June 9, 2008

Taking 41 pip profit, Trading vs. Gambling

UK's PPI was more than expected, but I closed my position, long on GBPUSD, at 1.9731, one minute before the release, taking 41 pip profit.

Although the pair hit the resistance at 1.9775 just after the report, but I don’t wanted to bet on the news itself.

In fact, I still believe that any position which is opened based on the expected effect from a data should be closed before the release of that data. I see it as the difference between trading and gambling, because the actual data and the possible reactions simply could be completely different.

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