Friday, March 31, 2006

end of week

Not been a stunning week for me this week has it, but I have been doing a little scalping the last day or so to supplement (not that ive made that much!) - here's the state of play at the moment
 
Just before I do that just to let you know that the grailtrading blog has been updated
 
Ok,
 
I'm leaving audjpy to run - currently +68
 
I'm leaving usdjpy to run currently 2 positions +14 and -131
 
Closed gpbchf +19 pips
 
I'm leaving usdchf to run currently +8 pips
 
I'm leaving eurcad to run currently +2 pips
 
I'm leaving chfjpy to run currently -8 pips
 
closed cadjpy -17 pips
 
I'm leaving euraud to run - currently -39 pips
 
closed 1 position gbpjpy +43 pips
 
I'm leaving gbpjpy to run - currently -70
 
I'm leaving gbpusd to run currently -132
 
so, closes for the week = +155 on closed trades
 
(and -288 on open trades!)
 
catch you Sunday night - off to soul nights tonight and tomorrow so keep on keepin on!!
 
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closes

closed usdcad +66
 
 
 
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eurchf stopped out 1.5796 -86 pips
 
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Thursday, March 30, 2006

amazing

Well, what a difference a day makes.  and im so glad i added last night :)
 
Time for some money takes then - lets see whats on offer
 
Tonights action:
 
  • gbpusd - closing last nights position at 1.7465 +139 pips - first position left open still negative
  • audjpy stop moved to 82.51
  • usdcad stop moved to 1.1769
  • gbpchf stop moved to 2.2849
  • chfjpy stop moved to 89.20
  • cadjpy stop moved to 100.10
  • usdchf stop moved to 1.3136
New Orders: all are 'if seen'
  • short euraud 1.6911  stop 1.7122
  • audcad long @ 0.8327 stop 0.8195
 
 
 
wanted to put in an order long on audcad and long on nzdjpy and audchf but my broker does not support them
 
eurchf is close to stopout as i write
 
have fun - might all go tits up again tomorrow lol :) but at least im in profit tonight!!
 
 
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

painful arrghhh

well, its certainly painful at the moment.
 
todays action:
 
amazingly none of the trades have stopped out yet but there is some significant pain
 
I have added to the gbpusd position at 1.7326 with the stop at the same level as the first position, in the words of hannibal lecter's nemesis 'seemed like a good idea at the time'
 
also added to usdjpy short @ 117.75 stop same as first position
 
I should really close the cable position and the gbpjpy position as the signals are conflicting at the mo, but in for a penny in for a pound ... (famous last words) so im going to assess the situation tomorrow night if the trades are still open.
 
closed eurcad 141.01 -16 pips
 
new orders - come on then!!! lets have some proper pain!!!
 
long chfjpy 90.26 if seen stop 88.70
 
eurcad long @ 1.4149 if seen stop 1.3990
 
audjpy long @ 83.47 if seen stop 81.90
 
gbpchf short @ 2.2684 if seen stop 2.2905
 
stop moves
 
cadjpy stop moved to 99.34
 
gbpjpy stops on both positions moved to 202.90
 
usdjpy stop moved to 118.40
 
 
everything else remains as is, till tomorrow, good trading to you :)
 
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

new orders

ok, by the looks of things the fomc might just put me deep in the brown sticky stuff this week.
 
time will tell
 
no new orders
 
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orders triggered

orders have all been triggered - swissy doing well for a first day, normally they spend several days in the red before going positive
 
There will be some new orders to place tonight at 10pm gmt - keep em peeled
 
 
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Monday, March 27, 2006

account activity

closes
 
eurcad closed 1.4037 +9 pips
 
 
new orders: - all are 'if hit'
 
 
long gbpusd 1.7512 stop 1.7290
 
usdchf short @ 1.3052 stop 1.3210
 
usdjpy short 116.31 stop 118.60
 
eurchf short 1.5710 stop 1.5796
 
eurcad long @ 1.4117 stop 1.3918
 
also
 
order for long eurjpy cancelled
 
currently open cadjpy long (-98), gbpjpy long (-120)
 
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Saturday, March 25, 2006

new week

ok, new week then
 
new orders
 
long eurjpy @ 142.10 if hit stop 140.53
 
eurcad short immediately 1.4046 stop 1.4172
 
 
have a good weekend
 
 
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Friday, March 24, 2006

total for week

total for the week is +224 pips
 
still have 2 trades open which are currently negative on gbpjpy and cadjpy
 
next week i'll leave gold alone and try to keep off the speculative trades and just take the signals!
 
not a bad week though, thanks for watching.
 
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closed audusd 0.7107 +20 pips
 
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gold stopped -141 points - glad i didnt put much on that!
 
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chf closed

usdchf closed on stop +100 pips
 
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stop

stop moved on usdchf 1.3150
 
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closed cable

closed GBPUSD 1.7350 +93 pips
 
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short term trade

quick short term trade - long audusd 0.7083 stop at 55
 
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canx

order for eurjpy cancelled
 
 
 
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closes

 
closed eurusd 1.1979 +90 pips
closed usdjpy 117.43 +42 pips
closed gbpchf 2.2824 + 34 pips
Closed eurgbp 0.6908 +5 pips 
Closed eurcad 1.3983 +38 pips 
 
stop moved gbpusd 1.7375
usdchf stop moved 1.3128
 
stopped out audusd speculative position -85
 
forgot to mention  last night i covered euraud for break even - was a speculative trade from last week
 
closed outs this session + 124  pips
 
 
 
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

changes

eurusd stop moved to 1.2139
gbpusd - stop moved to 1.7563
usdchf stp moved to 1.3018
usdjpy stop moved to 116.60
euraud stop placed 1.6980
eurcad stop moved to 1.4172
gbpchf stop moved to 2.2710
 
all orders are now in apart from eurjpy
 
current positions = +231 pips open
 
 
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changes

 
usdchf - stop changed to 1.2895
eurcad - entry changed to 1.4021 if hit
gbpchf - stop moved to 2.2658
 
all others remain as set
 
current entries triggered
 
euraud / audusd / eurgbp / gbpchf / gbpjpy / eurusd / usdchf / 
 
 
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

ADDED

added to gbpjpy @204.04
 
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mistake

made a mistake with the stop on pound yen
 
stop should have read 202.65
 
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

extra trade

extra trade
 
long eurjpy @ 142.03 if hit stop 140.60
 
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closed eurjpy

closed eurjpy for -70
 
also opened a speculative long on audusd earlier tonight at 0.7175 stop 0.7090
 
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new orders

Dear Bloggers
 
a slew of orders tonight so lets see if any trigger tomorrow
 
note all orders are limit orders and are 'if hit'
 
also due to the large amount of signals tonight and also the fact that I am still 'honing' this method these positions will be very small to limit my risk.  This is being played on a live account though (dont believe in demo's) - on saying that they are small i still stand to lose a fair amount if they all go tits up so wish me luck!
 
eurusd short @1.2069 stop 1.2219
 
gbpusd short @1.7443 stop 1.7610
 
usdchf long @ 1.3050 stop 1.2795
 
usdjpy long @ 117.43 stop 115.40
 
gbpjpy long @205.17 stop 204.97
 
eurcad short @ 1.4031 stop 1.4235
 
cadjpy long @ 100.95 stop 98.90
 
gbpchf long @ 2.2790 l stop 2.2605
 
eurgbp short @ 0.6913 stop 0.6963
 
gold short @ 544.90 stop 559.00
 
 
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Monday, March 20, 2006

order for chfjpy cancelled
 
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Sunday, March 19, 2006

week start

closed yen 117.16 +99 pips, nice start to the week
 
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Saturday, March 18, 2006

end of week

good week in all then - finished up on 348 pips on closed trades
 
still have usdjpy open at + 127
 
also have an audusd open from 1.1486 - target is 1.1422 on that one - not a proper swing as this was taken on the our hour chart - going to watch this carefully this week as its ready for a turn down - prediction will be a fall to 1.1422 followed by a rise that wont make new highs - then ill be re-shorting for a swing trade
 
took a short this morning on euraud - reasons for this are not my usual ones - its way over extended, cci is above 400 and this really needs to come back to sip some buyers - im hoping for a good drop on sun night / mon morning - just feels like a no brainer so it will probarbly lose lol - only placed a small position.
 
I have orders placed as follows
 
Short eurjpy @141.08 if hit stop 142.60 - swing trade
 
short chfjpy @ 89.60 if hit- stop 90.81 - swing trade
 
time will tell and heres hoping for good judgement this week
 
hope you had a good one :)
 
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Friday, March 17, 2006

closed cable short -18 - was only small anyway
 
 
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stop move

USDJPY stop moved to 116.80
 
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cable short

cable short 1.7540 - countertrend so wont be a long one i wouldnt think (but you never know!)
 
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trades

gbpusd closed 1.7535 +43 pips
 
eur closed 1.2154 +201 pips
 
closed 1.2928 +184 pips
 
=+428 pips positive
 
usdjpy stop to break even 117.15
 
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

stops move

 
stops moved as follows
 
usdjpy = 117.70
gbpusd = 1.7390
 
targets: - i may or may not close half or full positions at these levels on the following currencies
 
first target set for euro 1.2214
 
first target set for usdchf 1.2840
 
first target set for gbpusd 1.7675 but need to see how it reacts to 1.7621 and 1.7648
 
Yen is currently at a significant support point and i may close it in the morning if things dont look good.
 
comments - cad was stopped out today, the stop was too tight as the day finished back in the intended direction - a lesson has been learned. also another lesson learned on the size of the potential entry candle and ive thought of a better way that could have saved the jpy trade from being so far in the red before the turnaround - interesting
 
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order canx

order to short eur/ypy cancelled
 
still open is eurusd, gbpusd, usdchf and usdjpy - was beginning to think that yen would never come back!
 
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stop move

stop moved on chf to 1.3012 locking in +100 pips
 
stop moved eurusd to 1.2025 locking in +49 pips
 
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cad stopped

CAD stopped out -62 pips
 
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

ORDER PLACED

order placed to short EURJPY if 141.00 is hit - stop at 142.31
 
stops moved as follows:
 
gbpusd - 1.7336
 
usdcad - 1.1594
 
usdchf - 1.3116
 
eurusd - 1.1945
 
usdjpy - 118.50
 
 
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stops move

stops moved as follows
 
EURUSD 1.1931
USDCHF 1.3139
 
also orders placed for the following entries today
 
short USDCAD @ 1.1532 if hit stop 1.1625
 
Long GBP/USD @ 1.7492 if hit stop 1.7318
 
short USDJPY @ 117.15 if hit - stop 118.88 - half position trade
 
update later today
 
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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

stop move

stops moved as follows
 
euro 1.1914
chf 1.3171
 
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swing trades

sorry folks, just cannot be bothered to find the time to post on here much anymore - got a lot on.
 
I think best thing to do is to share my swing trades - these are based on daily charts and do incorporate hilda along with something else
 
Two trades open as of today
 
Long EUR/USD 1.1953 stop @1.1859 no profit target as of yet
 
Short USDCHF 1.3112 Stop @1.3237 no target as yet
 
this will be updated if i close them or open any others - just check twice a day
 
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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Thursday First Trade

ok, back to posting some trades intraday - i have some swings running too but ill leave those out for the time being
Thu Mar 9 05:07:26 2006, 97479365, , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7370
Thu Mar 9 05:15:51 2006, 97480042, 97479365, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7385
Hilda trade +15
daily tally +15
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Tuesday end and today

apologies for not continuing to post yesterday, just got embroiled in something and had no time whatsoever to post.
Ended up +34 for the day.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2006

2nd trade

Tue Mar 7 03:30:13 2006, 96963759,  , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7430
Tue Mar 7 03:31:44 2006, 96965799, 96963759, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7414
 
-16
 
daily tally -11
 
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Tuesday 1st trade

Tue Mar 7 02:27:29 2006, 96951407,  , SellMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7456
Tue Mar 7 02:43:40 2006, 96953878, 96951407, CloseTradeS, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7451
 
+5 pips - too early exited
 
daily tally +5
 
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last trades Monday

Mon Mar 6 12:49:51 2006, 96819897,  , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7485
Mon Mar 6 12:52:14 2006, 96820318, 96819897, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7481
 
Mon Mar 6 12:52:23 2006, 96820335,  , SellMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7480
Mon Mar 6 13:02:54 2006, 96823842, 96820335, CloseTradeS, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7479
 
-4 and +1
 
daily tally +62
 
there was a lot more opportunities yesterday afternoon on the 1 min chart but i was embroiled in grail at the time and didnt care :)
 
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Monday, March 06, 2006

7th

Mon Mar 6 08:51:07 2006, 96775951,  , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7534
Mon Mar 6 09:35:42 2006, 96780641, 96775951, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7537
 
+3
 
daily tally +65
 
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6th

Mon Mar 6 08:28:51 2006, 96770635,  , SellMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7536
Mon Mar 6 08:40:35 2006, 96774207, 96770635, CloseTradeS, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7530
 
+6
 
daily tally +62
 
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Mon Mar 6 07:47:05 2006, 96763746,  , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7533
Mon Mar 6 08:26:15 2006, 96769759, 96763746, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7535
 
+2 pips
 
daily tally+56
 
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4th

Mon Mar 6 06:05:58 2006, 96750796,  , BuyMarket, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7547
Mon Mar 6 06:26:19 2006, 96752938, 96750796, CloseTradeB, GBP/USD, 100000, 1.7554
 
+7 pips
 
Daily Tally +54
 
going to have a break for lunch now or would have held the long for some more
 
back for more in an hour or so :)
 
all these trades have been hilda trades by the way.
 
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3rd

Mon Mar 6 05:12:30 2006 96741740   SellMarket GBP/USD 100000 1.7571
Mon Mar 6 05:48:26 2006 96747952 96741740 CloseTradeS GBP/USD 100000 1.7552
 
+19 
 
daily tally +47
 
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2nd

Mon Mar 6 04:45:42 2006 96738418   BuyMarket GBP/USD 100000 1.75710
Mon Mar 6 05:12:27 2006 96741737 96738418 CloseTradeB GBP/USD 100000 1.75710
 
Break even
 
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Monday

first trade of the day - time = est
 
Mon Mar 6 03:17:53 2006 96723172   SellMarket GBP/USD 100000 1.76000
Mon Mar 6 04:39:45 2006 96736036 96723172 CloseTradeS GBP/USD 100000 1.75720
 
+28 pips
 
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