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I markd the targets in the previous post.

As far as moving my SL, I would wait for a minor swing point to materialize and then move the SL to the PEAK or the TROUGH of that swing point (for the SHORT and LONG trades respectively)

 

Gabe

 

By then you may have a profit that you have allowed to run to a loss. Unless you are trading off of a larger swing at a major S/R and playing for big targets, I suggest that you start to develop a "rip cord" mentality where you get out with your skin intact as much as possible.

 

I have twice referred to two posts by Bakrob99 in another thread where he discusses his approach. He does something very similar to what I do. Take a look at his posts and study them, don't just read them. There are bits and pieces of a strategy there that may help you.

 

If the GU goes short, watch price at 1.6542 should it get there. I'll see you in NY in the AM.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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I was just looking at it, as it was a couple of hours back and thinking ... yep, and with the trend too. And then I remembered to connect my forex Sierra Chart to the data and I see you're probably very pleased with the trade already.

 

Even looks like its cutting through he 123.44 support. Nice trade TrueBalance.

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......Instead of thinking of it as overhead resistance what about reversing that and thinking about it as an overhead magnet......

 

This seems like quite a small thing but it is quite profound in it's implication. If you believe markets are there to facilitate trade and move around to seek out liquidity then this is not such a stretch. This can still fit well with other paradigms like supply & demand or auction market theory etc. At the very least it can give some confidence in the method for establishing targets that has been presented here.

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I'm done here for the night as the frustration is eating me up. 3 losers tonight totaling 6 losers from 6 trades for the week.All of tonight trades were 'with the trend' trying to short the pound. Yeah sure, all the losses were tiny but that won't help get profitable if one doesn't get a winning trade.

 

This style of trading I'm finding extremely complex as there are so many subtleties that I cannot get any traction mixing them altogether. One would think that using a simple method, some traction could be gained within 4 weeks, but I'm just not seeing that - especially this week. I can go counter trend and lose money fast, I can go with the trend and lose money just as fast - the concept of trend just seems irrelevant to results. The concept of cutting ones losses fast is too difficult to execute in real-time. I'm exiting every trade too fast and all for small losses, its meaning I don't get any winners. Forex usually is moving slow and doesn't give me the same pace I would get on index futures to try and feel a valid break. The entries I'm taking are mostly leaving me to enter on the minor false breaks. Simply buying high and selling higher or vice-versa is not the key to success with this method - it is complex, but the complexity is undefined and fuzzy (intuitive?), and thus, so is how to succeed with a style such as this.

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By then you may have a profit that you have allowed to run to a loss. Unless you are trading off of a larger swing at a major S/R and playing for big targets, I suggest that you start to develop a "rip cord" mentality where you get out with your skin intact as much as possible.

 

I have twice referred to two posts by Bakrob99 in another thread where he discusses his approach. He does something very similar to what I do. Take a look at his posts and study them, don't just read them. There are bits and pieces of a strategy there that may help you.

 

If the GU goes short, watch price at 1.6542 should it get there. I'll see you in NY in the AM.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

 

What was so meaningful at 1.6542?

 

Gabe

 

BTW my potential long from last night ended up witha loss.

I am not sure, had I been awake, would I have moved my SL higher to lose less than the approximately 16 pips that this trade would have resulted in in real time.

 

Gabe

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What was so meaningful at 1.6542?

 

Gabe

 

 

There were a few things coming together based on different time frames, etc that led me to believe that 1.6542 and 1.6518 would possibly see reactions. Price treated 1.6542 as an almost non-event as it bounced very weakly and very, very briefly there. 1.6518 proved to be somewhat more significant, but even that bounce resolved to lower lows before setting the low launch for this rally.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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BTW my potential long from last night ended up with a loss.

I am not sure, had I been awake, would I have moved my SL higher to lose less than the approximately 16 pips that this trade would have resulted in in real time.

 

In real time, in my opinion, your long trade should probably not have been taken, but if it were takene, it should have been no worse than break even as after entry, price rallied back to the prior breakdown point. Everyone knows the old saw, "Prior support is now resistance." In fact, depending upon your broker's spread you were likely buying that test. At our broker, the buy stop would have been 1.6578, and the breakdown point was our sell stop at 1.6584. So there was only 6 ticks between the entry and the point where your stop should have moved to break even. As you were sitting on a 16 tick initial stop loss, you probably should have skipped this trade.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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In real time, in my opinion, your long trade should probably not have been taken, but if it were takene, it should have been no worse than break even as after entry, price rallied back to the prior breakdown point. Everyone knows the old saw, "Prior support is now resistance." In fact, depending upon your broker's spread you were likely buying that test. At our broker, the buy stop would have been 1.6578, and the breakdown point was our sell stop at 1.6584. So there was only 6 ticks between the entry and the point where your stop should have moved to break even. As you were sitting on a 16 tick initial stop loss, you probably should have skipped this trade.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

 

This is an expalnation I CAN understand.

Thanks.

I saw that S/R line you pointed out but ignored it.

I was also not thinking in terms of distance between possible target to entry and distance of SL to entry.

Have to work on that.

 

Gabe

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Here is another thing to keep in mind that I believe I have implied, but perhaps it needs to be made more explicit: If you are trading this approach, and your broker is padding the your entries & exits with more than 2 ticks in/out, then you should be looking to trade the bigger swings. I'm sure it it nearly impossible at 3+ tick spreads to do well at this. For example, my daughter does not trade the GBPJPY because even at our broker, the spread is usually nearly 5 ticks at bets. That means that whatever spread exists between you entry and your stop loss, and your entry and your break even move trigger, and what ever spread is between your entry point and your first PT is artificially constricted by nearly 10 ticks. That would be some kind of edge if you were able to overcome the edge the market maker is holding at your throat if you are going to play off the minor swings.

 

So, if you are trading Oanda, and Oanda has a 3 tick spread on the GBPUSD, then you have a 6 tick handicap to overcome. Are you good enough to overcome a 6 tick handicap when you are often trying for only a 15-20 tick PT? I'm not. I tried. To be consistent doing this, unless you are playing the larger swings for 50-100 tick moves, you need a broker who is at 2 ticks or less on the spread. Anything else is folly. Some folks probably can do it, but I can't, so I am not going to try.

 

For that reason, we have limited ourselves to the EURJPY, EURUSD, GBPUSD, and USDJPY - each of these typically has a .5 to 1.8 spread at the broker we use. For futures, the 6E, 6B, and 6J usually have a 1-2 tick spread, and this approach generally works very well there as well (6J at times widens to 3-4 ticks, but that is usually a news pending time or the often illiquid period between the NY close and the Tokyo open).

 

If you haven't noticed, whenever I have posted a trade on another pair, e.g. the USDCAD, it is almost always accompanied by a 240 minute chart showing that it is not of the same scale as most of our other trades (even if we also show an entry on the 15 minute, it is based on a more significant level of S/R.

 

Compare the the two screenshots below: The first is the current spreads on the pairs we trade. The second is the current spreads on four pairs I have seen others trading here. Which set would you rather trade?

 

At any rate, here is a little price pattern that I have posted in this thread in the past (as recently as yesterday on the EURJPY. News is pending, so the pattern may not be as reliable as it is when it occurs during the regular course of trading, but under most circumstances, the GBPUSD would be a short candidate here. Again, news pending, so who knows? But if I were forced to take a position going into the number, I'd choose short.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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I saw that S/R line you pointed out but ignored it.

 

 

I was also not thinking in terms of distance between possible target to entry and distance of SL to entry.

 

If you are ignoring S/R, and/or if you are ignoring the impact of risk to reward, you are not doing what I am doing.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Here is another thing to keep in mind that I believe I have implied, but perhaps it needs to be made more explicit: If you are trading this approach, and your broker is padding the your entries & exits with more than 2 ticks in/out, then you should be looking to trade the bigger swings. I'm sure it it nearly impossible at 3+ tick spreads to do well at this. For example, my daughter does not trade the GBPJPY because even at our broker, the spread is usually nearly 5 ticks at bets. That means that whatever spread exists between you entry and your stop loss, and your entry and your break even move trigger, and what ever spread is between your entry point and your first PT is artificially constricted by nearly 10 ticks. That would be some kind of edge if you were able to overcome the edge the market maker is holding at your throat if you are going to play off the minor swings.

 

So, if you are trading Oanda, and Oanda has a 3 tick spread on the GBPUSD, then you have a 6 tick handicap to overcome. Are you good enough to overcome a 6 tick handicap when you are often trying for only a 15-20 tick PT? I'm not. I tried. To be consistent doing this, unless you are playing the larger swings for 50-100 tick moves, you need a broker who is at 2 ticks or less on the spread. Anything else is folly. Some folks probably can do it, but I can't, so I am not going to try.

 

For that reason, we have limited ourselves to the EURJPY, EURUSD, GBPUSD, and USDJPY - each of these typically has a .5 to 1.8 spread at the broker we use. For futures, the 6E, 6B, and 6J usually have a 1-2 tick spread, and this approach generally works very well there as well (6J at times widens to 3-4 ticks, but that is usually a news pending time or the often illiquid period between the NY close and the Tokyo open).

 

If you haven't noticed, whenever I have posted a trade on another pair, e.g. the USDCAD, it is almost always accompanied by a 240 minute chart showing that it is not of the same scale as most of our other trades (even if we also show an entry on the 15 minute, it is based on a more significant level of S/R.

 

Compare the the two screenshots below: The first is the current spreads on the pairs we trade. The second is the current spreads on four pairs I have seen others trading here. Which set would you rather trade?

 

At any rate, here is a little price pattern that I have posted in this thread in the past (as recently as yesterday on the EURJPY. News is pending, so the pattern may not be as reliable as it is when it occurs during the regular course of trading, but under most circumstances, the GBPUSD would be a short candidate here. Again, news pending, so who knows? But if I were forced to take a position going into the number, I'd choose short.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

 

I understand and agree with you about the spread.

I don't understand though, why does a 5 tick bother your daughter if her average win is 50-60 pips as you have mentioned in the past.

Also I don't agree with the 6 pip handicap.

If Oanda has a 3 pip spread than that is my handicap.

One cannot include the spread twice.

If bid/ask is 100.00/100.03 than to enter long I would pay 100.03 and if I want to exit immediately I would get 100.00 so the handicap is only the spread once and not twice.

 

Please correct me if i am wrong.

 

Gabe

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It was indeed a good trade idea, but I believe it would have been ticked out at BE.

 

I would have been ticked out at BE. My BE stop move point would have been 1.3253, and price traded to 1.3254 at our broker, so unless I had been away from the computer long enough to miss the bounce, I'd likely have gone to BE.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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I don't understand though, why does a 5 tick bother your daughter if her average win is 50-60 pips as you have mentioned in the past.

 

She never liked the the 5 tick spread, and she would like it even less now that her trading is limited to the first hour or two of Tokyo becasue she leaves for school soon after the NY session gets underway. While we see some very nice moves in Tokyo from time to time, the range of the NY session is typically of greater extent. If you were to go back to some of the examples I posted of her trades, you will also see that she was trading swings of a higher degree than we find ourselves trading here day to day.

 

Also I don't agree with the 6 pip handicap. If Oanda has a 3 pip spread than that is my handicap. One cannot include the spread twice.

If bid/ask is 100.00/100.03 than to enter long I would pay 100.03 and if I want to exit immediately I would get 100.00 so the handicap is only the spread once and not twice.

 

Please correct me if i am wrong.

 

Suppose you and I are both looking to short the GBPUSD. We each see a low of 1.6586. My broker's spread is 1 pip, so I place a sell stop at 1.6584. Your broker's spread is 3 pips. But since you do not see the handicap, you place your sell stop at 1.6585. Price declines and your broker shows 6585/6588, and you are filled short. I am still flat, because at my broker the GU was 6587/6588. Price then rallies and stops you out.

 

Now the short opportunity presents itself again, and at the same entry price. This time, you know you have to set your sell stop at 1.6582. This way, you will only get filled if price does trade at 1.6585 in the real world, and not just in the world of your broker's internal electronic trading system. Price declines to 6585/6582. You are short at 82 and I am short at 84.

 

We both see that there is potential support at 1.6558. I set my PT for 1.6559. You forgot the lesson of the spread, but only partially, so you too set your PT at 1.6559. Price declines. My broker shows 1.6558/59 and I am filled with a +25 tick profit. Your broker shows the bid offer at 1.6557/60. You do not get filled. Price actually showed a lower bid at your broker than at mine, but because of the spread, you do not get your PT order filled. Price then rallies and stops you out at whatever your stop loss is at the time.

 

Or, perhaps you remembered the lesson of the spread as price decline. You change your PT order to 1.6561, and you do get filled there. I have a +25 tick profit, you also have a +25 tick profit, but you share 4 of those ticks with your broker, and you keep only +21 for yourself.

 

You think you only pay the spread once? You think it only has an impact if you buy and immediately close the position? You have bought the lie. But do not feel bad. Even experienced traders refuse to believe the edge they are ceding to the market maker. But the spread takes you coming and going. If you do not believe me, then try this: Next time you are going to trade the GBPUSD in your spot account, do the same trade in your futures account trading the 6B. It is much easier to make book trading the single tick spread 6B than it is on trading a three tick spread GBPUSD.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Just to add my :2c:

 

This is the very reason I don't touch forex. You guys are trading the same thing, yet could have different results/charts/prints simply based on the product being traded. IMO trading is hard enough w/o adding in more things going against you which I think is being demonstrated here.

 

I just like clean, crisp charts with 1 centralized pricing location = futures.

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She never liked the the 5 tick spread, and she would like it even less now that her trading is limited to the first hour or two of Tokyo becasue she leaves for school soon after the NY session gets underway. While we see some very nice moves in Tokyo from time to time, the range of the NY session is typically of greater extent. If you were to go back to some of the examples I posted of her trades, you will also see that she was trading swings of a higher degree than we find ourselves trading here day to day.

 

 

 

Suppose you and I are both looking to short the GBPUSD. We each see a low of 1.6586. My broker's spread is 1 pip, so I place a sell stop at 1.6584. Your broker's spread is 3 pips. But since you do not see the handicap, you place your sell stop at 1.6585. Price declines and your broker shows 6585/6588, and you are filled short. I am still flat, because at my broker the GU was 6587/6588. Price then rallies and stops you out.

 

Now the short opportunity presents itself again, and at the same entry price. This time, you know you have to set your sell stop at 1.6582. This way, you will only get filled if price does trade at 1.6585 in the real world, and not just in the world of your broker's internal electronic trading system. Price declines to 6585/6582. You are short at 82 and I am short at 84.

 

We both see that there is potential support at 1.6558. I set my PT for 1.6559. You forgot the lesson of the spread, but only partially, so you too set your PT at 1.6559. Price declines. My broker shows 1.6558/59 and I am filled with a +25 tick profit. Your broker shows the bid offer at 1.6557/60. You do not get filled. Price actually showed a lower bid at your broker than at mine, but because of the spread, you do not get your PT order filled. Price then rallies and stops you out at whatever your stop loss is at the time.

 

Or, perhaps you remembered the lesson of the spread as price decline. You change your PT order to 1.6561, and you do get filled there. I have a +25 tick profit, you also have a +25 tick profit, but you share 4 of those ticks with your broker, and you keep only +21 for yourself.

 

You think you only pay the spread once? You think it only has an impact if you buy and immediately close the position? You have bought the lie. But do not feel bad. Even experienced traders refuse to believe the edge they are ceding to the market maker. But the spread takes you coming and going. If you do not believe me, then try this: Next time you are going to trade the GBPUSD in your spot account, do the same trade in your futures account trading the 6B. It is much easier to make book trading the single tick spread 6B than it is on trading a three tick spread GBPUSD.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

If you are short @ 1.6584 and I am short @ 1.6582 then if your broker shows 1.6558/59 and u set your stop to 1.6559 then in this example to be fair you should set my stop to 1.6560 and not 1.6561 which will give you a profit of 1.6584-1.6559=25pips and for me it will be 1.6582-1.6560=22 pips. but we don't really know whether my broker will not print 1.6556/1.6559in which case my profit will be 23 pips.

But even with your example the difference between us will be the spread difference between our brokers +/- 1 pip.

 

Gabe

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I understand and agree with you about the spread.

I don't understand though, why does a 5 tick bother your daughter if her average win is 50-

 

Giving 10% of your winnings away is bad enough but think of all the 10 point stops that cost you an an extra 50%. If the money itself isn't enough the mental pressure (as I mentioned when we where talking about slippage) are significant too.

 

The big issue (to me) is you are taking a bet on a price that is being set by the bookie.

 

All this is surmountable by targeting larger swings .... the smaller the swings you target the bigger the effect of the shenanigans and the more likely a profitable approach is going to fail.

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Just to add my :2c:

 

This is the very reason I don't touch forex. You guys are trading the same thing, yet could have different results/charts/prints simply based on the product being traded. IMO trading is hard enough w/o adding in more things going against you which I think is being demonstrated here.

 

I just like clean, crisp charts with 1 centralized pricing location = futures.

 

Since I noticed that some currency pairs move alot during the London open, is there enough liquidity in the futures market during those hours to trade the futures an no the spot?

 

Gabe

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Since I noticed that some currency pairs move alot during the London open, is there enough liquidity in the futures market during those hours to trade the futures an no the spot?

 

Gabe

 

No idea - you'd have to pull up some charts and see.

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I'm still having a really hard time pulling the trigger on my live account. I considered opening a small forex account to work up to full size, but when I played around on a demo account for a little while, I soon remembered why I trade currency futures rather than spot forex, and would never go back.

 

I saw an excellent GU trade this morning, only to let it make 25 ticks or so without me...I was afraid because there was what appeared to be a losing trade a short while before it.

 

I'm watching a setup on the EU (which I didn't take) that would have been a 9 tick loser, which will no doubt keep me out of the next potential winning trade out of fear.

 

I'm so frustrated with myself. I haven't taken a single trade this week.

 

I'm currently watching the JPY/USD (6J), possibly looking for a break of 1.1286 for the short...

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Since I noticed that some currency pairs move alot during the London open, is there enough liquidity in the futures market during those hours to trade the futures an no the spot?

 

Gabe

 

Assuming you are not trading massive size yes.....not sure about the new mini futures ....no experience of those (yet).

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I'm currently watching the JPY/USD (6J), possibly looking for a break of 1.1286 for the short...

 

Interesting to note...I've posted a 4 hour chart of the last 200 days, and the JPY/USD (6J) is approaching the 200 day high.

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I'm still having a really hard time pulling the trigger on my live account. I considered opening a small forex account to work up to full size, but when I played around on a demo account for a little while, I soon remembered why I trade currency futures rather than spot forex, and would never go back.

 

I much prefer futures to spot too.

 

I saw an excellent GU trade this morning, only to let it make 25 ticks or so without me...I was afraid because there was what appeared to be a losing trade a short while before it.

 

I'm watching a setup on the EU (which I didn't take) that would have been a 9 tick loser, which will no doubt keep me out of the next potential winning trade out of fear.

 

I'm so frustrated with myself. I haven't taken a single trade this week.

 

You are setting yourself up to only be in losing trades.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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With the risk of pulling this thread off topic, for you guys having all these problems with your brokers and the spot FX..... YOU NEED TO SWITCH BROKERS!!! Period!!!

 

The spreads you guys speak of, with these phantom fills, it's ridiculous. You wouldn't deal with it on a futures broker.... Or with a real life situation, if you were paying money for internet that was constantly down, would you continue to keep it if other options are available?

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    • Date: 31st March 2025.   Trump Confirms Tariffs on All Countries, Sending Stocks Lower.   The NASDAQ continues to trade lower due to the US confirming the latest tariffs will be on all countries. In addition to this, bearish volatility also is largely due to the higher inflation data from Friday. The NASDAQ declines to its lowest price since September 11th 2024. Core PCE Price Index - Inflation Increases Again! The PCE Price Index read 2.5% aligning with expert forecasts not triggering any alarm bells. However, the Core PCE Price Index rose from 0.3% to 0.4% MoM and from 2.7% to 2.8% YoY, signalling growing inflationary pressure. This increases the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates for an extended period. The NASDAQ fell 2.60% due to the higher inflation reading which is known to pressure the stock market due to pressure on consumer demand and a more hawkish Federal Reserve. Boston Fed President Susan Collins recently commented that tariffs could drive up inflation, though the long-term impact remains uncertain. She told journalists that a short-term spike is the most probable outcome but believes the current pause in monetary policy adjustments is appropriate given the prevailing uncertainties. Although, certain investment banks such as JP Morgan actually believe the Federal Reserve will be forced into cutting rates. This is due to expectations that the economy will struggle under the new trade policy. For example, JP Morgan expects the Federal Reserve to delay rate cuts but will quickly cut towards the end of 2025. Market Risk Appetite Takes a Hit! A big factor for the day is the drop in the risk appetite of investors. This can be seen from the VIX which is up almost 6%, Gold which is trading 1.30% higher and the Japanese Yen which is the day’s best performing currency. Most safe haven assets, bar the US Dollar, increase in value. It is also worth noting that all indices are decreasing in value during this morning's Asian session with the Nikkei225 and NASDAQ witnessing the strongest decline. Previously the stock market rose in value as investors heard rumours that tariffs would only be on certain countries. This bullish swing occurred between March 14th and 25th. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump indicated that the upcoming tariffs would apply to all countries, not just those with the largest trade imbalances with the US. NASDAQ - Technical Analysis In terms of technical analysis, the NASDAQ continues to obtain indications that sellers control the price action. The price opens on a bearish price gap measuring 0.30% and trades below all Moving Averages on all timeframes. The NASDAQ also trades below the VWAP and almost 100% of the most influential components (stocks) are declining in value.     The next significant support level is at $18,313, and the resistance level stands at $20,367.95. Key Takeaway Points: NASDAQ falls to its lowest since September 2024 as the US confirms tariffs on all countries, adding to inflation concerns. Core PCE inflation rises to 0.4% MoM and 2.8% YoY, increasing the likelihood of prolonged high interest rates. Investor risk appetite drops as VIX jumps 6%, gold gains 1.3%, and safe-haven assets outperform. NASDAQ shows strong bearish momentum, trading below key technical levels with support at $18,313 and resistance at $20,367.95. Always trade with strict risk management. Your capital is the single most important aspect of your trading business.   Please note that times displayed based on local time zone and are from time of writing this report.   Click HERE to access the full HFM Economic calendar.   Want to learn to trade and analyse the markets? Join our webinars and get analysis and trading ideas combined with better understanding of how markets work. Click HERE to register for FREE!   Click HERE to READ more Market news.   Michalis Efthymiou HFMarkets   Disclaimer: This material is provided as a general marketing communication for information purposes only and does not constitute an independent investment research. Nothing in this communication contains, or should be considered as containing, an investment advice or an investment recommendation or a solicitation for the purpose of buying or selling of any financial instrument. All information provided is gathered from reputable sources and any information containing an indication of past performance is not a guarantee or reliable indicator of future performance. Users acknowledge that any investment in Leveraged Products is characterized by a certain degree of uncertainty and that any investment of this nature involves a high level of risk for which the users are solely responsible and liable. We assume no liability for any loss arising from any investment made based on the information provided in this communication. This communication must not be reproduced or further distributed without our prior written permission.
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