Recommendations for new tradersNo matter the size of your deposit, begin trading with small amounts: $10, $100. As you gain experience, you can increase your deposit, but be ready to lose it. This will help you understand market participant behavior.
- Trade only with funds you can afford to lose; losing them shouldn't affect your quality of life.
- Don't rush to leave your main job; let trading be a hobby initially. It might turn into something more over time, but that's not guaranteed.
- More trades don't equal more profit. Sometimes fewer trades can be more profitable than many daily trades. Without experience, it can be challenging to know when to stay out of the market.
- Traders spend 90% of their time analyzing instruments and circumstances. Forget rushing; opportunities appear and disappear daily. Learn to wait. Begin with paper trading to get accustomed to the process.
- Note the time spent as well as profit or loss. Regardless of your preferred timeframes, start with longer ones like monthly, weekly, and daily charts for an overall view.
- Markets are cyclical; they don't rise or fall indefinitely. Reversals often happen unexpectedly. Base decisions on a well-thought-out plan, not emotions.
- Develop your own strategy based on your data and temperament. Don't ask others where to buy or sell; they don't know. If an instrument has risen several hundred percent from the bottom, entering without stops is irrational.
- If it has gained several thousand percent, avoid entering without waiting for a significant pullback. Even if indicators suggest a specific direction, always consider a 1% chance of the opposite happening to avoid significant losses. Always manage risks.
- Regularly withdraw a portion of your profits. Understand why you're investing your time. Ideally, withdraw all your initial investment over time to make operating the deposit easier psychologically.
- There are no universal strategies. Your strategy should be proven but flexible to market conditions. What works in a rising market may not work in a falling one, and vice versa. Adapt quickly and manage risks skillfully to make money.
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GBP/USD: Bullish Trend ContinuesThe GBP/USD has retraced to a significant previous level, forming a false breakout. The long-term trend is still bullish. I believe that this level will hold, and once it breaks the corrective trendline, it is likely to move upward, targeting higher resistance levels.
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The balance of thinking of modern tradersIf you have made the decision to pursue a career as a trader and are on the path to mastering this profession, it doesn't matter which trading direction you prefer—whether it's intraday crypto trading, Forex trading, or stock trading on the stock market—you will inevitably face a choice:
Option 1: Freedom To be a free trader means being someone who learns from others, gains knowledge and insights from their experiences, and studies other people's trading strategies. However, based on the acquired knowledge, a free trader creates and develops their own trading methods, taking personal responsibility for their successes and failures.
Option 2: Dependence To be a dependent trader means relying on others instead of learning to trade independently. This type of trader solely depends on trading signal providers or advice from various specialists. They blindly copy other people's methods and systems, hoping to discover a secret formula for success, which can take a significant amount of time to find.
Why are we willing to give away our money so easily? In my opinion, choosing personal responsibility goes beyond just trading. It's a fundamental decision that extends beyond selecting a trading style and method. Embracing personal responsibility means making our own choices, taking independent action, and fully accepting the consequences of those decisions.
Think honestly and ask yourself: Would you be willing to entrust your own funds to a complete stranger for investment purposes? Would you willingly hand over a substantial amount of money, hoping that they would generate profits and return your investment with decent interest? Most likely not. Perhaps even the thought of it evokes a sarcastic smile.
Now, let's examine the situation from a different perspective. Isn't relying on someone else's trading signals and recommendations essentially the same? By executing trade operations based on the advice of an unknown person, you are essentially granting them control over your trading capital. Isn't that a high level of risk?
Therefore, in this article, I'm addressing those individuals who are interested in trading but are unsure whether they should completely forgo learning the trade and instead rely on subscribing to other people's trading recommendations, signals, or purchasing trading robots.
The choice is yours: either educate yourself, gain knowledge, and be in control of your trading decisions, taking personal responsibility for your outcomes, or rely on others and relinquish a significant degree of control. Of course, you can always choose to discontinue the services of a trading signal provider, but often it's too late when the majority of your deposit is already lost, and there is no one to hold accountable since you voluntarily used the signals. Isn't that true?
Consider which thinking style resonates more with you personally. After reading about each trading thought style, ask yourself which one you lean toward.
Dependent Trader A dependent trader seeks shortcuts. They desire wealth but are unwilling to put in substantial effort to achieve it. They live in a world of dreams.
These individuals are often those who wish for great things in life but instead of attempting to create something on their own, they resort to buying lottery tickets, gambling, or investing in dubious projects that so-called "financial advisors" assure will yield fantastic profits. In exchange for a slice of the pie (which is unlikely to materialize), such individuals are willing to risk money that could have been invested in their own education to acquire at least basic financial literacy.
A dependent trader tends to follow the crowd in the market, which often makes irrational and emotion-driven decisions. They rely on "hot signals" to make trading decisions, seek out automated trading programs, and pay attention to all the news and so-called experts. Often, they place trades blindly without a trading plan, acting recklessly without understanding the rationale behind their actions.
As a result, such actions inevitably lead to losses, which cause disappointment, emotional breakdowns, and bitterness towards everyone except themselves. The trader starts blaming others for their troubles and misfortunes, whether it's the broker, the provider of trading signals, the stock analyst, or the mythical "puppet master" who supposedly manipulates the market and takes money from honest traders.
This inability to accept responsibility for one's decisions and the inclination to blame others perpetuate a behavioral pattern that leads to repeated failures, making any success short-lived, if it ever occurs. Unless this pattern of behavior is consciously changed, it will continue to repeat itself.
Free-Thinking Trader At the other end of the spectrum is the free-thinking trader. This type of trader seeks to control their financial future. They want to understand how markets work, explore different trading approaches, and assert their own trading decisions without relying on external advice.
An independent trader recognizes that they alone can maximize their chances of success and achieve their financial and life goals. They actively seek opportunities to learn from successful traders, study and learn from their own failures and the failures of others, and gain experience.
Can you perceive the difference in mindset and approach to trading? Becoming a profitable trader takes time, but an independent trader is willing to invest in learning, leverage the experiences of others, and ultimately be in control of their decisions. They don't rely on others to make trading decisions for them.
While a dependent trader blindly trusts the advice and recommendations of others, an independent trader tests hypotheses, seeks to understand how a particular method works and why it works.
At the beginning of their trading journey, an independent trader may utilize the services of a mentor or rely on other reliable sources of education. However, as their knowledge and experience grow, they begin to implement what they have learned independently. A dependent trader would never do this.
4 Steps to Trader Independence What can you do to develop the qualities of an independent trader?
1.Seek information. Read extensively, conduct research, and test any ideas that you believe have merit. Seek assistance, but understand that no single article, book, or forum can provide all the information you need. You must piece together the information puzzle. If you can seek the help of others, it will significantly expedite the process.
2.Clearly define what you want from the market and identify your preferred trading style and orientation. Are you a day trader, swing trader, or long-term investor? Determine what aligns best with your temperament and psychological suitability. Assess the amount of discretionary funds you have available. Once you have answers to these questions, you can begin developing a basic trading plan.
3.Start implementing your trading plan in the market. It's ideal to begin with a demo account. This allows you to evaluate how well your chosen trading strategy performs in real-time and how effectively you can adhere to the established methods and rules.
The decision of when to transition to real money trading is up to you. There's no universal solution here. Some traders switch to real accounts after several months of consistent profits, while others may require at least six months or longer. This is normal since every individual is different and has their own perception of reality.
The transition to real money trading is typically challenging. Only when you face the possibility of losing real money and experiencing actual profits will you truly understand the psychological stress involved. Therefore, start with a small real account so that any losses won't cause significant financial or emotional harm. Only after gaining confidence and psychological stability should you consider increasing your trading capital.
Continuous improvement is crucial. You must constantly strive to enhance your trading skills, learn new concepts, and apply acquired knowledge in practice. There's much to understand and absorb. Becoming a trader is a long journey that requires time, financial resources, and emotional and psychological commitment. Consider these as tuition fees.
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5 Choices you Make as a Trader - THIS Or THATFrom the second you turn on your computer, to the time you press buttons commit your funds into your trades and close your computer.
You are making your own choices.
Do you choose this?
Do you follow that?
Do you go against this?
Do you type that?
So technically, your financial future success lies all in your fingers.
In this TradingView piece, you need to ask and answer what choices are you prepared to make – to turn your life around as a trader.
CHOICE #1:
Sleep until noon – Wake up early
If you’re a position trader (trade once per week or so) like me, then you’ll know profitable opportunities knock VERY slowly.
You can wake up late, open your trading platform and see a missed trading opportunity just like that.
Or you can set your alarm, wake up to check the markets to confirm if there is a trade lined up or not.
DON’T MISS YOUR TRADING OPPORTUNITIES!
CHOICE #2:
Only trade your starting portfolio size – Deposit money each month
Let me be frank.
R5,000 isn’t going to turn you into a millionaire.
R20,000 isn’t going to turn you into a millionaire.
I’m sorry but it has to be said.
You need to find a way to keep depositing a bit of money into your trading account each month.
Whether it’s 5% or 10% of savings, the more you deposit each month – the faster your portfolio will grow as you have more to make money from money.
CHOICE #3:
Go against your strategy – Follow your strategy
I know it’s tempting to want to go against your strategy.
You want to move your take profit, stop loss, you want to buy more. You want to take some money off the table.
The problem is – make this choice and you’ll set a dangerous precedent.
It will be the start of going against your strategy the next time and eventually, you’ll only be trading with discretionary (self) which I need to remind you is…
A COMPLETE LOSING STRATEGY!
The stock market doesn’t work on emotions. It doesn’t think and it doesn’t feel. So why should you?
Keep to your proven and profitable trading strategy, and the profits will yield as your system has shown you time and time again.
CHOICE #4:
Learn and then drop the E – Try to earn and drop the $
Trading is a forever learning business.
You need to learn how the markets work. You need to learn how the trading environments operate and when they are favourable or unfavourable to your strategy.
You need to learn WHICH are the best instruments to trade.
Which are the most reliable and secured brokers.
Which trading platforms are up to date with technology.
What NEW markets there are to utilise and profit from.
The list continues.
Please follow your own learning time line as a trader and then you’ll find it will all be worth it.
CHOICE #5:
LATER – NOW!
I still get people who send me messages like…
“Timon I’ve been following you for 15 years and haven’t started trading yet, what do you suggest?”
Simple! Get out of your comfort zone, stop being lazy and take the necessary steps to start your trading journey.
15 years!
You could have had all the experience you needed by now. You could have gained important lessons to build your portfolio.
It’s all on you.
The best time to start is NOW!
There is no past (as it already happened).
There is no present (as it automatically becomes the past).
There is no future (as it’s still to come).
So all you have is an infinitesimal photo shot of time called NOW!
Got it?
Make your choices and materialize your trading into the reality you’ve desired.
How to achieve any goal in 2023?First you need to clearly define your goal, for this we use this simple tips
Technique that helps you better define and achieve goals. Goals formulated using this technique are usually more realistic and achievable.
S - Specific (specific)
The goal should be well defined and specific.
M - Measurable
It should be possible to determine if the goal has been achieved.
A - Attainable
The goal should be realistic and achievable, despite the possible difficulties.
R - Relevant (actual)
The goal should be related to your actions and goals.
T - Time-bound (limited in time)
The goal must have a specific deadline.
Goal setting example:
- Specifically: Increase the average monthly profit
- Not specifically: Earn more
– Measurable: Increase monthly profit by 10%
- Immeasurable: Increase profits
– Achievable: Increase monthly profit by 10%
- Unattainable: Increase profits by 300%
— Actual: Increase the average monthly profit by 10% from trading
- Not relevant: Increase the average monthly profit by 10% (in some other business)
- Limited: Increase your average monthly profit by 10% in 3 months.
Result: Increase the average monthly profit from trading by 10% in 3 months.
Once we have set a goal, now we need to sketch out a rough list of how we can do this.
1. Determine the current level of trading skills through a self-assessment and determine the necessary improvements.
2. Study various trading strategies and choose the one that suits you best.
3. Create a realistic trading plan by defining goals and risks for each trading day.
4. Open a demo account and start trading strictly following the created trading plan.
5. Gradually increase the amount of trading sessions and risks, observing the principles of rational risk management.
6. Open a real trading account after successful completion of trading on a demo account.
7. Continue to trade, strictly following the created trading plan and the principles of rational risk management.
8. Study, read books, take courses, constantly improve your skills
9. Regularly analyze your trades to improve your trading strategy and increase efficiency.
Once the list is ready, now you need to break it and your goal into smaller goals and set them every week.
For example: Goal for the week, read 1 book, master 1 new strategy, make 10 trades on a demo account.
Finally, you need to break each of these goals into daily goals. Set them for a day and just like a robot go to fulfill them without hesitation.
For example: Goal for Monday, read 20 pages of a book, watch 1 webinar, make 2 trades on the strategy.
And finally, every week you track and adjust your progress as needed.
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Why you should LOVE your losses 5 REASONSWe are brought up in society to WIN, WIN, WIN!
Throughout our upbringing we must either:
Achieve top grades
Drive the fanciest cars
Wear and own the best brands
In other words, we are raised to win with everything we do in life, until you get welcomed into the world of trading.
Today I’m going to be the contrarian and share with you why you should love, embrace and own your losses in order to ensure you grow your portfolio on a consistent basis.
Let’s start with:
What happens after a winning streak?
There will be a time during your trading career, where you’re going to endure a magical time where you end up taking sometimes 6, 8 to even 10 winning trades in a row.
Your portfolio will be smiling at a new all-time-high and, you’ll feel invincible. You may think that you’ve cracked the holy-grail of trading where you can quit your job and just make a living with the markets.
Research shows that individuals tend to invest and trade more actively when their most recent trading performance was successful. In fact, here are:
4 DANGEROUS Actions Traders Take During A Winning Streak:
They take on more trades.
They upper their trading positions.
They start to go against their trading strategy.
Their self-confidence and greed levels pick up.
Winning streaks are normal and INEVITABLE, but eventually they’ll end and the losing streak will begin.
No matter how good you believe you are as a trader or how perfect your trading execution skills are, there will be a time when the honey-moon phase for your trading strategy will be over and the markets will stop acting in your favour every time.
The reason is that due to the conditions of supply and demand, the markets environment will eventually change.
A market that was trending up or down, could enter into a 3-months sideways phase very easily. When this happens, you will enter into a drawdown (downside) phase.
The problem is not the downside for the next three months. The problem is how you’ll treat your trading going forward, based on the DANGEROUS actions you would have taken during your winning streak.
Let’s bring them back, to see what will happen to ‘invincible traders’ portfolios and minds with their unexpected losing streak…
They start to take on more trades –
THIS MEANS MORE LOSSES
They upper their trading positions –
THIS MEANS BIGGER LOSSES.
They start to go against their trading strategy –
THIS MEANS UNEXPECTED LOSSES.
Their self-confidence and greed levels pick up –
THIS MEANS DEPRESSION MAY KICK IN WHICH WILL LEAD TO QUITTING.
Now going back to what we said in the beginning.
When a winning streak ends, you should love, embrace and own your losses because of these five reasons.
5 Reasons To Love Your Trading Losses
Reason #1: Losses are part of your trading success journey
Once you have a winning and proven trading strategy, you’ll need to go back to your trading journal to remind you of the flow of winning streaks, losing streaks, average gain & loss per trade and other historical statistics.
I’ve back, forward and real-tested the MATI Trader System strategy for over two decades and so I know exactly what kind of winning and losing streaks are to come and that I’ll end up profitable in the medium to long term.
Reason #2: Losses help keep your emotions in check
Knowing there are inevitable losses to come, this should curb the ego, greed and fear emotions.
Reason #3: Losses should keep your risk low
With a losing streak that is inevitable to enter your trading results, this alone should be a reason to keep your losses low.
I personally never risk more than 2% or my portfolio in any one trade, no matter how many winning trades I take in a row. You can read more about the timeless money management rules in lesson three of the MATI Trader System programme.
Reason #4: Losses stop the “Hot Hand Fallacy”
Another reason that I love losses when trading is that it reminds me that the winning streak will come to an end.
This keeps me humbled and grounded to know that there will be a time where I’ll need to give back to the market, when the trading environment is less conducive to the trading strategy.
Reason #5: Losses don’t take me back to the drawing board
After a winning streak ends, you’ll find new traders will then quit trading and look for another system to find that will work for them during the changing market environment.
The thing is they don’t realise and accept that losses come with the trading territory and that one should never throw a profitable system away because a market enters into a drawdown phase.
Let me know what you thought about today's trading tutorial. I'm just sharing information I've learnt over the last 20 years as a trader.
Trade well, Live Free...
Timon
MATI Trader
5 Market entry Orders Easily ExplainedBack in the old days, to action a trade you only had two easy options.
Buy or sell…
Fast-forward into the present day, and today you get slapped with five different options to choose from when you get into a trade.
Right now, I’m going to simplify these five trading entry orders in way that you’ll never forget.
Entry Order #1: Market Order
The first entry order is the easiest to understand.
This is where you’ll buy or sell at the most current market price.
When you choose a market order, it is the quickest, most effective and easiest way to enter into your ‘long’ or ‘short’ trade at the current bid (buy) or offer (sell).
Entry Order #2: BUY Limit
When you place a ‘Buy Limit Order’, you’ll place your long trade entry price BELOW where the current price is trading at.
Once the market price drops on or below the Buy Limit Order price, you will be automatically entered into your ‘long’ trade.
EXAMPLE: BUY Limit
If BHP Billiton’s share price is currently trading at R305 per share and you would like to buy (go long) at R300 per share, you’ll choose the Buy Limit Order.
You’ll then wait for the market price to drop to your chosen order price or below it where you’ll then be automatically entered into your ‘long’ trade.
Entry Order #3: SELL Limit
When you place a ‘Sell Limit Order’, you’ll place your short trade entry price ABOVE where the current price is trading at.
Once the market price hits this entry point or above it, you will be automatically entered into your ‘short’ trade.
EXAMPLE: SELL Limit
If BHP Billiton’s share price is currently trading at R300 per share and you would like to sell (go short) at R305 per share, you’ll choose the Sell Limit Order.
You’ll then wait for the market price to rise to or above your chosen order price, where you’ll then be automatically entered into your ‘short’ trade.
Entry Order #4: BUY Stop
When you place a ‘Buy Stop Order’, you’ll place your long trade entry price ABOVE where the current price is trading at.
Once the market price hits this entry point or above it, you will be automatically entered into your ‘long’ trade.
EXAMPLE: BUY Stop
If BHP Billiton’s share price is currently trading at R300 per share and you would like to buy (go long) at R305 per share, you’ll choose the Buy Stop Order.
You’ll then wait for the market price to rise to or above your chosen order price, where you’ll then be automatically entered into your ‘long’ trade.
Entry Order #5: SELL Stop
When you place a ‘Sell Stop Order’, you’ll place your short trade entry price BELOW where the current price is trading at.
Once the market price drops on or below the Sell Stop Order price, you will be automatically entered into your ‘short’ trade.
EXAMPLE: SELL Stop
If BHP Billiton’s share price is currently trading at R305 per share and you would like to sell (go short) at R300 per share, you’ll choose the Sell Stop Order.
You’ll then wait for the market price to drop to your chosen order price or below it where you’ll then be automatically entered into your ‘short’ trade.
I hope this helps with knowing how to place an entry order for next time!
Trade well, live free...
Timon
MATI Trader
10 things every trader should knowBINANCE:BTCUSDT
1. There is no general approach to trading.
Most traders believe that there is a formula that can be used to predict market fluctuations. But in reality, not only is there no such formula, but it is not even possible to develop a general model of markets, since patterns are constantly changing. There are numerous styles and approaches (which sometimes contradict each other) used by traders, perfectly demonstrate the huge opportunities that stock trading provides. That is, there are a large number of ways to become a successful trader. But in order to find your way, you need to work hard.
2. Look for the style of trading that best suits your preferences.
Each trader for successful trading must develop his own method that will correspond to his ideas about the market. A trading approach that is profitable for one trader can lead to losses for another trader if he does not adapt the method to his abilities and ideas.
As O'Shea said: "If I try to teach you what I know myself, you will fail, because you are not me."
Failure can befall a trader even if he stands behind a successful trader and closely observes everything he does. Such training will allow you to adopt some good habits, but no more. Indeed, in the future there will be many moments when the second trader will want to do something completely different than the first trader. This does not mean that trading one may be less successful than trading the other, but they will certainly operate differently. A trader for successful trading needs to learn to be himself.
3. Trading should not make you feel uncomfortable.
In the event that the open trading position is very large, traders often exit trades during minor corrections in which they could make a significant profit. This happens because of the fear that prevails over the mind.
This means that the size of positions must be reduced until fear no longer prevails over reason.
Even if the market is moving in the right direction, using only a fraction of your capital to trade may end up being more profitable than if you were to invest all of your capital.
4. A good trader must adapt quickly.
If trading were so simple that a trader could find one pattern and exploit it for a living, then everyone would be successful. But life is much more complicated: markets change all the time, and a pattern that was profitable can suddenly stop working.
This is what a good trader should always be ready for: even the most reliable approach can stop making a profit and start bringing continuous losses.
5. Don't confuse winning/losing trades with good/bad trades.
The thing is, there are good trades that make losses and bad trades that make profits. After all, the most wonderful and profitable trading strategy has a certain percentage of losing trades, but this does not make it bad. It is impossible to understand in advance whether a transaction will bring a loss or profit. But if trades are made in accordance with a trading system that has a positive mathematical expectation, then they will be good and correct, regardless of the amount of profit or loss. This is explained by the fact that trading with a positive mathematical expectation makes a profit over a long period of time. If transactions are made randomly, then regardless of the amount of profit or loss, they will be bad, because over a long period of time they are guaranteed to bring a loss to the trader.
6. Focus on methods that work and spend less time on methods that don't work.
This advice from Clark is very commonplace, but many traders do not follow it. Very often you can find cases when a trader manages to find a successful trading style, but he gets bored and begins to make extraneous transactions, not quite understanding what he is doing. As a result, the overall performance decreases. In order to make a profit, a trader must focus on what he is good at and concentrate on those trades.
7. On the way to success, you need to make a lot of mistakes.
Dalio argues that all your mistakes need to be studied and carefully analyzed - only this will help to achieve progress and achieve success. After all, each discovered and worked out error will improve your trading approach or find weaknesses in it.
The trader will only benefit if he writes down on paper each of his mistakes, draws a conclusion in writing and writes down what adjustments he made to trading after that. You should not rely in such a business as trading, only on memory. Periodic review of the records will allow you to consolidate the acquired skills and prevent these mistakes in the future.
It is impossible to completely avoid mistakes in trading. But the success of a trader is determined It is not the absence of errors, but their low frequency.
8. Make only those trades that you are sure of.
A trader needs to have a considerable amount of patience in order to wait for trades that he is sure of. This increases the number of profitable trades. For example, a good trader is not bothered by having to do nothing for long periods of time. He does not make trades until he sees that it is possible to make a trade that suits his trading strategy.
9. Don't trade on a wave of euphoria.
A good trader should not fall under the influence of euphoria or stock market hysteria. In general, excessive euphoria in the market is the first sign of an approaching trend reversal.
10. Watch how the markets react to the news.
Market reactions to news may be more important than the content of the news. According to Piatt, during one of the transactions there was an endless stream of bad news. He expected that this position would close with a loss after every bad news, but the price, despite expectations, did not fall. As a result, Piatt decided that this (the fact that the market does not react to the news) confirms his trading idea, and increased the size of his position four times. This deal brought him one of the largest profits in the history of his work.
Studying the markets, you immediately understand the huge scale of exchange trading. The main thing is that trading is equally accessible to everyone. One click - and you are on the stock exchange in New York, the second click - and you are already in Tokyo. These exciting journeys can bring not only pleasure, but also money.
XAUUSD / Channel This is probably by far the best example of what a channel looks like.
A channel means, price could break up, which means we'd be able to get into a LONG position or it could mean it breaks down, which would indicate we jump into a SHORT position.
OANDA:XAUUSD is extremely volatile .
Volatile - Adjective
1. liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.
"The market is becoming extremely volatile"
As you can see, this channel was indeed broken 16th November 11:00pm AEST when the price broke down over 2700 Pips. Where price stopped and rejected from 1865.xx and quickly rose back up into the channel again.
Pip - Acronym
1. Percentage in point(s)
"The market dropped 2700 pips!"
From what we can see and clearly identify in this chart tutorial is that 1865 is a price that's been visited and rejected from multiple times. Meaning a lot of big buy orders from Banks, Liquidity Pools and other firms are buying gold.
If we see a pull back or rejection at 1885 or the bottom of the channel: Bottom Black Line then we can confidently risk a trade to the middle of the channel 1892 ( Dotted black line ) or top of the channel, Upper Black Line. You can see the dotted line marked where it's been a price that's respected and disrespected, so if you did enter a position to LONG from the bottom, you could set your stoploss above your entry and ride it further if it shows price moving higher and move your TP to the top of the channel. If you see price starting to pull back you can either manually close your position or move your TP a little closer.
Right now, price is expected to fall and break the channel again. But we shall see what price does. Lock and load.
It's not about getting every pip, it's about making sure you're safely securing the positions you've analyzed continuously.
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