21 October 2010

EUR/USD : Own Goal

  • As discussed earlier, potential evening star (3 candles to complete) in the making.
  • Usual dilemma - 1. wait for Friday close to confirm before acting, by which this time it could be miles lower and painful to sell, or 2. go early and run risk of non-confirmation. 
  • Chose option 2. Sold at 1.3870 last night. Less than 1 hour later it was at 1.3990. Sigh. Very humbling.
  • Book turned to Risk Off VaR = 2x Risk On VaR. Could be a big mistake. Trying to be too clever for my own good.
  • On sideline now, just watching to see if new stance will work by this week's close. If not, flip back to pro-QE2.

1 comment:

Analyze Capital LLC said...

Just curious, how are you calculating your VaR?