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They Psychology of a Failed Break Pattern – Real life example on the GBPUSD

They Psychology of a Failed Break Pattern - Real life example on the GBPUSD

This was something which I saw yesterday but I didn't have the confidence to trade it and didn't. I had emailed this to a few of my trading friends to get their view but they weren't sure either. Anyway, imagine the chart below but without todays up bar. The way I saw it was this, there was an obvious support as draw below at approximately the 15650 level which can be seen very clearly in the daily charts. The market had bounced off this a few times already as you can see. With the latest pri

March 13, 2012 No Comments Full Story

Daily Bar breakout on GBPUSD for 60 pips

Daily Bar breakout on GBPUSD for 60 pips

The markets had fallen hard the last couple of days and I thought that they would have fallen a lot more but yesterday, the markets found some support. This pattern was seen across the DOW, FTSE and other currency pairs. I knew that a lot of people were expecting the markets to tank completely but having a whole day where it consolidated presented an opportunity in my opinion. The markets would either rally or drop like a stone and I expected whatever happened the market would have moved str

March 8, 2012 No Comments Full Story

GBPUSD Hunch Trade

GBPUSD Hunch Trade

Today, I look at the charts as usual but didn't see any longer timeframe trades felt as though I was able to read the markets with the GBPUSD pair. I shorted at 15510 as you can see with a stop at 15540 and it wasn't long before my stop was hit. I had no signal to enter, just felt as though I knew what was happening. This sometimes happens when you have had some success lately, the confidence gets to you and then you get over confident with your abilities. The market then humbles you.

November 29, 2011 No Comments Full Story

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