The question was not what would make you happy. The question is which would be less painful. Minimize the pain, instead of trying to maximize the gain. For me, ultimately not sticking with a thought out plan, even if it goes bad, is more painful ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Just retrace to above 1.12 trap some more longs and then extend the drop to 200p OK?

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

If you can watch it, just watch it. Which would be more painful to you? Not closing the long now or not holding to TP? Do the less painful action. emotionally, psychologically and financially. it;s close to 80 now, we pop to 90 and there's going to ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

OK right now price needs to get above 65, it can not stay under 60 bid for a long time and under 54 bid is just about asta lavista, once we stay above 65, it nees to get above 75, for it to have a shot, at this point or anytime in between you should ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

SL at 50 should have been good. I moved mine down from 55 to 50 thinking they are not going to breach 50 and it's holding for now. 50 is my breaking point for this trade. TP is at 1.1225. Original entry, somewhere below 00.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

This afternoon's ECB peg is at 1.1313. The market has to realize that fundamentally, EUROS are a bargain at this live price right now. START BUYING!

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Right now I'm too embarrassed to say where I've been holding from while we are discussing stops. I keep asking myself, how wide is too wide? While I patiently wait for another PB. Let's just say if it breaks to 55. I've given everything back and ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

This is easier said than done, but if the market senses where your stops are, it's either one of the three 1. You entered at the wrong price. 2. Your stop is too close. 3. You're not giving the trade enough room. Tighter stops for low volatility ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

These kinds of moves only happen once in a few weeks or month. Over 100p down in minutes, you're trying to get a PB of 20 to 30p quickly. It's HIGH volatility. If you're trying to peg a moving market while it's knifing down 10p or 15p is safe, but ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

These kinds of moves requires a larger SL and TP target, a 20% retracement alone here is over 20p I just moved my BE to plus 14 to make up for the mistimed pb entry at 98 and my Target here is 25. Either way happy OUT. Good night.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Yup in at 88, 3 mn before at 52min and 17sec past the hr.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Tried a scalp at 1.1198 and got slammed for 14p in 5 seconds. Got another shot here at 1.1188, I'll give it 20p SL, The pull back is going to be at least 50 pips. Just set TP to 1.1225

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

1 minute charts now look like there's some bad data point.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Thought for sure there would be orders at 80 so I placed a buy at 75. It just fell fast. I had placed a short at 1.1320 when it started bracketing down again. Thing is still going down.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Whoa yeah. Just nailed 65 pips on the way down. Lost 10 on the way with a buy stop in between. Now long at 38. That just made up for yesterdays -50p day and added to this mornings pips and moving to BE+1 now. That happened so fast. Was going to ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

There is really nothing below 00 on the left for at least 20 pips. Anyway signing off here for the night. Will be offline FF tomorrow. Good luck everyone.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Hope this is just an end of year, and political anomaly with USFR and ECB, hopefully we didn't ruin it here for EU scalpers.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

You can still close at even if you feel like crap about it, otherwise you can hold on and punish them back for more, if you think the call is right. Could be last chance to close at even, might be bracketing down or getting ready to. It's a tough ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

I know you're just being humble. But make no mistake about it. I've personally talked to thousands of traders over the years and seen most of their trading styles. You, Mr. KzX are one of the most brilliant technical traders I've ever come across ...

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only

Thanks. sorry.

EUR/USD: IntraDay Scalping and Short Term Swing Trading Only