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Trading a Failed Breakout on Euro

Trading a Failed Breakout on Euro

The chart of the Euro (EURUSD) today on the 1 hourly was as below: The Euro had a very strong day yesterday and when the market opened today, it was really watching to see if the market would break yesterdays highs at 13370 and continue upwards or fall. It's very tempted to buy on the break of the high but after such a strong move yesterday, any long entries would have been on a pullback for my liking. However, the price action broke above and demand was just not there for it to go any hi

March 27, 2012 No Comments Full Story

Losing faith in the trading system…. GBPUSD forex trading

Losing faith in the trading system.... GBPUSD forex trading

Well, this is when you start to doubt your system... I started off trading this morning breakout strategy with some amazing success but this last week... couple with my own stupid mistakes of not following the system have really bashed my confidence in the system that I have been trading these last couple of weeks. The morning breakout happened to the downside.. a short at 15321, with the usual 30 pip target and SL at the other end of the channel (60 pips in this case). The short proved to

April 25, 2010 No Comments Full Story