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A forex blog about making pips in any currency pair

Welcome to my forex blog. I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder and smarter I work the luckier I get. :-)
May 5th, 2010

Trade #26: covered short EUR/USD 1.2956

jpyforexfan

It’s 5:05am GMT, Wednesday.
I just covered my short at 1.2956 for a good 270-pip profit.
I’m learning that the less I trade (or, the less impatient I am), the more pips I can make.

Here’s the 4-hourly chart of EUR/USD as of now:

May 4th, 2010

Euro / US Dollar trading at under 1.31

jpyforexfan

Breaking news! EUR/USD is trading under 1.31 – record low not seen since April 2009. Bravo, Greece! And also bravo, Spain.

“Concern that Spain was readying to ask the International Monetary Fund for money is among the issues weighing,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak.

Here’s the 4-hourly chart of EUR/USD:

April 29th, 2010

Trade #26: short EUR/USD 1.3226

jpyforexfan

It’s 5:40am (GMT) Thursday.
Sold EUR/USD at 1.3226
SL as per trading plan
Target: Open

Here’s what the 4-hour chart of EUR/USD looks like right now: