This live trade example is of a very clear stop run of the current day’s high. One of the most important parts about our bank trading strategy is that we look for very specific criteria to be satisfied. We will never know what the banks are doing all of the time. With that being said [...]
Day Trading Setups – Trading The Backside Of Manipulation Points
May 24, 2013 by · 3 Comments
In this video I cover two trades taken this week. The first trade was on the 20th and the second was on the 23rd of May 2013, with the second trade setting up during our live forex room. Both of these trades illustrate how the backside of any manipulation point provides very important information. The [...]
Swing Trading Market Manipulation – Live Forex Trade EUR/AUD – 4/3/13
April 19, 2013 by · 3 Comments
“Sterling I see the manipulation but I have a day job and I want to know if I can trade market manipulation with a full time job?” Its seems like every week I get a question similar to this. While I cannot speak for everyone, most no matter how busy their schedule can find a [...]
GBP/USD Short trade on February 19, 2013
February 21, 2013 by · 2 Comments
Below is a screen shot of the trade I took short on the GBP/USD about two hours after the London session live room closed. There was no clear bias on direction for the day and as I mentioned in the Feb. 19 commentary the best level to see the manipulation was just above the high [...]
How To Range Trade Level 3 Accumulation – GBP/USD 1/23/13
January 25, 2013 by · 1 Comment
Chad and I were talking a few days ago and we came to realize that we have been seriously slacking on getting live trade videos. Unfortunately it can be a pain to tun on the recorder when a trade is setting up and as a result we tend to forget about it among everything else. [...]
EUR/USD New York Reversal live trade Nov. 1, 2012
November 14, 2012 by · 4 Comments
Below is the video that covers the reasons for entering this New York reversal on the EUR/USD. If you check my November 1 commentary you will see that I was expecting a third push up on this day but was suspect of the rejection half way through the day on October 31. Therefore I wasn’t treating it [...]
GBP/JPY, GBP/USD Day Trades October 5, 2012 Non Farm Payroll
October 9, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Hi all, here is the video that explains my trades from Friday last week after the Non Farm Payroll release. I took the GBP/JPY first as a news trade. With the payroll figures coming out as expected and Unemployment dropping substantially I saw the spike up as a stop run of sorts or at least [...]
Learn To Trade Forex – Live Forex Trade EUR/USD
October 4, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Through the course of this trading day I really did not like the Euro. During the live training room we really didn’t even discuss it much. Things however changed during the end of the typical time I look to place a trade. The EUR/USD began to break a bit more aggressively to the upside, and [...]
Forex Training Video – Forex Market Manipulation Strategy
October 3, 2012 by · 1 Comment
In this forex training video we have a nice example of a stop run out of the Asian session. So many times people want to complicate what doesn’t need to be complicated. This is almost always true with stop runs. The stop run is in my opinion the single factor that gives true evidence of [...]
Using Chart Patterns To Trade Forex – 9/20/12 Live Trades
September 21, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Today we had a few nice trade setups occurring on the GBP/USD. The first video was of a trade taken during the Asian session. Anyone who follows the site knows we trade 2 time slots. The first being the London session from 2-5AM EST and the second is the 8-11AM EST New York trading session. [...]
EUR/USD Day Trade New York Reversal Long July 18, 2012
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Her is a video showing my EUR/USD Long entry last night just before the start of the New York session. I was in our member chat room at the time and let them know I was in the position and several of them managed to get a better price for entry than I did. Good job guys. [...]
Tips For Day Trading New York Reversals – Live Forex Trades
July 18, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
This fx training video really illustrates a lot of good points we should be looking for when day trading New York reversals. While there is never an “XYZ” way of trading any market there are high probability point smart money will reverse the price from frequently. Weather we are trading the overall smart money cycle, [...]
New York Reversal Trade GBP/USD Set Up June 11, 2012
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The New York reversal provided a nice set up yesterday. Those that keep up with my daily forex commentary knew that I preferred a short to close the gaps on Monday morning. The fact is just as I expected the EUR/USD would not provide me with a nice entry but did close the gap and [...]
Live Forex Training Room Long – EUR/USD Day Trade June 6, 2012
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I have to say we have been doing well over the past few weeks and catching trades during the London session. Yesterday, June 6 we had to wait out a 100+ pip move for this EUR/USD long as the market had a deeper pullback in store that I didn’t expect but patients prevailed and we [...]
Live Forex Education Room EUR/USD Short Trade May 31, 2012
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Here is the nice trade I took during the live room session on Thursday may 31,2012. As I mentioned in the commentary for May 31 I was expecting the continuation of the down move but since there should be month end flows I expected the deeper pullback and it came with a 60+ pip rise [...]
NY Reversal Continuation Trade – May 22nd 2012
May 22, 2012 by · 2 Comments
In the Daily Market Review last night I mentioned the 1.5839 level on the GBP/USD and called attention to the clear accumulation that was occurring after the 3rd cycle down. As with any accumulation area the safest trades are stop run reversals at the range high or low. This was exactly what we got in the Pound [...]
EUR/GBP London Session Live Room Trade May 10, 2012
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The live room sessions are mainly for education purposes but its is nice when we see trades occur during them. This one on the EUR/GBP was during the London session on Thursday May 10th. The main pairs I watch were not setting up the way I liked and just like what happened on Wednesday the [...]
Asian Range Stop Run Day Trade EUR/GBP May 9, 2012
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Here is a classic Asian range stop run trade that we see on a regular basis. The EUR/USD was doing a whole lot of nothing during the London session while the GBP/USD ran off with out providing a safe entry. In a situation like this there are still trades to be found as long as [...]
GBP/USD NY Reversal Trade Setup: May 7th 2012
May 9, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Often times the difference between a profitable trader and one who struggles is dicipline and patience….two things people rarely look into when they try to learn to trade forex. I can’t say how many times I talk about it in the forex room, but yet most overlook it. I mean after all isn’t the strategy [...]
BOJ Monetary Policy Stop Run April 27th, 2012
April 27, 2012 by · 1 Comment
We had a few opportunities at the GBP/JPY today. I was a bit unfortunate getting stopped on the long from earlier today but that’s the way it goes on this one. After the BOJ announced further easing there was one last stop run that ended up closing me out. I wish I was there to see it [...]
EUR/JPY Confluence of Events Trade April 20, 2012
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Hi all Here is the trade I took on Friday April 12. When the markets are not clear the way we take the higher probability trades can be taken using some confluence of events. Meaning the clues the Smart Money is about to turn after a stop run reversal or is manipulating the markets. This [...]
1H Stop Run Reversal & Topping Formation – EUR/USD April 17th 2012
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Live Forex Day Trade – EUR/USD Short Setup There was a nice trade setup we were mentioning in the forex forum & I also took a recording of the setup. Towards the end I cover some important topics in regards to the GBP/USD as well. There is a valuable lesson taught with the GBP/USD today…and [...]
NY Forex Reversal Trade – GBP/JPY April 16th 2012
April 17, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Live Day Trade Short – GBP/JPY Before the large stop run to the downside there was an opportunity to take the GBP/JPY as it completed the topping formation. At this point the GBP/JPY had only give what looked like the second push down in the overall weekly cycle. Because of this the safer trade was [...]
GBP/JPY Stop Run Reversal April 16th 2012
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Live Forex Trade – GBP/JPY Stop Run Long The GBP/JPY gave us a nice stop run reversal at the end of what looked like the third push to the downside. I decided to close the trade sooner than I was originally anticipating, and managed a nice +40 pip profit. Although this could be the end [...]
Stop Run Reversal USD/CHF Short April 10, 2012
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Trading was rough on Tuesday with the pair I liked the most not giving anything clear (EUR/JPY) mainly because of some news that turned the market into a risk off scenario and the USD/JPY started south during the Asian session and never looked back. I did take the long on the GBP/USD and took a [...]
GBP/USD Smart Money Trend Reversal Setup – April 5th 2012
April 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Coming into the NY session on the 5th it looked as though both the EUR/USD and USD/CHF had completed their 3 weekly push to the downside. What confirmed the timing of the reversal was the 3 cycles that formed intra- day as well. Essentially both pairs were finishing their 3rd weekly push, and completed their [...]
EUR/USD, EUR/JPY Short Trade April 5, 2012
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As I mentioned in the April 5th forex commentary we were only looking for the short here. I was expecting more of the retracement before the trade but I saw they were trapping long positions during the Asian session and took an aggressive entry on the EUR/JPY using the USD/JPY correlation as I was thinking it [...]
Stop Run Reversal On The USD/CHF 3/29/2012
April 1, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
I hope everyone had a great weekend! I wanted to get this trade posted because I think its a great example of how to use the stop run. If you really boil things down to the very basics you will be left with the stop run reversal. Ok, so that was a bit of an [...]
EUR/USD Day Trade Long March 26, 2012
March 27, 2012 by · 1 Comment
This EUR/USD trade is about as pretty as they get for level 3 trades. Especially in the middle of the level 3 price action. The first thing I want to point out is the market has moved almost exactly 90 pips from the Asian session highs. You can see this in the video when I [...]
GBP/USD Short trade March 14, 2012
March 23, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Here was yet another good shorting opportunity on Tuesday March 14th. The market had been chopping around in some level 3 price action. Once it came up and tested the previous days highs and came back for another swipe the trap was revealed for the move to the downside. I took the aggressive entry as [...]
GBP/USD Day Trade Short – Smart Money Trap Move
March 13, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Here was a nice live forex trade setup on the GBP/USD from Monday after the Asian accumulation. It looked like there was a longer term market reset which got me believing the market was again headed down for another smart money push. Please Enlarge This Video To Full Screen For Better Viewing: Forex Course & [...]
Live Forex Trade – March 6-8th EUR/USD Long
March 8, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Here was a live forex trade setup we have on the EUR/USD that started to setup on March the 6th. This had a high probability of a being a mid week reversal point on the EUR/USD as it was all coming together on the intra day third push down, which was at the end of [...]
EUR/USD Trade March 1, 2012
March 3, 2012 by · 2 Comments
Below is a video of one of the trades I took March 1st. The market has come off of a third level rise. Made a not so pretty topping formation and started the first level of reversal. Since we know the smart money pushes the markets in 3 levels I was only looking to short [...]
GBP/USD and GBP/JPY trades February 21, 2012
February 23, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Today was a great trading day. Of course I did the same thing as always and waited for the SM to show the trap move after the accumulation and got short the GBP/USD from 1.5854. It even came back and gave me a chance to add to the position which I didnt take because I [...]
GBP/USD Forex Trade February 20, 2012
February 23, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Trading the GBP/USD was the wrong choice for today given the fact that the EUR/USD made a nice 70+ pip move while the Cable just meandered around but thats forex trading for you. Facing the fact your not going to catch every move is part of becoming successful. No big deal. Even though I did [...]
Day Trade EUR/USD February 17, 2012
February 22, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
This EUR/USD trade was a great level 2 trade even though I missed the first entry. I should have made over 60 pips which would have been 3 t0 1 on my 20 pip risk but I did manage to get 30 of those pips so not a bad day at all. Again I was [...]
EUR/USD Day Trades February 16, 2012
February 22, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Here are my EUR/USD day trades from Thursday Feb 16th. We feel its just as important to post the losers as well as winners and this day I took 2 trades and lost a total of 25 pips for the day. As you can see I initially had the direction right for the long but [...]
EUR/USD Day Trade February 15, 2012
February 16, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
The trading day didn’t start off so well with an aggressive entry and a -15 pip hit. However it ended great with 2 positions. One getting stopped by a couple pips at +58 pips and the other I closed manually when I got up this morning for +105 (orders slip below). I was very confident in this [...]
Recent Trade February 13, 2012 EUR/USD
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This turned out to be a beautiful trade but took for ever to show me the money. The first entry was taken after the 2 pins to the high of the day but was a bit aggressive and I did take a 20 pip hit on the first position. The darn thing got me by [...]
Recent Trade February 8, 2012 EUR/USD And GBP/USD
February 14, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
These 2 trades turned out very well. Looking at the Euro chart first it had made a 3 level rise from the lows of Asia. (notice there are no red candles but 2 hesitations where the SM was absorbing stops) The 2 leg reversal candles were not the prettiest candle formation however at the same time [...]
Recent Student Trade
January 12, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Hi all. I thought it would be nice to post a recent trade one of our students took on his own without any help or guidance from us. We had already closed the room for vacation over the holidays and as any new trader does just as I did when I started is just keep [...]
Live Forex Room Update October & 7/11/2011 Day Trade GBP/USD
November 8, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Hey everyone! I hope trading is going well for you all. In this recent trade update we are going to wrap up last month and then get into the trade setup that we had today. October ended up with a gain of +265 pips. We didn’t win every trade and we had a few losers [...]
Learning To Day Trade With Smart Money GBP/USD Short 10/20/2011
October 20, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Hey! I hope trading is going well for everyone. We’ve seen some nice moves the past few days and I thought I would cover something rather important in this recent trade update that I’ve never really touched on before. This is a bit longer than usual but I can promise you that this information and [...]
Live Forex Room Trades EUR/USD – Week Of 10/10/2011
October 15, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Let’s get right into the first day trade we took in the forex room this week. The was a standard Jump Bar (JB). Again were not really focusing on the candle or bar but rather the median line. This median line helps us sift through the volatility we have seen lately in the forex market. [...]
BOE Asset Purchase 10/06/2011 GBP/USD
October 10, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Identifying when consilidation is actually breaking in the forex market can be difficult. What we term the jump bar is one way of identifying that break. The jump bar uses a 1 Moving Average HL/2. The 1MA HL/2 very simply plots the median price of each candle. This is how we identify trade setups for [...]
Forex Day Trading Room 23/09/2011 EUR/CHF
October 10, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Well I’m finally getting over being sick so I thought I would do a recap of the day trades taken in the forex day trading room this week. Overall we had quite a boring week as far as the NY session is concerned. That being said London was very productive and profitable which was nice! [...]
Weekly Update 16/09/2011 – Long Term Day Trade Setup EUR/CHF
September 17, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Hey everyone. It’s been a while since the last trade update. I hope everyone is doing and trading well! This week was for me a “testing” week, and thus why I only took a few day trades. Over the last 2-3 weeks we have seen some incredibly strange price action in the forex market. It [...]
Day Trading Forex News GBP/USD 26/08/2011
August 28, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Today we had the intensely awaited speech from Ben Bernake. Forex traders everywhere were waiting on the words “QE3″ and they didn’t get it. Once this happened we saw equities sell off instantly. Both the EUR/USD and the GBP/USD went with it. The GBP/USD spiked into lows and started to bounce and we went long. [...]
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GBP/USD Forex Day Trade July 6, 2012
This GBP/USD trade did carry a bit more risk being Non Farm Payroll day but the set up could not have been better and once it gave me the price I wanted up in the previous several wicks I felt it was worth the added risk of the Non Farm Payroll release in 30 minutes. [...]