The conditions for the EUR/USD pre-US open 7am trade lined up this morning. Here is the setup:
Entry Price: 1.4226
Exit: at the open of the 11am CST bar
S/L: 1.4266
TP: 1.4206
If the price action reaches the year’s high, we may see a fairly steep bearish move today. Keep an eye on this. If you are less risk averse, you may consider holding to this trade a bit longer with a trailing stop after it reaches the normal target of 20 pips.
The 7am trade went our direction today. Here is how the trade played out:
Entry Price: 1.4226
Exit: at TP of 1.4206
Trade length: 2 bars
Profit: 20 pips ($200)
If you decided extend your trade this morning as I mentioned you should have picked up around 60 pips in profit (instead of 20). The next trade today is the GBPUSD trade; I will update the board later with conditions for this trade.
The conditions did not line up for the AU open trade today however, we are still in the GBP/USD long trade until 5pm. I will update the board once this trade is ended.
Once again, sorry for the very late update. The GBPUSD trade did not quite work out the way we would have liked; we did not reach our S/L or TP, but there is always tomorrow ;). Good luck in the session tonight. Cheers!
My thoughts on this weekend are that we will see a gap up in the GBP/USD and EUR/USD pairs. This should work to our advantage as we are holding on to the GBP/USD trade over the weekend.
Have a great week fellow FXer’s, see you on Monday!
Sorry for the late updates. The conditions for the pre-US open trade did not line up this morning, yesterday’s GBP/USD trade did not reach our TP, and yesterday’s AU open trade worked to our advantage. Here is how the trades played out:
GBP/USD -
Entry Price: 1.6126
Exit: 1.6127
Profit: 1 pip ($10)
AU OPEN TRADE (EURUSD) -
Entry Price: 1.4220
Exit Price: 1.4210
Length of the trade: 5 bars
Profit: 10 pips ($100)
i still confuse …ok every u set up the pending or enter order at the same candle??example us market 7.00am u enter or pending it everyday with same candle?1 more question is if london market open so what is ur city time? example : london market open at 4/4/2011 800am +0000=4/4/2011 4.00pm asia time(+8 time zone)n thank n ur kindness to help people is greatly appreciated…
The 7am trade is not taken everyday…it is only taken when the following conditions line up:
The 6:30am CST 30 minute bar must close up.
All strategies that I list on this thread are traded on Central Standard Time (CST). For instance, the US open in CST is at 8am but is 9am in Eastern Standard Time.
Here is a recap of the stipulations for the EUR/USD pre-US open trade:
Time = 6:30am CST
Bar = Must close up (close of the bar must be greater than the open)
S/L: 60 pips
TP: 20 pips
Exit = at the open of the 11am CST bar
These trades always enter and exit at the open of a bar…never before or after. Hopefully this helps!