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First Trade of 2013 – EURUSD short

First Trade of 2013 - EURUSD short

So for those who follow my Twitter feed, you'll note that I shorted the Euro (EURUSD) forex pair last night. The reason why I went short was because you can see that the bullish momentum seemed to have come to a halt... no more upwards movement. Then we got this massive bearish pinbar and that was our cue. I only held the trade from last night but as you can see, it fell like a stone. I don't like hard movements like this as it increases the chances of a pullback before a further movement so

January 3, 2013 2 Comments Full Story

Post Trading analysis of EURUSD and EURJPY

Post Trading analysis of EURUSD and EURJPY

So looking back on the trading week where we made profit but a lot less than what it could have been. I had mentioned that I wanted to bring my stop to the low of each daily candle but was unable to do this. I took 80 pips on EURUSD and 40 pips on EURJPY. If you look at what happened with EURUSD, you can see where I entered and exited: I got out at 13000 as it was a round number and the shorter timeframe charts showed the resistance preventing the price from moving above this point.. h

December 15, 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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