Trading Insights

So much for not getting my heart broken on Valentine’s Day! Just when I thought NZD/USD was headed my way after it dipped to .8460, the pair zoomed right back up as the quarterly retail sales report beat expectations. Here’s what happened.

Mixed week for the HLHB Trend-Catcher last week! While it was able to score a win on EUR/USD, it finished with a small loss on GBP/USD.

Alrighty, folks! Before you head on out to paint the town red, be sure to check out the roster of setups featured in today’s Chart Art!

There was a lot of love in the market on this Valentines day as it was gracious enough to give me a cool 25 pips off of 2 trades! See how it all went down in today’s Cowabunga Surf Report.

It looks like it was a one-way road for Cable as the pair continued its decent to 1.55 without the pullback I was hoping for to add to my position. With a major area of interest being tested and the G20 summit weekend coming quick, it’s time to call this swing trade quits.

I know y’all are excited to head out on your dates, but hold up. Take some time to check out these setups I spotted on USD/JPY, NZD/USD, and AUD/USD. Who knows, they may just help get you enough moolah to impress your Valentine with a gift or two!

These last two weeks my open trades list has been active. It’s easy to get caught up in simply managing the positions and not think about making sure that when I eventually scale out of these trades I will have others to enter and manage. That’s why it is so important to have an active RADAR.

Although there was good movement in the market today, the conditions just weren’t right for a trade. See how it all went down in today’s Cowabunga Surf Report.

It was a good day Tuesday as I was able to come up positive off of 2 trades. See how it all went down in this Cowabunga Surf Report.

What market themes have dominated the markets this week and which events have the potential to dictate price action over the next couple of days?

Well, that didn’t last long! With the GBP taking a hit to the mid-section during the London session, EUR/GBP soared higher and hit my stop loss! Find out more after the jump!

I’m serving up the backtest results of a mechanized version of January’s Best Forex Trading System – The (ALMOST) Perfect Swing Trading Using Trend Lines by pipcompounder.

Holla, homies! Ready to get score some pips in today’s trading? Check out these drop-dead sexy setups I spotted on EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and EUR/JPY!

How you rollin’ homies? It’s that time of the day again when I serve you up with three potential trade setups! What’s on the menu today? Well, you’ll just have to see for yourself!

Shake off those weekend cobwebs and check out these hot charts on EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and EUR/GBP!

I know, I know. I’m off to a bad start in 2013. I still haven’t scored a winning trade YET, but that doesn’t mean I’m giving up! Here’s what I plan to do this coming week.

Start off the week with a bang with a dose of Big Pippin’s daily chart art!

It seems that I jumped in the trend too late on this one as the ascending trend line that I was watching broke quickly after my trade had triggered.

Good evening! It looks like going with technicals for the Friday session didn’t pan out as Cable rallied higher on a sentiment shift of flows from the eurozone to the UK.

In trading, it is very easy to get lost in the game. You get on your trading platform, try to get some pips, and in the process you usually forget the most basic risk management practices. Here are 5 common habits that might help in limiting your risk exposure.