AUDCAD: A 2nd Chance To Hop On The Trend with Video ExplanationI'm looking at two opportunities her eon the AUDCAD hourly chart 1) A Trend Continuation opportunity and 2) A bullish Cypher Pattern. Now of course you can combine the two, but when working with newer traders my advice is to pick and master a single strategy first, then add or start to combine later in your trading career.
If you're new to following me this was a trade that we looked at earlier in the week so make sure you check out that post. I also reviewed it in my YouTube video last night so make sure you check that out if you're the type that picks up things better by watching. Good luck as we enter our final trading day of the week, I know those of you that trade advanced patterns on the $EURUSD are probably already starting the celebration a little early. ;-)
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AUDCAD: Nothing Fancy Just Pure Structure TradingNo fancy shapes or anything like that today just a pure structure based setup for you guys. We'll be looking for long opportunities on this pair today in my Live Trading Room looking to hop on the current outside return. We're actually inside the killzone as we speak but I'll be waiting for a lower place of entry since I'm more or a trend continuation trader not a trend following trader in these types of situations.
We do have a Fibonacci cluster in this zone as well but what caught my attention was looking at price action and how resistance has recently turned to support around this psychhological level of 0.9950.
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$EURUSD: "Structured Consolidation" Breeds Pattern OpportunityIt's been a very slow week for Jason Stapleton & the Trend Continuation side of the Syndicate, yet a very busy week for those who trade advanced patterns.
The majority of advanced patterns are formed when the market is in what we like to call "Structured Consolidation" and this week more than a handful of the pairs in my portfolio are doing so.
I'm currently short the $EURUSD on the bearish Cypher and if everything plays out the way I'd like, then I'll also be collecting profits and getting long at the potential bullish one in green (assuming it stays valid).
It's Thursday so that means my FOREX WEEKEND REVIEW video will be coming out on YouTube. Make sure that your a SUBSCRIBER that way you'll be the first to know when it's released. In today's video i plan on talking about the grind of trading, my best trade ever and what i learned from it, and of course we'll be looking at a potential trading setup that you can add to your watchlist. See you then!
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USDJPY: Clean harmonics Into A potential Structure ShortIn preparing for this mornings training on IPDE and Trend Continaution vs. Trend Following vs. Countertrend trading, I found a handful of potential good looking structure based trades on the Yen crosses.
In this particular example we have some beautiful harmonic movement (equal measured moves) heading into a resistance level. Thanks to that nasty wick at the top our killzone is a little bigger than what I would prefer, but that may not play a difference depending on what type of entry reason we get for this potential short.
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GBPJPY: 2 Potential Advanced Patterns (An Updated Analysis)As I showed you in yesterday's video, the fun thing about trading is the fact that we are constantly updating and adjusting our analysis to go along with the recent price moves.
The recent moves on the GBPJPY have eliminated my harmonic predictions, yet have opened up a new opportunity in the form of a second advanced pattern.
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GBPJPY: Using Patterns, Harmonics, Fibs & Structure (w/ video)Looking for a short opportunity here on the GBPJPY using advanced pattern recognition, harmonic movement, Fibonacci ratios and structure identification. For a more in depth explanation of what i'm looking at see the attached video link below.
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EURUSD: 2 Advanced Pattern Non Farm Payroll Predictions Happy NFP day traders! As you know we've been tracking the EURUSD all week in the live room and last night I was finally able to get short an hour after the New York close.
We never know what to expect from our monthly Non-Farm Payroll report (and accompanying news) but here are a few predictions on the higher timeframe that are worth keeping an eye on.
We have 2 potential bat patterns setting up on this pair. A potential bullish bat down at 1.0580's and a potential bearish one up at 1.1380's.
Something that I truely enjoy about being a trader vs. an investor is the fact that we get to act like a mercenaries in the markets. Meaning in situations like this we're not concerned if the market will go up or down, because we have a plan to attack either situation. Good luck out there today gang and please remember to hit that "thumbs up" button before leaving. I really do appreciate the support!
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EURUSD: An Update Analysis on Recent Price ActionPrice action on the Euro ended up rallying right up to the previous level of resistance that we predicted. Although we didn't see the full trend continuation move that I had on my radar advanced pattern traders were able to take advantage & profit from a pain free bearish bat pattern completion.
Price action has now given us a HHHC about previous resistance which means it's time to rework the analysis. (I got a question about this earlier) but short-term this is considered a bullish rotation, however the underlying trend is still bearish & I would now expect a move to the $1.0900-$1.0950's level for my next killzone.
With the NFP tomorrow I may not have the opportunity to take advantage of that short, so during my day trading session we'll certainly be looking for ways to get long in anticipation of the potential short in my Live Trading Room.
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EURUSD: 4h Forming Head and ShoulderThe right shoulder is not complete yet but I expect it to be a double top before it moves to 1.08234 which is a neckline area which coincide with the daily S2 support and Fibonacci extension of 1.414. On the way down to this support ,I expect a bounce at the 1.8077 - 1.8084 area before a short lived rally to the daily pivot of 1.0912 and after which I expect it to continue to a support of 1.08234. The market could also begin with a gap as the market had not reacted to the unemployment claims yet.
There is a harmonic pattern that is forming on the right shoulder as well but could not put it since the chart will be too messy.
NZDUSD: (1st trade of 2016) Bullish Cypher Pattern I didn't plan on doing any analysis today but one of my training course clients shot this over the chat and well...can't pass up on a valid Cypher pattern. Here's to 2016, let's see I can pick up right where I left off.
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CADJPY : Long OpportunityA confluence of Fibonacci and support line around a harmonic pattern spells a long opportunity. The price may try to reach a Fibonacci level of 127.2% at 85.76 but fail since it is seriously oversold. For those who can't wait for the formation to complete as indicated on the chart, wait for at least 87.5 to break set stop a few pips below 85.76
EURUSD : Long term Forecast for 2016 - 2017 I am not a long term trader however it is often good to know the prevailing market bias so that we don't make huge short term projections against the prevailing market bias. When you take a short position in 2016 it would be a good thing to be conservative with your targets as the EURUSD is going up. Once the 1.1059 break happens I see an area of resistance at 1.1616 - 1.1760 and also at 1.1901 - 1.2098 , so I do advise you look out for these areas as they may offer temporal reversals before the market goes for 1.2300
EURUSD: Two Things To Think About & Not Just PatternsHey traders, obviously this is not a time that you want to be trading, but i did want to share 2 things with you guys.
1) Two potential advanced patterns setting up here on the EURUSD inside of our current sideways movement and...
2) The link to the year ending Question & Answer session that Charles Miles, Jason Graystone & myself did this past Monday. www.youtube.com
Have a great holiday season! If trading in 2015 went well for you get ready to wipe the slate clean and continue being consistently profitable...and if it didn't then make sure you're doing what needs to be done in order to make 2016 different.
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BE PREPARED AT MARKET OPEN: GBPUSD WITH POTENTIAL BEARISH BAT!Hello Traders,
doing my weekend market analysis before market open I've found a nice potential bearish bat pattern on the 4h chart which perfectly lines up with the 1.618% Fibonacci inversion.
Stops and Targets as shown.
-Have a great last trading week before christmas. Felix
USDCAD 240min Still Predicting $1.40's (with Video)A few days ago I shared an idea looking at the USDCAD predicting that price action has an opportunity to go as far as $1.40 before hitting any significant resistance. On that post I was looking at 2 levels, a main potential reversal zone and a smaller potential reversal zone in which I had an aggressive reason for entry.
Well, price action just missed my entry by a few pips which means I had to clear orders and wait to see if the market would provide another opportunity. I had some questions about the analysis as well so I decided to discuss it in a trading video (link below) along with my opinion on how to play next week's interest rate decision.
The main potential reversal zone is still on my radar but because we've created a new structure high, I'll also be eyeing up a closer zone between 1.3620's-1.3515's.
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USDCAD 1 Hour Bull Bat Pattern (Think we can go to $1.40)USDCAD has been a pair that I've had my sights on for a while now. After clearing our previous level of resistance I see nothing in the way of $1.40. My optimal reversal zone starts a little bit lower around the 1.3420 level but any chance I have to get long, i'm going to take and will be certainly keeping a portion of my position on for the bigger potential move similar to what we did this summer.
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How to choose your entrySo I will be looking for the zone ( green box ) if we get to it on Monday.
I do not trade the butterfly on its own but i will use it as my Entry technique. We have a butterfly with the ABCD and some Fib clusters running into my Support area or Zone so i will be keeping an eye out. This is an example on how to choose your entry if you have your zone but you need a reason.
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GBPUSD: Two Different Patterns, One Same Level of SupportContinuing on last nights GBPUSD discussion we now have both a potential bullish Cypher and bullish gartley pattern setting up at our previous level of resistance turned support.
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GBPUSD 1 Hour: Hidden Divergence ExampleWe don't talk about this too much in outside of the 12WT because many traders have a hard enough time wrapping their heads around regular divergence, but here's a crystal clear example of the "Hidden Divergence" that some of you have heard me mention before.
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