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You say you're not bothered by my presence here but you did go check my background here and found that GBP/USD "question". Well done. Now you can can go back and read it carefully to understand that it was not a question(surprise).
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Now,again, you can copy/past as many trading articles as you want making this thread looking educational but it doesn't matter until you post charts with YOUR trade examples and YOUR ideas.
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About hunting retailers stops:
I will repeat--retailer orders don't reach the interbank market which makes them absolutely worthless for institutions or whoever.
Don't believe me? Ask your broker about that and ask them how exactly they send your 1:500(for example) 1 Lot order to interbank market(I bet he will not tell you the truth...but maybe).
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Now about supply and demand:
Most of a moves what you see on your chart is a result of Banks all other the world exchanging money and as you know every country's Bank have domestic currency as well as foreign currencies,so if Australian Bank want to exchange 500mil AUD for USD they don't need to wait while millions of retail stops behind support line on AUD/USD will be hit(what a surprise lol).
Also you were saying that commodities(Oils, metals etc...) have no impact in FX...but let me ask you this- commodities are buyed or selled with money aren't they? So if Oil prices are high how do you think Australia, New Zealand and Canada will react?
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Your logic is understandable, sure, it is, but FX Market doesn't work that way.
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