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![Trading and the Non Farm Payroll Economic News]()
Today at 1.30pm GMT time the Non Farm Payroll economic news hits the markets and usually you would expect some volatility in these markets. Big ticket news items like this can completely mess up your trading system so it's best to avoid it. I didn't trade today but if I had done.. I would have lost.
Although there was movement it was choppy and was just moving up and down with no clear direction....
(You can see some movement when the new release is announced)
There are some people
July 2, 2010
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![False break on the DOW]()
Well, back to trading the DOW, I was looking scalp for a few points and initially had my mind fixed on taking 30 points...
I was looking to see if the DOW would break below the S1 pivot point which was also a support line the DOW had responded to earlier. I place my entry at 9694 just to be sure it was lower than the previous low point set. The market gave me my trade and it went nicely the right direction.. I had set my limit to be 9664.
The market however didn't want to give me my 30 poi
July 1, 2010
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![GBPUSD trading luck today!]()
I've dropped the chart into the 5 minute chart so you can see clearer.. the upper and lower band today were so close that I felt a bit uncomfortable with the trade... the upper band was at 14836 and the lower was 14819, a mere 17 points which is tiny.
However, I put in the orders and from the graph, my short should have been hit which would have been a loss. It looks like it was within a pip or so... so that was extremely lucky.
The long came on just before 8am however and powered away..
June 23, 2010
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