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June 22nd, 2011, 12:40 PM

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Trade #9 July Soybeans

Sold July beans at 1330; stop 1340. After a quiet few days things are humming again.

Forum: Trading Journals

June 22nd, 2011, 12:34 PM

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Trade #8 July Nat Gas

Sold July gas at 434, stop working at 439.

Update 8pm: stop moved to 434, ensuring of me of no or very minimal loss. My target to move the stop was 429 and it didn't quite get there. It got to...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 22nd, 2011, 11:16 AM

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Trade #7 Dec Corn

Sold December Corn at 660, stop placed at 670. More selling today in the grains. I was thinking that after last week's bloodbath there would be more buying. I guess not. Corn is on its way to limit...

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June 22nd, 2011, 09:02 AM

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Trade #6 July Natural Gas

After falling overnight, July NG is back up this morning. Bought at 443, stop working at 438.

Update 9:15am: stop hit for a loss.

Forum: Trading Journals

June 21st, 2011, 09:01 AM

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Trade #5 July Natural Gas

My signal has given me a buy in July NG this morning. I'm in at 437, stop working at 432.

Update 5:05 pm: July gas has touched 442, so I move my stop to the entry/break even point at 437.
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Forum: Trading Journals

June 21st, 2011, 06:40 AM

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Trade #4 Sept Swiss Franc

Bought at 1186, stop placed at 1182.

Update 11:45am: market has moved to 1190, enabling me to move my stop to my entry point of 1186.

Forum: Trading Journals

June 20th, 2011, 10:22 PM

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Trade #3 Sept. Swiss Franc

The Franc is back up tonight. Placed an order to buy at 18845, then turned off the computer. When I checked back in just now not only had I gotten filled, but the market had gone up to 18885 allowing...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 20th, 2011, 03:14 PM

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I use combinations of weighted moving averages...

I use combinations of weighted moving averages and short-term bar charts to give me signals, and I pay special attention to closes above and below the averages. I also look for breakouts from...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 20th, 2011, 02:08 PM

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A little bit about my trading style and risk...

A little bit about my trading style and risk management. I score all my trades on what I call a "+/-" system. A losing trade gets a -1, 1 being the dollar amount of risk. A trade should never be...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 20th, 2011, 08:47 AM

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Trade #2: the Franc has reversed and set up a...

Trade #2: the Franc has reversed and set up a buy, I'm in at 11815 with a stop working at 11775.

Update 8:05 am: stop moved up to 11815, my entry point. The Franc just hit 11855 so I moved my...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 19th, 2011, 10:33 PM

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Jameson's journal

I've been trading for a few weeks now and have had some success, so I thought it would be good to start a journal for all to see and to keep improving. I'm going to forego the formalities,...

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