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AUD/USD ShortAUD/USD Short • If price pushes up to and ideally just above our area of value, then regardless of how it does so I'll be waiting for a convincing impulse back down followed by a tight flag and then I'll be looking to get short with either a reduced risk entry on the break of the flag or a risk entry within it. • If my entry requirements are not met then I will simply wait until another setup which meets my plan materialises. • If there's any ambiguity then I will not place a trade on this pair.
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by StewySongs
9
How to Spot and Trade the ENGULFING CANDLE Hey traders, In this post, we will discuss a classic candlestick pattern formation each trader must know - the engulfing candle. Key properties of this pattern: 🔑 Engulfing candle is a reversal pattern. 🔑 Engulfing candle can be bullish or bearish. ❗️Also, remember that this candle demonstrates the highest accuracy when it is formed on a key level (support or resistance). ⬆️Bullish Engulfing Candle usually forms after a strong bearish impulse. Weakening, the market keeps going lower forming bearish candles. However, at some moment, instead of forming a new bearish candle the market reverses. The price forms a bullish candle that engulfs the range of the previous bearish candle and closes above its opening price. Such a candle we call a bullish engulfing candle. The main feature of this pattern is the fact that its total range (distance from the wick high to wick low) & body range (distance from body open to body close) exceed the ranges of a previous bearish candle. Being formed on a key support level or within a demand zone it signifies a highly probable pullback or even a trend reversal. ⬇️Bearish Engulfing Candle usually forms after a strong bullish move. Reaching an overbought condition, the market keeps going higher forming bullish candles. However, at some moment, instead of forming a new bullish candle the market goes in the opposite direction. The price forms a bearish candle that engulfs the range of the previous bullish candle and closes below its opening price. Such a candle we call a bearish engulfing candle. The main feature of this pattern is the fact that its total range (distance from the wick high to wick low) & body range (distance from body open to body close) exceed the ranges of a previous bullish candle. Being formed on a key resistance level or within a supply zone it signifies a highly probable pullback or even a trend reversal. Take a look how powerful the engulfing candle is: on Gold chart, 4H time frame, the price formed a bullish engulfing candle after a pullback. The formation of the pattern immediately triggered a bullish continuation. At some moment, the market became overbought, the formation of a bearish engulfing candle confirmed the initiation of a bearish movement and the market dropped heavily then. 📝Engulfing candle can be applied for scalping lower time frames, for intraday trading, or even for swing trading. Personally, I apply this candle on daily/4h time frames as one of the confirmations of the strength of the structure level that I spotted. Let me know, traders, what do you want to learn in the next educational post?
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
10
XAUUSD: Nonfarm Payrolls holds the key!XAU/USD is experiencing a second consecutive day of decline, although it has managed to rebound from its recent low and is currently trading around 1,190. On the daily chart, technical analysis indicates that the 20 Simple Moving Average (SMA) is showing a bearish trend below the 100 SMA, acting as a resistance level at 1,930.70. The 200 SMA, on the other hand, is losing its bullish momentum well below the current level. Additionally, the technical indicators are displaying neutral to bearish slopes within negative levels, suggesting that the downside risk remains. Looking at the 4-hour chart, bears are currently dominating the XAU/USD pair. It is trading below all of its moving averages, with the 20 SMA gaining strength in its bearish trend below the longer ones. Moreover, the technical indicators are trending downwards and approaching oversold levels. Support levels: 1,903.00 1,892.95 1,877.10 Resistance levels:1,922.50 1,930.70 1,945.20
OANDA:XAUUSDLong
by Sphyn-Trader
11
Time to go long on AUDUSDThis pair has been retracing for a few days now. I believe that after Wednesday's close, price is very close to reversing. The presentation of an indecision candle on top of a major support and between the 23.6% and 38.2% fib, signifies that momentum is slowing down for bears. I would wait for more bearish activity during following hours, and potentially for buyers to come in while there's volatility. Reversal candlesticks on top of this support are valid buy opportunities for at minimum 80pips. Look to buy after a false breakout to the downside or after the final low.
Long
by DesharedPierreJr.