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closed at 5120, happy to grab whatever points! +35

 

I did not realise that you had closed...thought you were about to say...thank you +100

 

for tomorrow I have written down... "Keep those contract trades open.."

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Today for the first time in ages...I got to trade the 3:15- 3:50 time period...as no school run...

 

LOL It was a bit too fast for me...

I will have to gear up to trade that..maybe black coffee at 3pm!

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Quick way to blow 13pt.:( That's me well and truly done for the day.

 

 

I agree I was expecting it to turn down again too...

 

 

Good day for me...and really all Dax in the end...

 

Cash +183

Contract +76 (Sept)

 

so +259...if only every day...

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I agree I was expecting it to turn down again too...

 

 

Good day for me...and really all Dax in the end...

 

Cash +183

Contract +76 (Sept)

 

so +259...if only every day...

 

 

Very impressive, Foale. Just worked out that my net for the day on real trades was a brilliant -1.5pt! Meanwhile, my paper account (mostly longer-term trades from yesterday) cleared about 340pt.

I should learn something from all that...:)

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Very impressive, Foale. Just worked out that my net for the day on real trades was a brilliant -1.5pt! Meanwhile, my paper account (mostly longer-term trades from yesterday) cleared about 340pt.

I should learn something from all that...:)

 

 

Yes the days where is appears to have a whipsaw undesicive trend...can mean few points...then when you look back at the end of the day on a say 30 min time frame...you then see it was a buy...all day...

 

I am at least doing the contract trades...but of the last 7 I have done all would have at least doubled from the no of points that I achieved had I not bailed on the first sign of trouble...Have to learn they are a different mindset. I have those contract trades triggered by longer term charts that are on a different screen to the cash trades but still end up closing in them at 30-40 points...rather than the 60-80 they end up achieving before I get a close signal...

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Very impressive, Foale. Just worked out that my net for the day on real trades was a brilliant -1.5pt! Meanwhile, my paper account (mostly longer-term trades from yesterday) cleared about 340pt.

I should learn something from all that...:)

 

 

So Phil...what are you NOT doing to make up that point gap...

 

number of trades?

holding on for the bigger points?

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Morning all. Glad I opened up this 3rd one! Just closed at 5214 +119

 

Fair bit of news out today so maybe some shorting opps later?

 

 

Nice one...about time we start seeing some 3 figure gains...

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Dax weaker than the Ftse this am...

 

 

Looking for the 15 min to break below its uptrend line from 11am yesterday..

 

Might need the Dow futures to oblige and fall under 11200 first...

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So Phil...what are you NOT doing to make up that point gap...

 

number of trades?

holding on for the bigger points?

 

Errmm... wider trailing stops would have helped a lot yesterday, but the same might not be true today. If there's any sense to the world, the Dow should drop a couple of hundred points, but who knows?:\

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