Hey guys,
Here is the breakout update.
You could have sold when the price broke out of the trend line to bag a good 10 pips just there.
We need to break .9593 however to move our crosshairs back to .9565 followed by .9450
Regards,E. Lang
PS: Great trading Ram! Happy new year to you!!
Good morning guys,
This is where you entry should have been today, once again using simple trend line techniques plus RSI/Stochastics you could have pipped that trade like a ninja and got in on the break straight off the bat.
My entry: Short @ .9508 (at the trend line break M5 Chart)
All you have to do is watch for a trend line break and thats it… Kabooom…
Don’t forget to watch your EMas.
The sentiment is that this retracement will terminate at 50.% or 38.2% of 1.8836 to 1.9846 which we just broke before resuming the rally to break 1.9846, thats the bullish scenario as well.
As i always say keep more than one scenario open.
If it breaks (50.% of 1.8836 to 1.9846) at 9340 then things will turn bearish and if 61.8% is broken you are in an all new secondary bearish trend.
So just keep your eyes open for now.
If you’ve been paying close attention you would have already bagged your 50 pips for today.
Easy as pie.
Regards,
E. Lang
PS: Watch out for the next 50 at .9450, the price might decide to leave a check point there and save game progress :))
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
stopped out this am eur/usd -15 pips
stopped out this am usd/cad - 15 pips
still open on the cable from london session +69 pips so far on 1D chart. Will see how today goes.
Hey Elang,
I see you are using new parameters on RSI, MACD, Stoc. How are those settings working for you?
They are doing great RAM, in fact im a lot more satisfied with these than my previous values for now.
GBP/USD Update.
Good morning everyone,
As i mentioned yesterday the overall sentiment was that this decline would be terminated at 32.8% or 50%.
We managed to break decisively through 32.8, but 50% is causing a problem.
Notice how at every 50 pips the price stopped to create a checkpoint, this way if the decline is terminated and the price starts rallying it already has predetermined destinations to check on the way back up.
I’m trying to break this down into a simple logic so you can understand things, the more you simplify and accept things for what they are the easier all of this pipology will become to grasp.
So whats happening now. This can be a scary point for a lot of begginer and novice traders, so we had a great decline but what now. You hit a dead end and you don’t know what to do…
Rule 1, if you don’t know what to do, close all your current positions and sit on your hands to do some TA.
Lets try and draw out an overall bull/bear bias for today with the available factors and data at hand.
H4:
All in all these are bullish signals.
Upside targets are 9400 > 9450 > 9473/8 > 9529 > 9500 > 9565 > 9750
Downside targets are 9350 > 9300 > 9222/00 61.8% > 9180 > etc. etc
Thats pretty much it.
From what i can see while i was writing this is that we are getting a good morning star formation on H4 as i mentioned before if we get a good close, im sure we will see a lot of big candle stick players kick in to help through some fuel in the bulls fire.
My bias is bullish, as we’ve broken previous higher highs on m5, m15 and have create higher lows on the new upmove, as long as this continues its all good.
Not much else i can say for now i guess.
Regards,
E. Lang
Hey Guys,
Here is a possible break out trade which could take us all the way down to 9350 if we’re lucky.
It’s not late to get in on the trade so hurry 
Regards,
E. Lang
UPDATE:
After the break down the price reached 9385 and spiked back up. That was unexpected for me, either way i am still holding short untill i see a break above the trend line after which i will be forced to close out my position.
Do take a look at the news for today guys, NFP are coming in very soon:
Hi guys,
I’ve attached an ugggggly drawing of what i know to be breakout types.
Some break straight out.
Others break out and sort of consolidate before they go down or up
Other break out in a fine curve to their new direction.
Take a look at the ugggllyy drawing i’ve attached.
Trading on breakouts like this is an extremely reliable trading method, but as always there is more than one scenario so heads up.
I wount be too surprized if we hold into a tight trading consolidation untill NFP in 1 hour.
Regards,
E. Lang
Non-Farm Payrolls Preview - How Bad Can It Be?
We are expecting the December Non-farm payrolls report tomorrow morning and now more than the ever the amount of jobs added or subtracted by US corporations last month could determine where the US dollar is headed next. After having sold off significantly at the end of November, the US dollar is on its way to recuperating all of its losses. Whether it is able to do take the EUR/USD below 1.30 will be dependent on if we see a sub 50k print in payrolls.
With a skyrocketing stock market at the end of 2006 and low oil prices, the negative ADP print caught the market off guard along with the weakness in the other employment reports that followed. This surprise has forced many banks to lower their NFP forecasts, but before becoming too concerned, there are many reasons why payrolls could remain positive. As usual, non-farm payrolls is one of the most market moving indicators for the US dollar and the level of payroll growth in the economy last month will help to determine if a soft landing scenario is in full play.
Examining the NFP Leading Indicators
Arguments for a Sub 100k Print
[ul]
[li]First Negative ADP Since April 2003[/li][li]Drop in Monster.com Employment Index[/li][li]Drop inHudson Employment Index[/li][li]Employment Component of Manufacturing ISM Remains Contractionary[/li][li]Payrolls Derivatives Auction Settles at 82.2k[/ul]There are number of �leading indicators� for the non-farm payrolls report that we watch very closely and most of them paint a very grim picture of the labor market. The biggest surprise was the 40k drop in the ADP survey. Even though the ADP survey has had a poor track record of forecasting the absolute number of payrolls, it has had a very good track record in forecasting the direction of payrolls. Since January 2003, there have only been 3 months where the ADP report forecasted an increase in jobs while non-farm payrolls actually dropped in the same month and that was over 3 years ago (as shown in the chart below). In addition, the Hudson Employment Index posted a 2.6 percent drop while the Monster.com employment index fell 8 points in the month of December. The employment component of the manufacturing ISM report also points to another month of job losses in the manufacturing sector. As a result, the payrolls derivative auction indicates that traders are expecting jobs to increase by only 82.2k, which compares to the market’s downwardly revised forecast of 100k[/li]Not Bad Enough for a Negative Payrolls Report
However, even though the ADP report has done a great job of forecasting the directionality of payrolls, the December NFP may actually buck the trend and remain positive. The following factors support a positive reading:
[ul]
[li]Jobless Claims Improved in December[/li][li]Employment Component of Service Sector ISM Accelerated[/li][li]Challenger Reports a Drop in Layoffs[/li][li]Mild Weather Should Prolong Construction Projects[/ul]Jobless claims for the month of December averaged at 314k, which was less than the 327k average in November and suggests that companies may not be firing aggressively enough to warrant a drop in overall payrolls. The US economy is also mostly service oriented and today’s service sector ISM report revealed an improvement in its employment component. The sub-index increased from 53.3 to 51.6, which indicates that companies in the service sector are continuing to add jobs. Finally, the planned job cuts according to employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas fell by 29 percent in the month of December compared to the prior month. The mild weather should also keep construction programs going and delay any major layoffs in that sector. Therefore even though non-farm payrolls could easily come in below 100k, it should not be negative. We expect payrolls to be somewhere between 50k-70k. [/li]What is Expected
Here is what the market is currently expecting:
Change in Non-Farm Payrolls: 100k Forecast, 132k Previous
Unemployment Rate: 4.5% Forecast, 4.5% Previous
Change in Manufacturing Payrolls: -15k Forecast, -15k Previous
Average Hourly Earnings: 0.3% Forecast, 0.2% Previous
Average Weekly Hours: 33.9 Forecast, 33.9 Previous
If construction sector jobs do hold steady, then the biggest potential sector where job growth could be hit would be in the retailing sector. From the initial holiday retail sales reports, sales have been modest and weak job growth would explain the weakness in consumer demand.
What does this mean for the US Dollar?
For the US dollar, how non-farm payrolls fares will be extremely important. The EUR/USD is trading not far from its one month low while the GBP/USD has already broken that level. Both currency pairs are very vulnerable to a further correction after having broken through a trendline support. We would need to see job growth in excess of 100k to validate a push through 1.30 in the EUR/USD. If job growth is anywhere between 50-70k or less, the EUR/SUD could see a much needed bounce as the market begins to price in the possibility of weaker US growth in 2007. The labor market is the backbone of the US economy. Weak job growth poses a big threat to consumer spending. Even though the Federal Reserve is currently worried about inflation, at the rate that oil prices are moving lower, it should not remain a problem for long and growth will soon become the central bank’s bigger concern. However with both service and manufacturing sector ISM reports expanding in the month of December, if job growth surprises to the upside instead, economic fundamentals would support a continuation of 5.25 percent rates and a move below 1.30.
The non-farm payrolls figure is expected to be 100k increase for the month of december, but the market is starting to factor in a much worse number.
One of the major investment houses ratcheted their figure down almost 50% just this week based on the ADP figure.
There seems to be an interior figure of 75-85k that the market is focusiing on.
[B]50k would be the surprise on the downside and 100k to the upside[/B]
GBP/USD Short
After all the reads and all the TA today on this, i upped the ante a bit, and even though i was pretty sure of the outcome, i stillll placed my stop loss.
2 reasons, first being that there may be whiplash, second… well because there is allllways more than one probable scenario.
I’ve set my target and locked in my profit, all i am going to do is just wait for this trade to play out.
The actual next target is cluster resistance of .9178, but i cam going to close it at 9200 (hopefully) as we will most likely start feeling some jitter there.
Have a hap hap happy weekend.
Regards,
E. Lang
Before the US session my open short trade was up +132 pips. I decided to lock in guaranteed profits of 86 pips and now just wait what happens after the news release.
It would be beneficial and even “nice” for everyone, if you explained the methodology behind your trades, rather than just commenting on their results.
I am sure i as others could learn from you, as you and others from me.
Regards,
E. Lang
Dear Pippers and Pippettes,
Please feel free to take a look at the attachment before if you are interested in my modest sentiment.
I think thats all for today.
I hope you all have a great day and an even better weekend.
Read some books, watch some movies, go out paintballing and go-karting, go clubbing, live your life !!!
See you on monday!
Regards,
E. Lang
Wow my friend just sent me this video this guy done well
http://rapidshare.com/files/10333797…_NFP_TRADE.wmv
He said his news analyst and him decided NFP would be dollar positive. Everybody was saying dollar negative.
Very interesting stuff.
I’ve got my own method of deciding how which way the news is going to go… i get a coin and toss for eads or tails.
Point is a lot of the pros dont try and guess the market, a lot stay out all together, do you think you can beat the pros?
So as beginners my suggestion is concentrate on learning the basics support / resistance, good money management. Get yourself a system back test is and get used to trading and making regular profits.
the only reason i can think of for soley going after news trades is trying to make a killing on 1 trade. A better place would be a casino you’d have more fun there.
If the news goes against you and you are not using a guaranteed stop then its likely you will loose more then you wanted anyway.
MR. ELANG!
First I would like to thank you for your time each day to post your ideas and strategic ways of taking on each trade. I have learned A LOT from just reading and watching each day for your new posts, more so than reading from books because I believe prime examples (visually) are far more valuable.
I would like to ask about how you set your targets? I am, of course, a newb and I have been having trouble on setting targets to mark out scenarios and set profit spots. Also when you use Fib retracements and pivot points, which do you use to base your support and resistances? I get confused when I read your strategies and you use many different levels of support and resistance by different indicators because I do not understand why you choose to use certain ones. Anyway, thanks again for your advice in advance and have a great weekend.
ahefner33
Hi mate, are you talking about my post?
From what I know with some good new analysis you can trade the news. As far as I can tell the guy in the video wanted to exit before the news but he got some good analysis so he remained in the market with a 10 pip stop.
I know news trading is dangerous and I do not endorse it. What I see happened here is that this guy had an open trade, he received good analysis and adapted to the situation. To me he seems like a professional trader because he is not scared away by a news report he rolls with the punches and adapts to his situation.
By watching this video I just saw a guy stay cool, calm and collected through a major news announcement. This is a rare quality and to me it shows that this guy knows his stuff.
Anyway I have tracked down who the guy actually was and he made a post saying he is not a news trader but he saw an opportunity and took it. That to me a real trader is someone who sees an opportunity and takes it, somebody who can adapt to market conditions in seconds. He said he was looking to scalp a few pips before the report but then he changed his mind when he received new information.
I may be wrong but I really think this guy made an awesome trade.
Here is the video again for anybody that missed it.
http://rapidshare.com/files/10333797…_NFP_TRADE.wmv
Hi Groovenator:
I agree that a true professional is calm during big wins, big loses and can quickly adapt to an unexpected situation. A professional can do that because they have self confidence for one, and because they trade in a disciplined manner. Trading in a disciplined manner, means you possess enough self discipline to stick to your own rules.
With all that said, if a person really does adhere to their self imposed trading rules, they in turn provide themselves with the latitude to make a conscious decision to step outside their little box and snatch a ‘just happened to be there at the right time’ gold ring every now and then.
I have survived the full blown college of hard knocks in trading FOREX. The biggest lesson I have learned is that to succeed one must be totally dedicated to following a set of proven trading rules. If one isn’t disciplined, they are in fact merely gambling. Gamblers don’t win nearly as often as professional traders. The gamblers high is gone as soon as the money is gone. I now walk a line that provides me with a professional trader’s high, which is KNOWING that you’ll always come out well ahead because you have discipline.
Good example was the last two days shorting GBP/USD. It was easy to take the +200 pips one day and another +100 the next. In the past I’d have placed anywhere from ten to 30 lots in one shot on the pair and let it ride. Made big money a time or two doing that with other pairs in the past. Also, lost half my account more than a time or two doing the same thing because of margin calls.
Be professional = be wealthy.
Sermon’s over, thanks for listening/reading.
Hello all,
Just found this thread…am excited to learn more about it, and to even try it. Any thoughts or suggestions? Otherwise, I have just been reading everything and am going to follow the latest directions from Elang.
Thanks,
BearPaw
