The current market conditions are still very challenging. The total profit for this week is +218 pips. The up to date results since the start of this blog are as follows: Week 1: +231 pips Week 2: – 19 pips Week 3: +415 pips Week 4: +366 pips Week 5: +137 pips Week 6: +150 … [Read more…]
Fr., May 9 End of Day Results +115 pips
There was just one trade today, which was a news based trade in USDCAD (see the previous posts). The trade resulted in +20+37+58 = +115 pips. See the chart below:
USDCAD trade update
Our trailing stop at 1.0899 has been hit and we are out of the trade with a nice profit. Let’s call it a week and enjoy our weekend:
Fr., May 9 Trading news
Today we traded the release of employment data by Statistics Canada. The signal was to bracket the USDCAD price range: Both profit targets were reached. The price went all the way up to 1.0898. We are still holding the 3rd unit and will see whether the price will penetrated the 1.0900 resistance.
Th., May 8 News Trades Results +103 pips
We got the opportunity to make a double profit on EURUSD today. As the price went up, we went long at 1.3956. Both price targets were reached for a total profit of +50 pips. The stop-loss order for the 3rd unit has been set at the break even price and it was hit later. Then, … [Read more…]
Th., May 8 Trades on news releases
Today there were 2 signals issued for trading the news: GBPUSD and EURUSD (see below)
Wd., May 7
Today was another dull day in the market. There were no trades taken. Most currency pairs chalked up inside days on their charts as the market is waiting for important news releases tomorrow.
Why is low volatility in the forex markets bad for traders?
Answer by Dave Hughe: Traders make money on price moves. They either buy low and sell high or sell high and buy low in the case of short selling. If there is no price move there is no money to be made. As simple as that. The direction of the move is not important but … [Read more…]
For y’all professional forex traders, what software do y’all use to trade on a imac running Mavericks? I have Fxcm online but I want a pr…
Answer by Dave Hughe: I use Meta Trader 4 on my Mac and on my iPhone. There is a MT4 app for the iPhone, which works great. As for the Mac, you need a software that allows running windows programs on Mac. Personally, I use CrossOver (Run Windows on Mac, easily and affordably) but there … [Read more…]
Tu., May 6 Trades
We did not trade on Monday because banks were on holidays in the UK and Japan There were no short-term trades this morning. We opened a long position in AUDUSD on a daily chart at 0.9361. Which means that this particular trade we are going to follow on daily charts with placing stops and profit … [Read more…]