Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev conducting the famous Mariinsky Theater Orchestra at the Athens Megaron. I was lucky enough to be in the audience. He gave an astonishing performance of Mahler's 5th Symphony, a big revelation for me, although I have listen to this masterpiece hundreds of times, in the last 30 years... All the tension is in his hands, which are like rubber..On the first part, the exquisite Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, soloist the great Leonidas Kavakos. An unforgettable evening..

Ascending support vs. breakout

The trades who gave 12,4 and 5,1 pips on this chart were entered when an ascending support (after retracement) was observed, while (almost all of) the rest of the entries were at (local) breakouts. Look how more relaxed and easier are the former.

Greed or addiction?

Some mini-losses inside the range and then a good shot which gave 12,9 pips. Followed by six little trades which totalled -1,5 pips, plus commissions. The session should stop after the mandatory stop to preserve the 12,9 pips gain. Why did I continue?

Morning session

Move forward

Rather cautious at the start of the move, I trusted it more on the next wave up.

Bloody Monday

A rather easy to trade Monday opening was transformed to a few pips loss. Looks like I lost my fast reflexes during the weekend.  On fourth trade for example, a "smart ass" anticipation of reversal costed me 11.8 pips. Silly, silly.