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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 don't usually trade off the 5 minute charts but sometimes you fancy doing some scalping when you're at a loose end. Most of my trading focuses on the 1 hour or the daily charts.. with these, you don't need to be at the screen so much and I've found that you don't worry so much about the 'noise' in the market.
Anyway, here is a trade which I took from the 5 minute charts for a paltry 6 pips (I got out as the price action looked as though it wanted to go up and also the stochastics were indic
November 28, 2011
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The markets really moved a lot again today and I went long Crude Oil see a 1 hour pin bar off 9500. I got in at 9550 and had my stop at 9480 and was hoping to ride the market to around 9700.
The below shows my entry...
What was annoying is that I got stopped out so close to where the market turned for the higher. It was 9456 so a mere 24 points away... ugh!
So I ended up taking a 60 point loss when it could have been a lovely 150 point winner!
That's the frustration with the mark
November 9, 2011
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