Archive for month: October, 2008

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12 October, 2008 (14:14) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

I might have been slightly optimistic with my assessment of being back online by Tuesday. Verizon were supposed to have a phone line up and running in the new house on Friday. They bailed at the last minute citing technical issues. They apologised for not informing us earlier but couldn’t say [...]

Scalp journal – 9 October 2008

9 October, 2008 (21:15) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Another tumultuous day on Wall Street saw the DJIA losing 678 points, closing below the 9000 level for the first time since 2003. This went hand in hand with increased yen strength. The 97 handle was even seen in USD/JPY for a brief period this evening. This also translated to EUR/JPY making [...]

Scalp journal – 8 October 2008

8 October, 2008 (20:45) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

The first two trades of the day were both sell limit orders I had left in place overnight. They get hit at the start of the London session.
Trade 1
Short EUR/USD
Entry: 1.3658
Exit: 1.3640
Pips: +18
Trade 2
Short GBP/USD
Entry: 1.7625
Exit: 1.7613
Pips: +12
Trade 3
Short EUR/JPY
Entry: 136.307
Exit: 136.193
Pips: +11.4
Trade 4
Short EUR/JPY
Entry: 136.526
Exit: 136.41
Pips: +11.6
Trade 5
Buy EUR/USD
Entry: 1.3689
Exit: 1.3695
Pips: +6
On [...]

Fracture

7 October, 2008 (19:54) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Today saw the release of Fracture on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. This is a first person shooter with terrain deformation as its defining feature.
I spent over two years working on this game as part of my regular day job and I just want to do my bit on the PR front.
It certainly seems [...]

Scalp journal – 7 October 2008

7 October, 2008 (19:44) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Trade 1
Short EUR/USD
Entry: 1.3606
Exit: 1.3596
Pips: +10
Trade 2
Short EUR/JPY
Entry: 140.05
Exit: 139.948
Pips: +10.2
Trade 3
Short GBP/USD
Entry: 1.7545
Exit: 1.7532
Pips: +13
Trade 4
Long EUR/JPY
Entry: 140.235
Exit: 140.375
Pips: +14
Trade 5
Short EUR/USD
Entry: 1.3601
Exit: 1.3591
Pips: +10
Trade 6
Short EUR/JPY
Entry: 137.997
Exit: 137.998
Pips: -0.1
Trade 6 was still in negative territory when I left work. Since I wasn’t going to be able to monitor it for a while [...]