Forex Howto

I am regretting putting up my trading performance at the start of the month. No sooner did I publish it than I went into a big drawdown. I tried some trades later in the month though they turned out to be losers as well so I took a break from trading and had a fairly [...]

Publishing my trading performance was a stupid decision, ever since I’ve gone backwards.

Whether it’s a good idea or not (in the long term), I’ve decided to put up my trading performance for all to look and laugh at when I do poorly. At present there are only 2 full months online I started my strategy part way through August.
Bear in mind that my performance is based on [...]

I thought it might be interesting for someone to see my trades so that they can see how much of a fool I am. I’ll post some followups from time to time.

Account: 1036304
Name: forexhowto
Currency: USD
2006 May 9, 09:47

Closed Transactions:

Ticket
Open Time
Type
Lots
Item
Price
S / L
T / P
Close Time
Price
Commission
Taxes
Swap
Profit

1768207
2006.05.01 03:17
balance
Deposit
5 000.00

1771622
2006.05.01 05:08
buy
1.00
eurusd
1.2631
1.2591
1.2729
2006.05.01 19:17
1.2591
0.00
0.00
0.00
-400.00

[sl]

1773451
2006.05.01 06:25
buy
1.00
gbpusd
1.8266
1.8225
1.8365
2006.05.01 13:09
1.8365
0.00
0.00
0.00
990.00

[tp]

1774577
2006.05.01 07:11
buy
1.00
gbpusd
1.8253
1.8209
1.8349
2006.05.01 13:08
1.8349
0.00
0.00
0.00
960.00

[tp]

2170419
2006.05.08 01:26
buy
1.00
eurusd
1.2729
1.2720
1.2927
2006.05.08 13:56
1.2720
0.00
0.00
0.00
-90.00

[sl]

2207015
2006.05.08 [...]