Gents/Ladies,
To advise that I have since obtained a zip program that has allowed me to access the FX.Indicators upgrade. This has now installed. I am waiting for the markets to open to fully test and appreciated the enhanced benefits.
I have received an email from another broker via an introduction courtesy of Clive. Thank you. This will enable me to explore further the feasibility of the Income Generator strategy.
I entered my first trade on Friday. What a rush. And lost £20.00. Hey broken the ice and pressed the button.
A good investment, as on analysis I made quite a number of mistakes that I could readily identify but established that I was perhaps on the right path.
I set an entry price then changed my mind before actually creating an entry buy order to trigger trade. Then I changed my mind again as it appeared nothing was going to happen. As a result my stop loss ended up only a couple of pips above the bottom price. So got stopped out at the stop loss.
The exercise taught me and highlighted the following: -
- System works restricting/limiting my losses at the stop loss point.
- I didn't walk away, I sat glued to the screen watching every little pip movement.
- Learnt not to become emotionally attached (it was fun though being my first trade).
- Identified that I had let an element of old fashion 'assumption' come in to it and anticipated a direction change to happen quicker than it actually happened.
- Learnt not to change my mind due to impatience/excitement.
- Learnt to be more patient before entering trade. Waiting another 10 minutes and the whole deal would have turned a profit of up to 4:1.
- I tried later to look for trades that were so obviously not there. Decided that I had fallen into the trap and closed out for the day.
- In essence I broke the rules.
Some learning curve that was!
Thanks again for everything.
Andrew Atkinson
PS: Come on Monday. Both feet on the ground this time!
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