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A pinbar usually shows strong buying or selling. That, alongside the direction of the trend is usually a good entry to get into a trade. I went long the USDCAD on the break of the high of the pin at 10296 with the stop at the low of the pin at 10210. Therefore I am risking 86 pips. I would like to target 2x risk which gives me a target of 172 pips but as a minimum, I would see what happens when (and if) my trade reaches 86 in profit.
The weekend is here and I'm going to let the trade run it's
June 8, 2012
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Nothing much to say about todays trade. The market had rallied strongly on Friday and then drifted. From the market opening last night and until this morning, the market was consolidating.. not doing too much but you can see that the price was bouncing between a range.. ther resistance at 15850 and support at 15820. The break at resistance was my cue to go long giving me 25 pips as I took profit.
March 19, 2012
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Look at the 4hour chart below of the GBPUSD forex pair (or cable) and you can see the resistance line. The arrows show where the price action had hit this line and bounced off it.. on the third time of this happening, I shorted with a stop just above the break level. As you can see, I lost on this one and took a 20 pip loss.
However, I also knew that objectively, that a break of the resistance could have been a great break out trade.. as you can see, it was indeed but being in the trade and
March 16, 2012
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