When a breakout from congestion occurs the first thing we study is volume as this confirms whether the breakout is genuine or false. In this video we consider the longer term outlook for gold as well as an intraday example on the gold futures contract.
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Whilst markets continue to be dominated by the pandemic, fundamental data continues with the PMI this morning for both France and Germany of which the latter is the more significant.
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The three laws of Richard Wyckoff, supply and demand, cause and effect and effort vs result apply in all timeframes as the cycle moves from accumulation to distribution and back again.
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If you're looking for a volatile currency pair to trade look no further than the GBP/JPY as I take a look at where it might be heading next.
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Trading reversals require your stop loss to be set wider to allow for the congestion phase to develop before the trend begins. So this is not for everyone, but if you have the patience, the pay off is greater as you are getting into the trend before it begins so the payout is greater. It's all about risk and returns.
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The forex market is one of mean reversion wich currencies constantly moving from one level to another, congestion, trend and congestion, with reversals from overbought to oversold and back again. All defined with levels and flow.
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One of the decisions we have to make as traders is whether we prefer to trade trends, reversals or breakouts. That decision can only be made from an understanding of chart structure and having the best tools available. In this video, we explain how this can be achieved in the forex markets in particular using our proprietary currency strength indicator....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkThi9XkRIE
Combining time charts with a non time based charts such as a Renko can give day traders a huge advantage as they not only highlight smart entries and exits but will also help stay in a trend. The Renko Optimizer takes trading with a Renko chart one step further in that it automatically calculates the optimum pip value for different time frames....
