The CFTC may be changing the rules for retail traders in the US. This affects many of us in a negative way and we need your help getting our voices heard.
I can not find better words to describe my position on all this than those from Andrei Pehar, Chief Currency Strategist at fxKnight.com.
Andrei says: "I am not opposed to regulation nor regulatory agencies. But that regulation needs to be fair, transparent, and open to public input. Otherwise it becomes corrupt and self-serving. Sure high leverage can get you into trouble if used thoughtlessly. Sure hedging when not done properly turns one loss into two. But I believe the cure is EDUCATION, not restricting what people can and cannot do with their investment decisions. Guide, don’t dominate – government was invented to protect people and their property, not to limit their potential.
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I think this is a very important matter that affects us all, and we should try our hardest to ensure that things will be done for the best of the trading community.
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Main Trend
Current Trend
The trend was up the entire day.
Today I only looked for long trades.
News events to watch for today :
- 4:30am EST– UK CIPS Construction PMI
- 8:30am EST– US Core PCE Price Index
- 10:00am EST– US Pending Home Sales
Today’s Surf
1:00am EST– There was a moving average crossover for a long trade. RSI was greater than 50, stochastics were trending up and MACD went from negative to positive. This was a valid entry.
The entry was at the close of the candle at 1.5880 with a stop at the most recent swing low at 1.5861. Since I was 20 pips away from the nearest 50 or 00 level, I decided to put my intial target at 1.5900.
Entry: Long at 1.5880 Stop: 1.5861 Target: 1.5900
2:30am EST- My target was hit. Price made a clean break so I moved my stop to 1.5900 and set my next target for 1.5950.
3:00am EST– Unfortunately I got stopped out at 1.5900.
8:30am EST– There was a valid signal here but because it was a news candle I did not enter.
10:45am EST– There was a moving average crossover for a long trade. RSI was greater than 50, stochastics were trending up and MACD was negative and gaining value. This was a valid entry.
The entry was at the close of the candle at 1.5955 with a stop at the most recent swing low at 1.5889. Since I was 45 pips away from the nearest 50 or 00 level, I decided to put my intial target at 1.6000.
Entry: Long at 1.5955 Stop: 1.5889 Target: 1.6000
12:00pm EST– Unfortunately my trade wasn’t hit by this time. Since market volatility usually drops at this point, I went ahead and cut my losses by exiting my trade. I exited at 1.5939.
Trade Result: +20 -16= +4 Pips (NOT INCLUDING SPREAD) R-Multiple: 1.05; -0.24
News events to watch for Wednesday:
- 4:30am EST– UK CIPS Service PMI
- 10:00am EST– US ISM Non Manufacturing
For a complete list of news events check out our Forex Economic Calendar.
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