Entries from April 2007

FX-AUTO 4-30-07 (Day 2)

Date April 30, 2007

As of 16:38 EST we had 3 closed trades and 2 open trades.
The Profit Club: GBPUSD 0 pips
ForexFighter-KO : GBPUSD - 37 pips
ATR Channel: -74 pips
Today: - 111 (-114 with commission)
Open positions: 2 different Long GBPUSB with ATR Channel -31 pips
Balance: $2502.50 (-$60)
Equity: $2471.50
Screenshot: http://minnelli.com/forex/fx-auto/

FXGURU 4-30-07 (Day 2)

Date April 30, 2007

As of 16:30 EST - they have successfully closed 2 trades:
USDCAD: .2 lots +29 pips +$5.18
EURUSD: .08 lots +14 pips +$1.12
2 open positions down: -$3.25
Balance: $993.26
Equity: $990.01
Screenshot: http://minnelli.com/forex/fxguru/

FX-AUTO 4-27-07 (Day 1)

Date April 27, 2007

Ok with fx-auto I have selected 3 systems to run. I have limited the selection to only GBPUSD for right now.
System 1: ATRChannel - http://forexfiesta.com/systems_trend.htm
System 2: ForexFighterKO - http://www.forexfighter.com/
System 3: TheProfitClub - http://www.profits-club.com/?a=cust&page=performance
Friday the auto trading system started me out great. The ATRChannel system produced 2 early morning buy signals one at 1.9939 and the […]

FXGURU 4-27-07 (Day 1)

Date April 27, 2007

.1 lots of EURUSD netted 12 pips for $2.40 gain
Balance = $987.31 (with swaps etc…)
2 open positions down -$2.96
Equity = $984.35
At some point I will work out a nice format to publish this data. But for right now, lets live with it this way.

Account Setup and Initial Funding

Date April 27, 2007

Interbankfx (FXGURU)
FXGURU.net requested I use Interbankfx as the broker. The setup was pretty simple, the standard issues with forgetting to send this or that form, but pretty painless. I funded this account with $985 because they had a credit card processing fee of $15 for a deposit between $500-1000.
FXDD (Fx-Auto)
This also was pretty simple but […]

Forex Journal Underway - time to start seeing results

Date April 27, 2007

Earlier last week, around April 16, 2007 I started to review some trading strategies over on the Moneytec forum. I was trying to find an old system I placed up there a few years ago. However, they have cut some of the old posts out and I wasn’t able to find it. So I made […]

Background History

Date April 27, 2007

In a nutshell – I graduated college as a double major with a BS in both Finance and Economics. I worked for Merrill Lynch, Citicorp/Citibank and a few other local banks as a broker. I finally got out of sales and migrated to a financial analyst for a few years until I finally found my […]

Old Forex Signal Providers

Date April 27, 2007

Back in 2003 and 2004 I tried a few forex signal providers which I have posted information below. Many of them are no longer in business and I feel most were just scams. However, now in 2007, I got the itch again and needed to jump in with both feet. I will update my journal/blog […]