The banks were closed yesterday in the U.S. and in the U.K. Today is a quite day. We issued the following signal: From: Dave Hughe Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 7:49 AM Subject: May 27 To: There is no clear direction to the market and therefore there are no orders. The news trade (do … [Read more…]
Fr., May 23 Forex signal and trade
The following signal had been issued on Friday: From: Dave Hughe <plainfx@gmail.com> Date: Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:35 AM Subject: May 23 To: USDCAD Sell 1.0881 SL 1.0921 P1= 1.0861 P2= 1.0851 As the long weekend was coming, the trade has been closed at 1.0865 for a total profit of 45 pips (see the … [Read more…]
Th., May 22
The signals issued today were not triggered. The following signals were issued at night: From: Dave Hughe <plainfx@gmail.com> Date: Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:28 PM Subject: New orders To: NZDUSD Sell 0.8548 SL 0.8586 P1= 0.8528 P2= 0.8516 EURJPY Buy 139.03 SL 138.64 P1= 139.23 P2= 139.33 Technically, the EURJPY trade was not triggered … [Read more…]
Wd., May 21 Trading results
1. The GBPUSD trade from Mo., May 19 was closed today with the total profit of +91 pips, see the chart below: 2. The GBPUSD trade open on May 20 got closed today with a total profit of +56 pips, see the chart below: 3. USDCAD missed the profit target #1 by 3 pips. We … [Read more…]
Wd., May 21 FX trade signal
This morning we bought USDCAD: From: Dave Hughe <plainfx@gmail.com> Date: Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:29 AM Subject: May 21 To: USDCAD Buy 1.0919 SL 1.0869 P1= 1.0944 P2= 1.0984
Tu., May 20 Trade signals
At night the first profit target for the GBPUSD was filled. The morning signal is shown below: From: Dave Hughe <plainfx@gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:54 AM Subject: May 20 To: GBPUSD SL for the remaining 2 units: 1.6798 EURUSD Sell 1.3674 SL 1.3712 P1= 1.3652 P2= 1.3627 At night there were two … [Read more…]
Mo., May 19 Forex trading
On Monday, May 19 the following signals issued: The EURUSD and GBPUSD orders were filled. The USDCHF trade had been cancelled later on. The prices did not change during the day, therefore both these trades were carried over the night.
Aren’t stop loss orders completely pointless?
Answer by Dave Hughe: The major part of investing and trading is money management. If you don’t mind losing all your money and even more if you trade on margin, then you don’t need stop loss orders. On the other hand, if you want to control your risk, stop loss orders are a must.
May 17 End of week results
The up to date results since the start of this blog are as follows: Week 1: +231 pips Week 2: – 19 pips Week 3: +415 pips Week 4: +366 pips Week 5: +137 pips Week 6: +150 pips Week 7: + 20 pips Week 8: +155 pips Week 9: + 23 pips Week 10: … [Read more…]
Fr., May 16 End of day results +20 pips
The GBPUSD reached its first profit target precisely but did not advance any further. We closed the remaining two units at break even. Therefore the total profit for this trade is +20 pips.