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Weekly review

I started the week in the Trader Contest with a GBP/JPY short (1.25M) but then made a stupid mistake and exited that trade right at the descending trendline on the first signs of improvement in risk sentiment. Not only that, I reversed and doubled the position which hit SL (which I widened by 50 pips) three days later. After that I took another long position with half the amount - it's SL was hit on Friday.
In hindsight, I could have made money on longs by entering in the dips. Much more lucrati…
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Weekly review

I was trying to recover some of the losses from the earlier part of the December Trader Contest by playing USD/CHF from the long side. I was right on the direction but my entries were poor and I used too much leverage. I ended the week with 4K on my contest account.
Way better I did in Fundamental Analysis Contest where I won. It was another great week (13:4, 96, 100) following last week's outstanding performance (12:3, 100, 100).
I managed to take the 7th place in the November Article Contest. …
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