Working Man's Forex

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Just the start of a Forex Journal , written by someone (me) who doesnt want to day trade and be stuck at a screen all day.

I'm logging the trades to keep track of them and to be able to refer others to them.

Broker FXCM
Platform MT4

Basic trade info

I'm looking for a trending currency, and hope to catch a piece of the trend.
I will be placing trades on my laptop and checking them and maybe adjusting them with my phone. When I'm back at home I will be using the laptop to look for the trades. I will always be using a stop loss and sometimes a take profit order on trade entry.

 

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2018.11.29 09:50:18 sell stop usdchf 0.99162
2018.11.29 09:54:37 buy stop usdcad 1.32930

 

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2018.11.30 09:16:30 modified usdchf sell stop to 0.99326
2019.11.30 09:22:37 buy stop eurjpy 129.310

usdcad trade still open

As its a Friday I'll be closing out all positions this evening.

 

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2018.11.30 18:48:33 usdcad closed for a 5pip profit
I deleted the other pending orders.

 

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2018.12.03 08:54 sell stop eurusd 1.13020
2018.12.03 08:55 sell stop gbpusd 1.27230
2018.12.03 08:56 buy stop usdjpy 113.858

 

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2018.12.04 08:12 gpbusd stopped out s/o (50.2)pip loss
eurusd & usdjpy orders not fillled n/f

p/l (45.2)

2018.12.04 09:16 eurgbp buy stop 0.89460
2018.12.04 09:17 gbpusd sell stop 1.27240

 

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eurgbp n/f & cancelled c
the nf orders yesterday were cancelled yesterday also.

gbpusd still open

2018.12.05 08:17 eurusd sell stop 1.13140
2018.12.05 08:20 sell stop gbpusd 1.26680

 

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open gbpusd from yesterday stopped out at a loss (50.1) pips
eurusd sell stop from yesterday opened
new gbpusd sell sell stop from yesterday still pending
no new positions today

Current p/l (95.3)
win % 33

 

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eurusd sell stop from 20181205 stopped out at a loss (50.1)
gbpusd nf c
no newtrades today

current p/l (145.4)
win 25%

 

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2018.12.10 09:15 gbpusd sell stop @ 1.26966

 

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gbpusd sell stop from yesterday still open. moved s/l to b/e break even.
new orders
2018.12.11 08:40 audusd sell stop 0.71759
2018.12.11 08:44 gbpusd sell stop 1.25032

 

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audusd sell stop from yesterday cancelled.
gbpusd sell stop from monday still open
gbpusd sell stop from yesterday open
new orders
2018.12.12 09:16 eurgbp buystop .090707
2018.12.12 09:17 gbpusd sell stop 1.24732
modified s/l on gbpusd from monday to 1.25532 protecting 141.5 pips

 

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pending rders c eurgbp gbpusd
gbpusd from monday closed profit 141.5
gbpusd from tuesday closed loss (48.3)
pending orders on eurgbp and gbpusd from yesterday cancelled
new orders
2018.12.13 08:21 audusd sell stop 0.71971
2018.12.13 09:27 usdchf sell stop 0.99030

current p/l (52.2)
win ratio/% 6/2 33.3%

 

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usdchf sell stop from friday c
audusd and usdcad from friday still open
ive just seen i didnt put the usdcad on the new order list on friday
its 2018.12.14 08:26 usdcad buy stop 1.33878, its down 8 pips currently

new orders
2018.12.17 07:45 audusd sell stop 0.71466
2018.12.17 07:46 eurgbp buy stop 0.90061
2018.12.17 07:47 eurjpy sell stop 127.953
2018.12.17 07:49 gbpusd sell stop 1.25612

 

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still open
audusd usd cad eutjpy
mod stop in usd cad eurjpy
orders the same eurgbp
mod orders audusd agpusd
new usdchf

trades still open from the 14th
audusd/usdcad/eurjpy
have tightened the stops on these trades.

orders still open from the 17th
eurgbp buystop 0.90061
orders from the 17th modified today
audusd sellstop 0.71652
gbpusd sell stop 1.25867

new orders
2018.12.18 09:12 usdchf sellstop 0.99107

 

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gbpusd sell stop cancelled
pending orders from the 17th filled
usdchf sell stop from yesterday filled

current open trades
long usdcad 1.33878
long eurgbp 0.90061
short audusd 0.71971
short audusd 0.71650
short eurjpy 127.953
short usdchf 0.99107

no new orders

current p/l (52.2)
current closed trades 6
wins 2
losses 4
win % 33.3%

 

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usdcad trade closed 28.6 pips profit

long eurgbp 0.90061
short audusd 0.71971
short audusd 0.71650
short eurjpy 127.953
short usdchf 0.99107

tightened stops on audusd order

new orders
2018.12.20 08:02 eurgbp buystop 0.90424
2018.12.20 08:03 gbpusd sell stop 1.26018
2018.12.20 08:07 usdcad buystop 1.34977

current p/l (23.6)
current closed trades 7
wins 3
losses 4
win % 42.8%

 

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both audusd trades closed at 0.71311 for a combined profit of 99.9 pips

eurgbp and usdcad orders from yesterday got filled

current open trades

eurgbp buy 0.90061
eurjpy sell 127.953
usdchf sell 0.99107
eurgbp buy 0.90424
usdcad buy 1.34981

modified the gbpusd sell stop to 1.26203

new orders

eurgbp buy stop 0.90558
eurjpy sell stop 127.175
eurusd buy stop 1.14878
usdcad buy stop 1.35326

current p/l 76.3 pips
current closed trades 9
wins 5
losses 4
win % 55.5%

 

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closing out all trades and pending orders now

pending orders closed
eurgbp buy stop 0.90558
eurusd buy stop 1.14878

live orders closed
eurgbp buy 0.89921 (50.3)
eurgbp buy 0.89939 (12.2)
eurjpy sell 126.655 128.8
usdchf sell 0.99107 (24.8)
eurjpy sell 126.666 50.8
gbpusd sell 1.26429 (22.7)
usdcad buy 1.35862 53.7

current p/l 199.6 pips
current closed trades 17
wins 9
losses 8
win % 52.9%

 

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forgot to add
another live closed trade
usdcad buy 1.35862 88.1

current p/l 287.7 pips
current closed trades 17
wins 9
losses 8
win % 52.9%