The plan is to use the DAX (germany 30) to bet on as both the spread and margin are only one - with an ADR of 1745 (30) there is plenty of movement to find my four same colour Renko bricks going in the same direction. I only need twenty pips a day if I compound my bets
My biggest worry is GREED and finding something else to do instead - good job the weather has improved .
The DAX index (Deutsche Aktien IndeX), commonly referred to as the Germany 30 by spread betting providers is the benchmark market index for Germany. The DAX 30 also happens to be one of the most overlooked indices by traders. The big markets such as the DOW, S&P and FTSE are well known and spread traded, but the DAX 30 usually finishes up as an also-ran. This is a pity, as if you take time to know the way the DAX 30 moves, you will see that the index is very volatile (more so than the FTSE 100 or the S&P 500) and although not for the faint hearted, it can be quite good fun when you’re ahead! MORE . . .
Day # 1 105.0 = Today's Range . . . 174.9 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size Not a very good start with me being too eager to place my first trade of the challenge
If only I had waited till 11.00 I could have reached my daily target (20) with just the one trade
It was once suggested to me that I would be better having a long weekend and taking Monday's off . . . Whilst the markets sort themselves out after the weekend . . . If today is anything to go by I should have.
Decided not to use the maximum available bet size after my first trade mistake - Better safe than sorry
Still 17% for a couple of hours is not to be sniffed at with only £0.10 bets ! Lesson learned: Don't be in such a rush to place the first trade of the day .
Day # 2 210.0 = Today's Range . . . 173.9 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size Would you believe it . . . yesterdays lesson came back and bit me. I decided to do something else whilst I waited for the market to settle and look what I missed Then to cap it all it spent the rest of the day in a squeeze and I was lucky to get my 22 pips.
Have now more or less decided to only go SHORT for the foreseeable future.
Even if I had been with my charts at 09.00 I am not sure which of the pull backs would have finished my day - maybe around 60 .
Day # 4 119.0 = Today's Range . . . 170.0 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size
Unfortunately for whatever reason the chart for the account I was trading was incomplete - most strange
So I had to create the above using a different account - meaning the terminal was incorrect.
I was done and dusted before Tokyo Close (11.00 chart time) and have absolutely no idea what caused the spike afterwards.
30% increase for 22 minutes works for me and the original stake has more than doubled (Total) .
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Day # 5 180.0 = Today's Range . . . 168.9 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size A lot of Price Action today which equals a lot of bricks which equals a lot of information to squeeze in.
Clear to see the effect of NFP on the chart
New York Open to Chicago Open is the same as Frankfurt Open to London Open & Frankfurt Close to London Close = One Hour
London Open to New York Open = Five Hours
The Whole Chart = Fourteen Hours The Green £14.12 was where I had to tweak the figures for it to agree with the Terminal - Balance the books - No idea WHY ! .
Day # 6 195.0 = Today's Range . . . 170.5 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size
I kept out of the Monday morning session because I thought it too risky - wonderful thing hindsight
Had hoped trade 011 would have gone further before the bigger than expected re-trace - But it did give me my 20 target
GR££D however stepped in for trade 012 followed by stupidity for 013 which is still running - could it be unlucky 13 ?
Day # 7 195.0 = Today's Range . . . 170.5 = 30 Day Range . . . 5.0 = Renko Brick Size What a Mistake . . . should never have kept going once I had my daily quota.
Kept hoping there would be enough margin to carry me through to London Open.
The things I should have done but didn't . . . hopefully lessons learned
Don't be GR££DY . . . NEVER leave overnight . . . Cut losses asap
This is exactly why I need an "Armageddon EA" so I couldn't lose more than my original stake. Yes I would still have been sick at having a "Margin Call" BUT at least I could have kept going with my initial deposit
Tried to add the £11.03 to my account to take me back to £20.00 BUT my broker won't allow less than £20.00 deposit
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