818

Alright, with less now in the account, I have to keep this one short.  I've had a few successful trades that I closed out before the TP was reached, and that's really been a consistent thing over the last two weeks.  Hitting the SL has decreased, and I didn't have any losses last week.  I do have a trade through the weekend this time, and that's a first.

I watched TopTraders yesterday speaking about understanding volatility to prevent hitting the SL so often.  Also, allowing your trades to go to the levels stated, moving your Stop Loss to secure profits, and decreasing your position size as you get more in the positive.  The one mistake I made on a trade this week was get out too early. I got $12, when I could have gotten $50 if I waited, so my patient is developing.

Going forward this next week, let's see what fundamental announcements are coming this month.

AUD - Monday 2130, RBA Interest Rate Decision
USD - Tues 0700, JOLTS Job Opening
CAD - Tues 0700, Ivey PMI
JPY - Wed 1800, BoJ speech
NZD - Thur 1545, Electronic Card Retail Sales

As I said before, I won't be trading these events unless I'm a little ways out from the announcement because the spread and momentarily volatility. The goals are to take little profits balancing risk this week.  More to come.  Btw, I'm really enjoying the Oanda platform.  It's so important to profit from a strategy, and I'm here to demonstrate how persistence, courage, planning, tenacity, and vision all contribute to success. When I'm losing (like now), I am reminded that I've learn to fail more and fail forward.  There's no turning back, only moving forward.