Got out, but had pending L @ 1.1010...stop @ BE +5 Let's see what happens.

FOMC about to hit... get out or stay in...that is the question.

Not really a direct response to the OP, but it is a question about stop-losses. How does one mitigate when you get stopped out due to news then price continues in the direction you traded? Took a trade on E/J this morning, got stopped out due to ...

Had my short trigger last night @ 130.10...letting it run, as well. Watching for a manual exit. Doesn't look like the up move is finished. edit: damn it...spread changed and got stopped out...

Story of my life, man. Shorted @ 177.60, stopped out at 178.65...now look where she's at. Difficult not to feel discouraged when that happens. Almost want it to keep going north so I can say, "at least I was completely wrong."

I'm using Oanda's MT4.. just wanted to make sure it wasn't just me...whelp...looks like I'm done for today; trying to deter myself from trading fridays...this helps. Green pips y'all! Have a good weekend!

Anybody else see that spike down? Came down just enough to hit my SL, then went back up...and now looks poised to break the highs...

Got in late, but L@ 1.5057...we'll see what happens. BTW, when do you guys normally move your stop to BE? My issue is that I'll move it to BE too soon and then price will retrace, hit my stop, then continue in the direction in which I first went ...

Can someone explain this to me? What benefit is there to deliberately stop out retail traders? It's my understanding that retail traders make up such a small percent of the overall market, so what are they trying to accomplish by doing that? Or are ...

Because of this? url

Oh, missed that...guess I'm wondering what's causing the upward pressure, then.

Still looking for 1.237x or did that jump down conclude the move? Seems like there are already more bulls.

I'm with you...not quite sure where this is going... Maybe? image Maybe? image

Short @ 1.2475...we'll see how this goes.

the tank makes sense, then. Thanks! Anybody go long on this during this time frame? Gj.

no sh... What's being stated? I'm not paying attention to the fomc.

Where do you get your pivot numbers?

wut? same short and zero sl?

Killed my short position at 1.2602, then took a long at 1.2616 and rode it up t 1.2670. Had to make back my loss...s'all good though. Flat now, and out till next week... GLTA

Eur/Jpy is hitting a r/s point, too. Hopefully it drags e/u down.. ...but..we all know how hope goes in this business.