Trendlines are significant in any timeframe.
3 touches of any trendline and subsequent breakout should see a retest of the breakout and then the start of another trend.
As of current time, eurusd on the 60 min sees possibility of a trend (in the 30 min timeframe) upwards from current levels.
Now that the 60 m trend is up how do we play it?
1 Enter on retrace to the breakout level or just above it
2 Enter 1/2 position now, then scale in when the market retraces to the breakout point.
3 Trading trends the stop loss should be larger 100 ticks and over. Just make sure $ risk is 2% of trading account. Aggressive traders can take positions 1 standard lot (100k) per 10K in the account.
4 The 18 simple moving average provide the risk parameters for the trade. If 2 whole candles close below this then it is time to exit.
Let's see how it pans out...
3 touches of any trendline and subsequent breakout should see a retest of the breakout and then the start of another trend.
As of current time, eurusd on the 60 min sees possibility of a trend (in the 30 min timeframe) upwards from current levels.
Now that the 60 m trend is up how do we play it?
1 Enter on retrace to the breakout level or just above it
2 Enter 1/2 position now, then scale in when the market retraces to the breakout point.
3 Trading trends the stop loss should be larger 100 ticks and over. Just make sure $ risk is 2% of trading account. Aggressive traders can take positions 1 standard lot (100k) per 10K in the account.
4 The 18 simple moving average provide the risk parameters for the trade. If 2 whole candles close below this then it is time to exit.
Let's see how it pans out...