Overall, this is not a good trade. I got a nice short entry of Aussie dollar. The interest rate rise did not help to push aud/usd back to the recent high, and indeed, it fell back to the trading range. I wanted to short, and today , I saw an nice entry. But, I don’t like the fact that it flirts around 0.89 level and U.S unemployment claims and home sales report are coming in 15-minute time, I decide to bail out with around +24 pips profit. This exit method is kinda questionable. I will deal with this later. Time for me to catch some sleep.

Anyway, it is always good to start the year of Rat in profit. Gong Xi Fa Cai 🙂

Here is the……CHART!

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Update:

Apparently, I was ‘right’ in the exit decision. Nah, I was lucky, I guess. Anyway, 0.89 level was held. AUD/USD is in sideway mood at the moment. More about aussie later.

Here is the trend score:

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From last Friday’s action, we might find some excitements about commodities currencies again. Uhm…. Maybe. I am not so sure if Aussie dollar (AUD/USD) is breaking out from the range. It is just not convincing enough at the moment. For trading purpose, I will be a little bit more patient now. In addition, we have Aussie interest rate decision coming soon, so… Anyway, if the uptrend is to resume, I am sure I can get a chance to get in later. So, speaking in Aussie style, “No worries, mate”.

Here are the…… statistics and daily chart of Aussie dollar!

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We have to take a look at GOLD. Is it peaked? uhm…. I guess, it might be due for pull back. Don’t ask me about peak and bottoms things. By the way, Chairman is calling a “peak” of GOLD as well (ok, what he meant is price pull back as well). Anyway, it is still in strong uptrend at the moment.

Here are the ……Statistics and CHART!

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We have some good interactions in the comment section of my previous post “A note to my friends‘. Thanks guys.

While waiting for the dust to be settled, I still carry on my daily chart scanning process. Generally, Dollar is again showing weakness. But, I have doubt. The much expected rate cut is already priced in. Do you still look for a further weaken dollar? I don’t know, mate. What do you think?

Looking at Aussie and EURO both are still within trading range. At least, I am not rushing in to Long at the moment.

This might as well be another quiet week for me. By the way, some self observations, the longer I trade, the bigger timeframe I am looking at. Minutes or even seconds chart are way too ‘scary’ for me now. Maybe I am getting old. LOL.

I am not sure what did you see in the market now. Anyway, I don’t really care.. :-p

I can’t find any decent setup in currency market on Monday. There are broken trends, and too early to call a reversal as well. So, I ended up with no action on Monday.

This might be another ‘waiting’ week. Since we have high impact events on the line , FOMC meeting, Non Farm Payroll report (Unemployment report) etc. Watch out.