Using the Quantum tools and indicators in the London forex session
A shorter session than usual for technical reasons, but nevertheless some great price action as the London forex markets open.
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Currency matrix reveals sentiment for the British pound
A terrific trading session as the London markets gets underway with heavy selling of the British pound across the complex and clearly signaled on the currency matrix indicator for MT5.
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European data drives the forex market in early trading
It was all about the euro in early trading with the currency strength indicator, the currency matrix and the currency array all in focus in the forex trading session.
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Spoilt for choice in the fx session – which pair to choose!!
A great forex session and one where we were truly spoiled for choice, with the US dollar leading the way as safe haven flows saw the currency of first reserve rise strongly as European markets opened. This was countered with equally strong selling in several different currencies including the Australian dollar, the euro and the pound and clearly signaled on the currency strength indicator.
The move in the euro was triggered as a result of problems once more in the Italian banking system, an issue which like Greece, has never been resolved, and which is now rising once again to the
surface. But in this session we focused on one of these, the Aussie dollar which delivered a wonderful trend lower, and confirmed with all the associated indicators of the currency heatmap, the currency array and the currency matrix, with safe haven flows driving the US dollar, and equally strong bearish flows driving the Aussie, and combining in wonderful trading opportunity to...
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A great session this morning with David and myself and we started with the EUR/AUD which has been rising strongly for the last few days, and one of the lessons from our private trading chat room where we support our forex education program members. This was an example of an annotated chart of the EUR/AUD posted in the forum in real time and explaining some of the key VPA lessons. One of the hardest things to do in trading is to stay in a trend once a position begins to develop into profit, particularly when the trend pauses and starts to pull back or reverse.
This happens in all timeframes and is when the market pauses and moves into congestion. So how do we know whether this is a true change in the primary trend, or simply a move into a secondary trend before re-establishing the primary trend once more, and this is where volume price analysis steps in. This is...
Volume point of control (VPOC) holds key for gold
All traders understand the significance of price levels, and use any number of methods of trying to establish which are important and which to target not only as potential price objectives, but also try to try and establish where price is likely to stall.
And what makes a price level significant is whether it is reflected across different time frames, and we have a great example from the daily and monthly charts for gold.
On the daily chart we've seen some reasonable buying coming in at 1235, and perhaps even the start of a double bottom with the Camarilla marking the upside levels that need to be breached. But the monthly is looking bearish as the gold price is trying to break away from VPOC in the 1260 region, but what is significant this is also the R4 level on the daily and which is where only a break and hold here would signal the resumption of bullish sentiment.
However, short term the...
Bookmark feature on MT5 heatmap
We have added some real cool features to our Quantum heatmap. First you can now resize the indicator to fit your workspace, and second you can also now bookmark your favourite currency pairs making it easier to track these.
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Currency Strength Indicator for MT5
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David and I working on completing our Quantum indicators for MT5, and delighted with how effective they are on this platform, in particular the use of MT5's custom time frames, which makes multi time frame analysis so much easier. And MT5 has also allowed us to add push notifications to the currency strength indicator.
Now working on the remaining indicators, and our complete package users will also have access to two brand new indicators for free. These are the euro index, and the Quantum Camarilla indicator....
Classic VPA on GBP/JPY
A classic VPA on 5 min chart of GBP/JPY on the release of NFP today. Huge down candle on light volume, before we saw a switch back higher as market absorbed poor numbers, and likelihood of a September FED hike in interest rates disappear faster than snow in July.
The trigger of the volatility indicator (purple arrows) also signaled high probability of a re-trace to within spread of the down candle. Volume simply validated this point.
Indeed FED Funds Rate now pricing in a 44% probability of a rise in rates in December which is a re-run of last year's interest rate saga. As of yesterday FED funds showing a 30% probability of a rise in September
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Divergence in euro complex
From a technical perspective last week was not an easy one for the euro with a divergence of sentiment across the complex. Against the USD it found some much needed support at the 1.0825 support level, which provided the springboard for a move up and through the VPOC on the daily chart at the key 1.09 price point. The pair managed to maintain this bullish momentum through to the end of week before finally ending the week at 1.1004 on reasonable volume. However, this move higher has, so farfailed to follow through in today's trading session with the 100 ema providing the cap. Bearish sentiment towards the euro has also increased in the futures market where shorts have added 18.1k contracts taking the total gross short position to 172.5k, the largest increase since November 2015.
This week we also have the ECB interest rate decision and obligatory press conference, and given the current economic downturn in the eurozone, the market is...