I noticed something the other day on my limit with EUR/JPY. My limit was not activated when the price dropped below 162.49 (it hit 162.47). So I watched it to see what happened. It looks like how LiteForex works its limits is that it won't activate until the distance of the spread is hit. They offer 4pt spread on EUR/JPY and when the price hit 162.65 it activated for 162.49.
So, to avoid the risk of my limit not being hit I'll subtract the spread from whatever I set my limit to.
EUR/USD -
I'll need to move my limit up to 1.3270 when the markets open on Sunday (LiteForex disables the placement/modification of trades when the market is closed).
Moved stop on short 1.3454 to 1.3500 (limit 1.3267).
Update:
Moved stop on short 1.3454 to 1.3471 (limit 1.3270).
USD/JPY -
SAR is indicating a long, but the ATR is low and the 5 day Aligator line is running very close to the price.
Watching.
GBP/USD -
No change on long at 1.9865, stop 1.9757.
Update:
Moved stop on long 1.9865 to 1.9791
EUR/JPY -
Limit hit - short at 162.97 at 162.49. Profit diff of 48.
This was pretty neat. The low of today's bar dropped pretty far and did hit my limit. But the price closed pretty high. The Alligator's projection is indicating the price may still continue up based on that jump even if the SAR still indicates short.
So, I learned two things: 1) was still able to take profit from what may turn out to have been a false short signal and 2) a low ATR may indeed indicate that the signal is false.
Question: if I can still take a profit on this pair on false signals, should I go ahead and enter in order to snag a wee bit more?
USD/CHF - Watching. Alligator looks like it wants to form a short. SAR is still indicating long, but is running close to the lows.
EUR/CHF -
No change on short 1.6520, stop 1.6557.
Update:
Moved stop on short 1.6520 to 1.6548.
AUD/USD - Moved stop on short 0.8175 to 0.8247.
USD/CAD -
No change on short 1.0829, stop 1.0907.
Update:
Moved stop on short 1.0829 to 1.0874.

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