I am trading again after a break of a few months, and a few ribs. Drinking, BBQ's and stray pieces of wood on the ground are not a good mix. I've taken the time off to sharpen my dubious skills, train myself to ALWAYS place a stop (maximum 20 pips, ...

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Starting with $100,000 reqires nuts of steel, but starting with $5,000 and trading up to $100,000 over 5 years or so only takes patience... nuts don't come into the equation. An average of 20% a month on ANY size account for even 12 months takes ...

20% per month. Is this possible?

all he was doing is he was trying to make as many lines cross in the middle of the chart as possible, regardless of any other reason for drawing the lines.

AUD/USD

Says he with an Oanda account with a 5 pound sterling balance. ... and yes, I know I've done no better...

All Indicators Trading system

A good observation there... you are pretty sharp.

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You laughing at me or are you looking in the mirror?

$2,000 to $2,000,000... no time limit

Some traders may be judging my sanity at this point... I've entered 3 trades the last few hours and each of them was at +10 or more at some stage, but... I have closed 1 manually at about BE 1 stopped out at BE the current trade is still open at +6 ...

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Only talking to myself really. My point of these few trades is to prove to myself that I can follow and stick to a set trading plan... enter on my rules, set a stop and move the stop to BreakEven when price moves to about +15. If the trade looks ...

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In a e/u buy now at 1.2281, stop 1.2261 Took myself out already +1 And now in a sell

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Dunno what 'appened, but I'm out just over BreakEven

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Long me at 1.0458 with 15 pip stop Already at guaranteed unlosable position... break even +1 This could be a 100+ pip trade... risked was 3.5% on my 15 pip stop.

AUD/USD

Nice entry, buy aud/usd... 15 pip stop, now moved stop to just over break even. That gives me a free swing at bat! Could go 150 pips... but who cares, I'm cost free.

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AMEN to that! You now have a good place to restart your journey. 1. Capital preservation 2. How to implement 1. 3. mmmmmmmmmmmmm

Disciplined Trader Journal

Thanks for the advice and attention guys, but that was not really my intent. I will start trading this account again shortly, within a week or so I think. I may add funds to bring it back to a respectable starting amount. Stay tuned... I guarantee ...

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I accidently closed my sell hedge and lost $200 so decided to bite the bullet, close my remaining losing positions and stop trying to manage my crazy losing position on my account, so my account balance is now $836 down from my $2,000 start 3 or 4 ...

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I'm sure the little that I have is more than you have. I note with interest that you have totally lost one account and are down to 14 pounds left on the 2nd. Now... I may lose this account of mine, however I WILL WIN. I have changed my approach to ...

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