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Old 04-28-2008, 03:36 PM
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If you are long from there why dont you sell some for profits!
I must not have said that right. After my very successful run last night I ended up flat this morning. I started to place new buy limit orders starting at 207.79 (actually I did two before that that quickly profited.) Since the pair has been moving down and I am not at home I am just automatically picking up open ended trades every ten pips from 207.79 (which probably wasn't even triggered.) I do not know if any have recycled back up to TP. Maybe some have. But I am on autopilot now until I get home...figure a bunch of these are in position right now creating our coveted profit making drawdown!!

I am just worried, after your posts about the drop due to news, that we will not be coming back up this high (208). You said to "try to be flat"...how do you try to be flat? If it keeps dropping, simply stopping your buy limit orders will not help the ones already opened to close. It will stop the drawdown, but not help you go flat. The only thing I think you might mean by that is to not place the buy limits too close to the top (208). That is why I asked if I was OK to start that high....

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Old 04-28-2008, 04:32 PM
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Default I'd dig in for the long haul. NFP aint that impressive

And 25 bps aint that much. The dollar is hugely oversold
and sure did rally last week. I am still bullish GJ LT. 207.30 aint too bad
You are less than 100 pips down. Wait until you go down 5 figures+ on several. The trick is to pick the pips and build them up and be like a bank having orders at all prices for sale. As long as you are using smart margin management you will be ok. All LT charts look bullish still. SO the news is just going to cause some drawdown before it retraces back up,
the point it you want to get in LONG as low as you can, and before a NFP
THat is likely to rock price down 100 pips, it would beehove you to wait and not 'waste' those pips. Thats why I dont like buying high on the way up.

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not have said that right. After my very successful run last night I ended up flat this morning. I started to place new buy limit orders starting at 207.79 (actually I did two before that that quickly profited.) Since the pair has been moving down and I am not at home I am just automatically picking up open ended trades every ten pips from 207.79 (which probably wasn't even triggered.) I do not know if any have recycled back up to TP. Maybe some have. But I am on autopilot now until I get home...figure a bunch of these are in position right now creating our coveted profit making drawdown!!

I am just worried, after your posts about the drop due to news, that we will not be coming back up this high (208). You said to "try to be flat"...how do you try to be flat? If it keeps dropping, simply stopping your buy limit orders will not help the ones already opened to close. It will stop the drawdown, but not help you go flat. The only thing I think you might mean by that is to not place the buy limits too close to the top (208). That is why I asked if I was OK to start that high....

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Old 04-28-2008, 04:37 PM
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Default Stop buying

Collect your interest. If it gets way down maybe buy some more if you are sure it is the bottom and you have room. You have to be very careful about overextending yourself. That is what 4 out of 5 banks are now doing.
This is where Smart margin management comes in. I'm pushing it now at like 2.76% but I am in a different account with a lower balance.
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Old 04-28-2008, 04:39 PM
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Default It's a delicate balance

You need room to be able to scalp them for at least one or two lots (any size)
WHile you have longs higher waiting to hit TP's even higher. You build pips slowly sometimes. And as drawdown stays rangebound you keep making pips scalping building your equity.
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Old 04-28-2008, 04:51 PM
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Default 207.50

She seemed to blow through 207.50. But turning south now.
I am scalping for 6 pips and rebuying at the same level.
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Unhappy No Features

So on Baby Pips forums we can't edit a user title (although I see rrram has "Newbie" as his) or have "signatures." Hmmm...am I missing something in the features here?

I am ashamed to admit I put a short in at 207.30. Of course it hit and is headed back up rather than down. This short is part of my "original" trading style...expecting a down turn for at least a few pips. Now I wish I didn't do it! I am still buying limit orders...if I were at home I would have reset the ones that got triggered and closed when GJ went down to 207.10 or so and back up 40 pips. This is where the bank is solidified...like in Monopoly whenever you pass over Boardwalk you pay the owner...ha...

Looking forward to the run down and run back up. I am a fellow troll (Elijah's metaphor, not mine, but I like it!) taking the toll on the pip bridge...

I think I'll be up late again tonight...
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Question Where Is Everyone?

Pretty quiet on the forum...I am posting to get my posts up to 15. Don't mind me.

Hoping for a big dip tonight to catch entry orders. Then gearing up for the ride back up.

Hope all is well out there.

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I feel like a spider that has spun its web waiting for an unsuspecting fly to land. Thank you soo much for sharing your strategy.
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Default Three Musketeers

It's just us three musketeers! LOL...

It's a holiday in Japan so 'holiday liquidity' for asian session. It shud start to move after 3-4hours.



OOPS... Make that four. LOL...
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