forex experiment

Changing the address of this blog

2009-03-12T03:50:00.000-07:00

Changing the address of this blog due to dumb url - the new address is:

http://scanmanfx.blogspot.com/

Fap Turbo for sell

2009-03-12T01:40:00.000-07:00

I want to sell my Fap Turbo EA.

This EA is well known as good scalping system, but usually unsuccessful with longer term strategies.

It works in the hours after New York close and before Tokyo open on EUR/GBP EUR/CHF GBP/CHF and USD/CAD 15 minutes charts and quickly generates small profit.

For more info comment here or email.

The best EA - Bulgaria OLE!

2009-03-04T09:07:00.001-08:00

http://championship.mql4.com/

Buying USD/CHF at 1.1780

2009-03-04T07:50:00.000-08:00

Selling GBP/USD at 1.4120

2009-03-04T07:46:00.000-08:00

Testing Artificial Intelligence EA

2009-03-04T02:21:00.000-08:00

The world of EA's is quite interesting. All sorts of people out there. Some are expecting the miracle - to throw EA on a chart with it's default settings and to get rich overnight. Others are complaining that all was fine on demo but then EA ruined their account. Smarties are getting free EA's and trying to sell them. Quite amusing.

I personally will not feel comfortable to live EA on real account in the night but maybe I just need some time to get used to this risky business.

Decided to test myself Artificial Intelligence EA after getting enough of all independent testers. Now I am running this EA on Alpari demo account of $500 with 0.01 lot size.

This version is made by the russian Yuri Reshetov and is free.
So far it's -16.62$ I am planing to wait to 20% loss if things are going in this direction and the I will try the modified version.

Long EUR/USD

2009-03-03T08:17:00.000-08:00

at 1.2550 I will add at 1.25

Market overview

2009-03-03T06:40:00.000-08:00

I am just in short USD/CAD at 1.2930
I am keeping an eye on
NZD/USD for long at 49.40
AUD/USD for short above 65.00 and long under 63.50
EUR/JPY for short at 1.25 or above with very tight stop

I am considering
long USD/CHF at 1.17

Stressless

2009-03-03T06:15:00.000-08:00

I am realizing that so far I am not taking my trade quite seriously. This bad habit can turn in personal financial disaster with bigger account. Because of that I decided to get rid of the gambling habits like scalping with 5 or 10 minilots when my account is under $200.

Yesterday I made the decision one and only one lot for every single trade. This made me relaxed, more confident and without adrenaline rushes.

The result was quite positive today. When I was sipping my espresso I took several position and all of them turned to be profitable except long EUR/USD at 12666 closed with 20 pips loss.

Today I made Total 12 trades with +103.1 $9.94 this all inclusive two long positions AUD/USD and NZD/USD closed in the night.

I dont think to post all my trades anymore as it seems useles waste of space.

Free and open source Forex strategy builder

2009-02-27T01:27:00.000-08:00

Many big sharks want to put their hands on the free and open source project of few programmers and Forex enthusiasts. So far they can't, thanks to the holy help of Saint Tomas de Torquemada.

Go and get Forex Strategy Builder

Today's trades

2009-02-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

Total 5 trades with 5 microlots each -12.1 pips -6.22$

9008574 6018819512 CHF/JPY 5 S 83.388 83.398 -1 -0.51 0.00 2/25/2009 22:05 2/25/2009 22:19
9008402 6018819512 EUR/USD 5 S 1.27113 1.27087 2.6 1.30 0.00 2/25/2009 22:00 2/25/2009 22:01
9008127 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 124.170 124.056 11.4 5.84 0.00 2/25/2009 21:53 2/25/2009 21:57
9008010 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 124.276 124.104 -17.2 -8.81 0.00 2/25/2009 21:47 2/25/2009 21:55
9008033 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 124.166 124.245 -7.9 -4.04 0.00 2/25/2009 21:49 2/25/2009 21:50

Today's madness

2009-02-23T08:59:00.000-08:00

Total 187 microlots 146.2 pips? $80.05 and some headache

8889822 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 120.403 120.504 -10.1 -5.41 0.00 2/23/2009 17:46 2/23/2009 17:57
8889495 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 120.514 120.605 9.1 4.87 0.00 2/23/2009 17:38 2/23/2009 17:51
8889665 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 120.371 120.313 5.8 3.07 0.00 2/23/2009 17:44 2/23/2009 17:45
8889055 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 94.678 94.578 10 1.06 0.00 2/23/2009 17:29 2/23/2009 17:42
8888869 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 120.525 120.676 -15.1 -8.08 0.00 2/23/2009 17:24 2/23/2009 17:26
8888631 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 120.501 120.400 10.1 5.41 0.00 2/23/2009 17:18 2/23/2009 17:19
8888098 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 120.492 120.390 10.2 5.46 0.00 2/23/2009 17:12 2/23/2009 17:15
8888161 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 120.203 120.335 13.2 6.97 0.00 2/23/2009 17:09 2/23/2009 17:10
8887582 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 120.301 120.400 9.9 5.30 0.00 2/23/2009 16:58 2/23/2009 17:03
8887726 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 120.223 120.320 9.7 5.12 0.00 2/23/2009 16:59 2/23/2009 17:01
8883768 6018819512 USD/JPY 5 B 94.375 94.264 -11.1 -5.89 0.00 2/23/2009 16:01 2/23/2009 16:06
8882587 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 121.041 121.120 7.9 4.23 0.00 2/23/2009 15:44 2/23/2009 15:52
8881654 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 94.778 94.672 10.6 1.12 0.00 2/23/2009 15:26 2/23/2009 15:42
8881520 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 121.042 121.150 10.8 5.73 0.00 2/23/2009 15:23 2/23/2009 15:24
8879794 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 121.272 121.180 9.2 4.88 0.00 2/23/2009 14:50 2/23/2009 15:10
8880004 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 121.394 121.302 9.2 4.88 0.00 2/23/2009 14:52 2/23/2009 14:54
8878796 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 121.050 121.142 9.2 4.88 0.00 2/23/2009 14:38 2/23/2009 14:42
8878852 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 S 121.253 121.162 9.1 4.89 0.00 2/23/2009 14:36 2/23/2009 14:37
8878563 6018819512 EUR/CHF 5 S 1.49173 1.49118 5.5 2.39 0.00 2/23/2009 14:25 2/23/2009 14:27
8878324 6018819512 EUR/JPY 5 B 121.351 121.399 4.8 2.58 0.00 2/23/2009 14:20 2/23/2009 14:21
8877380 6018819512 USD/JPY 5 S 94.748 94.693 5.5 2.90 0.00 2/23/2009 14:01 2/23/2009 14:10
8876642 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.204 121.228 2.4 2.57 0.00 2/23/2009 13:46 2/23/2009 13:56
8876808 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.128 121.180 5.2 5.57 0.00 2/23/2009 13:52 2/23/2009 13:56
8876438 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.099 121.193 9.4 10.06 0.00 2/23/2009 13:44 2/23/2009 13:45
8876325 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.172 121.074 -9.8 -10.49 0.00 2/23/2009 13:41 2/23/2009 13:42
8876276 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.137 121.190 5.3 5.67 0.00 2/23/2009 13:39 2/23/2009 13:39
8875843 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.481 121.509 2.8 3.00 0.00 2/23/2009 13:30 2/23/2009 13:31
8875809 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 B 121.422 121.447 2.5 2.68 0.00 2/23/2009 13:29 2/23/2009 13:30
8874588 6018819512 EUR/CHF 10 S 1.49131 1.49100 3.1 2.69 0.00 2/23/2009 12:49 2/23/2009 12:52
8874531 6018819512 EUR/JPY 10 S 121.661 121.643 1.8 1.94 0.00 2/23/2009 12:46 2/23/2009 12:47

Weekend reading

2009-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

So long, suckers. Millionaire hedge fund boss thanks 'idiot' traders and retires at 37

* Andrew Clark in New York
* The Guardian, Saturday 18 October 2008
* Article history

The boss of a successful US hedge fund has quit the industry with an extraordinary farewell letter dismissing his rivals as over-privileged "idiots" and thanking "stupid" traders for making him rich.

Andrew Lahde's $80m Los Angeles-based firm Lahde Capital Management made a huge return last year by betting against subprime mortgages.

Yesterday the 37-year-old told his clients that he had hated the business and had only been in it for the money. And after declaring he would no longer manage money for other people, because he had enough of his own, Lahde said that instead he intended to repair his stress-damaged health; he made it clear he would not miss the financial world.

"The low-hanging fruit, ie idiots whose parents paid for prep school, Yale and then the Harvard MBA, was there for the taking," he wrote. "These people who were (often) truly not worthy of the education they received (or supposedly received) rose to the top of companies such as AIG, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and all levels of our government," he said.

"All of this behaviour supporting the aristocracy only ended up making it easier for me to find people stupid enough to take the other side of my trades. God bless America."

Lahde became one of the biggest names in the investment industry when one of his funds produced a return of 866% last year, largely by forecasting the US home loans industry would collapse.

In his farewell letter, which concluded with an appeal for the legalisation of marijuana, Lahde said he was happy with his rewards and did not envy those who had made even more money.

"I will let others try to amass nine, 10 or 11 figure net worths. Meanwhile, their lives suck," he wrote, citing a life of back-to-back business appointments relieved only by a two-week annual holiday in which financiers are still "glued to their Blackberries".

Lahde's retirement came amid an implosion among the hedge fund industry - some 350 of the funds have liquidated this year, according to Hedge Fund Research.

His final words of advice? "Throw the Blackberry away and enjoy life."

The famous farewell letter here

Today's stupidity

2009-02-20T10:19:00.000-08:00

8826877 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.27570 1.28503 -93.3 -9.33 0.00 2/20/2009 18:35 2/20/2009 19:19

Today's trades

2009-02-20T09:32:00.000-08:00

Total 4 trades +48.8 pips

8756902 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 93.700 93.638 6.2 0.66 -0.03 2/19/2009 13:37 2/20/2009 18:30
8796791 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.25920 1.26500 58 5.80 0.00 2/20/2009 08:32 2/20/2009 16:11
8797704 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 118.303 118.000 -30.3 -3.22 0.00 2/20/2009 09:07 2/20/2009 09:12
8761891 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 94.199 94.050 14.9 1.58 -0.03 2/19/2009 15:00 2/20/2009 00:00

Today's trades

2009-02-19T10:16:00.000-08:00

Total 4 trades -10.6 pips

8767425 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 S 119.692 119.470 22.2 2.36 0.00 2/19/2009 16:21 2/19/2009 16:39
8761560 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 B 94.196 94.192 -0.4 -0.04 0.00 2/19/2009 14:57 2/19/2009 15:00
8757060 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 S 118.855 119.050 -19.5 -2.09 0.00 2/19/2009 13:40 2/19/2009 14:00
8749077 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 93.522 93.651 -12.9 -1.38 0.00 2/19/2009 09:47 2/19/2009 11:45

Today's trades

2009-02-18T09:37:00.000-08:00

Total 4 trades +73 pips

8705856 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.25799 1.26000 20.1 2.01 0.00 2/18/2009 13:41 2/18/2009 13:58
8699118 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 116.545 116.473 -7.2 -0.78 0.00 2/18/2009 10:06 2/18/2009 11:44
8697221 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 116.594 116.687 9.3 1.01 0.00 2/18/2009 09:24 2/18/2009 09:29
8681136 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 116.384 116.892 50.8 5.51 0.03 2/17/2009 22:13 2/18/2009 09:15

Today's trades

2009-02-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

Total 4 Trades +136.4 pips

8671827 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 B 78.524 78.828 30.4 3.29 0.00 2/17/2009 17:55 2/17/2009 19:35
8671803 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 116.143 116.266 12.3 1.33 0.00 2/17/2009 17:45 2/17/2009 19:33
8660929 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 115.977 116.405 42.8 4.65 0.00 2/17/2009 14:49 2/17/2009 16:53
8662720 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 B 78.144 78.653 50.9 5.53 0.00 2/17/2009 15:22 2/17/2009 16:53

FXCM Micro crash

2009-02-17T09:40:00.000-08:00

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EUR/JPY taking long position

2009-02-17T05:57:00.000-08:00

under the 116.00 and let the Holly Dolly be with us

FXCM micro $50 bonus to start

2009-02-13T07:56:00.000-08:00

FXCM micro - you get $50 if you are new user and you eventually are using other broker. So hurry up and get $50

Closing EUR/JPY +55 pips

2009-02-13T07:29:00.000-08:00

8390035 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 117.825 118.375 55 6.05 0.15 2/10/2009 17:34 2/13/2009 16:26

It is Friday 13 and I will close this position as I will not be able to trade 10 days or so.

CHF/JPY closed +89 pips

2009-02-13T02:41:00.000-08:00

8411484 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 B 78.092 78.988 89.6 pips 9.85 -0.10 2/10/2009 19:22 2/13/2009 11:39

Thanks to Nicole Elliott

Sweet demo dreams

2009-02-13T00:22:00.000-08:00

As I have opened demo account together with the real one I decided to use it.

O yeah
Yesterday was closed my position EUR/USD 10 B 1.28573 1.29000 +42.7pips 42.70 0.50 2/12/2009 04:28 2/12/2009 17:30

And I have two very good looking open positions approaching their limit orders
EUR/JPY 117.857 115.418 10 267.18 10 267.18 268.48
CHF/JPY 78.693 77.279 10 154.90 10 154.90 155.30
Total 20 422.08 20 422.08 423.78

Well... demo reality:)

Today's positions

2009-02-11T02:00:00.001-08:00

I am tempted to enter with one more lot in EUR/JPY but will try to resist.

Who am I

2009-02-10T14:07:00.000-08:00

I have opened live account of $200 with deltastock several years ago and without knowing what exactly I am doing I made $400 profit and shortly after that lost everything.

Occasionally I have been trying several demos for a few days. After I have tried the micro platform of FXCM I liked it very much and the easiness to make money with demo account is well known so I decided to start live.

In October I have opened account with $150 then I made it $240 then I was near to the margin call with less than $50 and now I am around $86 with two long positions in EUR/JPY and CHF/JPY hopefully there will be some $$ to be made.

I have followed the online course for beginners of FXCM and I have learned some very basics.

In the meantime I try to make some scalping - usually successful with EUR/JPY and disastrous with EUR/USD an I feel like I have to trade for sure and this is my main mistake, I recon.

For the time frame 21 October 2008 until 10 February 2009 I have made nearly 350 trades with maybe 500 microlots.

Easy money

2009-02-10T09:05:00.000-08:00

Quick dance with her Majesty JPY for just 15 minutes
Total 7 trades +90.6 pips ... I'm feeling good
8411303 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 117.473 117.682 20.9 2.29 0.00 2/10/2009 17:51 2/10/2009 17:52
8410874 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 B 78.320 78.520 20 2.19 0.00 2/10/2009 17:47 2/10/2009 17:49
8410724 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 117.315 117.514 19.9 2.18 0.00 2/10/2009 17:45 2/10/2009 17:49
8410434 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 117.201 117.400 19.9 2.18 0.00 2/10/2009 17:43 2/10/2009 17:44
8409353 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 117.522 117.662 14 1.53 0.00 2/10/2009 17:36 2/10/2009 17:37
8393306 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29869 1.29720 -14.9 -1.49 0.00 2/10/2009 14:06 2/10/2009 15:26
8387034 6018819512 GBP/USD 1 S 1.47938 1.47830 10.8 1.08 0.00 2/10/2009 10:40 2/10/2009 11:03

Awesome link

2009-02-10T03:02:00.000-08:00

The daily technical analysis, Mizuho CB is just the type I got good feeling about. Follow the signs, Neo!

What I will do

2009-02-10T02:38:00.000-08:00

The article on fxstreet by Nicole Eliott (Mizuho Corporate Bank) confirmed my idea to go long with CHF/JPY somewhere under 78.00 level

Their strategy: Buy at 78.00, adding to 77.00; stop below 75.00. Add to longs on a weekly close above 80.00 to cover between 84.00 and 86.00 and then wait for potential signs of topping.

My strategy: Buy under 78.00 with target 79.00 and stop below 75.00. What about risk-reward ratio? Not important in this case IMHO.

Today's madness

2009-02-09T09:51:00.000-08:00

Total 28 trades with 40 mini 1k lots +55 pips

8352957 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 B 119.502 119.586 8.4 1.83 0.00 2/9/2009 18:43 2/9/2009 18:49
8352870 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 S 119.667 119.567 10 2.18 0.00 2/9/2009 18:40 2/9/2009 18:42
8352716 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 B 119.506 119.606 10 2.18 0.00 2/9/2009 18:36 2/9/2009 18:40
8352363 6018819512 EUR/JPY 3 S 119.637 119.592 4.5 1.47 0.00 2/9/2009 18:27 2/9/2009 18:35
8351240 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30629 1.30526 -10.3 -1.03 0.00 2/9/2009 17:59 2/9/2009 18:27
8352284 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 B 119.480 119.580 10 2.18 0.00 2/9/2009 18:25 2/9/2009 18:26
8352194 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30500 1.30537 3.7 0.37 0.00 2/9/2009 18:23 2/9/2009 18:23
8351991 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 S 119.616 119.516 10 2.18 0.00 2/9/2009 18:21 2/9/2009 18:22
8344180 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.30394 1.30541 -14.7 -1.47 0.00 2/9/2009 16:15 2/9/2009 18:16
8344464 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.30422 1.30541 -11.9 -1.19 0.00 2/9/2009 16:16 2/9/2009 18:16
8351564 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 S 119.594 119.494 10 2.19 0.00 2/9/2009 18:09 2/9/2009 18:14
8351346 6018819512 EUR/JPY 2 S 119.594 119.494 10 2.19 0.00 2/9/2009 18:03 2/9/2009 18:06
8343754 6018819512 EUR/CHF 1 B 1.50555 1.50525 -3 -0.26 0.00 2/9/2009 16:06 2/9/2009 16:06
8342494 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30679 1.30614 -6.5 -0.65 0.00 2/9/2009 15:46 2/9/2009 16:00
8342416 6018819512 EUR/CHF 1 B 1.50544 1.50595 5.1 0.44 0.00 2/9/2009 15:44 2/9/2009 15:53
8339696 6018819512 EUR/CHF 1 S 1.50637 1.50703 -6.6 -0.57 0.00 2/9/2009 15:09 2/9/2009 15:18
8338639 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30226 1.30277 5.1 0.51 0.00 2/9/2009 14:52 2/9/2009 15:00
8335087 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29769 1.29820 5.1 0.51 0.00 2/9/2009 13:52 2/9/2009 13:53
8334021 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.29807 1.29756 5.1 0.51 0.00 2/9/2009 13:30 2/9/2009 13:47
8334128 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.29888 1.29833 5.5 0.55 0.00 2/9/2009 13:32 2/9/2009 13:37
8332562 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 B 1.29631 1.29648 1.7 0.34 0.00 2/9/2009 12:57 2/9/2009 13:15
8333125 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 B 1.29607 1.29648 4.1 0.82 0.00 2/9/2009 13:11 2/9/2009 13:15
8332770 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 B 1.29574 1.29629 5.5 1.10 0.00 2/9/2009 13:00 2/9/2009 13:02
8332284 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29594 1.29674 8 0.80 0.00 2/9/2009 12:49 2/9/2009 12:51
8332018 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29595 1.29646 5.1 0.51 0.00 2/9/2009 12:42 2/9/2009 12:44
8331581 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.29624 1.29603 2.1 0.21 0.00 2/9/2009 12:33 2/9/2009 12:39
8329207 6018819512 USD/CHF 1 B 1.16408 1.16370 -3.8 -0.33 0.00 2/9/2009 11:11 2/9/2009 11:16
8327338 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.29165 1.29334 -16.9 -1.69 0.00 2/9/2009 10:26 2/9/2009 11:08

The usual disaster today

2009-02-05T12:01:00.000-08:00

EUR/GBP hit the stop at 88 but I quit the game before that. Today's disaster:

8232145 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 90.974 91.500 -52.6 -5.75 0.00 2/5/2009 17:44 2/5/2009 18:06
8232122 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 S 91.013 91.009 0.4 0.04 0.00 2/5/2009 17:43 2/5/2009 17:44
8230881 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 S 77.886 78.000 -11.4 -1.27 0.00 2/5/2009 17:28 2/5/2009 17:32
8229495 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 S 77.673 77.907 -23.4 -2.60 0.00 2/5/2009 17:08 2/5/2009 17:26
8208185 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 S 77.320 77.450 -13 -1.45 0.00 2/5/2009 10:20 2/5/2009 10:32
8206142 6018819512 CHF/JPY 1 B 76.974 77.105 13.1 1.47 0.00 2/5/2009 09:17 2/5/2009 09:27
Total 6 -86.9 -9.56 0.00

"Begin with the end in mind" is the logo of one just born blog

Very Forex related logo if I can say so:)

Hells Bells

2009-02-04T07:55:00.001-08:00

Hells Bells or 45 pips left to the last stop and the death of my account.

Keeping en eye on EUR/GBP

2009-02-04T04:39:00.000-08:00

EUR/GBP is approaching EMA 65 Possible entry under 89.00

Close USD/CHF

2009-02-04T02:58:00.000-08:00

Just quit USD/CHF 1 B 1.14276 1.15204 92.8 8.06 0.00
open 2/3/2009 23:09 close 2/4/2009 11:58
+92.8 pips

What I can say? EMA rules! Feeling good:)

Long USD/CHF at 1.1427

2009-02-03T23:33:00.000-08:00

USD/CHF 1 B 1.14276 Very good reason is EMA65 support. Thanks to Simon

Today's disaster

2009-02-03T10:37:00.000-08:00

8135515 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29554 1.29452 -10.2 -1.02 0.00 2/3/2009 18:43 2/3/2009 19:37
8134333 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.29953 1.29500 -45.3 -4.53 0.00 2/3/2009 18:11 2/3/2009 18:40
8134047 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30074 1.29900 -17.4 -1.74 0.00 2/3/2009 18:09 2/3/2009 18:11
8133494 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.30131 1.30238 10.7 1.07 0.00 2/3/2009 17:55 2/3/2009 18:04
8130167 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29708 1.30118 -41 -8.20 0.00 2/3/2009 17:02 2/3/2009 17:59
8132704 6018819512 USD/JPY 1 B 89.142 89.212 7 0.78 0.00 2/3/2009 17:39 2/3/2009 17:53
8132770 6018819512 USD/CHF 1 B 1.14185 1.14224 3.9 0.34 0.00 2/3/2009 17:41 2/3/2009 17:52
8132791 6018819512 USD/CAD 1 B 1.23314 1.23443 12.9 1.05 0.00 2/3/2009 17:41 2/3/2009 17:52
8122468 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29191 1.30309 -111.8 -22.36 0.00 2/3/2009 15:19 2/3/2009 17:30
8129065 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29754 1.29651 10.3 2.06 0.00 2/3/2009 16:44 2/3/2009 16:51
8128072 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29813 1.29759 5.4 1.08 0.00 2/3/2009 16:27 2/3/2009 16:32
8127916 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29829 1.29805 2.4 0.48 0.00 2/3/2009 16:24 2/3/2009 16:25
8122210 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 B 1.29305 1.29346 4.1 0.82 0.00 2/3/2009 15:17 2/3/2009 15:28
8121878 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 B 1.29291 1.29312 2.1 0.42 0.00 2/3/2009 15:15 2/3/2009 15:17
8121648 6018819512 EUR/USD 2 S 1.29088 1.29196 -10.8 -2.16 0.00 2/3/2009 15:13 2/3/2009 15:15
8121338 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.29023 1.29165 -14.2 -1.42 0.00 2/3/2009 15:10 2/3/2009 15:12
8117233 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 S 1.28666 1.28600 6.6 0.66 0.00 2/3/2009 13:24 2/3/2009 14:22
8111455 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 114.994 114.862 -13.2 -1.47 0.00 2/3/2009 09:54 2/3/2009 12:14
8114254 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 114.694 114.860 16.6 1.85 0.00 2/3/2009 11:52 2/3/2009 12:14
8112172 6018819512 EUR/JPY 1 B 114.778 114.846 6.8 0.76 0.00 2/3/2009 10:18 2/3/2009 11:39
8111060 6018819512 EUR/USD 1 B 1.28450 1.28506 5.6 0.56 0.00 2/3/2009 09:29 2/3/2009 09:36
Total 29 trades -169.5 pips -30.97 dolla' gone to hell 0.00

Scalping explained

2009-02-03T07:07:00.000-08:00

http://www.forexspirit.com/2008/10/01/scalping-in-lion-country/

EUR/JPY stop hit

2009-02-01T22:21:00.000-08:00

EUR/JPY B 114.958 114.500 -45.8 2/1/2009 23:46

Support 115.00 failed, yay!

Today's partial recovery

2009-01-30T11:28:00.001-08:00

by gambling for a while with EUR/JPY 9 trades +142 pips. This beginners luck. Yay!
http://www.deezer.com/track/feeling-good-T8613

Today's Hall of shame

2009-01-30T06:01:00.000-08:00

Entry order EUR/JPY 115.00

2009-01-30T05:10:00.000-08:00

For the last month the price have gone under 115.00 price seven times and never closed the day under this Maginot Line. I am placing entry order for long EUR/JPY at 115.00 and let Holly Dolly be with me.

Ooops - I am just in. Thank you Dolly. http://www.deezer.com/track/38820

I am placing limit at 115.30 for limiting the loss of $20 last days. Hallelujah.

Ooops - just hit the limit. Trying again the same exercise. The point is not to be greedy like me but to keep the position for longer... lets say 120.00 could be nice target yamy-yamy

Closing CHF/JPY

2009-01-30T02:48:00.000-08:00

I am considering closing of the position CHF/JPY from 23 January +150 pips.

My target was not reached but was very close around 79.00 at 27 January.

If the price will fall under 76.50 probably I will enter long again.

Jan 27 DailyFX Trade Set Up

2009-01-27T02:26:00.000-08:00

EUR/JPY target 114.00 reached

2009-01-23T06:19:00.000-08:00

23 Jan 15:15h local time EUR/JPY target 114.00 reached + 80 pips

http://www.deezer.com/track/8613

Bought EUR/JPY at 113.20

2009-01-23T04:16:00.000-08:00

Bought EUR/JPY at 113.20 - the couple tests 113.00 resistance level for second time with chance of making double bottom. Stop - 112.00 targets 114.00-115.50

Bought CHF/JPY at 76.09

2009-01-23T00:49:00.000-08:00

CHF/JPY is testing 76.00 support aready twise. I hope this support will stand for the third time and let Saint Tomas de Torquemada help us. My stop is under the last low at 74.50 and the target is 80.00

Bought USD/CHF 1.1532

2009-01-22T09:28:00.000-08:00

Just reaching support line on 1 hour chart. The couple is in strong uptrend. The wicks have tuched the Bollinger band.

Bought EUR/AUD 1,9716

2009-01-21T10:14:00.000-08:00

The couple is in uptrend on the daily chart. The price penetrated the Bollinger band.

Target 1,9920

Unfortunately hit my stop first, but then reached 1,99 level. Holly Dolly!

Airline humour from Qantas

2009-01-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.

The mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor.

Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're for.

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

And the best one for last...

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget

Creation or Evolution?

2009-01-04T09:20:00.001-08:00

Most of the ID/Creationism authors are using the same silly arguments again and again.

I will use one example from another blogger - What you will think if your government pay $ 500 000 for scientific research to find out why in city of X cases of allergy and asthma are increased and after the research the scientist explain to you shortly “The cases of allergy and asthma in the city X are increased by the Gods will (or by the will of the Intelligent Designer if you like it more)” isn’t that neat o? And why when one of your family members is missing you are reporting in the police and not suggest that he was taken by Holy Ghost like Elias?

For me the case is closed - http://talkorigins.org/indexcc/

Solomon’s wisdom and knowledge - give me a break

2009-01-04T09:18:00.001-08:00

Just fooling around wordpress I found hardcore admirer of bible, Solomon etc. nonsense

http://samuelatgilgal.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/what-would-you-ask-for/

Neato song for background of the articles about king Solomon http://www.deezer.com/track/55162

Obviously the God did not give him too much wisdom. Apart of the knowledge that if the blade is not sharp enough you will need more force - conclusion from the times of Homo Erectus, Solomon married 300 and abused 400 women and made them his slaves. I bet he even did not know their names - can you imagine how many 700 persons are? Try to remember 700 names of people you know - not easy task. Well so many human beings the “wise” king got himself. Even the muslims are tending to stop marrying when they already have nearly ten wive’s.

I can imagine Solomon picking up wife while riding around and seeing nice chick. Then he says to the chief of his bodyguards for example let call him Josh.

Solomon:”Hey Josh - other nice peace of meat. Yay”
Josh (while thinking “damn, not again”):”Yeah, you want her?”
Solomon:”Sure, she’s pretty isn’t she? Go tho her father and ask for the price.”
Josh:”Why you just don’t rape her - according to bible then she will cost you only fifty shekel”
Solomon:”Not today - I am in romantic mood. Just go and ask for the price, you lazy bastard!”

After going to the next village Josh comes with news:
“The old fox wants 500″
Solomon:”Bring him 250 and tell him to shut up otherwise I will take her for free and will hang up the old greedy bastard! After that take the chick to the palace - tonight I will merry her, hahahahaha.”

Feel free to imagine the destiny of the wife (female slave) No 576 of the king “wiseass” Solomon

Back to SUSE after PC BSD 1.4

2007-11-30T06:55:00.001-08:00

open SUSE 10.3 is installed on my PC after trying PC BSD 1.4 and Ubuntu 7.10

BSD was very fast to install and I have had a feeling that all KDE desktop was faster with BSD than with SUSE 10.1 on the same PC. Istalling the HP Photosmart printer was piece of cake. Unfortunately there was serious problems which become a reason to remove this OS. Some of the software, for example KTorrent did not work on my PC. I was not able to manage the system for to find my FAT partition. Obviously there is a way to do this but you have to know it. The help in the forum of pcbsd.org was not what person can have in most of the linux forums.

Now I have downloaded the openSUSE 10.3 It was just one CD and not for or five or DVD like usual. Maybe this is typical for the open version. Installation was somewhat long - about hour and half. Unlike Ubuntu 7.10 SUSE 10.3 found my XP and overwrite the previously installed boot manager GAG with GRUB without problems. The desktop is with comfortable new features and works perfect. The installing of the all needed packages for to read mpeg and mp3 goes automatically unlike 10.1 where it is not so easy.

http://opensuse-community.org/Multimedia and voila;)))

SUSE 10.3 is perfect choice for beginner who will like to switch to Linux.

Google reader

2007-11-25T08:29:00.001-08:00

Useful tool I like more than Firefox extension for reading RSS

Believe it or not

2007-11-14T05:29:00.001-08:00

Installing HP Photosmart D66160 with PC BSD 1.4

2007-10-04T13:47:00.001-07:00

After trying to install HP Photosmart D6160 printer with PC BSD I have seen that driver for USB printers are missing in the list. After visiting the forum of www.pcbsd.org I found useful post by the user dracheflieger.

In short you have to make the steps described in the chapter 5 of the quick guide. That mean opening start menu-> settings-> system administration-> system manager->tasks and to press one after another the buttons "fetch system source" and "fetch ports".

After that logout->login open console-> su ->root password and type
cd /usr/ports/print/hplip && make install clean && rehash

BSD will download and install driver hplip for you. Im my case there was package conflict and I should remove nasty package with remove_pckg or something like this. By the way I got this tip from the console. The thing just work. Yuppie.

First experiences with PC BSD 1.4

2007-10-03T13:05:00.001-07:00

I like to try always new things, so I decided to give a chance to BSD. My choice become PCBSD because it looks to me that it is special made for new users.
:))) BSD is absolutely free. Download something like 650 MB - just one CD. Only for language support you will need second one.
:))) After installing it on my hard drive on separate partition I noticed that BSD installation was really fast. Something like 20 minutes for.
:))) Second thing I noticed that BSD works very fast compare to SUSE 10.1 I have had before on my old laptop Toshiba with 1066 MHz with 256 shared RAM
:))) Third thing I noticed was that PCBSD 1.4 plays videofiles and DVD's out of the box. No hacking, recompiling, adding libraries etc. All this you have to do with SUSE beforre you watch videofiles. I think Ubuntu is the same. As some video/audio formats are licensed you have to install them apart.
:))) Installing software is peace of cake. All you may need you can find in the PBI library and install it with a few clicks unless you need something exotic.

So far everything was perfect. Now the bad surprises.

:((( The dual boot was somehow unable to find and to safe my WinXP even trying to boot with GAG failed. Sad massage was that windows/sys32/hal.dll is corrupted or missing. After searching for while in the net it was unlikely that I will get the problem solved. Fortunately I have backup of all my data. I am starting from the begining but tis time I completely formatted my 40 GB HDD. Then I made two FAT32 partitions 15 GB each and one 10 GB partition for BSD. I have Installed BSD again. Then I have installed XP again converting first partition in NTFS. Now I have dual boot wit GAG. Both systems are working but!
:((( BSD can read my NTFS partition with XP but is unable to write on it. SO far I know for now SUSE and Ubuntu are also not able to write on NTFS partitions but et least with SUSE I have been using FAT32 partition for to share files with Windows. Now it is not possible. I hope there is a solution for that.

And there is one more thing. PC BSD 1.4 is "Da Vinci" edition. I don't know what that mean but the icon of the start menu is very similar to those of firefox. Ball in flames or something. I prefer the devil instead.
Now I have to make my PC BSD to see FAT32 partitions and to print with HP Photosmart D6160. Hopefully.

Here it is

2007-10-03T09:34:00.001-07:00

The spring of wisdom. No shit.