Last weeks winning trades – USDJPY and Gold

A good trading week last week. Sometimes just a couple of trades can do it and last week we had two relatively straightforward trades. Firstly, on the USDJPY forex pair, the trend has been up and there was a clear pinbar. We went long on that bar and the following day, the market went up. As it was Friday and I wasn't keen on holding my position over the weekend, I took profits for 80 pips. My Gold trade was actually done a few days before - on Tuesday, shorted at 1242 with a stop at 1