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I like pinbars as they show strong buyers (or sellers) in the market. It was last Thursday when I went long USDJPY after the bullish pinbar. The market though had been in a downtrend so it was a risky play but the market was oversold and I was expecting a bounce at some stage.
Anyway we went long expecting a movement the following day.. however, that didn't happen. On Friday, the market pushed down and when the markets opened over the weekend, the price action pushed almost to the low of
August 13, 2013
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Pinbars are usually great indicators showing strong buyers or sellers in the market. Typically, you would follow the strong participants in the markets as there is a greater chance of the price going your way if you follow them.
However, this wasn't the case for the GBPUSD forex pair on Friday. I actually placed a long on the Thursday seeing the pinbar. Now, it was a countertrend trade which is more risky and the day before, we did get a very strong sell bar. However, the pinbar as you can s
June 22, 2013
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On the 4th of February we saw our first bullish pinbar and I went long at this point. I knew that there was some resistance at 3220 but the underlying trend looked bullish. The next day the price did go up around 30 points and then again, we got another bullish pin (two pinbars, surely a very positive sign) off the moving average. At this point I was expecting a huge move up but the following day we got a strong sell day.
My trade is still in and my stop is at 3115. I really don't know where
February 10, 2013
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