Saturday, 6 May 2017

Easier said than done

Deposited $500 into the account on 2 May.

On the first day, got into a trade, loss of of 6.4 pips because the trend doesn't seemed to be going my way, then up a good exit, because it went further against me.

3rd May got into another trade on USDJPY which ended in profit of about 25 pips.

4th May, got into 2 trades and loss both

5th May, which is a Friday, managed to secure a win which made my account positive.

Was on the bus home from work and took a look at the USDJPY chart, there was a sudden spike in the M5 or M1, and I decided to enter a short position. because I was using my phone, I didn't check the amount of lot before entering and entered 0.02 lot.  Cut things short, it ended in a loss.
Following which, I try to keep it cool and entered a good opportunity on gold. This time was a quick loss, the moment i entered, the price spiked against me.

Feeling tilt, I entered a position at 0.1 lot.  needless to say i lost it very quickly, and took a 0.2 lot trade next. it was slightly in positive and it close it earning  I guess the price went up like 1.5pips?

Not satisfied with my weekly close from winning to losing, I entered once more when the gold was near the resistance. I monitored the market at M1 for about 5 hours to finally close at a positive of 9 pips? haha

Weekly summary:
Total trades made: 10
Trades won: 4
Trades lost: 6
Profit: -2.8%, -$14.05

Goal for next week

  • Not more than 5 trades, be patient. 
  • Stick to 0.1 lot, regardless
    • Was looking at the prospect of trend trading by putting in multiple lots, but let's keep that to a later period. 
  • Wait for set up and confirmation before entering trade.
    • Higher high, lower low CLOSE 
    • candle must close before entering. 




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Easier said than done

Deposited $500 into the account on 2 May. On the first day, got into a trade, loss of of 6.4 pips because the trend doesn't seemed to ...