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Showing posts with label Forex Technical Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forex Technical Analysis. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2009

GBP/JPY Update: Hourly, H4 and Daily Charts

The pair is at support, almost touch 38.2% Fibonacci retracement of 118.8 to 163.06 at 146.16. The outlook remain bearish as long it stay below channel. Getting back inside the channel will turn the outlook to short term retracement to test the resistance. Target remains at 50% Fibonacci level at 141 area. Cable has been moving in negative correlation with USD/JPY most of this week, and we saw GBP/JPY stucked in between, resulting in volatile swings. Therefore, we need careful approach for the pair.

GBP/JPY D1 Chart
GBP/JPY H1 Chart
GBP/JPY H4 Chart





Wednesday, September 9, 2009

GBP/JPY: New Channels In Hourly Chart


Since the pair has broken the downtrend channel, we gotta need new chart setup. Right then.. here you go. Please look at the screenshot. I started by connecting PL (previous low) and HL (higher low) to get the current uptrend trendline. Next, I draw trendline from PH (previous high) to HH (higher high). Then I make a parallel trendline of PH-HH from PL to get an equidistant channel. Wow..I'm a bit confused myself :D Bear with me for a minute ok. I also draw another trendline from HH to LH (lower high), and put a parallel one from PH (previous high) to create another channel. Phiuuhh... Man.. that was exhausting.. Maybe its better if you just take a look at the screenshot ;P Happy trading guys!



Tuesday, September 1, 2009

GBP/JPY H1 Chart: Sell Again


Above is the updated screenshot of my last analysis for GBP/JPY in hourly TF (see post). The pair touch the resistance trendline again and I took it as entry signal for another short position. I also add outer trendline to measure the deviation. This can be the tolerance limit for SL if the pair break the inner trendline.

Looking at yesterday's performance of GBP/JPY, the sellers lose the ground after the pair touch 150.16 with another low at 150.05 after a few candles. The sterling had been in favor through the Europe and US sessions. As for today, well, we'll see.. :)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

GBP/JPY : Break Below

Using my last chart setup, the pair has broken the trendline in Daily as well as in H4 candles. Below are the screenshots. Nothing change about the target, which still around the next support near 38.2% Fibonacci retracement at 145.86. Risk can be limited to yesterday high around 153.55. I think its about time to see a strong trend after sideway since August 17. I certainly hope so :) I'm off from my laptop for an internship interview until euro session I think. Ok, thats all. Happy trading guys!

Daily Chart


H4 Chart

Sunday, July 12, 2009

GBPJPY Weekly Chart: Bounced & Close Below 30 EMA

Since my last post, the pair has reached as high as 162.58 before going down again to 154.05, which gave support for the pair. However, after sideways for the last 3 weeks, it went down for 1,000 pips this week. The pair also closed below 30 EMA, meaning that more down should be anticipated for the following week. The pair almost touch 38.2% retracement of 118.80 (low) to 162.58 (high) at 145.86. The target remains the same which is the 50% retracement at 140.69 area. That's all, have nice weekend. Take care..

Thursday, June 4, 2009

GBPJPY Weekly Chart: Bounce Off 50 EMA Resistance

The retracement from 118.80 may come to an end as the pair has touch 50 EMA on weekly chart, or 38.2% retracement of 215.85 to 118.80 with 'high' at 160.45. Potential target for short is the 50% retracement of the retracement at 139.63 and may extend to test the 118.80 'low'.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Entry: EUR/USD Short

The pair touched 76.4% Fibonacci retracement level of 1.3391 to 1.2881 just and bounced for 50 pips now. I sell the pair at 1.3225 with Stop Loss around 1.3400 area and targeting it lower trendline around 1.2550 area. However, first support might be seen at 1.312x area near 50% Fibonacci level (see H1 chart). I'm not really sure if the pair has found its peak actually, but I have my Stop Loss. And I have to take risk right? :)

Daily Chart

H1 Chart

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Entry: The Channel is Broken

I sell GBP/JPY just now at 142.28. The pair broke the uptrend channel on 4 hour chart and had retraced to test the channel. The first target is 38.2% retracement of 118.80 to 151.52 at 139.02 and 50% retracement next at 135.16. Below are the daily and 4 hour chart. Stop loss set at 144.50 area. I tried to confirm my analysis and I found one that is similar by "GJ Trader". Check the post here to get second opinion :)

Daily Chart

H4 Chart

It's been a while since my last post. Trading result had not been good with false signals on 30 EMA system (hourly chart) and several gambling trades :P I am still ahead of my monthly target though. Well, that is all guys. Bye :)

Monday, April 6, 2009

Closed: The Shorts Went Good

I closed the GBP/JPY position at 149.15 after it touch the lower channel on hourly chart. The pair broke the channel literally a few seconds after I closed it :P I quickly opened another position and closed it with 66 pips. So, it turned out that the second attempt to sell GBP/JPY ended well. As I mentioned in my previous post, the target can be more way down at 145.50 or 143.60 area. So I will look for 30 EMA signal on hourly chart to enter another short position.

GBP/JPY H1 Chart

I also entered EUR/USD after I realized that the price was near 1.3587, which is 50% Fibo retracement (yellow) of 1.4718 (December high) to 1.2456 (March low). The pair broke a minor trendline on hourly chart and I closed it at 1.3406, few pips above 38.2% retracement (blue) of 1.3113 (March 30 low) to today's high at 1.3580. There is a long signal on 4 hour chart actually
with stop loss around 1.3265 but I think I'll wait until the pair touches or near another trendline below. Below is the chart. Happy trading!

EUR/USD H1 Chart

Entry: GBP/JPY Second Attempt

The pair broke 148.30 resistance and went as high as 150.70 for now. I had closed my position from last Friday with 169 pips loss. I spotted another resistance on weekly chart and decided to give it another try. The pair has touch the 30 EMA on weekly chart at 150.75. My entry point was 150.40. The pair also at the upper channel on 1 hour chart. Below are the weekly and hourly chart.

50% fibonacci retracement of 118.80 (January low) to 150.72 is at 134.72. On hourly chart, 50% fibonacci retracement of 135.70 to 150.72 is at 143.21. However, 148 (broken resistance) and 145 (March high) area have to be broken first.

Weekly Chart

H1 Chart

That is all for now. Happy trading guys!

Friday, April 3, 2009

Entry: GBP/JPY at Resistance

Ok, this is definitely my last entry this week. GBP/JPY is at one of its previous highs at 148.58. The pair also almost reach 30 EMA on weekly chart. I entered short looking for 200 pips with stop loss at the resistance area. That's all. Bye.

Entry: EUR/USD Short For 50% Fibonacci Retracement

It turned out that I was not done for this week :P I entered short on EUR/USD last night. The pair touched its channel resistance and has been moving sideways. I entered at 1.3478 with stop loss around 1.3520. 38.2% retracement is at 1.3382 which is 100% projection of A to B while 50% retracement (1.3340) is at the broken resistance. I pretty sure this is my last trade this week. I also look forward on how the market react after tonight news. That's all guys. I'll update later. Happy trading!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Entry: EUR/USD Bounce From 50% Retracement

The pair bounced off the 50% Fibonacci retracement of 1.2481 to 1.3737 last week and still hold the support. Higher lows has been formed since then. I have made some trade with entries at the support trendline. Buy signal appears today based on the 30 EMA system on hourly chart. However, TP level will be higher this time. Instead of fixed target of 65 pips, I want to try 1.34 and hopefully will be done this week. Below is the screen shot.

H1 Chart
H4 Chart
On daily chart, the 30 EMA which is near the 50% Fibo level seems to provide strong support. In other words, it is a buy signal also! :P I think EU may test the previous high or that resistance trendline at 1.3737, but 1.3400 is fine for me :)

D1 Chart

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Closed: GBP/JPY

My GBP/JPY position was closed with 145 pips. The target was actually much farther than that, but I forgot to change the take profit order. I was kinda confused with the original TP for 30 EMA system. It was a great price to buy actually and should be around 500 pips now. Well, the trade had been made and now I will focus on the 30 EMA system on 1 hour again.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Entry: GBPJPY Buy Signal

I entered GBP/JPY at 136.69 (yellow circle), based on the 30 EMA system on daily time frame. The pair also touched the support trendline (magenta) at 135.70 area and bounce for almost 200 pips at the moment. Retest to 135.70 area is very possible. The first target upside is the 38.2% retracement of 215.85 to 118.80 at 155.87. Next target are 50% retracement at 167.32 and 61.8% retracement at 178.78. Stop loss level is below the trendline.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Update: GBP/USD Closed 510 Pips

After pushing 900 pips on Tuesday, GBP/USD fell on the remaining days this week. The pair is now at the 30 EMA on Daily chart. I decided to exit the position with 510 pips and open again at 1.4330. It is a good entry signal I think: price at 30 EMA and QQE cross down. Stop loss also has move to 1.4000. Target remain at 1.6200-1.6428 (38.2% Fibo retracement). Another levels of retracement are 1.7331 (50%) and 1.8235 (61.8%). However, there are

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Entry: Added GBPUSD to the Portfolio

GBPUSD touch 1.3654 this week but soon bounced to 1.38 area. I opened a position at 1.3812 with Stop Loss at 1.3494 low. I think it's a good price to buy the pair. First target will be 38.2% retracement area around 1.6428 and 50% retracement level around 1.7331 next. 13 EMA has just crossed above the 21 EMA on 4 hour time frame but the QQE indicator hasn't completely cross above the 50 level. Below is the picture.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Entries: G/U and E/U Long

I entered E/U at 1.2522 and G/U at 1.4071 for long-term position (could be week or weeks or months but longer than a few days :P). Both E/U and G/U are at the support (previous low), and I thought I take this opportunity. The target are 1.32 (around 700 pips) for E/U and 1.65 (around 2400 pips) for G/U. Both target are near the 38.2 Fibonacci retracement level. The stop loss is 70 pips for E/U. But G/U stop loss is almost 600 pips, meaning that I have to use smaller quantity. Hence the return for G/U will be smaller despite the bigger target. Below are the screenshots. Have a nice day guys!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Daily TF Entries

I entered UJ and GJ based on daily TF on Tuesday and Wednesday. I never cross any daily signal before and I thought it was worth to try :) Below are the screenshot. The thing with daily signal is the SL range: it's wider. It was 200 pips for UJ and around 500 pips for GJ. Hence, the quantity were smaller. And because I never done this before, I lower my risk percentage by 50% and the quantity became even smaller. However, I use the other 50%. I added a position for each pair. I closed GJ second position with 259 pips and decided to leave the other three positions for next week.

Okay, if the higher TF signals are more reliable than smaller TF, maybe I have to apply a new rules: avoid 1 hour TF signal if there is (or will be) a signal in 4 hour TF and avoid 4 hour TF signal if there is (or will be) a signal in daily TF.



Daily TF or 1 hour TF?
I still prefer 1 hour because its faster turnover. I haven't done any backtesting to find which of them gave higher return actually. Hmm..okay thats all. Have a nice weekend guys :)

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Trade: EU 150 Pips (8 Jan)

Another EU trade went well. I entered Thursday morning (Jakarta) at 30 EMA as follow up on my previous cut loss. I was a bit emotional when I entered actually. I entered after I saw the price touched the 30 EMA and a bounce was in progress. The pair did bounced for about 30 pips from my entry price, but it went back down testing the support. You can see on the chart below that the Gann indicator was shifted above the candle and 5,13 EMA crossed down 21 EMA (red arrows). I was worried actually ;P but my stop loss still quite far below. The euro finally appreciated against dollar in Europe session. I closed the position near 38.2% Fibo level at 150 pips. QQE also crossed, which can be use as exit signal in sideway market. I never so attracted to this pair before and I only trade this pair once in a while. Maybe because this pair gave me around 300 pips in the past week :P Well, I will certainly looking for another signal in this pair. I'll see wheter this pair tooks more than it gives... Hopefully the other way around.