On a quiet news day like today the price action can give a clue to the current supply-demand imbalance, which is tilted to the USD sell side at least for today.
Since we are discussing trading approaches in a 5 pip market, it may sound silly to some, it surely does to me, I kid you not I went on a run years ago trading macd on a 1 minute chart, taking 3 to 5 pips a trade, 10 to 15 times a day with accuracy. Thought I was Joe Montana. And then………the inevitable 30 point market pounce against me. Important to have a sense of the bigger picture. It caused me to trade with no indicators for quite some time.
A CTA told me many years ago the only reason other CTA’s trade Fibo levels is because they know other market makers do, therefore there will be liquidity and possible start/stop areas. Nothing else. No other reason. I found that trading certain percentages of gain/decline from the start of the Asian session is strong.
IF 5 pips move makes one nervous if not outright panicky – just as you enter a trade in the negative due to dealer spread – you have no business trading.
You need to have the cohones to be in the red for a few minutes without having to consult your emotional support dog for help deal with anxiety / emotional distress
11:31 Belgrade Bobby: tks for the glimps into part of your trading /
I am not a fan of elaborate, complex, multi multi-conditional parametric trading, especially IF it is demanding way of trading, both physically and psychologically that ultimately has to rely on having to use very simple techniques
It sounds to me that a simple (i.e. no martingale) scalping robot including a programmed dynamic spread conditionals (fixed is not a guarantee of execution) might make for an easier trading day including opportunities for yoga / meditation and screw the coffee in favor of a satisfying celebratory sip of Russian Standard vodka
Yesterday’s hard sell in GbpChf did not change the overall long condition. That said I will begin testing the sell side around 1.1260 or higher if seen. Believe the market might attempt to find value in the high 190.40 area, and perhaps the 190.90 area in coming days.