Lessons Learnt Archive

  • Recently I’m trading like a scared bitch. A girl scout. A pussy. I spend hours analyzing charts, poring over minuscule details, and when the time comes to execute, I fuck it up....

    Scared money never wins

    Recently I’m trading like a scared bitch. A girl scout. A pussy. I spend hours analyzing charts, poring over minuscule details, and when the time comes to execute, I fuck it up....

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  • I got into a trade today on the $EC_F to the long side. My entry was at 1.3998, and as I write this the trade is up 30 ticks to...

    @EC – 6 September 2011 (Update 2)

    I got into a trade today on the $EC_F to the long side. My entry was at 1.3998, and as I write this the trade is up 30 ticks to...

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  • Originally I posted the following setup: I am looking to go long on the EURGBP. My order looks like this: Entry: 0.88478 Stop Loss: 0.88403 Target: 0.88737 That’s a 259...

    EURGBP – 31 August 2011 (Update)

    Originally I posted the following setup: I am looking to go long on the EURGBP. My order looks like this: Entry: 0.88478 Stop Loss: 0.88403 Target: 0.88737 That’s a 259...

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  • About a week ago I placed a trade on the @JY. It was a short after it came into a nice supply zone. In the image you can see where...

    Moving Stops Up Too Close

    About a week ago I placed a trade on the @JY. It was a short after it came into a nice supply zone. In the image you can see where...

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  • @SF came into a  strong supply zone. It has been on an absolute tear lately, so this was a counter trend trade, which worried me a little. It was however, very overbought....

    @SF – The Trend Is Your Friend

    @SF came into a  strong supply zone. It has been on an absolute tear lately, so this was a counter trend trade, which worried me a little. It was however, very overbought....

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  • Since I have been trading the most difficult thing for me to learn has been patience, and the art of not doing anything. Since we are born we are conditioned...

    Patience

    Since I have been trading the most difficult thing for me to learn has been patience, and the art of not doing anything. Since we are born we are conditioned...

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