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Three-Day Weekend

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It’s a Friday night at the start of a three-day weekend. We have one of my wife’s friends and her two girls over this evening for tacos, which is something you don’t get to eat very often in Japan. Gave notice at my job this week and soon after realized that I still have 29 days of vacation left, so I will work the rest of this month and take next month off. While vacationing on my regular job during March, will try to pickup a consulting gig, so that I can make a little extra money for the computer … Continue reading Three-Day Weekend

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Been A While

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It’s been a couple weeks since I have had time (or taken time) to sit down and update my blog. Over the past month, have managed to add a couple dollars to the forex portfolio, but nothing spectacular. A little nervous right at this moment because all the signals were calling a sell-off after EUR/USD hit 1.4900. Have not seen a sell-off start yet, but after passing through 1.4900, this pair is still floating between 1.4800 and 1.4900. So late this week, I decided to trade only lightly and bail quick on any losses. Here’s a couple of pics that … Continue reading Been A While

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The New Year Has Arrived

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Went into the office yesterday to do a few quick tasks before starting up next Monday – gotta like the long New Year vacations in Japan! When I came back home last night after a quick visit by Alex’s house, I started doing some Friday night trading and ran right into a jackpot. Usually try to avoid news release periods when trading, but forgot that the US unemployment rate would be announced. Just as the announcement was released, I was long on EUR/USD and experienced a 100+ pip profit! Whewww hoooooo!! Over the past week had been in the red … Continue reading The New Year Has Arrived

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Nervous New Year’s Trading – An Interesting 17:00 JP Time Pattern

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Lately I have been a bit nervous about trading the EUR/USD due to some of the recent fluctuations. In for the long on 12/12, I hit a little dip that night then decided to swing trade a couple days thinking that it would go back up… it took a lot longer than I thought. Yesterday’s dip at around 17:00 Japan time is starting to be a noticeable pattern. A look across one week on the historical charts, there is at least a 20 – 30 pip drop every day. Let’s take a look at the past couple days, since this … Continue reading Nervous New Year’s Trading – An Interesting 17:00 JP Time Pattern