6/13/2012 example of broker manipulation

Here we have a great example of broker manipulation. As you'll see once the news comes out my platform completely freezes and doesnt start moving again for several minutes. If there was a spike and I had been triggered into this trade I wouldnt of been filled until several minutes later, or worse I would of been filled right away then not been able to close the trade until it became un frozen. Sucks either way, I had high hopes for this broker <iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SHO85fbt-pw?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

6/13/2012 example of broker manipulation

Here we have a great example of broker manipulation. As you'll see once the news comes out my platform completely freezes and doesnt sta...

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6/6/2012 +$73.90 (AUD Employment Change)

<div style="color: red;"> <b>First of all the last 5 minutes of the video is out of sync, my computer froze while I was recording. Now to business, I attempted 3 things with this release.</b></div> -<span style="color: red;">The first</span> was testing a straddle ea on a demo account-I used 15 as my pips away number and the market spiked down 16 pips before shooting straight up. I didnt expect this release to be that volatile, anyhow it filled me short then shot up. luckily I had a stop loss in place so the loss was limited, ill adjust pips away # next time. -<span style="color: red;">The second</span> was testing my new live account using .1 lots- This was a disaster again, I once again assumed I didnt get filled and then 30 or 40 seconds after the release and at the very tip top of the spike this broker fills me, thats 2 strikes, im done with them. luckily I only traded .1 lots for a loss of $5.60, ill be closing the account tomorrow and withdrawing $1,139 which is more than I started with so I cant complain. Ill put that money in my main account and up my lot sizes there.<br /> -<span style="color: red;">Lastly</span> I traded my main live account with .5 lots while watching for a pre news spike. I got a bad fill but was able to pull 15 pips out of the trade for $79.50. Australian releases have been doing much better about not spiking early so I'll start trading them with normal lot sizes again. Lastly Ill continue to experiment with straddles until I get the right combination. (Go full screen and switch quality to 720p to see the video better)<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EVWCzsLAxHk?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

6/6/2012 +$73.90 (AUD Employment Change)

First of all the last 5 minutes of the video is out of sync, my computer froze while I was recording. Now to business, I attempted 3 things...

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6/1/2012 +$219.90 (USD Non farm payroll)

Today was a terrible trade. I was in a rush this morning so I dont have a live video but I did do a review of what actually happened, Everything that needs to be said is in the video. I'm happy to put this in the past and move on. I cant really complain tho, any day above break even is a good day. Next week is full of trading opportunities so I'll be back on the next one. Take care all. (Go full screen and switch quality to 720p to see the video better)<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k-qIM_yIrBo?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

6/1/2012 +$219.90 (USD Non farm payroll)

Today was a terrible trade. I was in a rush this morning so I dont have a live video but I did do a review of what actually happened, Everyt...

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Quick update.... New account

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-OUaQtAfb7qHeMpv701O1JpHfgEc4Jv1gP0FABKSLVVl4YmNruQam5kkvl-ddQpGvV5gCeQxCOYdDZMfajJqs1PCmBuK1W_Gm32dwwIvHBdhdD9uhr9nNM4vVFkvPzXZZN55VcCUx9yE/s1600/DSCF0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-OUaQtAfb7qHeMpv701O1JpHfgEc4Jv1gP0FABKSLVVl4YmNruQam5kkvl-ddQpGvV5gCeQxCOYdDZMfajJqs1PCmBuK1W_Gm32dwwIvHBdhdD9uhr9nNM4vVFkvPzXZZN55VcCUx9yE/s400/DSCF0515.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Well first of all, above you'll see a picture of my home office. Its made up of items from other systems i've had that I just put together, including the furniture. I only have 3 monitors at the moment but as I open more brokerage accounts I'll be upgrading my system to something more reliable. I'll most likely buy my next system from tradingcomputersnow.com as they seem to have the best prices on quality setups. They even gave me a better quote than Falcon trading computers. Once I reach 10k in profit from trading ill take 5k and buy something nice. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Second bit of news would be that I just opened my second brokerage account. You'll see details on that in the next video. Im able to manage up to 10 accounts with my software so im  no where near my limit. I opened the account with 1,000 usd and ill be trading 1 full lot in that account as well until it reaches 2k. Thats the plan but things change depending on the news release. Thats all for now. I'll be back when im triggered into the next trade.</div>

Quick update.... New account

Well first of all, above you'll see a picture of my home office. Its made up of items from other systems i've had that I just p...

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5/16/2012 -$13.20 (GBP Claimant Count Change)

Well this is another trade I wasnt expecting much out of, as such I only traded it with .3 lots. The spike was all but over before I was even triggered into the trade which means I got filled at the very top of the spike and took a small 4 pip loss, I got out fast mainly because gbp/usd was in such a heavy down trend. I dont enjoy losses but their apart of trading and do happen, it helps if you can keep them much smaller than your winners tho. This week doesn't have any trades with potential to really move the market accept for CAD core cpi on friday, which ill be trading with small lots as well, so not much excitement. Hopefully next week will be better.<br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S0n8sOF_-78?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

5/16/2012 -$13.20 (GBP Claimant Count Change)

Well this is another trade I wasnt expecting much out of, as such I only traded it with .3 lots. The spike was all but over before I was eve...

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5/13/2012 +$2.10 (NZD Retail Sales)

Yes you read that right, I made $2.10 cents on this trade. The market was dead and I traded this against my better judgement with very low lots, 0.3, and it basically did what I expected it to do. I was able to take .7 pips out of the market on this trade before it retraced very hard. This is why I dont trade on sundays often.

5/13/2012 +$2.10 (NZD Retail Sales)

Yes you read that right, I made $2.10 cents on this trade. The market was dead and I traded this against my better judgement with very low l...

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5/11/2012 +$341 (CAD Employment change)

I was a bit nervous with this trade as sometimes the unemployment number will deviate in a different direction as the employment numbers but that wasnt the case here. Everything went as it should and I was able to pull 30 or so pips out of the market. (Go full screen and switch quality to 720p to see the video better)<br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qKpjyEQffZ4?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

5/11/2012 +$341 (CAD Employment change)

I was a bit nervous with this trade as sometimes the unemployment number will deviate in a different direction as the employment numbers but...

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5/2/2012 +$211 (NZ employment change, small move)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> After some technical difficulty yesterday I finally have the new broker working with my software properly. The move wasn't too big but its a good start, hopefully a sign of things to come. Also I didnt notice any broker manipulation so lets hope it stays that way. Lastly ill be moving my lot size up to 1.0 now instead of .8 which I used on this trade. I'll use that size until the account hits 2k then ill move up to 2.0 lots, and so on. Thats all for now, ill be back on the next one.  (Go full screen and switch quality to 720p to see the video better)<br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S7I0jxeEB68?rel=0" width="480"></iframe>

5/2/2012 +$211 (NZ employment change, small move)

After some technical difficulty yesterday I finally have the new broker working with my software properly. The move wasn't too big but...

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Im Back...

Well its been a while since I updated my blog and Ive decided to start back doing so. I've been trading forex live now since January 2012, i actually doubled my account the first week of trading live and I had gains of 250% before my broker started playing tricks on me. I'm now with a new broker which claims to be a true ecn but we'll just have to wait and see. I've started trading binary options recently through 24option.com, even tho im still getting the hang of it ill post pics of my profit and loss statement as I trade. Lastly I'll start recording my daily forex trades again and adding them here as a way for me to review my strategies and so others can learn as well. Thats it for now, updates coming soon...

Im Back...

Well its been a while since I updated my blog and Ive decided to start back doing so. I've been trading forex live now since January 201...

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8/1/2011 +$392 (Traded the ISM Manufacturing PMI at 10am today. Small move)

Today was an interesting day which started at 4:30 am. Woke up to catch the UK Manufacturing PMI but again the deviation wasnt big enough for me to trade so my next possible was the U.S. Manufacturing PMI at 10am which did fall within my deviations so I took the trade. Wasnt a large trade by any means but a positive day is a good day. Sorry about the quality, I'll be uploading in HD from now on. You can watch the trade as I took it below. <b class=" aptureTMMSelection"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0pt none; clear: none; color: inherit; cursor: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0pt; outline: medium none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: inherit; word-spacing: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0pt none; clear: none; color: inherit; cursor: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0pt; outline: medium none; padding: 0pt; position: relative; text-decoration: inherit; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: inherit; word-spacing: inherit;"><br /> </span></span></b><br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KoAumE5FRYY" width="480"></iframe>

8/1/2011 +$392 (Traded the ISM Manufacturing PMI at 10am today. Small move)

Today was an interesting day which started at 4:30 am. Woke up to catch the UK Manufacturing PMI but again the deviation wasnt big enough fo...

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