Index Scalping

 

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks down after U.S. jobs report muddles Fed outlook – Reuters

 

A trade on the Dow helped with a couple of FOREX trades that didn’t work the previous evening. This has happened several times recently.

Position sizing needs focus. Notice the EUR/JPY trade for 20 pips. It’s for a Nano lot.

Also:

  • stop taking mediocre trades
  • be quick to take a couple of pips.

 

This is easily a $350 “day”.

 

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GBY/JPY – short opportunity

And I went long

I’ve posted numerous profitable sessions, so I need to be balanced and post trading that was not done according to our standards.

Looking at the last 15-17 candles on this 15 minute chart, the pin bars and bullish breakout that closed above the mid band showed strength and I tried to scalp on the 5 minute chart. I also moved my stop loss order lower after looking at some Fibonacci levels. It didn’t work out very well.

The mid band in a downtrend is potential resistance, there was a good short available. Avoiding things like this is will substantially improve performance.

Advanced traders might consider not taking a stop if their analysis revealed an opportunity to profit or break even. However, this has to be weighed against missed opportunities elsewhere.

 

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