Most people who start out leave the business after 1 and 90+ percent that stay never make it past 1,2,3

Do people actually make a living off of trading?

out +28 pips

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

short gbpjpy - last nights votes, dup etc is still a negative on the pound with a ton of uncertainty still floating around. I don't normally drill down into the 1 minute chart but thought what the hell lets have a stab at it given this method is ...

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

Hey Princefred We might get some relief rally in it today but that's about it as the inflation data has been coming in soft, general economic data has been weak to mixed, and the ECB recently pushed out any chances of rate hikes with a negative ...

Trading news and sentiment

out for 20 pips

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

need to see a break of this level else trade will be closed

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

similar to kiwi. Nok off the back of a rate hike and hawkish central bank. The $ has been having strong sentiment that is unrelated to it's fundamentals it is risk related. This setup is looking for Nok to take back some control given it has hit a ...

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

closed for 12 pips - taking too long to break

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

The gift that keeps giving, Kiwi retrace after dovish central bank. Here is the 1 hour level and trade entry with some info on what needs to happen else the trade will be closed

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

It's a busy central banker speech day so will be keeping alert for anything market moving. In the am we have preliminary German inflation coming in. Normally this can drive sentiment however German Gov bonds have been struggling with yield and even ...

Trading news and sentiment

Then let me clarify i don't trade with charts, at least not to derive an entry. I am incorporating a version of technicals into quiet days but it's not the bread winner by a long stretch. So now the newcomers know that i am not an active pivot ...

Pivot Trading

Gj is a fantastic pair to proxy risk off. Any bad news for the uk and this pair is almost guaranteed to bring beer to the party.

Pivot Trading

Where the uk goes from here is anyone's guess. I was optimistic a majority can back behind something meaningful and different to the current deal but the idiots can't even agree on that. The only legal standing we have at this time is no deal ...

Trading news and sentiment

Complete rejection of 8 votes. My account again has 40 pips in it from shorting on the vote and this time its booked. Another guinness

Trading news and sentiment

This puts tonights vote into a more important event then it was a while ago. This means vote 3 is off the table

Trading news and sentiment

And that's why you have a stop. Dup not supporting deal and in a blink of an eye 40 pips evaporate. Time for a guinness

Trading news and sentiment

The votes tonight have very little chance of producing a negative outcome for the pound.

Pivot Trading

I don't normally front run a news release but in this situation it was a no brainer. There is no way tonights Brexit votes are going to produce a bad outcome. It can only be a good outcome given the circumstances. With this in mind I bought gbpjpy ...

Trading news and sentiment

I spoke this morning on the other thread about trading after a major central bank event. Here is an example of a trade i did today (been in many meetings so couldn't post about it at the time). 25 pips booked

Trading news and sentiment with technical analysis

This thread is pure fundamentals trading and the other thread is an offshoot of this that includes technicals which I am evaluating as an addition to my main strategy to add more value to the account. Follow both for a complete picture.

Trading news and sentiment