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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

Why it’s Important to be Consistent Trading. My Trading Results for the Week

Why it's Important to be Consistent Trading. My Trading Results for the Week

This week we had two trades.. AUDUSD long and EURJPY long. I'll go through both of these and why I entered. Firstly AUDUSD [caption id="attachment_7671" align="alignnone" width="580"] Long AUDUSD[/caption] I went long here as the market had found a base.. it had retraced after a move up and I thought it would actually move above the previous resistance point at around 10600 and if it did, a huge move above. The following day, the market indeed shot up and if I was cautious and doing my

January 27, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Woke up richer by buying the Aussie (AUDUSD)

Woke up richer by buying the Aussie (AUDUSD)

[caption id="attachment_7664" align="alignnone" width="599"] Buying AUDUSD[/caption] Last night, I went long the Aussie (AUDUSD) forex pair at 10517. From the chart you can see that there was support at 10500 and the trend had been up so this was a retracement play. The first target is the high at 10600 but what I would really like to see is a break of this.. if so, we should see a strong move upwards. I could take profits around 10600... to be safe, 10590 has more chance of making it but

January 22, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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