Risk: 0.2%
Long: 1.0817
Stop: 1.0803 (15 pips)
Target: 1.0893 (4h100, 76 pips, 5 RR)
Confidence: Medium

Stopped out – 7 Apr

Just put this trade on the AUDNZD, has set up a marginal, but allowable, divergence on the 4h chopping around the 4h200. On the daily and weekly we are close to the upper trendline which makes for a nice target. The daily chart does also show us close to the d500 though, so we may get more downside yet.

My entry was on the lower band – just outside – but I figure you’re going to get price action like this from time to time, so I’m classing it as a fortunate entry. I tried to add an additional unit to my position but price rallied 5 pips almost immediately so I waited and then it continued to move higher. In hindsight I should’ve probably put in an order for any retests of the level, but I didn’t. I have my eye on the AUDUSD & AUDJPY too so wasn’t too worried.

My stop is now reduced to 5 pips following my chat with Charlie. I did some brief analysis on my last month’s trades and it turns out that a tighter stop is more profitable, despite getting stopped out more often and having to re-enter the market (when a valid signal is still there). It worked out between 15 – 30% more profitable (that really surprised me).

Stopped out – 7 Apr

I got stopped out overnight, minor nip out will look for further set ups if the arrive. One point, given the proximity of the d500 I will only trade this again at a smaller size. The 4h divergence I am trading is off the 27 Mar low, was a marginal double divergence until last night.

4h Chart

Daily Chart

Account Risk: 0.5%
Long: 2x 1.0936
Stop: 1.0969 (33 pips)
Tgt 1: 1.0875, 4H 50MA (61 pips)
Mindset: Reluctant

Update 1 – Stopped out – 15 Mar

This sums up how I’m feeling about this.

I didn’t really want to take this trade, the AUDUSD and NZDUSD are very similar in price action and the AUDNZD is low volatility. However, I’m about trading set ups that I see rather than trying to be clever with my opinion and entries.

It’s another thing I’ve been wondering for a while – when looking at a trade you ideally want to be trading a weak vs a strong currency. The AUD and NZD just seem to be very similar and price action between the two seems marginal.

Here’s the set up …

4H chart setup

It’s actually a nice entry – price has diverged, inside the bands and is now testing the upper band. So I am happy with the entry.

I’ve looked at the higher timeframes and there’s nothing to suggest to me that price would stop it’s trend higher with maybe the exception of the month which has run into the 50MA. However MAs are soft targets in my mind. Price often chops around a MA.

Monthly chart

Will see how it plays out – at least the entry is good.

Update – Stopped out – 15 Mar

Just got stopped out of this trade. Price moved higher off the back of the Kiwi Q/Q GDP figures which took me out. The expectation was a growth of 0.7%, the actual was 0.4% – quite a big miss. After being taken out price then continued to move higher for a few bars.

Frustratingly I see I’ve missed another entry which looks like it might work out. This goes back to my trading plan. Not being consistent enough with my trading time. If I’m not routinely checking the charts at set times I miss trades/opportunities. At the moment I’m just catching the losing trades!

Need to add this to my trading plan. I might try a different timeframe that suits my day-to-day.

Account Risk: 0.4%
Short: 1.0740
Stop: 1.0792 (52 pips)
Target: 1.0565 4H 200MA & (likely) Daily 50MA (175 pips, 3.36x RR).
Mindset: OK – A little unsure, expecting a loser soon after my recent run of winners.

Update #1 – Just checking in – 3 Mar
Update #2 – Stopped out – 3 Mar

Saw this short set up during my morning scan. I actually quite like the trade because there are some good correlations on several timeframes and other aussie markets (AUDUSD and GBPAUD) are supporting the story that the aussie is looking weak.

I really want to get a DST set up on the GBPAUD so I’ve only gone for half my planned risk on this trade. This is so my total exposure to the aussie is within 1% account risk.

Here’s the trade:

4H Chart – the set up chart

Price has moved marginally higher and closed back inside the bands. (Although price has since gone outside the bands when I took the screenshot!) There’s also a marginal divergence playing out.

However the story of this trade is really on the higher timeframes.

Daily Chart

It’s this chart that really got me interested. Price has run into prior resistance, the 500MA and is showing a divergence from the last high on Oct 2016.

I also like the distance of the 500MA and 200MA from each other. When back-testing I often saw scenarios where price would ping-pong between bigger MAs (typical the 50 & 100 or 100 & 200).

Ultimately I’m looking for this chart to go higher to the weekly 200MA (see below) and the golden cross is currently in the making so I’m hoping we’ll get a fall to my target and a nice DST set up so I can get long!

Weekly Chart

The chart shows the 200MA prior near miss, I’m looking for price to test the lower band before moving higher.

Outlook for now

I can see a lot of potential in this trade but I can also see this really kicking me in the balls! The momentum up to this point has been strong and the weekly chart does look good for a run to the 200MA.

It’s a wait and see affair. BTW never did get that long on the GBPAUD, price just flew away. Maybe in a few day’s time we’ll get another opportunity.

I feel like the pound is bottoming out and getting ready to make a resurgence.

Update – just checking in – 3 Mar

As part of my routine, I tend to any open positions at lunchtime. Being optional Friday at work (where everyone seems to work from home) – I also took a bit of time to reanalyse my trade and target. At the moment price is against me but I still see a decent amount of potential in this trade. (I need to be careful here though – I’m worried I’m getting too one-sided in my view.)

Here’s the current price action on the 4H chart. Green line is my entry, red my stop.

There’s potential here for a short-term, marginal divergence, to set up on this timeframe. I still won’t increase my position as I’m looking at other markets (long on the GBPAUD for example) but if the divergence does set up and I decide not to trade the GBPAUD, I would consider it.

At one stage the trade was with me by ~50 pips and touched the 50MA; so if we do get a divergence coming in, it would give me more confidence that we would hit my 200MA target. This is particularly true when you see the two prior touches of the 100MA and the proximity of the 50 and 100MA.

Incidentally, the divergence is not there on my ETX broker charts. Something that has confused me before (getting in too early on GBPCAD) but the very recent price action shows a spinning top and shooting star.

However the AUDUSD looks to be bottoming and the AUDJPY is looking strong. So it’s a coin flip in my mind.

We’ll have to wait and see – but it’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. I’m feeling level enough to see this go either way.

Update – Stopped out – 3 Mar

Just got stopped out, Friday PM – no great shakes – the divergence is still there on the daily chart so might set up again.

In hindsight looking at the aussie and the kiwi against other currencies they are both quite weak at the moment. so I was shorting one weak currency against another, so maybe I should’ve been happy to take the 50MA target.

Again I would’ve liked to have split my position down to scale out of the trade at the 50MA first target and then shoot for my original target 200MA, but I need to grow my account some more to trade like that.

Finally the GBPAUD hasn’t come to the level I need it to, however I can see a divergence setting up on the GBPUSD 4H chart which looks like it could be a good entry.

My daily scans are showing that we have a few set ups in the making on the £. To me the £ is looking like it’s ready to move higher. Same for the €. I wonder if the circus is moving out and the triggering article 50 will be seen as a good thing and we’ll start worrying about stock markets and the US economy? The budget is also this Weds 8th Mar – so may mark a turning point.