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208 pips on AUDUSD

208 pips on AUDUSD

Our trade for the week was the long of AUDUSD. If you looked at the previous post you can see why I went long..  it was the pinbar plus the weekly chart showed an area of support where the market went a few hundred points up the last time it hit this area. I still think that AUDUSD could go higher from here, my actual limit stop was at 9695 but with the weekend coming up and me not liking holding trades over this period, I thought it would be a good place to take profit. There's always a ris

June 15, 2013 No Comments Full Story

AUDUSD trade stops me out but still could go up!

AUDUSD trade stops me out but still could go up!

I was reading an article the other day which said that the markets these days are harder than they use to be to make a profit..  10 - 20 years ago, you could just buy/sell and hang on.. the markets would generally trickle one direction. In this day and age, the market volatility is extremely high and it's not easy to enter the markets and make money. I don't know how true this is but certainly, the markets know exactly where to hit you and take you out. I have always thought that a stop shou

September 20, 2012 No Comments Full Story

Two Spinning Tops on the Euro (EURUSD)

Two Spinning Tops on the Euro (EURUSD)

The Euro forex pair looks like it's been downtrending for a while and the recent daily price action has printed two spinning top patterns. This shows some indecision in the markets and to me, looks like we may have reached a short term high before resuming a downward trajectory. In fact, todays price action was mainly south with a little pullback. I've shorted this at 1.2370 with a stop above yesterdays high at 12460. Looking for a minimum of a 1:1 trade here.. let's see how we get on!

August 8, 2012 No Comments Full Story

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