Setting a Time to Trade

Making time to trade is hard when you are have other distractions around. I stopped everything I was doing to try and make this trading for a living thing work - two years ago. And without a safety net.

A year before that I decided to take a break from a well paying corporate job to strike out for myself. I found forex trading after doing a couple of other "stuff" a year after that. And then I stopped everything else to concentrate on this trading for a living thing. Or did I?

Still Alive and Kicking and Trading EURUSD

I'm baaaack! And waaaay better too!

It wasn't so much that I was AWOL from this blog (well, maybe just a little). It was just that I was clearing my brain. After coming close to blowing up my trading account yet again - it was necessary to take a really big vacuum cleaner and just suck out all those cobwebs.

I made a quick decision to get more education when the new Bullet Trading course came up on TFL365.com. 

It was almost a no-brainer. Here's a guy (Rob Wilson) who is very successful trading EURUSD on 1Min charts. See the match??

Groundhog Day with EURUSD

Sometime in February this year, my account took a huge hammering. I thought I might have been living in Groundhog Day. It was worse than a the usual roller coaster ride of a trading day on the EURUSD.

Yes, that is the picture of my live trading account. I was getting these type of daily pips: +50pips, -25pips, -25pips, +30pips, +15pips, -40pips.

Jeepers! With results like these, I am not surprised why a lot of people give up trying to trade. Actually one wonders why I keep going.

Just Breathe While You Trade - Part 1

I've watched a lot of guys through the years, and they hold their breath until they finally win The Big One, thinking then they can exhale and chill out. You have to breathe through life, man. Have fun.

Lee Haney

Lee Haney won Mr Olympia (8times) in a row. I know close to nothing about body building but this quote is just so reminiscent of trading.

I have been putting into practice 2 valuable lessons this week. And they seem to have improved my trading a whole lot. By a whole lot, I mean leaps and bounds.

Keep on Singing Trying, Don't stop Trying.

Keep on singing Trying, Don't Stop Trying

You're gonna be a star trader some day....

Sung to the the tune of Helen Reddy's Keep on Singing. (Yes, I am that old).

I am always wary of trading on the Monday after Non-Farm Friday.

Wouldn't you know it, the first two trades were duds? But sometimes, you just gotta keep on trying.

T'was the night before Non-Farm Payroll...

Twas the night before Non-Farm Payroll report,  when  all through forex land there wasn’t a sound,

Not a currency was stirring, not even the GBP.

All the traders were excited, their  anticipation growing,

All  orders consolidated, for this monthly announcement they had been preparing.

Deep in my thoughts, were of  the trades I had done.

Throughout this Non-Farm week, I  was tossed up and down.

I had experienced my account and my knees go weak,

Would I or would I not, on this night, find the profit I seek.

Less trading but surprisingly, better results.

"The market is one of the greatest teachers. It reveals itself to all of us each and every day if we are willing to pay attention. Too many times we try to box it, label it, or beat it."

Raghee Horner: ForeX Trading for Maximum Profit: The Best Kept Secret Off Wall Street

I haven't been trading much this last week because of Chinese New Year celebrations. It is our equivalent of Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one weekend.