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- dragoncat replied Jul 7, 2008
*** #9 is a mistake, fail to take into account the noise that was created in the fxcm chart, closed with 4pips x 2 units loss @ 1.5659, will not use C2 again in 15min chart.. 07JUL 21:17 open pos 50% of #2 short 0.9611, SL 0.9588 currently +35pips ...
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- dragoncat replied Jul 7, 2008
*** #7 closed off by another signal @ 1.5640 lost 13.5pips x 2 units 07JUL 20:06 may re-enter closer to daily low if there's signal open pos 50% of #2 short 0.9611, SL 0.9588 currently +28pips (locked in 23 pips) closed pos CB USDJPY -7.4pips CM ...
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- dragoncat replied Jul 7, 2008
*** EURUSD CM long 1.56535 SL 1.5604 07JUL 19:24 #2 SL moved to 0.9588 open pos 50% of #2 short 0.9611, SL 0.9588 currently +28pips (locked in 23 pips) long eurusd 1.56535 SL 1.5604 closed (adjusted closed position to reflect proper pips per lot) CB ...
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- dragoncat replied Jul 7, 2008
geez, so labour intensive to keep a journal, not sure if i can keep doing this tomorrow, distracts me from trading.. haha.. #2 stop moved to 0.9611 to break even open pos 50% of #2 short 0.9611, SL moved to 0.9611 currently +28pips closed CB USDJPY ...
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- dragoncat replied Jul 7, 2008
oops, FF was down, so couldn't post in time *** closed half of #2 @ 0.9601 07JUL 15:24, adjusted new stop to reflect the new data to 0.9621 (-10pips) current open position becomes free trade, will hold until stopped out or by opposing signal open ...
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- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
post #3 closed due to another contradicting signal @ 107.142, lost 3.7 pips open pos post #2 closed MB USDJPY -3.7pips
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- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
*** USDJPY CB long 107.179 SL 107.08 07JUL 13:18 current open pos post #2 & #3
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- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
just to start off.. *** AUDUSD CM short 0.9611 SL 0.9641 07JUL 12:00
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Started Jul 6, 2008|Trading Journals|24 repliesok... all I can say here is, keeping a journal is more work than I expected, keeps my eyes ...
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Where to file complaints and/or claims against brokers?
Started Jul 6, 2008|Rookie Talk|20 repliesfor those that saw my thread, probably knows the whole story, I had an instance where I had an ...
- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
no wonder I'm getting such appalling attitude and service from my broker! LOL

Proposed NFA Capital Requirement
- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
I've seen this happen many times on FXCM, when I noticed it, it's when their unreliable platform stuffs up, and one side of the price freezes, ie. usdjpy ask price stuck at 106.50 while the market kept going up, say the bid price is 106.6 now, then ...
Has anyone noticed negative spreads before?
- dragoncat replied Jul 6, 2008
all the 1.5816 trades happened at 8:34, and one of my position "took profit" at 8:36 @ 1.5840, honestly I'd be happy for the guy who got filled at 1.5840 @ 8:36 at my expense, but come on, be realistic, who really got filled at that price at that ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 5, 2008
here's the chart, I can't upload to FF url hi melpheos: my broker said their charts are just for reference! What a reply! Although the prices on their charts are direct feed of the tradable price that show up on their trading station! I've been ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 5, 2008
What's wrong with a 12 pip take profit if I'm so sure that after falling thru 1.5857 it's never going to come back up, and that 12 pip profit is enough for me to set the remaining stop loss at 1.5864, enough to cover the position if it goes back up ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 5, 2008
I'm not here to cry about the slip, I'm here to investigate why it happened although clearly the price was available for trade, but was not executed either because of a technical problem with the broker, or the trading platform, that's why I wanted ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 5, 2008
hi Apocalypto, I have emailed the company and a guy called me back, his attitude was just unbelievable, he was yelling at me over the phone, and asking things like if I have ever traded through Nonfarm etc. which I feel was extremely intimidating! ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 4, 2008
I would've accepted easily if the price spiked, and it was truely slippage, but I saw it with my own eyes that the price went below 1.5852, back up many times, before actually falling for real, and it took a while till it fell down to 1.5816, what ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??
- dragoncat replied Jul 4, 2008
Apocalypto, I have the chart direct from FXCM which gets the feed directly(called Marktscope but I can't upload it somehow) that clearly shows the bid price, clearly showing that... at 8:34 the candle opened at 1.5865(9), Closed at 1.5850(1), High ...
Huge slippage Thursday morning on EURUSD??