Yesterday’s signals produced a losing short trade entry from 0.7039 following the bearish doji candlestick rejection of that level on the hourly chart.
Today’s AUD/USD Signals
Risk 0.75%.
Trades may only be entered from 8am New York time Thursday until 5pm Tokyo time Friday.
Long Trade
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Long entry following some bullish price action on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 0.6986.
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Place the stop loss 1 pip below the local swing low.
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Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 20 pips in profit.
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Remove 50% of the position as profit when the trade is 20 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to ride.
Short Trade
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Short entry following some bearish price action on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 0.7054 or 0.7066.
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Place the stop loss 1 pip above the local swing high.
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Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 20 pips in profit.
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Remove 50% of the position as profit when the trade is 20 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to ride.
The best method to identify a classic “price action reversal” is for an hourly candle to close, such as a pin bar, a doji, an outside or even just an engulfing candle with a higher close. You can exploit these levels or zones by watching the price action that occurs at the given levels.
I wrote yesterday I thought the price was likely to fall further if it could not quickly get established above 0.7039 at least. However, if there was a fast move down to 0.6985 and a strong bullish rejection which sees the price recover quickly to settle above 0.7000, there might be scope there for a high reward to risk but improbable strategic long-term long trade entry.
I was partially correct, as the price initially made a failed attempt to break above 0.7039 before turning bearish again and making new lows, but the price then rose to recover and now seems to have flipped 0.7039 to become new support, although this is not a level I would like to rely upon yet.
The Australian Dollar is very weak right now but the area between here and 0.6985 is an area of strong long-term support, so we are likely to see a hard struggle here over the short-term between bulls and bears, which will probably make this currency pair difficult to trade.
There is nothing of high importance due today concerning either the AUD or the USD.
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