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Pinbar setup on the USDCAD Daily chart

Pinbar setup on the USDCAD Daily chart

A pinbar usually shows strong buying or selling. That, alongside the direction of the trend is usually a good entry to get into a trade. I went long the USDCAD on the break of the high of the pin at 10296 with the stop at the low of the pin at 10210. Therefore I am risking 86 pips. I would like to target 2x risk which gives me a target of 172 pips but as a minimum, I would see what happens when (and if) my trade reaches 86 in profit. The weekend is here and I'm going to let the trade run it's

June 8, 2012 No Comments Full Story

GBPJPY – breakeven trade

GBPJPY - breakeven trade

I was too tired to update my trade last night but I had shorted the GBPJPY at the red arrow. The Japanese candlestick shooting star was the indication for me that the prices were going lower and I had set a stop at 50 points and actually was looking at 150.90 as an exit which was just above the previous low made a few days ago. The market moved nicely down and when it moved 50 points, I moved my stop to breakeven and left it. However, it bounced up and hit my stop for zero points which was qu

November 11, 2008 No Comments Full Story