scholfield
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trying short gbpusd here at 1.5925
stop at 1.5950
stop at 1.5950
For my part, it's a pleasure. However, don't take anything I or anyone else has said as gospel. Just use it to stimulate your own thinking as you plot your own route through the minefield.
trying short gbpusd here at 1.5925
stop at 1.5950
So a unanimous vote for 'unchanged' which is what surely most inside and outside the business would have expected sends sterling soaring. I suppose if others like me thought there may have been perhaps th eodd one or two dissenters, to get a unanimous vote is probably the best news that could have come out so, I guess I get it. Still not totally convinced I've got a handle on these 'soft' news events.At 09:30 BST today there is the GBP data event of the BoE minutes - Votes for cut/hike/unchanged. Before last week's insights from Martinghoul on why sterling reacted as it did to an apparent non-event I would have assumed this wasn't a biggie. But with that exposition of the intricacies and nuances of what really moves the markets on baord, I'm interested to see how the market reacts to data that effectively is largely already known and presumably factored in.
I know the individual members of the MPC enjoy and are expected to show a high degree of latitude in their views on the tools and methods to use to shape and manage the economy, but I just don't see too many showing their hands against the new boss' directives. While 'unchanged' may not have been unanimous, I would be surprised if any more than 1 voted otherwise.
Perhaps that is what the market may react to - if there is any indication that Carney does not currently enjoy unanimous backing. Given that his forward guidance came at a time when the data suggested he could afford to be less dovish maybe there was greater dissent than anyone expected. It'll be interesting either way.
trying short gbpusd here at 1.5925
stop at 1.5950
I, too, have got useful information from this thread. Barjon I know from way back but your dedication to watching various pairs is really admirable. Congratulations for the effort and I'll keep reading but I'm past putting so much effort into trading. Yen/Euro and Footsie are my main activities. If I get any blinding flashes I'll let you know!
Good luck with it.
Thanks for posting your call. What was your basis for going short here? I can understand the stop being placed at the half-century and above the daily R1.
What construct do you use for your 'morning high''? yesterday's daily high was at 5936, but I don't think you're referring to that.I was looking for the morning high area from yesterday morning to act as resistance, and I was looking for shorts rather than long, based on my reading of the short term trend, which, rightly or wrongly, is currently down as of Monday evening.
In general you'll do quite well to fade my calls, lol.
There's been times when I thought I might have actually cracked the market with months of consistent profits, but it's a cruel game, and in hindsight, I think I just had a long, lucky patch! Every method seems to go through phases of working very well.
I'll post more trades, though. No shame!!