Plain Forex Trading Club

The best is a vague term. What is good for one person might be completely useless for another and vice versa. The most popular platform for retail Forex trading is MetaTrader 4 (MT4). This platform is used by the majority of brokers around the world. The advantages of MT4 are numerous; 1) It has most … [Read more…]

Answer by Dave Hughe: An exchange rate is the value of one currency converted into another. In an exchange rate, there are always two components: a base currency and a counter currency. An exchange rate can be quoted directly, when the foreign currency is the base currency and the domestic currency is the counter currency … [Read more…]

We bought AUDUSD at 0.9382 with a Stoop-Loss at 0.9339. Unfortunately this trade did not go anywhere and hit the stop at night. The total loss from this trade is -129 pips.

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…]

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:

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:

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.