From Newbie to Veteran: Journey of a Trader

I have been trading currencies for a few years now with some success and some failures. I have spent countless hours and large sums of money trying to educate myself in order to gain an edge. This blog is about the journey from a beginner to a pro trader. I will occasionally post unrelated articles i find interesting or worth the read.


Trading Day Recap for 01/03/2011

Today was my first day back trading after a 2-week vacation for the holidays.

The day started pretty quietly. The Pound did not have much movement. I saw a gap lower on the chart and no follow through. That indicated to me that very low volume was present. I focused my attention on the Euro. 

I made three trades.

Long @ 1.33236 - Stopped out @ 1.3315

  • Was trending down in the channel, I thought it would bounce off the lower band of the channel but the trade was invalidated. Lesson : Do not fight the trend

Short @ 1.33139 - Stopped out @ 1.33163

  • Attempted a small scalp but was invalidated pretty quickly

Long @ 1.33224

  • Exit 1 - 1.33338
  • Exit 2 - 1.33312