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Today I saw a beauty of a set up on the DOW .. the price action had made a double top and not only that, the daily pivot proved to be a good resistance line.. it screamed a short and so placed my trade looking to take the trade down to 11800.
However, with markets, anything can happen and this is what actually happened... yes, the market actually went up to hit my stop and I ended up nursing a 30 pip hit. That's the thing about markets, you just never know what can happen and a newbie mis
December 15, 2011
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The nonfarm payroll or NFP is an economic news item which comes out once a month in the US and details the number of jobs added or lost in the economy over the month. This is always a big event and in most cases, massive movements in all markets are seen when it is released.
You can read more about the nonfarm payroll through the Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonfarm_payrolls
I'm going talk about trading the nonfarm payrolls.... don't do it! In my experience I've found t
December 2, 2011
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I entered long the GBPAUD currency the other evening. I had placed my order 10 pips from the previous high and was expecting quite a big move towards the upside. When my entry came, it went a few pips up and then went down. I had my stop below the last trend reversal pattern. Over the next couple of days, not much happened.. it remained in the range and I thought that since the price action preceding this was up, there was more chance of it moving north.
When markets are stuck in a range, my vi
September 14, 2011
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