Monday, August 1, 2011

Last trade for the night-Perfect trading conditions


Last trade to end the night. What more can a trader ask for. This is one of the most one sided trading sessions ever. Shorting on every pullback was fun.

Cable


Great day today. Wall Street fell like a baby. The Cable and Euro hinted at weakness at the start of the US session, not even bullish enough to go on the usual stop hunting queued on the upside. Since the break of the symmetrical triangle, the cable has never looked back. It is a devastating fall for the US index, which opened up more than 150 points and dipped straight into-50. I have yet to find out which news caused the sharp reversal, but the drop coincided with dollar strength, and unexpectedly a sharp spike in gold as well. Seems like risk aversion. Today i netted my largest profit so far on this small account.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Cable


Caught the cable on a breakout trending trade. Shallow pullback, resistance trend channel breakout+ CCI oversold exit signal. Quick, clean trade. I like.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Cable


In this session, verified that the london market began with a slide, followed by rise till 9.45 US time, then it slid after that. Volatile as usual, but in the context of a Euro debt crisis vs a US debt crisis, it seems like the Euro and Sterling actually fell, and the USD went up. Fundamentally, USD should go down too.

For Cable, once 1.63269 gives way, it should be sliding down some more.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Trying day again


Today's trading session strengthened my believe on trading beyond 930. Trading too early got me caught in a range market. Frustrating and money losing. Luckily i caught the outbreak this time round.

Observation#1- London timing up, US follow
Observation#2-This situation is more of GBP strength, coupled w a bit of USD weakness, the Eur did not strengthen as much. Gold was did not gain much also, so there was inherent strength in GBP

News- Fundamentally, expecting BoE meeting minutes. If quantitative easing approved, Sterling expected to sell off.

This piece of news had no bearing on today's trade so far.
Made about S$20 today from a drawdown of -$40

Monday, July 18, 2011

First trading session


Lots of ding dong in the early session of the trade, taken out at every single direction by sharp spikes. The early morning of the US session could be the reason why it was more volatile. Took note that the trigger timing was 0930, the opening of the DJI. The trade actually went higher before reversing. The two inverted hammers are the giveaway for the day. I should heed the advice of trading with the trend. The bollinger indicated that the trade was neutral, i should have left it as it is and look for the weakness to short. Looks like i have a better plan now.

Went from -70 to +6 for the day. Good achievement, but bad trading in the start.