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I haven’t traded one of these in awhile. Long 1 lot (100 units) GBJPY @ 5667 Stop @ 5438 (-229 pips) Take Profit @ 6667 (-1,000 pips) Confidence Level: 5/10 Reason to take trade: Surprise box Click above for larger image I was apprehensive about this trade because price really seems to be [...] Surprise Box trade. Long 1 (50) GBPJPY @ 4671 Stop @ 4468 (-203) Target @ 5675 (+1,004) Looks like a good trade, I have a 7/10 confidence level. Click above for larger image As you can see, it would have been a very profitable trade if I had stayed in. I closed out [...] Surprise Box trade on the 1 hour chart. Short 1 (50) GBPJPY @ 4019 Stop @ 4204 (-185) Take Profit @ 3219 (+800) Added a position: Short 1 (50) @3953 Stop @ 4148 (-195) Take Profit @ 3219 (+734) Click above for larger image The stop was pretty wide so I entered on [...] Short 1 (150) EURAUD @ 9442 Stop @ 9668 (-226) Surprise box setup. Click above for larger image As you can see in the chart, it probably wasn’t the best surprise box because price was not as centered around the 800 SMA. I had a bias to the short side because I felt [...] Small Surprise box trade: Short 1 (100) GBPJPY @ 2956 Stop @ 3125 (-169) Limit @ 1956 (+1,000) Very small surprise box but I have found that this type of small box can work on this pair so I entered the trade. Price made a strong move back into the box but was completely [...] Surprise box trade. Short 1 (150) USDCAD @ 2041 Stop @ 2257 (-216) Target @ 1790 (+251) – previous support on the 4 hour chart Click above for larger image I got stopped out for a -216 pip loss. My mistake here was that the breakout candle was too long. If I did [...] This was a pretty long term trade as my trades go, I carried this one for 7 days. Entry was a very large surprise box. Short 1 (100) AUDUSD @ 6506 Stop @ 6687 (-181) Limit @ 5496 1 (+1,010) Click above for larger image I got stopped out for a -181 pip [...] Another surprise box trade. Short 1 (150) EURCAD @ 6277 Stop @ 6475 (-198) Limit @ 5269 (+1,008) Click above for larger image I got stopped out on this trade for a -198 pip loss. I don’t think this was a bad trade but perhaps I should have exited earlier. There was too [...] Short 1 (100) CHFJPY @ 7828 Stop @ 8040 (-212) Limit @ 6818 (+1,010) Entered on a surprise box trade. It was a slightly late entry but the first resistance level held, so I stayed in. Click above for larger image I woke up in the morning and the pair dropped significantly. Given [...] Another surprise box trade. Short 1 (200) @ 3289 Stop @ 3410 (-121) Limit @ 2287 (+1002) Click above for larger image Moved my stop to 3284 (+5) Moved stop to 3260 (+29) Stopped out. This was a pretty well executed trade, there is only one thing that I can see in retrospect [...] |
 
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