Tuesday 17 May 2011

17th May '11

Well, Just like Klaus, in his blog here : http://devisen.wordpress.com, today I was stopped out ... but for me it was the EUR/GBP pair... as I started looking at the charts this evening the trade was only 8 pips shy of the Stop Loss ... as expected ... it wasn't long before the Stop was hit, for a cost of 93 pips.

Since I have taken the loss tonight, my 1% risk has been calculated using the modified fund value.

The other trades running at the moment are a Long trade on AUD/CAD and a Short trade on GBP/CHF. As far as trade maintenance is concerned, I couldn't move the Stop on the AUD/CAD since it came within a whisker of being exited today, however with the move later this afternoon, the reasonable Take Profit Point has moved, and so I have adjusted the Trade accordingly. Similarly on the GBP/CHF, it is too early to move the Stop, but I have moved the Take Profit value.

While the GBP/AUD trade did not trigger today, I have left the trade to run overnight, as the price action is moving in the right direction, so the same figures will stand for today.

In addition to the above, I have placed 3 new Short Orders in the market: GBP/USD (the price has retraced further,and so a new Order has replaced yesterday's), EUR/USD and EUR/CHF.

So my Trade table looks as follows:


Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
GBPCHFShort1.43631.45541.4113+60 pipsDay 5, TP Extended
AUDCADLong1.03051.02231.0405+19 pipsDay 4, TP Extended
GBPAUDShort0.86810.87740.8588-Leaving to run
EURGBPShort1.52681.53781.5105-93 PipsStopped Out
GBPUSDShort1.61681.63061.6030--
EURUSDShort1.41141.42421.3986--
EURCHFShort1.24981.25981.2398--

Sorry, no pictures today ... I have to get some sleep :O)

... but I'll wish you ... Happy Trading ... and I'll be back tomorrow.

Nick :O)

Monday 16 May 2011

16th May '11 ...

yeah!!! ... tonight, for the first time in a while, I have been able to update a stop loss on an active trade!

The GBP/CHF trade which triggered last week, today moved into profit, and I was able to move the stop loss from 1.4554 to 1.4472 ... an reduction of 82pips risk :-) ... it's the little things.

now ...time to put the emotion back in it's box ... or rather earlier was time to put the emotion back in the box, I'm just reporting it now ;-)

Tonight I have placed 4 Income Generator pending orders, all short: GBP/USD, EUR/AUD, EUR/GBP and GBP/AUD.

In addition, the AUD/CAD order from yesterday triggered, and at the close of yesterday's candle was showing a slight loss.

So, my trades now stand as follows:


 


Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
GBPCHFShort1.43631.44721.4172+37 pipsActive Day 4
AUDCADLong1.03051.02231.0387-10 pipsActive Day 3
GBPUSDShort1.61531.62571.6049--
EURAUDShort1.33011.34191.3183--
GBPAUDShort0.86810.87740.8588--
EURGBPShort1.52681.53781.5105--


Below are the screenshots ...

Until Tomorrow,

Happy Trading :-)



Short on GBP/USD

Short on EUR/AUD
Short on GBP/AUD

Short on EUR/GBP

Sunday 15 May 2011

Sunday Night (15th May) Update ...

Sunday 15th May ...

Tonight, I have placed 4pending Income Generator orders, and have 1 trade in progress which triggered last week.

The running trade, on GBP/CHF is a short, and the price is currently above the entry price.

The other orders are short on USD/SGD, GBP/AUD and Long on AUD/CAD and NZD/CHF

The current situation looks like this :






Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
GBPCHFShort1.43631.45541.4172-96pips-
USDSGDShort1.23701.24801.2260--
GBPAUDShort1.51941.53591.5029--
AUDCADLong1.03051.02231.0387--
NZDCHFLong0.70540.69680.7140--


Short on USD/SGD

Short on GBP/AUD

Long on AUD/CAD 


Long on NZD/CHF















































Update : having reviewed the orders, I have noticed that, while the price is above the 50EMA on the NZD/CHF, the 20EMA is below the 50EMA, and the 5EMA is between them both ... sure, ignoring the 50EMA the pair meet the entry criteria, but with the "confusion" in the Moving Averages, I have decided to remove the order as the aim is to remove unnecessary risk.

Wednesday 11 May 2011

11th May .. and the Importance of Risk Management...

Good Evening ... :)

I have placed the following Income Generator trade orders ...

Short on USD/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/SGD and GBP/CHF
Long on NZD/USD and AUD/NZD...

I had a look as well this morning, and since a couple of the possible Income Generators hadn't triggered I placed them in the market ... the only one to trigger was NZD/USD ... which also stoppped out today for a 1% loss.

At the moment the market isn't being kind ... my Demo Account has now dwindled by over £1700 .. from £55300 to£53600 ... with this many trades going against me, it's easy to see the importance of Proper Risk Management.

... anyway ... I'll be back tomorrow evening ... until then be safe in the market :)

Cheers,


Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
USDCHFShort0.87770.88870.8667--
USDJPYShort80.5581.3579.75--
USDSGDShort1.22731.23701.2176--
GBPCHFShort1.43631.45541.4172--
NZDUSDLong0.79780.78650.8091--
AUDNZDLong1.36811.35251.3837--



The following are the charts I traded :

Monday 9 May 2011

10th May ...



Having looked at the Forex Calendar at www.forexfactory.com, the announcements I'd be watching are for the Aussie, the New Zealand Dollar and the Chinese Yen.

The trade orders I have placed are on the EUR/USD, EUR/CAD and the CAD/JPY and pan out as follows:


Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
EUR/USDLong1.44351.42491.4621--
EUR/CADLong1.39281.37821.4074--
CAD/JPYShort83.0783.9282.22--

The EUR/USD pair do not strictly meet the criteria, except that the price is bouncing of the 50EMA, and while the 5EMA has moved below the 20EMA, the 20EMA is still above the 50EMA.


Long on EUR/USD


Long on EUR/CAD


Short on CAD/JPY

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Forex Trading Prudence ....

Hi,

I'm not going to be trading for the rest of the week ... tomorrow is ADP Non-Farm Employment Change (USD), and ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (USD) ... Thursday is just plain horrible!!!!! ... 15 Red flags, 7 orange, 2 yellow and 1 white
... and Friday is the official "Non-Farm Payroll" stats from the US ...

... prudence is telling me to stay out ...

... and as much as I am NOT good at being prudent ... this time I'm gonna listen!

A quick update though on last nights trades:


Current position from tonight
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&LComment
GBPUSDLong1.67411.66291.6853-Didn't trigger
NZDUSDLong0.81230.80250.8221-Didn't trigger
AUDJPYLong89.3388.6889.98-Didn't trigger
USDJPYShort80.9381.7280.14-7 Pips-
USDSGDShort1.22011.22491.2153-Didn't trigger

So ... Have a wonderful weekend ... and I'll be back on Monday :)

Tatty Bye!

Nick

Monday 2 May 2011

May 2nd... (updated)

Good Evening, and I hope you had a wonderful May Day holiday if you are in the UK...

I have this evening placed 5 trades, although I do not reasonably expect them all to trigger.

The following is inspired by/plagiarized from Klaus's blog here: http://devisen.wordpress.com :- I liked the way Klaus was using tables to make the figures presented clear, and I hope he will forgive my imitation :) ...


Pending Orders for 2nd May 2011
Curr. PairDirectionEntryStopTargetP&L
GBPUSDLong1.67411.66291.6853-
NZDUSDLong0.81230.80250.8221-
AUDJPYLong89.3388.6889.98-
USDJPYShort80.9381.7280.14-
USDSGDShort1.22011.22491.2153-


below are the screen shots of the trades:

Any/all comments or thoughts gratefully received...

Cheers,

Nick

Update:

AUD/JPY had a small risk of only 65 pips ... but I also forgot to check the ForexFactory.com calendar to see which announcements were being made ... at 6:30am C.E.T there was a "Red" Cash Rate announcement for the Aussie which could easily have taken me both into and out of the trade in seconds for a loss ...since the announcement was as expected, there was no adverse response, and the price is moving against me entry criteria ... but it could so easily have been different.

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

NZD/USD

USD/SGD

AUD/JPY