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Wait for the Easy Set-ups and the purpose of Trading I often have traders ask me, how can I get alot of trades? And my response is that is the wrong question, the purpose of trading is to make Money, Period. It is, imho, to make as much money as you can in as few trades and in as little of time as possible. Although I have several methods of trading, the SS MA method, shown here is my absolute favorite. It has an 87% success rate with a healthy 3-1 RRR. That said, I often ask those same traders "If you could consistently make 6-12% per week but could only take 2 trades, would you do it?" The answers are surprising as again, imho, anybody that says anything but yes really needs to rethink why they are trading. You should not be trading for the excitement, you should not be trading just to hit buttons. You should be trading so you can sit on a beach with the cocktail of your choice in hand. to that end, I would implore you to come up with your best trading methodology and trade only that. As I have prominently posted between my monitors, as a reminder to myself "Wait for the easy set-ups and don't do anything stupid in the mean time" :)
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by AGold54
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How I trade News with high probabilty and a Great RRR :) Trading news can often be a nightmare especially trying to trade at the time of release as brokers often widen their spreads and slip orders to the extreme of the spike. This is a high probability method with Great RRR As you can see the market spiked up on worse then expected AUD GDP news. then the market went into a consolidation, and this is key to finding great entries. After the market consolidated for at least 60 minutes, look for a support level for a buy and a resistance level for a Sell. Place a limit order at the support/resistance level with stop appropriate for the pair. (in this example I am trading GBPAUD - my fav, so I use a 20 pip stop) Place your profit target at 5x your stop. This gives you a Robust 5-1 RRR. let the trade unfold. If you have any questions, either place them in the comments or message me Hope this helps :) Allen
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by AGold54
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When Not to TradeSometimes it is better not to trade. Today for me, was one of those days. I was extremely tired, which happens from time to time as I get up at 1:30 am my time to trade. This can lead to mistakes. Today's trade idea is a good example, although GBPAUD was in a bullish run and I was looking and posted an idea for a pullback trade, there was signs of a reversal. I believe if I was awake and thinking clearly, I would have seen these signs from the beginning. Fortunately, I was able to close my long trade for a small gain (+ 5 pips). The following is a list of indications that I missed because I was tired. First, The market had already pulled back and bounced off of my moving average, so it is less likely to happen again; Second, the Ma was flattening, as opposed to staying in an uptrend, which is never a good sign; Third, I missed that the market had hit the 60 min Senkou A, which can always be expected to provide resistance; Fourth, The market fails to hold bullish as evidenced by the long wicks. Moreover, This is a great indication that the market is getting ready to reverse and a great selling opportunity IMHO, Trading is hard enough without making avoidable mistakes. I hope this helps others Allen
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by AGold54
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GBPUSD SS Short + 75 PIp Potential*Price is below the 60 and 15 KS. This will be a Type 1 trade if the market closes below the Daily KS at 1.30111. It has a High probability of success and good RRR. 2 Potential entries (it is one or the other, not both) Entry = CLOSE below the Daliy KS at 1.30311 Stop = ??? Risk = 30 pips Profit target = 1.2950 Reward = approx 75 Pips RRR = ??? ** remember Non-farm Payroll will be released at 8:30 am EST. which will directly effect this trade you will want to be out of it by then.
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by AGold54
GBPAUD SS Short + 105 pip PotentialPrice is below the Daily, 60 and 15 KS as well as the cloud. This is a Type 1 trade with a High probability and great RRR. 2 Potential entries: 1st Entry = 1.8413 (2 pips below the Daily KS) Stop = 1.8433 Risk = 20 pips Profit target = 1.8308( The projected daily low ) Reward = 105 pips RRR = 5-1 2nd Entry = 1.8371 (8 pips below the Asian low) Stop = 1.9401 Risk = 30 pips Profit target = 1.8308 ( The projected daily low ) Reward = 63 pips RRR = 2-1
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by AGold54