Atti2dTrader

I started taking trades in this demo account on Sunday evening. I started posting my trades here on Wednesday morning. I've separated the attached "closed trades" lists into two periods: one from Sunday evening to Tuesday evening, and the other from Wednesday morning to Friday afternoon. As you can see, most of the profits came from the first half of the week, although the second half was still profitable, if only marginally so. I've also attached the "account summary" for the whole week. Using a 1K lot for every trade, I ended up with a +$14.96 profit this week. Considering that the pip value of the 1K lots range from +/-$0.07 to +/-$0.12 for each trade, in relative terms this was a great week, at least for me and what I've been used to. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Best, AT

It's 15:00 CT and I've closed out the EURCHF trade for a -3.6 pip loss. The EURGBP move I was watching for fun would have fared better. I'll be posting this week's results in a bit.

As I said, I'm not taking any new positions, but I'm still watching price for fun, and if it weren't Friday afternoon, I would like to have gotten short EURGBP here.

Got long EURCHF a little while ago. It's after 13:00 CT on Friday afternoon, so this will be the last trade I take this week. If this trade hasn't hit my stop or target by 15:00 CT, I'll close it.

Stopped out on EURGBP for -18.1 pips. Target reached on USDCAD for +15.0 pips.

Yesterday afternoon I lost access to TL, so I wasn't able to post my results for the day (-39.7 pips). I also couldn't get in until late this morning. I'm attaching yesterday's results along with the three entries I've made this morning.

EURCHF reached its profit target. +6.4 pips. Best, AT

Short EURCHF. Best, AT

NZDUSD reached its profit target. Best, AT

Got short NZDUSD and stopped out of USDCAD. Best, AT

Got short of USDCAD this morning. I've attached my entry chart as well as a more compressed chart showing the prior swing low I'm using as a target. Best, AT

Stopped out on both the EURUSD and EURCHF trades overnight. Best, AT

Short EURUSD. I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to see how this one turns out. Best, AT

Short EURCHF. Didn't realize how small the range was until I put it on. Best, AT

Stopped out on the AUDUSD trade. -22.0 pips. Best, AT

I'm attaching a screenshot of today's closed positions as of the New York close. Total is +68.3 pips. I'm only trading 1K lots in this demo account. I still have the AUDUSD position open, so that will be tallied at tomorrow's close. Best, AT

This AUDUSD trade triggered after I had left my office. In fact, I didn't realize I still had orders in for it. At this point I'm not optimistic about the potential for this trade, especially with the larger spreads that will come on the New York close in 40 minutes or so. Best, AT

This EURCHF trade was a terrible one to take, but once again, I am in utter shock at the outcome. I guess this shows the power of 1) using support/resistance, 2) HL's/LH's/etc., and 3) leaving the trade alone. Best, AT

The "pleasant surprise" I felt earlier with the AUDJPY trade has now been replaced with dumbfounded amazement as my GBPJPY trade reached its profit target. In the past I would have tried to "manage" this trade which would have resulted in a number of possible pre-target exits that would have cut the profit very short. Best, AT

Short EURCHF. Poor R:R.

Very pleasantly surprised to see AUDJPY move down to target. +23.6 pips. GBPJPY has made a new low, so I've moved my stop to the last swing high. Best, AT

Got short of GBPJPY and AUDJPY this morning in a demo account. I hope all of the past contributors to this thread are doing well. Best, AT

I had a major computer issue this week (had to replace my hard drive and reinstall my OS). Then last night I wasn't feeling too well, and by 10:00CT this morning I was taking cold medicine and going to bed. So, I haven't been posting 15M charts in real time. I'll continue to watch the 15M on my own, but I'm not going to try to post in real time about it here. Regardless, this thread, and the exercise I did before, have helped me tremendously to begin to understand price action. Now back to bed.

I was asleep when this trade completed. It came within 1 tick of my target before turning back down for a stop out.

Long 6E. I didn't enter on the first break of my entry level because I wasn't at my desk. Because the initial entry was still "in effect" and wouldn't have been stopped out, I entered an order to buy long after price had pulled back. Tokyo just opened about 19 minutes ago. I've marked the immediate support and resistance levels as I see them.