Too greedy trade, quite simply. Should have reduced size and widened SL while in profit yesterday to match longer hold period. Automation.. hmmm.....
Close XAUUSD, NAS100USD NAV 19500 Screw this, haven't been a smooth ride since yesterday. Especially I've been psychologically fatigued since yesterday due the trades for some reason. maybe by allowing my sleep schedule to be F'ed up. Could also be the fact this account is heavily correlated to my longer term account when long equities so full impact is greater than comparatively small trade risk here...
Of course NQ went up after I sold yesterday, then again timing was OK for gold exit. Can't trade properly when fatigued like that though, so nonetheless good to close when I did. Without DAX greed trade I would even have had a profit. -.- Will consider re-entries Monday. Can't trade very actively next week due to helping GF move.
Missed chance to add to long-term short AUD/CAD position after midnight yesterday. Still assuming I can get cheaper entry than currently so will wait for a 100 EUR dip on my existing position profit of 380 before adding. NAV 19528
Sell AUD/CAD x -42000 @ 0.9436 stop 0.9722 Doubling position. Would have had a chance to get an even better price on a spike today, but unfortunately busy helping GF prepare for move tomorrow then and couldn't enter an order. Same premises as previously. Variation seems quite large but I think a downtrend over next half year is fundamentally warranted, making this a decent background trade. Would have been nice trading equity indices this week, Murphy's law in action, always busy on the best trading days.
Opening of week. Tempted in re-entering gold as it may go to new highs, conversely it could mean revert quite a bit if it fails to. Waiting for more obvious entry point. Tempted to short equities but it might be too early to counter-trend yet so I will abstain. NAV 19315, took a bit of a hit on AUD/CAD entry from last week. I would of course prefer to end this month on target (which is quite far a way due to inactivity last week). Will see what's achievable without doing something stupid, e.g. entering trade because "gief me moniez" which is never a good reason. Only hot scheduled news this week is on Thursday.