Posts Tagged pivot levels
The pivots today were all very significant in trading today.. if you look at the blue pivot line in the charts below for all trade instruments (GBPUSD, EURUSD and FTSE), you can see how the price action reacted to the pivot line.
With the GBPUSD chart you can see how the market bouced off the pivot line at around 8am... shortly after this I went long which wasn't a good trade as I ended up with -20 as the market went down. However, on hitting the pivot again, you could see that it provided no
May 5, 2011
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Yesterday, I showed how the FTSE fell when it reached the pivot level and dropped like a stone. Today, the market started below the pivot and as it was heading back towards it (that's the blue line in the chart below) at 7.45am UK time and then retraced, I saw that as an opportunity to enter short... so I did. The market did go as low as 6022 from my entry price at 6041 before shooting up... up to the pivot and then some more to take me out for -20! Oh well, I guess it can't always work!
May 4, 2011
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![DOW intraday trading]()
Stalking the DOW again today.. I am primarily looking for quick profits. I was going to write quick and easy but trading isn't all that easy. However, if you can sense where the momentum is, you can get behind it and ride it a few points. I'm happy to grab a few points where I can and get out as soon as I sense that momentum has run out. I just don't trust the Dow, any sign of uncertainty... GET OUT!!!
I put an order to get in at 10320 today and it hit. I was aware of overhead resistance at 1
June 23, 2010
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