AUD/USD 23 February 2011 - Miss...
by Eva
(from Forex Trading Beginner)
Overall hourly trend at time of entering market
Mallet candle formation that I used to enter the trade
After the trade: Stpped out, lost 15 pips.
The market about 12 hours later, recovered and back up at the point I placed my limit.
I lost 15 pips on this trade.
Entered on market the mallet candle formation which appeared at the intersection of two trend lines and a fibonacci line. I believed the trend lines would act as levels of support and bring the market up higher.
Entry: 1.0022
Stop: 1.00070
Limit: 1.00450
I went to bed, and found in the morning that an announcement on the USD at 10am New York time (2am my time) brought the market right down and took out my stop.
By the looks of it, I'm lucky I only lost 15 pips!
The market later went back up to where my limit would have been. I believe my analysis was correct, but my timing was wrong in this instance.
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