Saturday, July 16, 2011

Ways to trade GBP/USD

By Louis Ratcliffe


GBP / USD is the most popular and the most volatile currency pair all major currencies forex. The reason for its volatility is simply because of its popularity, more merchants, "means more movement in the market. This makes the GBP / USD currency pair trading very profitable, but also makes it more sensitive to fluctuations in large and erratic behavior.

There are many different forex trading strategies, such as scalping, a long term business and day each of which can be applied to trading the GBP / USD. One thing that is different in this currency pair has a considerable fluctuations that occur in the trend, and these must be taken into consideration when making a stop loss.

Levels of support and strength have always been a good indicator of where to place your stop loss, but if the GBP / USD, it is not uncommon to see a light on a chart peak 20 - 30 pips last level of support or resistance before it is returned to its original direction. What can you do about it? Well the obvious answer is to have one more stop loss, but you should consider your risk tolerance and how much you are ready to go when it comes to these large fluctuations.

In considering its risk appetite, may also ask if you feel more comfortable being a long-term operator or reseller. If you consider staying in a trade of GBP / USD a considerable amount of time, stop losses of more than 100 pips are not uncommon and in fact recommended for this type of negotiation.

The use of EMA is a good indicator of where you put your stop loss, in particular currency pairs that are wide variations. If you plan to trade the GBP / USD in the long term, so you might want to use two different time framed graphs, for example, "every day" and "time less than 4 hours' could be your character and the turnaround larger to keep an eye on the overall development.

With 4 different EMA these tables will give you a good idea of ​​what's happening across the board. In this article, I'm just going to talk about a higher EMA an indicator of stop loss and save others the secrets of another publication.

Nbr using the exponential moving average of 34 times to give you a good solid base for all your back to the stop loss. Use these four EMA right to see you in the long term, trade at the beginning of the loss of only 60 pip stop. If you follow the 34 EMA as a stop loss, you may find yourself driving to trade 100 points for the victory and 2-300 pip stop loss. This does not mean you have to wait for your stop loss in trading off before going out, you can expect to lower through the EMA to indicate a clear change of direction before starting.




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