Update 2 — Moved trailing stop up into profit.

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Update — Moved stop up.

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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 ...

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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~

Oanda - Are you Having Problems Logging In?

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 ...

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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 ...

Chaos Strategy - Mid term and long term trading.

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 ...

Chaos Strategy - Mid term and long term trading.

Oanda and Interactive Brokers pay interest on unused margin.

Broker that pays interest

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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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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 ...

How much did you start with?

I wonder how many of those fall into the 95% that are unsuccessfull at trading ;-)

How to deal with the losses??

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 ...

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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 ...

Trading maxims.

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 ...

How to deal with the losses??

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

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8/21/08 Trade 2 — 2nd trade...looking for a continuation. I was stopped at breakeven.

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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.

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