Yesterday’s signals were not triggered as none of the key levels were ever reached.
Today’s GBP/USD Signals
Risk 0.75% per trade.
Trades must be taken before 5pm London time today only.
Long Trade 1
- Go long following a bullish price action reversal on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 1.2756.
- Put the stop loss 1 pip below the local swing low.
- Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 25 pips in profit.
- Remove 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 25 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to run.
Short Trades
- Go short following a bearish price action reversal on the H1 time frame immediately upon the next touch of 1.2918 or 1.2950.
- Put the stop loss 1 pip above the local swing high.
- Adjust the stop loss to break even once the trade is 25 pips in profit.
- Remove 50% of the position as profit when the price reaches 25 pips in profit and leave the remainder of the position to run.
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.
GBP/USD Analysis
Yesterday’s stronger than expected British economic data pushed the Pound up, and the Dollar was weakened later with the FOMC minutes pointing to weak inflation. Yet still this pair was unable to rise strongly enough to even tough the nearest resistance level at 1.2918. This suggests continuing weakness in the Pound, so this pair seems set for further falls. The long-term bullish trend is over.
Concerning the GBP, there will be a release of Retail Sales data at 9:30am London time. Regarding the USD, there will be a release of Unemployment Claims data at 1:30pm London time.