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USD/CHF Forex Signal

Yesterday’s signals produced a profitable long trade from the inside candlestick on the hourly chart which rejected the support level at 0.9985.

Today’s USD/CHF Signals

Risk 0.75%.

Trades may only be entered before 5pm London time today.

Short Trades

  • Short entry following a bearish price action reversal upon the next touch of 1.0025 or 1.0058.

  • Place the stop loss 1 pip above the local swing high.

  • Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 20 pips in profit.

  • Take off 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 20 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to ride.

Long Trades

  • Long entry following a bullish price action reversal upon the next touch of 0.9985, 0.9971 or 0.9957.

  • Place the stop loss 1 pip below the local swing low.

  • Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 20 pips in profit.

  • Take off 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 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.

USD/CHF Analysis

I wrote yesterday that the outlook was generally bearish but the support at 0.9985 may produce a strong double bottom that could see the beginning of a change. There are three support levels between there and 0.9957 which could well be hard to break, so I would not take a bearish bias unless there is a retracement and another rejection of 1.0025.

This was a good call as the strong double bottom at 0.9985 did play out. The price now seems to have edged just above the upper trend line of the medium-term bearish price channel shown in the chart below, which would be a bullish sign, but this is still unclear. A clearer break above would be a sign that the price will be likely to go on to rise to test the nearest resistance level at 1.0025, but that level could well hold and provide a good short trade opportunity. I would take a bearish bias if there will be a strong bearish rejection of that level later.

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There is nothing of high importance due today concerning the CHF. Regarding the USD, there will be a release of CB Consumer Confidence data at 3pm London time as well as testimony before the Senate from the Chair of the Federal Reserve.

Author

Adam Lemon

Adam Lemon

DailyForex.com

Adam is a Forex trader who has worked within financial markets for over 12 years, including 6 years with Merrill Lynch. He is certified in Fund Management and Investment Management by the U.K. Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

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