Twitter Weekly Summary for 2010-01-09
- back for 2010, catching up w/ reviewing my Dec's and 2009 performance, and the mkts so far #
- also long $EURGBP @ 0.8877 last night, SL locked in some profit #
- closed 1/2 of $EURGBP lng for +51 pips b/c $EURUSD testing 1.4450 res #
- short $GBPUSD @ 1.6174, SL 6240, $DX_F at 77.70 sup and $EURGBP showing intermediate term strength #
- moved stop on $GBPUSD shrt to b/e #
- waiting to see how $EURGBP test 8935 bf adding to long #
- long $GBPJPY @ 149.12, SL 148.70, on $EURGBP @ .8940 to hedge my $GBPUSD shrt and $EURGBP long #
- closed last 1/2 of $EURGBP long @ 8950 for +73 pips #
- stopped out of $GBPJPY shrt for -42 pips #
- long $USDCHF @ 1.0282, SL 1.0260, betting on the channel #
- $USDCAD long looks tempting, but I have enough dollar longs already, will wait a bit on it #
- short $AUDJPY @ 84.53, SL 85, intending to hold this for long term #
- $USDCHF still not breaking 1.03 after a few hours, moving my long stop to b/e @ 1.0282 #
- my $GBPUSD short from the morning doing well, but not adding yet as $EURGBP still blw .8960 res #
- a straddle on $BA looks good now at just abv $56, would mark a double top #
- shorted $EURJPY @ 133.46, SL 133.70-80, $EURGBP lack of momo, $EURJPY on wkly trendline res, $EURUSD bounced bk at top of channel #
- I'm long yen overall for various reasons, Nikkei is trying LT res @ 10600, will see if it holds abv #
- added to $AUDJPY short, avg price 84.40 #
- moving 1/3 of stops for both $EURJPY and $AUDJPY shorts to b/e, done for the night #
- my trailing stops got filled for 2/3 of both $EURJPY and $AUDJPY shorts last night, small gain only, got taken out on consolidation bf dive #
- added some back just now to both $EURJPY and $AUDJPY, avg price 132.54 and 83.96 #
- also shorted $CADJPY, avg price 88.28, SL @ b/e 88.40 and 88.60 #
- Nikkei 225 still holding abv 10600, this is against my yen longs view, so still being conservative #
- all stops on $EURJPY short at b/e or better #
- $EURJPY lots of sup btw 132 – 131.50, so playing it safe #
- stops for $AUDJPY at b/e and better too, it's not moving as well so far (although it does seem to be a late mover from memory) #
- WSJ.com – The Hidden Benefits of Exercise http://bit.ly/7nTnjx #
- closed 1/2 of $AUDJPY for +59 pips, winding down my yen longs #
- short $EURGBP @ 0.8981, SL 9010 #
- stopped out 1/2 of $EURJPY short @ b/e #
- long $USDCAD @ 1.0375, SL 1.0340, have been waiting on this since bf holiday #
- $AUDUSD shrt looks good too on hourly, but I have $AUDJPY shrt already, so just added on $AUDJPY, avg price 83.61 #
- #equities intraday sentiment looking ugly, not good for $EURUSD long #
- closed $CADJPY shrt at b/e to reduce risk #
- short $GBPJPY @ 146.66, SL 147.00, small size #
- short $AUDUSD @ 0.9119, SL 9180, back to bottom of prev congestion #
- unloaded some yen longs at a loss, added to $AUDUSD short @ 9127, SL 9165 #
- stopped out of all yen longs in $AUDJPY, $EURJPY shorts overnight and $EURGBP shrt, down about 0.6% in acct in total #
- time for patience by stepping back to observe the bigger picture, going over charts now #
- short $GBPJPY @ 147.44, SL 147.90 #
- short $EURGBP @ 1.4814, SL 4850, it cracked below Dec 31 low of 4820 #
- stopped out of $GBPJPY shrt for -46 pips #
- stopped out of $AUDJPY for some loss again, switching to conservative mode on yen and aussies crosses #
- stopped out of $AUDUSD too @ 9170, -51 pips, damn #
- and $USDCAD long for -31 pips #
- my goal from last mth is to not trade when thgs are unclear, I thk this is good time to start learning that lesson, am hands off til Asia #
- $EURCHF shrt still doing ok despite $EURUSD and $EURJPY strength, sweet #
- added to $EURCHF short bc it broke recent low, avg price 1.4811 #
- I nominate @alaidi for a Shorty Award in #finance because of his amazing insights in the #forex market http://bit.ly/shorty #
- I nominate @steenbab for a Shorty Award in #finance because of his teachings in trading psychology http://bit.ly/shorty #
- Klipsch LightSpeaker – wireless & hidden speakers in your ceiling light sockets http://shar.es/aQtqz (not an ad, just thought it's cool) #
- short $EURJPY @ 133.16, SL 133.60 #
- shorted @ 9230, SL 9280, it's at top of channel in 3H, gold still holding 1135 #
- shorted $AUDUSD @ 9230, SL 9280, it's at top of channel in 3H, gold still holding 1135 #
- got butchered in $EURJPY short overnight, down total of -200 pips, 1.2% acct drawdown since Jan 1st. #
- my Aussie shorts in $AUDCAD and $AUDUSD still barely in green, will concentrate on these #
- moved 1/2 of stops on $AUDUSD shorts to b/e, limiting risk, got a big position in this. #
- short $USDCHF @ 1.0350, SL 1.0390, can't ignore dollar weakness, using this to hedge against other positions #
- moved most of stops to at least b/e #
- very tempting take profit on $AUDUSD short and recover all my acct drawdown in 1 go… but setting TS and letting it run #
- in a 3% acct drawdown now, time to suck it up and go on handicapped mode, playing with half position size from now on #
- #FF @4xguy @Ancient_Warrior @alaidi @brysown1 @fx_13 @RemixTrades #forex #
- out 1/3 in $USDCHF short from 1.0340 @ 1.0269 for +71 pips #
- mvoed stop in $USDCHF short to lock in +60 pips #
- covered another 1/3 in $USDCHF short, +84 pips, leaving last 1/3 to do its thing, stop locked in +60 pips, will reverse and long @ 1.206 #
- seems the way for me to climb out of my drawdown is to grind in the hourly charts in this mkt.. sign #
- am probably done for the week anyway #
- stopped out of last 1/3 in $USDCHF short for +98 pips #
- placing lim orders to sell $USDCHF again at 1.027 and 029, around prev congestion #
- RT @StockTwits Shoutout to @Quantisan … http://stk.ly/8QZKNU can I get that on a plaque pls? :) thank you! #
- jst read Improving technical trading systems by using a new MATLAB-based genetic algorithm procedure by Papadamou et al http://bit.ly/7kqKPv #
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