nanningbob » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:55 am wrote:First I am having a lot of trouble with the internet here in China. I have periods of hours I cant get on and other times I keep getting knocked off. So my comments maybe spotty.

This week, breakouts have happened and volatility seems to be the norm. Not a market for the faint-hearted. You can make a lot or lose quickly. Hopefully the CSS will guide us through.

aud, nzd angling down sharply. Look to sell those two. aud is already south of the 0 line and the nzd just crossed it.

Lets look at my pics from last week. I said look to sell aud and nzd.
aud/cad... cad was below the aud on CSS it did not fit the bill.
aud/jpy had two DT moves during the week.
aud/chf did not fit 4H trade criteria for a sell very well but did have one move in the middle of the week. Probably the STO 7 Got you in early
aud/nzd did not trade.
aud/usd small trades at best.
eur/aud and gbp/aud again showed reversal movement going into range areas.
Conclusion price did not move strongly but wandered back into range areas. CSS shows aud flat for the week.

AUD did not move strongly during the week and so minimum profits were to be had.

NZD pairs were the stars of the week. Every NZD pair had a major move during the seek. gbp/nzd, nzd/jpy, nzd/chf, and nzd/usd all had major moves and gave out some nice pips during the week.

The usd is also angling down but like the gbp which is angling up they are ranging. I see a better chance of gbp going up than I see the usd continuing going down. More likely a mixed bag of some going up and some going down. So pick and choose from these.

GBP was a mixed bag like I expected, some going up and some going down. GBP/nzd was a big winner, gbp/usd also early in the week. gbp/jpy had a strong drop which the CSS said could happen with the JPY in the #1 position on the CSS by the middle of the week going up. I didnt play it so missed out.

USD was also a mixed bag nzd/usd, and usd/jpy strong down, usd/chf, usd/eur strong up. usd/cad and aud/usd were kind of flat.

Eur and chf are both angling up and look to buy these.

Buys were small and not worth trading by the end of the week the euro started to dive.

Jpy is up and on top. This could continue for at least another week or so. Look for buys.
Cad is in another world all by itself. I still dont have a read on it. It could continue to sink or it could have hit bottom and start coming back up. I have no idea.

JPY moved strongly against all currencies so buy JPY was a good choice this past week.
CAD finally found bottom so there were some winning trades but no big moves until Friday.

Eur and chf buys against aud, nzd look like the best deals of the week.
JPY buys against aud, nzd look real good too.

gbp may go up then you group them with the eur and chf buys

USD may go down then you group them against the euro currencies as a sell.

Jpy probably will continue to strengthen so buy it against usd and Asian currencies.

Cad ....................... not touching it. sell most likely.

lonelytrader » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:38 pm wrote:

Adam63 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:59 am wrote:Hi all,

Another one here trying to make my way with this method...

I'd like to ask others views on when they move their stops up to breakeven. I try to stick to the adage of "not letting a winner turn into a loser" and move my stop to b/e when the trade reaches around +50 pips, but a high proportion of my trades then retrace, stop me out before moving back in the original direction. For instance yesterday I was long GBP/AUD & EUR/AUD and short AUD/USD, all of which moved into positive territory by 50-80 pips before retracing, hitting my b/e stop, then continuing in the original direction. They're all looking good now but I didn't make a cent.

Do others find this an issue? Maybe it's a case of having to trust the trend and not moving the stop to b/e too soon, even if it means +70 pips becoming -80 before (hopefully) turning positive again.
Interested to hear how others go about it.

Thanks in advance.

I read this from NanningBob
focus on singles not homeruns, 70 pips on a trade is AWESOME... take it, and if the trade resets even better as then you can enter it again.
What I do is after 30 pips, I move to BE+5...( there is no point in getting nothing for all your work, right?)
and then I trail my trade starting at 40 pips...
everytime I get stopped out, if the trend is the same, then put a buystop at the next xxx.50 or xxx.00 and on you go again.

hope it helps.

nanningbob » Fri Jan 31, 2014 3:18 pm wrote:

Adam63 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:59 pm wrote:Hi all,

Another one here trying to make my way with this method...

I'd like to ask others views on when they move their stops up to breakeven. I try to stick to the adage of "not letting a winner turn into a loser" and move my stop to b/e when the trade reaches around +50 pips, but a high proportion of my trades then retrace, stop me out before moving back in the original direction. For instance yesterday I was long GBP/AUD & EUR/AUD and short AUD/USD, all of which moved into positive territory by 50-80 pips before retracing, hitting my b/e stop, then continuing in the original direction. They're all looking good now but I didn't make a cent.

Do others find this an issue? Maybe it's a case of having to trust the trend and not moving the stop to b/e too soon, even if it means +70 pips becoming -80 before (hopefully) turning positive again.
Interested to hear how others go about it.

Thanks in advance.

This is an easy one for me to answer. It goes in the bank. I found out it is easier to get to 100 pips by banking 3--33pip or 4--25pip winners than it is to try to hang onto a trade until it makes a 100 pips. That is what I mean by being a singles hitter.

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nanningbob » Thu Jan 30, 2014 4:55 am wrote:Right now I dont use the 4H CSS. By itself it leads to false signals but I am seeing a value in getting out of trades when it cuts back but that is all. The problem I have with adding another indi is the overall confusion it causes as we add information. Basically the STO7 is the 4H filter waiting for it to go in the direction with the daily CSS. Which is what happened with the eur/nzd and gbp/nzd. Both of them moved almost 200 pips with confirmation of daily CSS with STO 7. If you were relying on the 4H CSS you probably would not have taken either one.

padnoter » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:29 pm wrote:Hi Bob,

That sounds great.. I'm glad you are looking at both H4 & D1 css - your analysis makes a lot of sense & helps me. I can see my mistake on my gbpcad long on Friday pm now!! I've been trying to figure out the combo too... Had to hack Baluda's excellent code to get both on screen.. I will look forward to a better coding/layout.

Cheers Bob for all the work & Baluda for the great css indi

Padnoter