EUR/JPY: Break of Triangle will Resume Bearish Trend? (Result Post Entered on Jan 13th)

Sunday, January 20, 2008

EUR/JPY: Break of Triangle will Resume Bearish Trend? (Result Post Entered on Jan 13th)

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Yes indeed, as posted on Jan 13th: "It´s early to say if the pullback after the break of the major triangle is over thus resuming the bearish trend. But I´ve got to go for one side so my opinion is for the bearish side".
I was wrong in my first entry point, which was: "SELL break 160.40 with STOP 160.70 and 1st LIMIT at 159.66". The break of 160.40 on Jan 14th was a false breakout. But I was quite right in my 2nd entry point for the short which was: "159.40 is major support. Add new lots to your short position if 159.40 gets broken" . Prices reached the low of 155.70. Very nice move.

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Even though we are considered Day-Traders, our trading sometimes requires different styles, according to the patterns and/or how the market moves during our trading sessions. All strategies presented in all posts below are for Positioning but, depending on how markets behave, our style can change so that we can capture good trading opportunities......

Our Trading Styles are discriminated as below:

1) Scalping: Short-term trades, usually betwen 2 to 15 minutes, with stops lower than 8 pips, targeting 15 pips. Generally our Scalping trades apply very low stops (5 pips) aiming quick surges in prices of around 10 pips, in a matter of a very few minutes.................................................................................................
2) Day-Trading: this is our main Trading Style where we dedicate most of our time. Their lenght is usually betwen 10 to 60 minutes, sometimes for more than 2 hours, with stops between 10 and 20 pips and targets between 20 and 60 pips...
3) Positioning: Long-Term trades based on Daily and 4-Hour charts, with stops between 20 and 40 pips, targeting minimum 60 pips. Most of these trades have Open Limits......................................................

Money Management

This is a crucial aspect of our trading, considering the different styles we apply to our trading Sessions. As the Positioning Style requires larger stops (usually the double of our Day-Trading Style), their lot size is lower than usual, generally 50% of our standard lot size. As the Scalping style requires lower stops (usually half of our Day-Trading style), their lot size is usually 150% of our standard lot size. For instance: let´s suppose that our current standard lot size is 200K. For Scalping trades the lot size will be 300K and for Positioning it will be 100K...................................

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

EUR/JPY: Break of Triangle will Resume Bearish Trend? (Result Post Entered on Jan 13th)

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