Archive for tag: EUR/USD

Lusitania

14 April, 2011 (15:01) | Journal | By: Colin McGinley

Today turned out to be a great trading day. A good part of the reason why it was so great was directly related to having a disastrous start.
The minute I opened up my trading platform I spotted that price was bouncing off a strong support level at 1.4410. I was in like [...]

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 [...]