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The countertrend trade on GBPUSD

The countertrend trade on GBPUSD

As you can see from the chart, the GBPUSD has been in an extremely bearish market. However, when I saw the bullish pinbar, I knew my trade would be a countertrend trade where I would have to be extremely careful, ensuring that I don't end up losing pips. With my last few trades, I've been holding out for the longer trades but they've not been working out for me so I'm going to split my trades... I'll report on the ones where I have had my most success (ie daytrades) on Twitter but will be

February 24, 2013 No Comments Full Story

GBPUSD – RIght trade and 10 pips off an Entry

GBPUSD - RIght trade and 10 pips off an Entry

My order at the end of last week missed it's entry by a mere 10 pips which is rather annoying. I was correct about there being strong support  at the 15480 level except that the buyers came in earlier at 15490 and pushed prices up to 15660 which is +170 pips! It would have been a very nice start back into trading if it had trigger but it's given me confidence that my analysis is still good and I can still see good trades. If I had an entry, I would have moved my stop to breakeven and see

August 5, 2012 1 Comment Full Story

My overnight order for the GBPUSD pair tonight

My overnight order for the GBPUSD pair tonight

The markets have really taken a bashing yesterday.. lots of volatility and not easy to play..  you could have easily been caught out on the sharp reversals which were seen this morning. Anyway, a forex pair which looks interesting is the GBPUSD or cable forex pair. The price action has fallen from the previous area of resistance and looks to be close to support. I've got an order to buy at 15480 with a stop at 15435 (45 pips maximum loss) and a target at 15680 (200 points profit). Let's s

August 2, 2012 No Comments Full Story

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