A mixed forex trading week for the HLHB System, as I close USD/JPY’s open position for a profit while two of GBP/USD’s signals turned out to be a fakeout.
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As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve decided to stick to my second tweak in my forward tests for the next couple of weeks. Basically, I’m adding the ADX indicator as a filter on top of the RSI and applying all of them on the 4-hour time frame instead of last year’s 1-hour charts.
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Here are the results from the first week of May:
EUR/USD
GBP/USD
USD/JPY
After weeks of watching over it, I’ve finally closed USD/JPY’s open position! The trade closed at 112.87, which stings a bit since it went up to as high as 114.37 before it hit the adjusted stop loss. Still, +382 pips isn’t so bad, don’t you think?
Oh, and there’s a new trade in town! The HLHB printed another valid signal, this time another buy at 111.64. Fingers crossed for another good run!
Meanwhile, GBP/USD’s signals are giving me eye twitches. See, it printed not only one, but TWO fakeouts throughout the week! Even worse, one of them took the full 150-pip hit when the pair reversed as soon as the signal was triggered.
Overall, still not a bad week although it has once again underscored the importance of filtering out fakeouts without choking gains. Got any ideas for that?
P.S.: Remember to never risk more than 1% of a trading account on any single trade and to adjust position sizes accordingly. Create your own ideas and don’t follow what I do. Better yet, read the Risk Disclosure!
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