Robb's Journal

robb · #21 (**permalink**) 22-03-2009, 22:22

Opps. Opened my account today and found a pending order that I forgot to close. It triggered and is 115 pips in the positive as of now. Might as well leave it open. I think I might try a longer term trade as this is unexpected. I think this will be a very interesting week.

robb · #22 (**permalink**) 23-03-2009, 18:03

3-23-09
I changed my journaling last night. All comments and thoughts will still be put down in Word and copied to here, but analysis will be done in Excel. I am not sure how it will copy to the forum, but I will find out. I made the decision to trade all pairs listed on my account yesterday. I was only limiting myself to the 5 pairs that everybody has already seen listed above.

As I said last week, I had to withdraw most of my trading account due to some unexpected bills. The point of repeating myself is the account was up 50% in about 2 weeks. New balance as of today is $228.06. From now on, I will be listing all gains/losses or deposits as percents. The goal is still 10% gain per day on average or 50% per week.

robb · #23 (**permalink**) 23-03-2009, 18:08

Didn't quite cut and past correctly, but it is readable. I started at 11 pm on Sunday night.

Pair MONDAY
11:10 PM EMA/ Bol. Band Heiken / Par.
4h Day 4h Day
AUDCAD 0.8604 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x3 Up-x23
Strong uptrend. Next Residence is .8650 / Wait. Pending Buy @ .8685/.01
AUDJPY 67.06 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x16 Up-x9
Strong uptrend over 30 days. Next Residence is 68.20 / Wait Pending Buy @ 68.30/.01
AUDNZD 1.2323 Dwn-Sideways Dwn-Strong Up-x3 Dwn-x11
4h EMA 3 crossed 5 but below 13. Day Ema starting to level. Place Sell Pending for 3-20 Low @ 1.2250
AUDUSD 0.6972 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x2 Up-x11
Middle of Up Trend- Place Buy Order @ .6981 w/ TP@ .7170
CADJPY 77.92 Up-Strong Up- Starting Up-x6 Up-x9
Up Trend - Not very strong on Day. Place Pending @ 79.35
CHFJPY 85.76 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x8 Up-x5
Middle of Up Trend- Place Buy Order @ 86.00
EURAUD 1.96 Dwn-Strong Dwn-starting Dwn-x2 Dwn-x3
Been going sideways for 5+ wks. Day EMA 3,5 crossed the 13 down. Wait. Confirm on Tuesday.
EURCAD 1.6885 Up-Starting Up-Strong Dwn-x6 Up-x21
Middle of Up Trend but seen residence @ 1.6975 Place Pending Buy @ 1.6980/.01
EURCHF 1.5345 Sideways Up-Sideways Up-x3 Up-x12
Shot up last week and been going sideways since. Place Pending Buy @ 1.5480/.01
EURJPY 131.66 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x7 Up-x9
Been going up for 5+ weeks Place Pending Long on retracement @ 131.50
EURUSD 1.3683 Up- ok Up-Strong Up-x2 Up-x15
Shot up last week and been going sideways since. Place Pending Buy @ 1.3740/.01
EURGBP 0.9393 Sideways Up-Sideways Up-x3 Up-x5
Heiken is up but currently showing red. EMA is sideways. Place Pending Buy @ .9500
GBPAUD 2.0838 Dwn-Strong Dwn-Strong Dwn-x29 Dwn-x18
Been going down for all of March. Wait for retracement.
GBPCAD 1.794 Sideways Sideways Dwn-x6 Up-x7
Been going Sideways for 2 wks. Wait for direction.
GBPCHF 1.6328 Sideways Sideways Up-x1 Dwn-x5
Day EMA shows down but been going Sideways for 4 days. Wait for stronger direction.
GBPJPY 139.99 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x15 Up-x9
In middle of strong Up Trend. But see resdenance @ 141.90. Wait for break.
GBPUSD 1.4575 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x2 Up-x9
In middle of strong Up Trend. But see resdenance @ 1.4600. Place Pending Buy @ 1.4630/.01 TP 50
NZDJPY 54.23 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x16 Up-x17
In middle of strong Up Trend. Wait because of correlations w/ other pairs
NZDUSD 0.5663 Up-Strong Up-Strong Up-x17 Up-x15
In middle of strong Up Trend. Wait because of correlations w/ other pairs
USDCAD 1.2316 Dwn-Strong Dwn-Strong Dwn-x2 Dwn-x12
Strong Down Trend. Wait for Retracement
USDCHF 1.1194 Dwn-Strong Dwn-Strong Dwn-x1 Dwn-x5
Open Position. See resistance @ 1.1190/.1175. Set SL @ 1.1210
USDJPY 95.91 Sideways Dwn-Sideway Up-x7 Dwn-x5
Should be a Up Trend, but heavy retracement-reversal going on.

robb · #24 (**permalink**) 24-03-2009, 05:11

Ok, I was tired or something last night. I didn’t make a pending trade like I was supposed to. I remembered to do it after it was supposed to trigger. Missed it by 15 pips. Placed a pending order at that time, but it never looked back. Maybe tonight, maybe not. Not all pending trades triggered today. It seemed the market bucked the trend for the most part. Maybe tomorrow. So far, up 500 pips as of now, but was up to 650 earlier today. I will let it ride for the night.

robb · #25 (**permalink**) 24-03-2009, 05:26

Money is an interesting concept. Perceived value. The more I value it, the more I seem to get. For the first part of my life, the work itself was more important than the money. I did want I liked and got paid for it, not much, but I made a living. Now, I place a lot more on the money I get and I am able to do more with it than I ever have. Started a second career this week, and it should be interesting. I will make more than I ever expected to, and am grateful for the opportunity to do so.

Forex is my wealth building tool. The power of the leverage and the speed of which it could be accomplished is simply, awesome.

robb · #26 (**permalink**) 24-03-2009, 07:08

Excell format isn't working. I will post tomorrow for tonights stuff.

robb · #27 (**permalink**) 30-07-2009, 21:22

Well,
Last couple of months has been interesting. Personal life (work) got in the way of trading.

I will need to do my homework this week and am planning on getting ready to place trades for next week.

rs

hradar · #28 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 00:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by robb

Well,
Last couple of months has been interesting. Personal life (work) got in the way of trading.

I will need to do my homework this week and am planning on getting ready to place trades for next week.

rs

Hi Robb, look forward to more of your trades. Its interesting to watch others and how they get on. But you didnt answer my question about 20% risk!

robb · #29 (**permalink**) 24-11-2009, 03:13

Posting is not one of my strong points. What a roller coaster couple of months. High profits, as well as busted accounts. Yes, I did bust my account. I have had to rethink my risk management, (yes, 20% was too high) I ended up with a system that I like for my style. I ended up using only ema's for entry and exit on the day time frame. Between work and family, I have found that to be the most enjoyable. Slower than what I wanted, much slower, but I am much happier.

Enjoy everybody and have fun.

rs