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BTC/USD Forex Signal - 2 August 2017

By Adam Lemon

Adam Lemon began his role at DailyForex in 2013 when he was brought in as an in-house Chief Analyst. Adam trades Forex, stocks and other instruments in his own account. Adam believes that it is very possible for retail traders/investors to secure a positive return over time provided they limit their risks, follow trends, and persevere through short-term losing streaks – provided only reputable brokerages are used. He has previously worked within financial markets over a 12-year period, including 6 years with Merrill Lynch.

Yesterday’s signals were not triggered as none of the key levels were ever reached.

Today’s BTC/USD Signals

Risk 0.75% per trade.

Trades must be taken before 5pm New York time today only.

Long Trades

  • Long entry after bullish price action on the H1 time frame following the next touch of $2607.71, $2570.44, or $2400.00.
  • Place the stop loss 1 pip below the local swing low.
  • Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is $50 in profit by price.
  • Take off 50% of the position as profit when the trade is 50 in profit by price and leave the remainder of the position to ride.

Short Trades

  • Short entry after bearish price action on the H1 time frame following the next touch of $2800.00 or $3000.00.
  • Place the stop loss 1 pip above the local swing high.
  • Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is $50 in profit by price.
  • Take off 50% of the position as profit when the trade is 50 in profit by price and leave the remainder of the position to ride.

The best method to identify a classic “price action reversal” is for an hourly candle to close, such as a pin bar, a doji, an outside or even just an engulfing candle with a higher close. You can exploit these levels or zones by watching the price action that occurs at the given levels.

BTC/USD Analysis

Yesterday’s “hard fork” in Bitcoin did not create as much volatility as I expected. The price found support at a supportive trend line very close to the nearest horizontal level $2607.71. However, the price has consolidated above that lower trend line, but has crucially remained below the broken trend line. This suggests the price is most likely to consolidate for a while, with neither bulls nor bears in control.

BTCUSD

Regarding the USD, there will be a release of the ADP Non-Farm Employment Change forecast at 1:15pm London time followed by Crude Oil Inventories at 3pm..

Adam Lemon
About Adam Lemon

Adam Lemon began his role at DailyForex in 2013 when he was brought in as an in-house Chief Analyst. Adam trades Forex, stocks and other instruments in his own account. Adam believes that it is very possible for retail traders/investors to secure a positive return over time provided they limit their risks, follow trends, and persevere through short-term losing streaks – provided only reputable brokerages are used. He has previously worked within financial markets over a 12-year period, including 6 years with Merrill Lynch.

 

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