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Crude Oil takes out my stop and then Rallies

Crude Oil takes out my stop and then Rallies

I got a good entry into Crude Oil last week. I was long pretty much at the bottom of the green candle after the large move down. I had my stop at below the large red candle at 9230. During the day, the price action rallied and I was 60+ points up and the trade was looking good. However, the following morning the price action  fell and hit my stop and then bounced strongly upwards. This is really unlucky and I think the entry was a good one. However, these things happen when trading an

March 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

Days of Negative Price Action on Crude Oil

The other trade which I had tweeted out last week was my long Crude Oil trade. Once again, you can see that there was a strong bullish pin bar showing that the buyers were in force. As a Daily chart trader, I entered my trade on the close of the pinbar (ie right at the top of it). The market over the next few days then sank and didn't look very well. In fact, the price action sank as soon as I went long and price dwindled pretty much at the base of the pin at the 9500 level. I pretty much lo

February 11, 2013 1 Comment Full Story

Crude Oil breaks support and heads south

Crude Oil breaks support and heads south

As per yesterdays post, Crude Oil indeed broke through support and headed south. The move was pretty much down all the way until it got around the round number 89.00 when we saw some buyers.. the price has gone up since the low of 88.94 to now 90.14 but the trend is still down for this. For those who are short, despite the buyers below, so long as the price doesn't go back above support (now resistance) you should be ok. I would move the stop down to 92.00 or so however to lower the risk

September 26, 2012 No Comments Full Story

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