British Pound / U.S. Dollar
Long
Updated

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
-1.5R; added on the way down

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