May 2nd NY Session #2

Funny how I was able to squeeze out a 11 pip profit on a trade that was absolutely discretionary.  I was watching the GBP/USD and it was highly overvalued on the short-term charts with solid resistance at 1.8400.  Even though the pair had reached a new high today, the MACD histogram failed to reach new highs (negative divergence on the 5 minute, not shown below).  The I shorted the pair at 1.8380 with a stop 30 pips above at 1.8410.  Once the pair ran up 15 pips, I set my stop to breakeven.  It ran up as high as 26 pips but started losing momentum.  I was watching for an exit on the 5 minute charts and once I noticed momentum and inertia decreasing, I exited.

15 minute chart below: 

May 2nd GBP/USD Trade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One Response to “May 2nd NY Session #2”

  1. Rich on September 29th, 2006 2:01 pm

    I sent Rob an email about this and I’m waiting to hear back. He’s in St. Louis all of this week raking in some more money and neglecting his current students….

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