Trade Ideas

We saw a lot of crazy action to end the week last Friday, so this week, we’ve got plenty of sweet potential plays on our favorite crosses – EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and EUR/GBP! Have a look!

Good afternoon! It looks like the market got an appetite for risk pretty quickly with today’s events; not good for the Japanese Yen. Check out how the ECB press conference and surprise ADP data affected USD/JPY today.

With the NFP report just around the corner, I’m taking a leaf from Dr. Pipslow’s book and sit this week out. But don’t let me stop you! Here are three ways that AUD/USD can react to the NFP report.

Case closed! I exited this trade with 74 pips in my pocket. Booyeah!

You can bet I’m doing my happy dance right now! For the first time in weeks, I was able to get in a trade and come out with a profit. Woot woot!

Check out what’s moving AUD/USD, USD/CAD, and NZD/USD this week. It’s all in my midweek market analysis!

You could say it was a “so-so” week for the HLHB Trend-Catcher. It came out with a gain at the end of the week, but its win wasn’t spectacular.

My, how time flies! It’s already September, folks! Make sure you start off the last third of the year on a solid note by checking out all these hot levels to keep an eye on this week on EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY, and EUR/GBP!

Not again! I chalked up another loss as I got stopped out on this short USD/CAD day trade of mine. How could I have done better?

EUR/JPY has got me on short alert because it’s crawling closer and closer to the 99.00 handle. Learn more about my trade idea after the jump!

EUR/USD is nearing the 100 SMA on the daily chart as the annual Jackson Hole Symposium draws nearer. Coincidence? I think not! Read my opinion on the much-anticipated meeting and its potential effect on the forex market after the jump!

Before I take any comdoll trades this week, I’d like to know what you think of these potential plays I spotted on AUD/USD, USD/CAD, and NZD/USD!

Slowly but surely, is the way of the HLHB! The HLHB Trend-Catcher has extended its winning streak. Although its gains haven’t been as impressive as those that it scored in Q2 2012, it looks like they are growing bigger and bigger each week!

It’s the last week of August, folks! Make every last second count by marking out important levels on your favorite crosses now!

Today in the Forex in the Morning chat, I had a question about “scalping” and how that fits in to a trader’s strategy. Ah, not an easy question when trying to categorize what market trend “scalping” fits into but it is a style that many traders employ so in this video I explain what it is and what environment it is best suited for!

Ka-ching, ka-ching! AUD/USD just hit my profit target at the bottom of the range. Find out how this simple day trade helped me get back in the game!

Sometimes Lady Luck’s on your side and sometimes she isn’t. Unfortunately for me, I caught the short end of the stick yesterday and my profit target order wasn’t triggered. Drats!

It has been a long while since I have gotten in a trade, so I thought I’d go for a setup that’s shorter term. Here’s a setup on a pair that I haven’t touched in months!

Who says summer trading is boring? We’re only two and a half days into the week, but there are already THREE major themes that have popped up in the forex community!

Oh yeah! Another winning week for my HLHB Trend-Catcher system! Although it didn’t bag a triple-digit gain, I’m still pretty happy that it was able to filter a handful of fakeouts.