Waited for a bit of consolidation, could not make new highs above 1.0625 area
2:1 ratio with stops above strong resistance at 1.0672 and TP around 2nd level of resistance. May look to move TP up to stronger support/resistance around 1.0524.
Slight pull back after consolidation at resistance, then strong move through 200 MA up to s/r level around 1.0048. Previous resistance became support at .9999 level, then great bull move up to NEAR TP level. Closed position 9 pips short of TP. Nailed the close though, currently in a bear 4 hour candle. Will watch to look for possible short position.
Saw bearish setup on 15 min chart just over 1.29004 resistance. Waited for bear confirmation candle after red doji.
Fairly late entry just below resistance but nice 4 bear candles down.
After a bit of consolidation, moved TP up to around 1.2888 level. Price moved through my TP but did not get filled. Not sure why.
Price then moved up a couple pips. Got cold feet so closed the position positive 5.8 pips. I’ll take what I can get. Hindsight validated my cold feet as price went back up to resistance, so good exit.
NEW TRADE PLAN!
Trading solely off of price action. S/R only!
Cleaning up charts, removing all indicators and grid lines.
Looking for reversal/range trading off of support and resistance areas.
Marking S/R on daily chart, then looking for trade set-ups based off of those S/R lines on daily, 4-1 HR and 30-5 min.
10 pip target per day. Will look to increase to 15 or 20 pips /day after 10, 10 pip days.
Did not follow resistance reversal entry rules. Wanted to enter trade before bed. Would not have entered trade if I had waited for trade to set up.
Confident looking reversal trade at .6645 level. Nice bull run up that initially looked to be slowing down at resistance. Bit of consolidation just below level whetted my appetite for entry. FOLLOW TRADE ENTRY RULES!
Trade hit resistance and pushed up through stop loss.
Again, would NOT have entered trade if I had tracked price through resistance level. Need to stay patient and follow entry rules.
Price is still trending towards a short reversal at .6672 level. Will watch for entry based on rules, however it is Friday and rules state to be cautious and limit trades on Fridays.
Thought I had a good short setup at the 1.1193 resistance level. Set a sell limit order at resistance when price was a about 8 pips away. Figured IF it went up to that level, that it would bounce back down for at least 20 pips.
Reversal setup speculation was based solely off of price action (s/r levels). Thinking of maybe implementing 100 & 200 SMA indicators as well as Fibs and trend lines. Thinking I may need a few more indicators to help verify trade setups.
Also should probably be more cautious with my short position entries. Currently making up 80% of my last 20 trades at a whopping 18.75% win rate.
Probably entered a bit soon. 4 hr candle hit resistance, then showed a bit of bearish consolidation. Typically would like to enter these trades after stronger consolidation at resistance.
Daily candles never closed at resistance. Bearish doji daily candle(chart below), followed by bearish consolidation on 4hr chart prompted sell entry.
Good bear run down to half my TP level. Bull pull back scarred me to close position.
Current goal of 20 daily pips sealed my decision to close position.