Lets Get Real - Page 16

radatats · #**151** (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 03:38 AM

did it again! just plain insanity. and I KNOW better too...

PS. Even though it all worked out the point is I should not have traded it like that. I had some big drawdowns before it went positive.

radatats · #**152** (**permalink**) 08-25-2009, 07:35 PM

More trades today. Finally used the close and reverse script on a losing trade and turned lemons into lemonade. I probably should have piled on the shorts this afternoon but I was going to the beach ... surf's up!

Topsail beach in NC is absolutely awesome.

radatats · #**153** (**permalink**) 08-26-2009, 03:36 PM

This time I went short during the pullback since all my indications were that the trend was still down. Still getting jerked around a bit but if we can just break below 134 this will be a monster winner.

I have very high leverage so I do not advise anyone to trade the way I do unless you are willing to lose it all.

radatats · #**154** (**permalink**) 08-26-2009, 05:27 PM

I am way off script here. I took a shot a breakout to the downside instead of banking my profits along the way and I missed a big gain.

However, the trend is still down and I am still looking for the break. I should have banked more when the 134 held and looked to get back in later. Hard to say though cause if it had dropped I would probably have missed it.

radatats · #**155** (**permalink**) 08-26-2009, 07:20 PM

I closed it all out. Time to regroup and wait for a better signal. Still up nicely from the start but way off from where I could have been.

I will return to the small pip trades and keep the leverage up. I get so much better results and would have been up big time today if I had just stuck to the script.

Sometimes you just have to take the shot but you live and hopefully learn.

radatats · #**156** (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 01:04 PM

Well that proves it CAN be done. $100,000 profit in one week. Click below to see the statement and all the trades.

radatats · #**157** (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 03:31 PM

And then while I went for a walk on the beach, a sharp reversal takes it all away again!!

I need to work on getting a decent management EA to cover me when I am away.

probably try the swiss army one.

radatats · #**158** (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 09:02 PM

What a day. I went back to the beach this afternoon instead of staring at the charts and 2 pygmy sperm whales stranded right in front of us, a calf and then the adult.

I was able to get the calf back in the water and through the surf but 20 min later we saw the adult stranded about 1/4 mile away. Along with a few others we were able to keep the adult upright, shaded and watered until a rescue team from UNC Wilmington arrived. They loaded it up and took it to the vet for examination. Apparently they live 30-50 miles off shore and if it was in here, it had to be pretty ill.

Regardless, it was quite an impressive display of nature's majesty.

BlueWhale · #**159** (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 12:20 AM

He Rad,

Sounds like a really cool trip, We are going to the beach this fall, I think we will check out this one.

radatats · #**160** (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 03:06 PM

You know a vacation should probably jus be a vacation. I tried to combine a little work with my vacation and it is obvious that my concentraton level is way down. The last few days am just taking shots from behind the power curve.

Anyways I have proved to myself that it can work in a big way when I pay close attention with no distractions. The scripts are essential and I used the swiss army ea with some success yesterday.

I will be on line for another week or two and then I will be off line for at least a month. When I return I will have an exciting new project that should create quite a stir.

Hope you all stay tuned.