Friday, March 5, 2010

Half AUD/JPY Position Stopped Out; I'm ReShorting




AUD/JPY


I was stopped out of half my AUD/JPY position this morning at 80.90 which resulted in a 68 pip loss. The other half of my position is still in play with a stop at 82.90. Although the strength of the rally looks solid, and follow through to stop me out on the other half of my position is a decent possibility right now, the wave count suggests otherwise. This latest rally may just be a C wave, and the strength and slope of the ascent would support this. Plus, with it trading around 81.90, it's fairly close to my stop at 82.90, so I like this risk/reward for a possible reversal here. I'm risking about 100 pips to possibly make well over 300 if the trade works out to full potential. I like those odds so I'm re-entering the other half of my position at a much better price then where I exited.

So I'm again fully short the AUD/JPY with a stop at 82.90. I may be throwing good money after bad, but the wave structure and risk/reward make it a desirable risk.

S&P

In regards to the stock market, it may be thrusting from the triangle I laid out yesterday, but we need to see a reversal start by the end of the day. Volume picked up at the open but has since declined later in the session. I hold firm on what I said yesterday:

"If the S&P cash index makes a strong push higher on high volume and strong internals, and momentum on the intraday charts turns up and it appears clear it will close well above 1125, I will close all my short term short positions."



PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS JUST AN ANALYSIS BLOG AND IN NO WAY GUARANTEES OR IMPLIES ANY PROFIT OR GAIN. THE DATA HERE IS MERELY AN EXPRESSED OPINION. TRADE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

At 3pm ET consumer credit report comes out which will likely continue to show a contraction - and put a damper on rally. Maybe.

Todd said...

Thanks for posting that, I was not tracking that. The end of trading today will prove huge. A big reversal would be extremely bearish while a continuation or sustainment of this rally would be very bullish. Seeing as that's coming out near the close may add to the volatility at that time.

Thanks!

Todd

Anonymous said...

Volume continues to trail off. Puts even more emphasis on last hour.

That consmr. credit report out shortly.

JD, FLA

Todd said...

Yeah I'm going to be watching the last hour of trading intently. A reversal on solid volume into the close would be extremely bearish in my view. Anything else would be bullish. Waiting....

Todd

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