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Trading the EURO at the bottom of a Trend Channel

Trading the EURO at the bottom of a Trend Channel

So today I've entered long trading the Euro at the bottom of what looks like an ascending channel. Of course, this is my interpretation and the points within the channel never exactly match up but what is clear is that the price action have generally been moving upwards. Within an uptrend, the optimal point for entering is the higher low as you can put the stop below the low and if you're right, you should benefit from a good risk/reward trade. The exit would either be the top of the chan

February 12, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

The other trade which I had tweeted out last week was my long Crude Oil trade. Once again, you can see that there was a strong bullish pin bar showing that the buyers were in force. As a Daily chart trader, I entered my trade on the close of the pinbar (ie right at the top of it). The market over the next few days then sank and didn't look very well. In fact, the price action sank as soon as I went long and price dwindled pretty much at the base of the pin at the 9500 level. I pretty much lo

February 11, 2013 1 Comment Full Story

Stopped out on the Silver Trade

Stopped out on the Silver Trade

Silver silver silver! So we have been holding onto our Silver trade for almost a week now and despite the bullish candlesticks, it failed to go where we wanted it to go...   the price crashed below our stop and we were taken out of the market. Grr, we're not doing so well with our trading so far and it's frustrating. A lot of people at this point abandon their trading strategy.. it's times like these where we need to focus and build on our work to date.. not throw it all away and start a

February 11, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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