Trading Diary – 19/06/202

Slow Day, Higher Stakes, AUD/USD in Focus

Today wasn’t the smoothest trading session. With the U.S. markets closed for the Juneteenth federal holiday things felt slow, with much lower liquidity than usual. That lack of movement always makes scalping tougher.

I placed two buy trades on AUD/USD earlier in the day – both looked promising and briefly moved into profit. I set my stop losses just in the green to lock in something small… but both got clipped right at break even. Bit annoying, but safe trading, I guess.

Later on, I tried again – this time upping my lot size to 0.03. With some recent wins under my belt, my capital has grown slightly, so I could afford to size up while still staying within my margin. I didn’t set a stop loss this time, as I felt pretty confident in the bounce.

The trade’s still live as I write. Currently sitting at -£0.18, but earlier it was floating down around -£6.80. Now I’m in two minds: do I take a small win and close at break even… or hold overnight and aim for a bigger move, risking the swap fees?

Either way, today’s been a lesson in how market conditions can shift your strategy.