 0.7418 0.7425 0.0002 No Impulse Up 06/06/2006 12:12pm Forex Cover USD/JPY 113.56 113.41 113.43 0.13 Trailing Stop 06/06/2006 11:44am Forex Cover USD/JPY 113.3 113.32 113.34 -0.04 Stopped out 06/06/2006 11:41am Forex Cover USD/JPY 113.24 113.26 113.26 -0.02 Trailing Stop 06/06/2006 11:34am Forex Sell USD/JPY 112.94 112.99 112.99 0.05 Trailing Stop 06/06/2006 10:23am Forex Cover USD/JPY 113.14 113.17 113.12 0.02 Flatted 06/06/2006 10:15am Forex Cover EUR/JPY 145.14 145.17 145.08 0.06 Previous High (F) 06/06/2006 08:21am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2847 1.2843 1.2843 -0.0004 Trailing Stop
look back at today and look at what could have been - so many great set ups either exited too early through patience or through too tight stops. Trading like a very corrective wave - but which one? - fun ahead tomorrow as we attempt to decode Trichet and the ECB. Profit = 22 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/07/2006 01:03pm Forex Cover EUR/USD 1.2806 1.2802 1.2803 0.0003 Trailing Stop 06/07/2006 11:56am Forex Cover EUR/USD 1.2812 1.2818 1.2809 0.0003 Flatted 06/07/2006 11:20am Forex Cover EUR/CHF 1.5622 1.5627 1.5619 0.0003 80/20 Spit (F) 06/07/2006 11:06am Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2235 1.2241 1.2223 0.0012 80/20 Spit (F) 06/07/2006 10:27am Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2227 1.2224 1.2229 -0.0002 Stopped out 06/07/2006 01:23pm Forex Cover EUR/USD 1.2806 1.2802 1.2803 0.0003 Trailing Stop 06/07/2006 07:57am Forex Cover USD/CHF 1.2217 1.2225 1.2219 -0.0002 No Impulse Down 06/07/2006 07:56am Forex Sell EUR/USD 1.2776 1.2774 1.2777 0.0001 No Impulse Up
Some nice moves - still very choppy though and hard to stay in and really benefit - interestinmg wave patterns developing after Monday's dollar bottoming - US Trade numbers tomorrow should really help tell the story. Profit = 60 pips Time Instrument Type Symbol Entry Stop Exit Profit/Loss Trade Basis 06/08/2006 05:03pm Forex Sell USD/JPY 114.04 114.16 114.22 0.18 No Impulse Up 06/08/2006 02:29pm Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.7423 0.7429 0.7417 0.0006 Previous Low (F) 06/08/2006 02:29pm Forex Sell AUD/USD 0.7424 0.7417 0.7435 0.0011 Breakdown retested (F) 06/08/2006 08:28am Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.7448 0.7453 0.7445 0.0003 No Impulse Down 06/08/2006 08:27am Forex Cover AUD/USD 0.7448 0.7456 0.7451 -0.0003 No Impulse Down 06/08/2006 08:26am Forex Sell USD/JPY 114.14 114.19 114.19 0.05 Trailing Stop 06/08/2006 08:24am Forex Cover USD/JPY 114.25 114.34 114.18 0.07 80/20 Spit (F) 06/08/2006 08:24am Forex Cover USD/JPY 114.31 114.34 114.18 0.13 80/20 Spit (F)