Pipcrawler

Pipcrawler

Every day, I try to find what I believe is the best-looking short-term currency trade setup for the upcoming trading day or week. If you're a forex newbie, it can be tricky trying to figure out how to look at charts and draw lines. My goal is to help you understand the psychology behind price movements in the foreign exchange markets, so you can learn to analyze your own currency charts and trade on your very own.

Articles by Pipcrawler

Pick of the Day: None

It looks like we’re going to start off the month of June with a couple of monster reports out of the US: Core PCE and US Jobs Data. We see US jobs data the first Friday of every month. This is the one report that can cause

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Pick of the Day: USD/CAD – Trade Closed

Our profit target was hit at 1.0730 as USD/CAD continued to fall after this morning’s interest rate decision and the statement soon afterwards. The pair is currently finding support between 1.0710 – 1.0720, and it looks like it will consolidate for the rest of the day.

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Pick of the Day: CAD/JPY – Trade Closed

It looks like I adjusted my stop a little too early. After a 20 pip move up from entry, I adjusted the stop from 111.85 to 112.05. Soon after, the pair retraced down once again to close out our position for a 20 pip loss on half a position. 112.00 proved to be a strong support area as the pair has rallied to it’s currently level around 112.80….. Doh!!!

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Pick of the Day: CAD/JPY – Trade Closed

Just a quick review from our trade on Thursday in which we were long CAD/JPY. April inflation data did come out stronger than expected which boosted the Loonie, but we hit a stumbling block on Friday as China widened the trading band for the Yuan. This proved to be more of a buying opportunity

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A peak performance trader is totally committed to being the best and doing whatever it takes to be the best. He feels totally responsible for whatever happens and thus can learn from mistakes. These people typically have a working business plan for trading because they treat trading as a business.Van K. Tharp