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USDJPY Pinbar trade yields Pips!

USDJPY Pinbar trade yields Pips!

I like pinbars as they show strong buyers (or sellers) in the market. It was last Thursday when I went long USDJPY after the bullish pinbar. The market though had been in a downtrend so it was a risky play but the market was oversold and I was expecting a bounce at some stage. Anyway we went long expecting a movement the following day.. however, that didn't happen. On Friday, the market pushed down and when the markets opened over the weekend, the price action pushed almost to the low of

August 13, 2013 1 Comment Full Story

208 pips on AUDUSD

208 pips on AUDUSD

Our trade for the week was the long of AUDUSD. If you looked at the previous post you can see why I went long..  it was the pinbar plus the weekly chart showed an area of support where the market went a few hundred points up the last time it hit this area. I still think that AUDUSD could go higher from here, my actual limit stop was at 9695 but with the weekend coming up and me not liking holding trades over this period, I thought it would be a good place to take profit. There's always a ris

June 15, 2013 No Comments Full Story

130 pips on EURJPY!

130 pips on EURJPY!

I had opened a long trade on EURJPY a few days back after seeing some support around the 12700 mark. My entry was perhaps a bit premature as I hadn't waited for a confirmation of the support line. However, on the second day, the price actually moved down to support again and tested it (at this point, my drawdown was around 100 pips). This would have been the better place to have gone long but looking at the chart, I would have probably entered at exactly the same price. Anyway, the follow

May 2, 2013 No Comments Full Story

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