- “There is speculation in the oil trade.”
- "There seems to be adequate oil in the ground.”
- “There is no "magic bullet" to deal with high commodity prices.”
Even so, this type of rhetoric swung the markets around, and sent oil down more than $9 at one point.
He could have said something really interesting, like, “I can't tell you what I plan on doing about high oil prices, the slide in the dollar and interest rates because my magic 8 ball got broken!”
The Gbp/Usd has still proven to be the strongest trade of the week. At one point earlier today, our equity stood at $759.50. And then, after Mr. Bernanke spoke, it fell off substantially. I'm not too surprised, as I was quite impressed with having any profits at all this week with all the news stories whipping up the masses.
The following is the status of this week's FirstStrike trades:
- Eur/Usd: Sold @ 1.5848, stopped out at 1.5908 for a 60 pip loss.
- Gbp/Jpy: Long @ 212.11, stopped out at 211.21 for a 90 pip loss.
- Gbp/Usd: Long @ 1.9906, stop 1.9846. Trade in progress.
- Usd/Chf: Long @ 1.0240, stopped out at 1.0180 for a 60 pip loss.
- Usd/Jpy: Sold @ 105.95, stop 106.55. Trade in progress.
Current equity is $737.12.
See you tomorrow. Keep your stops in.
Joel Rensink
www.infiniteyield.com
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1 comment:
Joel,
I asked the Magic 8-ball the same question, and it said 'Outlook not so good!'... At first I thought maybe it wanted one of us to lose, but maybe we didn't really ask it the same question. I figured you meant the all-time, cosmic, universal, never-to-be-exceeded top. Perhaps you were asking about something more near-term.
Anyway, I'm about halfway through 'The Trading Game' by Ryan Jones. Have you read it, and if so what did you think?
For me, I think my money management approach to the challenge (and in general) is about to change. So far I've been using a fixed-fractional approach of 1.5% per trade. I haven't figured out yet if I can apply his method to OANDA with its infinitely customizable lot size, but the exercise will be worth it- especially if I get into futures or back into options.
Well, Mr. Jones awaits. Take care...
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