Monthly Archives: December 2010

22 December 2010 – 0919 EST EURUSD Short

I grabbed a quick short here at 1.3106 and exited @ 1.3099. I did feel that the price would keep going down, but I had to get ready for an appointment and I did not want to NOT focus on … Continue reading

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22 December 2010 – 0759 EST EURUSD Short

This was the trade that I missed out on today. Honestly, I do not know why I hesitated. The risk was low and the trade setup was really rather perfect. It was coming in front of the news announcements @ … Continue reading

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22 December 2010 – 0528 EST EURUSD Short

I traded the EURUSD short today when price fell below the central pivot line with an entry @ 1.3145. I used S1 as a target because S2 was below the low of the low from the 0100 session. It was … Continue reading

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21 December 2010 – 0913 EST EURUSD Short

I got a signal to go short at 0913 EST @ 1.3161 (when price fell below the central pivot line.) I exited the trade @ S1, which was in the general area of the lower symmetrical triangle trend line on … Continue reading

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21 December 2010 – 0817 EST EURUSD Long

Most of the 0500 session today was strictly sideways movement with low volume on 6E. I missed this breakout move to the upside at 0817. It happened too fast. Price hit the top of the symmetrical triangle forming on the … Continue reading

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20 December 2010 – 0500 & 0900 EURUSD

Choppy morning today. I took six trades, 4 losers, 1 breakeven and 1 winner. Although I felt that the patterns on the 4 hour and 15 minute charts were presenting a bearish trend, I played both sides of the pivot … Continue reading

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17 December 2010 – 0907 EST EURUSD Short

The 0900 session presented us with a continuation of the bearish trend in the EURUSD from the 0500 session. Here is the trade: ~ Short @ 1.3243 (stop loss @ 1.3271) ~ Exit trade @ 1.3171 (71 PIP profit) The … Continue reading

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17 December 2010 – 0644 EST EURUSD Short

A nice short trade formed during the 0500 session. I don’t take shorts above the pivot line, so I waited for the pullback and the next short signal which occurred at 0644 @ 1.3295. This was the ideal trade because … Continue reading

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16 December 2010 – 0910 EST EURUSD Short

I was trying to play this short trade all during the 0500 session with a few stop outs. I had to leave the office just after 0900 EST so I was looking for my final chance to go short with … Continue reading

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15 December 2010 – 0612 EST EURUSD Long

The EURUSD gave us a few places to enter long during the 0500 session. 30 PIP profit in total.

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