Sunday, February 8, 2015

US session entry from lower time frames

These rules are essentially the same as the London open rules. Trading with the higher time frame trend with entry timed from 1 min (or 5 min) charts. Many traders would say the 1 min is noise, this method attempts to reduce the noise by trading with trending pairs with genuine strength/weakness and entering on retracements (higher lows, lower highs).

- there is often a period of drift after London morning moves, this could be to form a range or small counter (the days) trend move.
- in the absence of a strong counter trend move we would be looking for the US session to revert to the direction set by London.
- trading where currencies are agreeing across 2 or more pairs. It could be both the eur and gbp against either aud, jpy, nzd or cad. Or it could be eur or gbp strong/weak across multiple pairs. See some of the 1/5 min charts posted in January that clearly show the idea, which is to be trading a currency that has genuine strength or weakness.
- higher lows or lower highs (abc or 123 patterns) for entry.
- the test or break and test of a range.
- trading buy above, sell below the 1 min 100 lwma (20 lwma on 5 min) looking for clean AB moves and small BC retraces to set up clean higher lows/lower highs.
- thereafter continuing to take higher lows/lower highs with strongly moving pairs.
- taking care to avoid trading the major news events that can be highly volatile.  

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