Just another day at the Wasp Inn
Off we go..
The 6:45 candle just broke the support at the low of yesterday and today, dropped 10 and rose back up to finish just above the support line.
7am - Short signal... For a few seconds I was in 2 minds there... price action to me says the last candle couldn't sustain a drop through and rose right back up above the S/R line, the 2nd candle to do so this morning therefore it just can't go lower.... BUT, the signal is there so I have taken it anyway... and its dropping slowly so hell, what do I know!
Dropping nicely now, glad I followed the rules, not my brain. The 7am candle actually pinted just below the S/R line so maybe that means something? Especially as its now pulled back up to the top of the candle again. Looks like I was right as a new candle prints above the S/R line this time and a new long signal is now imminent. Oh well, I was right, price couldln't get lower but rules r rules...
Phew... dropped back off, now back through S/R, and back down through to the very low of the day! Sometimes I feel like marking on the S/R for my trailing stop and then just changing the color scheme till I can't see the candles, I'd do better that way I think... new low of day now... wow a whole 10 pips lower, I remember a time when that would have been 40+... cables ranges are becoming constantly tighter and tighter... another 10 - patience...
25 lower and glad I stuck to the rules rahter than my brain and price action, load of use that would have been. Stop moved just above recent S/R and open to movement now...
RULES RULES RULES writen across the top of my chart now...
Time to see if 16/20 hold as previous S becomin R... yep, held nicely and bounced off well and dropping again down to the 00's... made it down to 98 and rebounded... Aware as I am of the relevance of 00's I have not worked them into my plan as yet so I shall act as irrelevant for now. My next S/R trailing level is 970 so its that or the previous at 020...
Good, good, didn't hold at 00 for long and burst down through... will we stay lower is another matter... So tempted to move the stop lower but no justification to put it anwhere lower so have to wait it out.... still below 00's so comforting there.
Ahhh, old school 60 pip runs, now this is better... I remember why I trade cable again....
Re testing lows and I would love to see below 970 to move my stop in nice and tight. c'mon.
bouncing at 70... UK PMI out in a minute, rising up a bit...
9:30 - news out and drop back to low of day and low of NFP but not getting through... and we have broken
Its hard to not have emotion at this point... the whole of August I wished for the old runs with +50 pips and September begins and so do they. The signs of life back in cable show that the good moves are upon us....
9:45 - moved stop to just above recent S/R for a nice tidy profit and hoepfully a continuation but either way, all good...
70 holding strong now with 5 attempts and 3 'hanging man' candles but what do I know of PA! Attempt no 6 in process... tempted to take it but stop is tight enough so... (bigger picture is important)
A fascinating struggle to watch this!
Hmmm seems the bulls are winning for now and it could be over on the way down for now... let the stops and MA's do their thing and wait for now....
This morning, the action at 7am said to me it wouldn't be going lower and it consequently dropped 70. The recent struggle over the last hour says no lower again but I just don't know... its not flying up neither... oh now it is...
1015: out now and its shooting up but I have no reason to join it... hopefully a small pullback and a sfe long entry will follow... coffee time...
T1: +43
Interesting to note (for me anyway) the old me would have been itching to jump in but after Augusts fakes and spikes etc I have learnt restraint. Not because its the right thing to do but becuase experince tells me so...
Hmmm, so its 10:30... 2 options normally here.... 1) we see a nice reversal or 2) we are range bound and bouncy till US open... Obviously the plan takes precedence but I expect less at this time of day....
Its annoying that in order to let the market run, it means having a stop higher so if it pulls back and just takes me out, then drops back again, I wish I could have had a lower stop or taken it lower but then, I'll never catch the good runs that way... Of course that just happened as well.. 2 pips over my stop and then drops back 10... Thats better, dropped back and pulling back in line, getting ready for my long
DAMN DAMN DAMN Its off, without me... come back you stupid thing, really wanted to be in before this level... Panic over, falling back now.
10:45 - long in at decent level after all. straight up into profit.. hopefully thats where it'll stay! Looking now, as it broke up it would have been nice and a good place to enter but hindsight is great!
Just had a look at a larger TF and it looks like its broken a channel and this is a small PB beofore dropping, which, is not a problem as I will SAR as and when the system (yes Socrates, I said system) says so...
Thinking about something in FW's journal about higher probability trades and if there was any of lower it would be the ones around this time of day and also when my entry isn't within a 5 pip range of the exit/last congestion area...
Hmmm, now
is this a pause before a rise?
is this the high it'll go before reversal?
is this questioning included in the plan?
am I bored?
should I shut up and just keep following the plan?
Its funny to see the 3 candles prior to my entry each rose over the last. Now I am in the 3 candles since my entry have not gone anywhere... who said sods law doesn't play a part in the markets!
12:15 - Long finally dropped back through after an hour and a half of waiting and out for -4.
T2: -4
12:15 - short on opposing cross... sitting on the resistance that held it low all morning so probably bounce up and take me out now! bounce off it does but not much thankfully... very close to SL now, fingers crossed it'll not go higher pre US and now drpped back into profit (just) phew!
ahh pushing and pushing lower with 45 mins till the US joins in, heres to a continuation and further push dowm to pass the lows. please! humph! the previous candle nearly stopped me out, then dropped to a new recent low then reverse again... a spike either way and back to the start... o sod it, now heading back up.
temptation to widen the stop till america opens as I will only be going short again but NO! Half hour to go... c'mon America, give this market direction again... ahh new candle below the s/r level... bit more relaxation... cool, bit of panic again there as it got close to the stop but dropping well now
Looking at the chart witing - we have a higher high and a higher low (if it is to reverse) and it also looks like a long 1-2-3 but my setup says short... sometimes knowing too much can be a problem.
13:30 - America opens and I'm all well positioned into a short with +10 and a stop at +1 so short and all good and ahead and long and I'm ready to SAR...
1:30 - and not much is happening...
2:00 - still not much happening...
2:15 - still not much happening... been in a 8 pip range for nearly an hour now
made a cuppa and come back to new low's... happy days! Another 100 lower and I'll be well happy! A clean break past 950 next ideally then finish the day circa 900-915 would be great! cool, off it goes!! Happy days indeed...
Cannae help but SMILE right about now... 120 pip daily range and up 65 at the moment... ok, bit of a reversal going on here... IMLO I thinks the bigger trend is down for the near future but got stops in and wait it out now...
As the afternoon draws on my emotions fade as I expect little else and had a good day and the market quiets down well below my stop... hopefully here on in will be flat or slide down and I'll be pleased. very.
This is all too good to be true... patience IS a virtue! down and down we go... and more and more... and more and more... happiness ensues (although well aware tomorrow may suck)
We are now 150 pips lower on the day... A longtime since thats happened and I would really like to take this profit as it can't go much lower but said that before and it has. Must, must must stick to the plan and acceptthe stoploss exit if need be, despite everything. Still, bloody tempting though!
stopped out, thats fine... All done
T3: +62
DAY TOTAL > 43 / -5 / 62 = 100 on the nose
Thoughts for the day:
I can't help let emotion slip in and be pleased... Tommorow might suck and I'll have nothing to be happy baout but I can't help see this big day as the start of a change in the market for the better and more big swings ahead are due.
I remember a post by Twalker saying when you devise a strat and put it onto action always expect the worst case scenario first and thus it did... bye bye August though and welcome Septmeber and welcome back big moves.