Tuesday 5/27/08 Update

Final Push

It was another decent day for the system. We got in on two trades and were positive on both. Both times the news kind of got in the way and specially on the second trade, made me close the trades early, but none the less ended with 75 pip gain. Not bad for a Tuesday after a long weekend.

Today's trades:

12:45am EST- There was a moving average crossover for a long trade. RSI was greater than 50, stochastics were trending up, and MACD was negative and gaining value.. This was a valid entry. The entry was at the close of the candle at 1.9817 with a stop at the most recent swing low at 1.9812. Since I was 33 pips away from the nearest 50 or 00 level, I decided to put my target at 1.9850.

Entry: Long at 1.9817

Stop: 1.9812

Initial Target: 1.9850

1:45am EST- My target wasn't hit by this time and I knew that news was coming out at 2:00am EST, so I closed my trade. I managed to exit out at 1.9837.

9:00am EST- There was a moving average crossover for a short trade. RSI was less than 50, stochastics were trending down, and MACD was positive and losing value.. This was a valid entry. The entry was at the close of the candle at 1.9755 with a stop at the most recent swing high at 1.9782. Since I was only 5 pips away from the nearest 50 or 00 level (1.9750), I decided to go for the same amount of pips I was risking on the trade, which in this case was 27. This put my initial target at 1.9728.

Entry: Short at 1.9755

Stop: 1.9782

Initial Target: 1.9728

9:45am EST- My target wasn't hit by this time and I knew that news was coming out at 10:00am EST, so I closed my trade. I managed to exit out at 1.9750.

Results: 2 trades.....25 pips.....3 lots.......75 pips.

Today with such tight stops I really should have gone for more lots on each trade. I was only risking 5 pips on the first trade. I could have sold 20 lots and still been within the 2% rule max loss. Had I done that, the return would have been 400 pips!...but I am chicken and would rather err on the side of caution. Oh well...

Here's what it looked like.

Talk to you soon.