Archive for month: February, 2011

Back to variable entry sizes

28 February, 2011 (15:28) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Today I introduced another layer to my scalping style: variable entry sizes. This isn’t exactly new; I’ve used variable entry sizes in the past and have had mixed results with them. On the plus side they allow you to match the size of any new trade with the amount of conviction you [...]

Tale of two halfs

25 February, 2011 (14:23) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Today can be broken down into two distinct halves: the good and the bad. And things started off so promising.

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School boy errors

24 February, 2011 (15:21) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

A bit more catching up in this post. Here are notes from the four trading days so far this week. I’m aiming to go back to posting each day (if there’s something worth journalling).
2011-02-21

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Weekly Review 2011-02-18

23 February, 2011 (17:22) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Two weeks ago I hit a burn out phase. It was time to take a few days off and not think about trading. I’ve gone through enough of these to know the signs and also that it’s definitely not worth fighting against. I took a breather for a few days.
The quality of [...]

Sessions

5 February, 2011 (01:10) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

One of the questions that came up a while ago in the millipede thread on Forex Factory was: is one session better than another for attempting to get legs growing? For example, is there a higher probability for a trade to survive a long time if opened during the Tokyo session versus the London [...]