Hey everyone, I'm going to post a few of my trades here in this thread, starting tomorrow. I'm not too advanced, and I don't try to scalp, so I won't be updating more than once every day. Short USDCHF @ 1.2928 @ 3pm Sept. 28 -signaled by 5/13 moving average crossover on hourly chart, which is the only indicator I use... (bad?) I've had to stay out of many trade signals because of choppiness, and sure enough I would have been whipsawed most of the time, but sometimes I miss good trades. I feel that my trading system is inefficient, and that I need a way to better target my entry and exit points.
I was once chatting with a girl trader who happened to be taking a very popular, well-known course on trading moving averages. USD/JPY popped up in the talk. Over the last 24-hours we had both tried to trade the pair it turns out. She wasn't able to find an entry to open a trade, she told me. I, on the other hand, who doesn't trade MAs, successfully opened and closed more than 5 trades on the pair. Main prob I had with MAs is that, say you get a signal to enter. Do you then wait until you get a signal to exit? And if you just wait, what happens if you are getting creamed in the mean time? And if you diverge away from your MAs after you enter, are you not entering more dangerous territory? Just a thought. You know, trading is Hell. It is like a street fight where anything goes. The one who wins is the "winner." By whatever means causes that to happen. Sometimes you just got to be one mean, dirty sonavabitch and slug it out. You might win, you might lose, you might break even, but don't forget: You're the one who engaged your opponent(s) in the fight willingly. So, I don't think there really are "good" trades OR "bad" trades because who knows what will happen after you enter a trade? You just got to deal with it. I'd say, the last 100 trades I've made, sure I did the best analysis I could beforehand but ultimately I just pulled the trigger because I love being in the market. I could win. I could die. But at least I am trying to trade my plan that is to advance my life financially by taking on dynamic, real time risk, that is better, I think, than taking no risks. Sure enough, the trading environment instantly changed after I entered the market. The ones I closed winners I did so by dealing with the circumstances after the fact. FXsKalpEr
Thanks for your post, Skalpz. However, it's irrelevant to me that I'm apparently in a fight with other traders. That doesn't matter to me because I'm basically passive in the market, no matter what I buy or sell. When you mention getting creamed before an exit point do you mean that most of my profits get taken, or even all of them? If so, then you're right, as that has happened to me when I force myself to be disciplined and exit only upon the signal of the MA. I'm inclined to ask if you can give me any advice on how you're apparently so much better than most, but I'm worried you'll just tell me it's because you're mean, and you beat everyone in the fight. lol.. You make it sound like you just guess. BTW How old are you? I'm 19 and this is my full-time job aside from a commission here or there on an affiliate sales website that I run. I've got to take every chance I have to learn more, so sorry if I'm annoying you with questions... Also, how early would you have been able to enter that trade compared to me? I wish I could have gotten in at the peak around 1.2990, but the 5/13 MA crossover on the hourly charts doesn't let me.
oh oh ... dude ... your a newbie and trying to make a living trading from FX ? have you ever traded other stuff before? I hate to say this but the odds are against you have you ever considered applying to work with other traders either as a trader or as part of their support team ? - How old are you? I'm 19 and this is my full-time job aside from a commission here or there on an affiliate sales website that I run. -
Using MA for entry signal on FXmarket is not a good idea, I think. Looks like too vague and no planned reason to have position there. There are many price levels or ranges traders watch, so I recommend you to concern that than mere MA crossover.
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