EUR/USD Near 2-Year-Old Resistance. How To Trade This? 🤷
Hello guys,
the EUR/USD has been in a really strong uptrend since April. It is pretty clear that strong Buyers are dominating and pushing the price higher and higher.
But, the price is getting close to a very strong Resistance now. A Resistance I have marked in my charts for 2 years now!
Does it bother me that the resistance is too old? Not in the slightest! Markets have good memory. I am 100% sure that big institutional traders are well aware of this place and they are getting ready!
So, where is this Resistance I keep talking about? It is around the 1.2300 zone.
In 2018, there was a really strong rejection of higher prices. If you use Volume Profile indicator, you will see that massive volumes were traded around 1.2300. Those volumes were strong Sellers accumulating their Shorts there. From this place, the downtrend on EUR/USD started.
Currently, the price is heading towards this area again. What I expect to happen there is a strong institutional selling activity. This activity should turn the price downwards again.
How to trade this?
Trading is every person’s own responsibility as they need to bear the results of their decisions themselves.
Here, I am going to show you what I consider a good way to approach trading this.
A good Short trade entry point would be at the heavy volume area around 1.2300. This is where the majority of volumes got traded.
Stop Loss would be at the high of the strong rejection from 2018 (1.2550). If a weekly candle closes past this place I don’t really see a point of still holding the Short position.
In my opinion, it would be best to trade this with the “Alternative SL Method“.
Now, what about Take Profit? Currently it seems that a good place to take the profit would be around 1.1850.
Why is that? Because there is a heavy volume area. This area was formed in the previous couple of months and it could work as a strong Support.
If you are in a Short trade from 1.2300, then by the time the price reaches this 1.1850 zone, you will have around +450 pips in open profit. It would be risky to try and hold your Shorts past this Support!
What could actually be better is to bank your profit there (or even a couple of pips sooner) and immediately enter a new Long position.
The 1.1850 is a strong support, not only because of the volumes but also because of VWAP!
So, that’s it! Those are the most important zones on the EUR/USD now and how I would go about trading them.
Remember not to get too crazy with your money management and position sizes! Even the best looking trade can fail so be prepared even for this.
I hope you guys liked this analysis, let me know what you think about this in the comments below!
Happy trading!
-Dale
the EUR/USD has been in a really strong uptrend since April. It is pretty clear that strong Buyers are dominating and pushing the price higher and higher.
But, the price is getting close to a very strong Resistance now. A Resistance I have marked in my charts for 2 years now!
Does it bother me that the resistance is too old? Not in the slightest! Markets have good memory. I am 100% sure that big institutional traders are well aware of this place and they are getting ready!
So, where is this Resistance I keep talking about? It is around the 1.2300 zone.
In 2018, there was a really strong rejection of higher prices. If you use Volume Profile indicator, you will see that massive volumes were traded around 1.2300. Those volumes were strong Sellers accumulating their Shorts there. From this place, the downtrend on EUR/USD started.
Currently, the price is heading towards this area again. What I expect to happen there is a strong institutional selling activity. This activity should turn the price downwards again.
How to trade this?
Trading is every person’s own responsibility as they need to bear the results of their decisions themselves.
Here, I am going to show you what I consider a good way to approach trading this.
A good Short trade entry point would be at the heavy volume area around 1.2300. This is where the majority of volumes got traded.
Stop Loss would be at the high of the strong rejection from 2018 (1.2550). If a weekly candle closes past this place I don’t really see a point of still holding the Short position.
In my opinion, it would be best to trade this with the “Alternative SL Method“.
Now, what about Take Profit? Currently it seems that a good place to take the profit would be around 1.1850.
Why is that? Because there is a heavy volume area. This area was formed in the previous couple of months and it could work as a strong Support.
If you are in a Short trade from 1.2300, then by the time the price reaches this 1.1850 zone, you will have around +450 pips in open profit. It would be risky to try and hold your Shorts past this Support!
What could actually be better is to bank your profit there (or even a couple of pips sooner) and immediately enter a new Long position.
The 1.1850 is a strong support, not only because of the volumes but also because of VWAP!
So, that’s it! Those are the most important zones on the EUR/USD now and how I would go about trading them.
Remember not to get too crazy with your money management and position sizes! Even the best looking trade can fail so be prepared even for this.
I hope you guys liked this analysis, let me know what you think about this in the comments below!
Happy trading!
-Dale
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