Rest of March

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March 28.

+9 pips
- news trade, spread up to 15 pips
- half size

+18 pips
- all half size trades
- initial news spike in gbp/usd wasn't convincing so I exit it quickly

+4
+11
-I'm not really proud of my averaging in eurjpy, risking much for no good reason. If I don't know where to put stop or don't want to accept that it's time for stop it's better not to trade that trade
- I'm far better in those nice scalping situation when stop or gain is quick and definite

Petition to save Google Reader

If you use this product as much as I do I'm sure you will want to sign it. This petition right now has more then 100,000 signatures. It doesn't mean that it will make Google reverse it's decision of shutting down reader but if I ever wanted to express my opinion and vote it's now for this.

Change.org

+5 pips
- various sizes
- news trade with limit orders didn't work (no spike) so I canceled them

+3 pips

+9 pips
- this news trading turns out to be quite nice sport
- third of usual size because on previous reports there were whipsaws, in previous few occasions move wasn't so big and lasted really only as initial spike that's why I closed it immediately
- good news after bad news in which Google announced shut down of Google reader

+6 pips
- not so good not knowing where my actual stop is, wan't prepared for this type of market action, I expected something easier
- half size trades

+15 pips

- I don't know why I didn't use before those bracket limit orders before the news if execution on Oanda is so good
- half size trades
- again problem with second add on trade, I just lowered my overall profit, move concentration away from first trade and made an exit at worst possible time
- third trade ok
- last two trades maybe holding on one of them longer

March

1.
+26 pips
- this is market suitable for scalping

4.
+11 pips
- I'm irritated with turning profitable trades in to stop losses

5.
-32 pips
- first loss, then recovery, then some stupid trades, after I recovered half and it wasn't good enough so in the end I made bigger loss

6.
-10 pips

7.
+15 pips
- it's important to learn to have a positive day and keep it

8.
+16 pips
- NFP scalping
- slow exit on second trade
- third and fourth with not enough courage to hold because of need to cover previous losses