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Expect the Unexpected when Trading the Financial Markets

Expect the Unexpected when Trading the Financial Markets

A couple of days ago, I had shorted the EURUSD forex pair at the point marked above. The price action looked as though it was just retracing before a further fall. I was thinking that a move below 13000 would trigger a flurry and sell trades and the market will drop a few hundred points. I was a little wary as the downward momentum after I had gone short wasn't really there so I had been moving my stop down as the price action moved down. Today, the market open a little lower but momentum

January 10, 2013 No Comments Full Story

EURO analysis post my Trade of last week

EURO analysis post my Trade of last week

I thought I'd post my trade of last week and also talk about what has happened over the last couple of days with the Euro market. It's important to review looking back to help formulate future plans when trading.. it is something which one needs to do all the time to ensure that you're on top of your trading. Anyway, my initial plan was to hold onto the trade for as long as possible and bring the stop loss down to the high of each day. This would then help lock in profits and give enough roo

January 7, 2013 No 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

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