Empire Ambition

6/20/2012 +28.50 (NZD gdp q/q)

6/20/2012 +28.50 (NZD gdp q/q)

In my ever increasing quest to treat news trading as a business and not a hobby i'm not going to be trading large lot sizes on trades th...

6/20/ 2012 Federal Fund rate (Binary Option Trade)

This is a great trading opportunity. Bernanke announced some time ago that this rate wouldnt be changed until 2014 and I noticed that each r...

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...

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

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<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 />
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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...

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...

Quick update.... New account

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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>
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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...