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We broke even today with the euro yen 30/30 breakout system. The stop buy order at 162.50 was filled but the price was unable to break above 162.60. So we took a hit on this order, a 30-pip loss. The stop sell order at 162.08 did well. In 15 minutes or so after the order was filled, we pocketed the 30-pip profit.
Another good day for the euro yen 30/30 breakout system. Although the market was quiet and choppy during the European session and early U.S. session, our stop sell order was able to bring in a profit of 30 pips. The stop sell order was filled at 162.28 at around 8:30 GMT. It did not hit our take-profit target of 161.98 until around 14:18 GMT.
The euro yen 30/30 breakout system brought us a 30-pip gain today. The stop buy order was filled at 163.34 at around 7:47 GMT. About 2 and 1/2 hours later, the take-profit target was reached, although the price movement during the early European session was relatively quiet.
| Cumulative Stats | |
| Total: | +570 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 65 |
| Number of Wins | 40 |
| Number of Losses | 21 |
| Win % | 62% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| Average Pips/Month | +57 (570 pips / 10 mo) |
| Capital Growth | |
| 10/1/07 – 12/31/07 | 60% |
| 1/1/08 – 2/29/08 | 7.5% |
| 3/1/08 – 3/31/08 | -6.9% |
| 4/1/08 – 4/30/08 | 7.4% |
| 5/1/08 – 5/31/08 | 8.5% |
| 6/1/08 – 6/30/08 | 9.1% |
| 7/1/08 – 7/31/08 | 0% |
*Capital Growth includes daily debit or credit interests
*Capital Growth includes both trading systems – EUR/JPY 30/30 and EUR/GBP 7/17
EUR/JPY 30/30 Breakout Trading System:
| July 2008 | |
| Total: | 0 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 5 |
| Number of Wins | 2 |
| Number of Losses | 2 |
| Win % | 40% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| June 2008 | |
| Total: | 90 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 7 |
| Number of Wins | 5 |
| Number of Losses | 2 |
| Win % | 71% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| May 2008 | |
| Total: | 60 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 6 |
| Number of Wins | 3 |
| Number of Losses | 1 |
| Win % | 50% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| April 2008 | |
| Total: | 30 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 2 |
| Number of Wins | 1 |
| Number of Losses | 0 |
| Win % | 50% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| March 2008 | |
| Total: | 0 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 4 |
| Number of Wins | 2 |
| Number of Losses | 2 |
| Win % | 50% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| February 2008 | |
| Total: | -60 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 4 |
| Number of Wins | 1 |
| Number of Losses | 3 |
| Win % | 25% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| January 2008 | |
| Total: | +90 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 9 |
| Number of Wins | 6 |
| Number of Losses | 3 |
| Win % | 67% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| December 2007 | |
| Total: | +180 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 8 |
| Number of Wins | 7 |
| Number of Losses | 1 |
| Win % | 88% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| November 2007 | |
| Total: | +90 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 11 |
| Number of Wins | 7 |
| Number of Losses | 4 |
| Win % | 64% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
| October 2007 | |
| Total: | +90 Pips |
| Number of Trades | 9 |
| Number of Wins | 6 |
| Number of Losses | 3 |
| Win % | 67% |
| Average Win: | 30 |
| Average Loss: | 30 |
It was a very fast market today. Our euro yen 30/30 breakout system booked the 30 pips of profit within 15 minutes. The stop sell order was filled at 168.83 at 12:41 GMT. The take profit target was hit at 12:53 GMT.
