Please correct me

Hello everybody,
I have an attachmnet of the gbpusd chart,can someone tell me if my analysis of the chart is wrong.
My Interpretattion.

!1 since the bollinger band isconverging a strong trend or breakout is about to happen

2 RsI and Stochastic are below 50 but not yet in the oversold region

3 There is a bearish crossover of MACD

My action is to wait for the price to eighter close above the 20 sma or below the lower band of the bollinger band.

Also is my period for the bollinger band ok? I think the price is piercing the bands too often

Thanks

It makes a higher high, and then a lower low = no trend imho.

If you are having trouble deciding which way its gonna break out then you’d probably be best playing a different market or just sitting this one out. Just because its there doesn’t mean you have to trade it!

Way too many indicators on your chart which means you can tell nothing from it. You only have to look at an uncluttered chart to decide up, down or flat. If it is not obvious there is no trend. Nobody can reasonably comment on your action trigger. If you have extensively tested it, traded it with small amounts of money and are confident in its performance parameters then go for it

Hello

I believe this chart per se is not enough to judge the upcoming trend. Forecasting future movement of currencies involves far more than one chart analysis. Please consider the following points:

1- You totally forgot to investigate economic data involving both GBP & USD!
2- Your chart viewed only one time frame!
3- Even in your technical analysis you didn’t even draw a single trend line to visualize direction of movement. & you didn’t mention the parameters of the used RSI, stochastic indicators.

Now to your post:
a. About bollinger band’s convergence. By itself alone, it wouldn’t indicate anything. Note in the same chart two previous convergences without any breakouts - you may still call the first a small uptrend breakout tough-.
b. RSI & stochastic oscillators are not indicative of anything yet.
c. I believe you’re judging MCAD too quickly

In my opinion the bearish trend you concluded is very unlikely. You might want to revise your fundamental analysis of the market, especially the strong USD bearish trend for the last few months & the expected bullish rise of the GBP.

Disclaimer:
The above post is my own personal opinion based on my last review of the market at the time of writing this post. This opinion can change by upcoming events, prices, etc… & shouldn’t be taken as an advice nor an endorsement of a specific action. You alone are responsible for any profit/losses you make by your trading decision.

Regards

Hi Muba,

I am new to Forex too.. so the following is just my opinion , hope I dont mislead you :) 

First of all, I would suggest that you prepare a trading plan with clear entry and exit rules, which timeframe is the primary time frame that you get the entry and exit signal , that way , you will not have a question on which direction the chart is going .. the more important question is : is the risk to reward ratio good enough to put on the trade. 

Try to use less indicator on the chart , when I started in early this year , I also think that the more confirmation that I have , the better is my trade , I am not saying that was wrong, is just that you might have to wait for months to have a signal. ( based on your chart is 4Hr , I assume you get your signal from 4Hr chart. ) I am not a person that can wait for three months for one signal … hehe

Answer to your question :
1 since the bollinger band isconverging a strong trend or breakout is about
to happen
Yes, by definition when BB is converging it may have a breakout. When trying to gauge the direction of the breakout, I will check the lower and higher timeframe, Example, if you are using 4Hr time frame, check the 1 Hr and daily chart , just to make sure they all agree before you enter the trade.

2 RsI and Stochastic are below 50 but not yet in the oversold region
If you look at the trendline that I draw on my RSI, it would be bearish bias if the RSI break the trendline and start going down again.

3 There is a bearish crossover of MACD
I dont use MACD , so I have no comment for this :stuck_out_tongue:

Based on my analysis as of 25/11/2007 22:00 GMT :
I have draw two Fib level on the chart, Both is also sitting at 50% , my overall bias will be bearish.

This is what I will do if I want to get into this trade.
Assuming I have 5000 capital, and I am risking 2% of it, which is 100 dollars.

I will sell short @ 2.0668 ( 61.8% Fib of the small fib.) Stop Loss @ 2.0768 ( 50% of the large Fib ) , Risk 100 Pips, therefore, I will sell one Mini lot at those level.

As for profit target, I will be looking at 2.0450 ( previous low ) as my first target and then 2.0400 ( support trendline from daily chart ) as my second target.
Risk to reward ratio 1:1 ( if take profit at 2.0450 ) or 1:1.5 ( if take profit at 2.0400 ) . Generally , I will be looking for 1:2 ratio, so I might sit out for this

Please take note the above exmaple is just to illustrade what happen in my head when I am analysing a trade … it is not a buy or sell recommendation … I dont think I am qualified for that yet …heheh

I believe there is no right or wrong answer about how you interpret a chart and it is really not that importat to be right or wrong for one particular trade. Develope a trading system , back test it and you will have much more confidence to put on a trade.

just for the record, I have blow out my first trading account. ( 5k ) and now is back to demo trading until I get have consistant result … I think patient and persistant is the key in Forex trading … :slight_smile:

Hope this help :slight_smile: and happy trading !!

Peter


And just for the record here is my H4 for GU. For me this is a higher timeframe than my trading frame. It tells me that we currently sit between 2 major SR levels with 2.0550 again showing its strength as the bulls held the line here off the falls from 2.0750. This level must hold for the uptrend to continue and at this stage based on fundamentals this is most likely.
However take particular note that you do not know which way we are going from here and so you have to plan for all eventualities

A short could be contemplated if we get rejection off the 2.0650 level or a breach and failed retest of 2.0550. If it wasnt for the weekend then there is some opportunity for a short at this point justified by the retracement back to the 60SMA on the 15 min frame (which is my trading frame) which often marks a major point in this pair. Overall it is a watching brief to see what happens in Asia tomorrow. Dont forget that significant trading volumes in this pair are not apparent until Europe opens

My final chart is a little tongue in cheek but demonstrates that trending pairs are obvious. Chris Tait a well known Australian professional trader says that if his 8 year old daughter cant pick a trend from a chart posted on the other side of the room then its not there