British Pound / U.S. Dollar
Long
Updated

Second Attempt - News Failure And Follow-Through Tactical Play

Fundamentals & Sentiment

GBP:
- The pair didn't hold lower after the negative CPI this week
- Strong Retail Sales today
- There's still a miniscule chance that the rate will be unchanged
- Biggest carry currency

USD:
- Shrugged off good US data yesterday

Technical & Other

- Entered 3m after the Retail Sales release
- Failed breakout below 1.3 on D

Setup: TR(B)
Setup timeframe: 1h
Trigger: 5m
Medium-term: Down
Long-term: Up
Min target: Local high
Stop loss: 0.18%(max, partial cuts are expected)
Position size: 0.5R
Trade closed: stop reached
-1R
Note
should've entered at London opening

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