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smikester replied Sep 20, 2007Ho hum — Stopped out of my shorts. Wait for the next trade.

Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 20, 2007And not only that but we've seen the top. Wish I could have got in there, though.

Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 20, 2007A bit cross — I'm a bit cross because I was conned by this lazy arsed retracemnt and am now holding shorts which could have been bought at a better price. OK I'm mad.
This isn't the first time this has happened to me and I get the ...Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 18, 2007Re re-quotes — Very annoying, especially when you want to get out. BUT. I trade with Alpari and like most brokers with fixed spreads they re-quote when it's volatile. I think that is to be expected. The answer is to set judicious market orders.
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 18, 2007Keeping an eye on the Swissie — Consolidating for days, followed by this morning's good figures for Swiss production. Could be moving again?
4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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smikester replied Sep 18, 2007Morning everybody —
It will be interesting today to see if this stays in the neat channel it has been carving since 13th, and also stay above supports which I see at 228.20 -228.50 ish. In the meantime I'm out. (Might do a small trade on ...Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 14, 2007H1 stochastic now nearing peak without any substantial increase in RSI. I agree and I am staying short. Just needs patience, I think. Dow making new daily highs not helping. Currently short (ignore sig.)
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 11, 200789 ma — Just my humble opinion. I have back tested Phillip's system over and over again (thank you [again] Phillip) to try to set up some sort of mechanical trading system which suits my money management. What I have achieved, so far, is an ...
4 Hour Strategy (MACD)
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smikester replied Sep 7, 2007Can anyone help me? — Recently I read that the liquidity squeeze had affected Japanese banks in the same way as world wide banks. This would effectively slow borrowing on the Yen and therefore seriously affect the carry trade? But I can't ...
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Sep 5, 2007For volatility? — Let's say we are trading GBP/JPY in volatile and unpredictable circumstances - like recently. We've done all our homework and want to set a trade. What stop loss to set? A realistic one might be 200 pips, say. Well if we ...
hedge for s/l???
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smikester replied Aug 30, 2007Bernanke talk — The news yesterday was that Bernanke said they would not let the mortgage ship sink. See this post: url and this one: url
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Aug 28, 2007Thank you. — I'm one who has read your posts and learned a lot. Along with many people here's a big thank you for that. But you're not doing it for the thank yous are you? I thought you were leading by example and setting a very good example ...
anyone need help?
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smikester replied Aug 28, 2007Enlightening. — Thank you for posting those articles. I have read them and they are very informative. I am getting the impression that these are not very reliable indicators and should be used as confirmation of other work. I certainly got my ...
Divergences
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smikester replied Aug 28, 2007Divergences - new lows? — Any comments welcomed:
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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Divergences
Started Aug 28, 2007|Rookie Talk|5 replies
I don't trade divergences but they are interesting to confirm a trend change. One in ...
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smikester replied Aug 20, 2007Wot? No trades? — better learn some fibs or summat then, smikester. And others would be well advised to do the same
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)
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smikester replied Aug 20, 2007Waste of time? — All the small ma's are crashing together on the 4 hour chart. My experience has been that this signifies a period of ranging. Boring and tricky to trade. It'll go up at the end though. Those daily pin bars don't lie!
Auslanco - GBP/JPY and GBP/USD (newstrade)