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- Rosscub replied Sep 9, 2008
Update 2 — Moved trailing stop up into profit.
- Rosscub replied Sep 9, 2008
Update — Moved stop up.
- Rosscub replied Sep 9, 2008
Hypothetical Trade — Here is a trade entry that just formed, but I can't take it due to Oanda's platform being down. I'll monitor it just to see how it would have played out. I almost hope it losses 17 pips to make me feel better about the ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 9, 2008
Oand Platform Issues — Same here, and it cost me money too. The platform has been down for over an hour. Luckily my stop was moved into profit, but I should have made a lot more. ~Sigh~
- Rosscub replied Sep 9, 2008
9/9/08 Trade 1 — Today was a difficult day due to Oanda's platform. I entered 1 trade on the downturn of the EUR/USD and trailed my stop until Oanda's platform disconneted, and it still hasn't returned. I still ended the day with a profit, but ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 8, 2008
Dznmrd, Thanks. I finally got it to work. It's a very nice presentation, and I'm sure that those who are interested in or new to Profitunity trading will find it very useful. I would be interested to hear how traders here have adapted it to suit ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 8, 2008
Hi, I like some of Bill Williams ideas, and I have incorporated some of his techniques into my trading. I tried to download your file, but when I tried to open it, I received an error saying that the file was corrupt. Is anyone else experiencing ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 5, 2008
Oanda and Interactive Brokers pay interest on unused margin.
- Rosscub replied Sep 4, 2008
9/4/08 Trade 1 — I caught the initial downward movement for the day first thing this morning. After being taken out by my trailing stop, price moved into a wide range. There was an additional setup at 10AM EST just prior to the downward break, ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 3, 2008
9/3/08 Trade 3 — Well, I thought I was done trading for the day, but at the last minute an additional signal was formed. I took the trade looking for a possible reversal, but stocks fell and price reversed to take me out at my trailing stop ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 3, 2008
9/3/08 — Next, I was looking for a continuation of the upward momentum, but price pulled back after the news announcement and hit my trailing stop for a small loss. I think its probably best to report my progress by percentages instead of ...
- Rosscub replied Sep 3, 2008
9/3/08 Trade 1 — Monday was a holiday, yesterday yielded no signals, so today is our first trading day of September. The initial trade of the day was with the emerging upward movement that formed during the pre-NY open.
- Rosscub replied Sep 2, 2008
How much you start with will depend largely upon your means and your goals. You could start with $10 at Oanda, but that amount will serve little more than allowing you to practice using a live account. If you are looking for trading to become your ...
- Rosscub replied Aug 28, 2008
I wonder how many of those fall into the 95% that are unsuccessfull at trading ;-)
- Rosscub replied Aug 27, 2008
August Update — Due to a hostile take over of my computer by malicious software, I have been unable to post my screen captures the past few days. Currently, my account is up about 5%, which is around my monthly average. I have decided to end ...
- Rosscub replied Aug 25, 2008
Oldies but goodies — Well, someone has to post it.... "Cut your losses short, and let your winners run." Traders hear it so much that we can become deaf to it at times, but in the end its still one of the golden truths of trading. My other ...
- Rosscub replied Aug 22, 2008
TDion and Hanover, you are correct; you need a system with a positive expectancy (an edge) to be successful. Obviously, a confident or disciplined trader with a losing system will still be a loser, but an emotional (or perhaps I should say an ...
- Rosscub replied Aug 21, 2008
8/21/08 Trade 3 — Last trade for the day...looking for a continuation. Stopped out at -7 pips. Today I took 3 trades with 1 winner, 1 loser, and 1 break even trade. Results: Today -1 Pip Week +92 Pips Month +122 Pips
- Rosscub replied Aug 21, 2008
8/21/08 Trade 2 — 2nd trade...looking for a continuation. I was stopped at breakeven.
- Rosscub replied Aug 21, 2008
8/21/08 Trade 1 — The first trade today was the same setup as yesterday. I entered going north, but price formed a small double top and then reversed to take me out at +6 pips profit.