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The Euro off a Resistance Line and a Pin Bar Pattern – Recipe for a Sell trade

The Euro off a Resistance Line and a Pin Bar Pattern - Recipe for a Sell trade

On the 26th evening, I checked the markets for longer term Position Trades and I saw this and got quite excited! This was the Euro (EURUSD) and you can see that the price action had bounced off the resistance line.. the pin bar pattern on the daily candlestick showed some healthy selling.. the market is going down! I shorted at the close of this candle with a target towards 13000. My stop was just above the tail.. the red horizontal line marked stop. I was going to leave this and just wai

April 27, 2012 No Comments Full Story

More trading on the DOW

More trading on the DOW

I was actually looking to buy the DOW if it could get above 10330 but it didn't and started to look weak. I shorted it manually at 10290 with a stop initially at 10314. It kinda dwindled for a while, obviously the S2 support line was providing support for it. When it start it make it's way upwards I was thinking.. oh well, another losing trading but as soon as it hit the pivot line, it fell and tanked a good 30 odd points. My first target was 10260 but the DOW is rather volatile and when i

August 16, 2010 1 Comment Full Story

Trading and the Non Farm Payroll Economic News

Trading and the Non Farm Payroll Economic News

Today at 1.30pm GMT time the Non Farm Payroll economic news hits the markets and usually you would expect some volatility in these markets. Big ticket news items like this can completely mess up your trading system so it's best to avoid it. I didn't trade today but if I had done.. I would have lost. Although there was movement it was choppy and was just moving up and down with no clear direction.... (You can see some movement when the new release is announced) There are some people

July 2, 2010 No Comments Full Story

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