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edlim Posted 13 Aug. in #Trader's blog

USD has been gaining in strength seen its interest rate hike.
https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/calendars/InterestRatesCalendar/
Trade patterns of interest:
USD/TRY- https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/market_news/Trade-Pattern-Ideas/102845/
USD/DKK- https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/marketwatch/market_news/Trade-Pattern-Ideas/102647/
Trader to watch: https://www.dukascopy.com/tradercontest/?action=blog&trader=ABOZAHRA74&period=month
Best Regards,
Edwin

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Opened trades today: NZD/JPY & CAD/JPY

edlim Posted 17 July in #Trader's blog

Good Morning to all,
Recent trend for both opened pairs still intact.
NZD just released its data for today. CAD got theirs yesterday. No JPY releases today.
GBP & USD will get their (high impact) data today.
Enjoy the ride )
Edwin.

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Closed GBP/JPY & AUDJPY today.

edlim Posted 16 July in #Trader's blog

Closed GBP/JPY & AUD/JPY to remove risk as trades not moving as expected.
NZD, AUD, GBP & USD will have high impact data releases tomorrow.
Currently looking at USD/CAD as its related data had been released for today.

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Open positions at Trader contest: long AUDJPY & GBPJPY

edlim Posted 15 July in #Trader's blog

Good day to all,
Both pairs are up +1% from last Monday's open.
There're still head-room above, away from previous supply swing points.
Current sentiment remains weak for JPY; & Japan will be having a bank holiday on Monday.
Hope this helps & happy weekend )
Best Regards,
Edwin

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1 - 8 - 2017

edlim Posted 1 Aug. in #Trader's blog

August is historically not the best month for trading; will seek to trade lesser. Maybe only on Tuesday to Thurday; and trade with news.August's Target: 12d * 3-5t = 36-60 trades (trades 3-5 a day).

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29-7-17: Weekly Reflection.

edlim Posted 29 July in #Trader's blog #Weekly Review #Edlim #Reflect

My 5th month in green since March.
July's peak-to-valley dd still @ < 10 K.
March to May @ 50-75 trades.
June @ >150 trades.
July @ >200.
Over-trading for June and July.
I'll will stop for July.
Target for August:
Reduction to @ 80-100; @ 3 to 5 trades per day.
Seek to reduce P2V-dd to < 5 K.
Last week's review

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