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Watch Out for More Traps on Volatility and the News!
Volatility and news go hand in hand in forex trading. Releases create sharp moves. But they also set traps. False breakouts catch impatient traders. This is common in GBP/USD during European data. Here it's the GBP/USD as European data is released with the PMI data for France and Germany with the volatility indicator for MT5 and NinjaTrader signalling this clearly in all timeframes.
European PMI Data and GBP/USD Volatility
European PMI data for France and Germany drives early action. Strong figures boost risk sentiment. Weak ones favor caution. GBP/USD reacts fast. Volatility spikes at release. But not all moves last.
How Traps Form on News
News spikes often lack volume support. Price breaks levels. Traders chase. But low volume reveals weakness. Reversal follows. Volume price analysis (VPA) spots this—high price on low volume = trap.
Quantum Volatility Indicator Signals
The Quantum volatility indicator on MT5 and NinjaTrader signals clearly. It highlights expansion phases across timeframes. Spikes warn...
Many of the currency market pairs remain rangebound and trading in congestion ranges as risk on and risk off oscillates with the ebb and flow of pandemic news daily, with fundamental data taking a secondary role.
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Where to Start Your Forex Trading Day?
Starting your forex trading day the right way sets you up for success. Many traders jump in blindly. This leads to noise and missed opportunities. Think of it like fishing. You need a sonar system to scan the ocean. Find where the shoals of fish are—then cast your line.
The Quantum Trading tools and indicators are your sonar system on the market, helping you to search out the best trading opportunities throughout the session, and as with all the indicators, not simply helping you to choose the best trade, but once in, helping to keep you in and get out at the right time.
Setup Your Indicators Like a Sonar Scanner
Begin with a clean workspace on MT5 or NinjaTrader. Load the Quantum currency dashboard. This includes the currency strength indicator, matrix, array, and heatmap. They scan the market relationally. Strong currencies appear bright. Weak ones fade. This reveals "shoals"—high-probability pairs.
Scan for the Best "Fishing Spots"
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When currencies are moving in the same direction expect congestion as there is no force driving the two apart. When there is divergence, a trend develops and all is revealed on the currency strength indicator, whether for NinjaTrader, MT4, MT5 or TradingView.
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Understanding how markets relate to one another can help both traders and investors. Volume price analysis and our Quantum tools make this a lot easier and in this video we consider how moves in the Japanese yen were a precursor to yesterday's dramatic market sell-off.
Trading with Intermarket Analysis
Intermarket analysis is a powerful approach for traders. It studies relationships between asset classes: stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies. These markets are interconnected. Moves in one influence others. Understanding this reveals broader sentiment. Volume price analysis (VPA) confirms conviction across markets.
Core Intermarket Relationships
Key links drive trading insights:
Bonds and Stocks: Bond prices fall (yields rise) in risk-on—equities rally. Yields drop in risk-off—stocks weaken.
USD and Commodities: Strong USD pressures gold/oil lower (priced in dollars). Weak USD boosts them.
Oil and Commodity Currencies: High oil lifts CAD (Canada exporter). Low oil weakens it.
Gold and Safe-Havens: Risk-off surges gold and JPY/CHF.
Equities and Risk Currencies: Stocks up favors AUD/NZD.
These correlations shift but persist long-term.
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A dramatic price waterfall can trigger FOMO in many traders but understanding the candles and volume can help to identify potential entries. In this video, we illustrate this in real-time....
Trading success is all about understanding risk and flows as money seeks low risk low rewards in safe haven assets or higher risk higher rewards in risk assets. And all of this risk sentiment is revealed in related markets for forex traders.
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In this section of a recent webinar, we highlight the importance of the R4 Camarilla level and how this level can give us an insight into possible reversals....
As with stock traders and investors who analyze the stock, it's sector and fundamentals before investing, the same is true for forex traders. So it pays to get to know your currency well, and here Anna explains what you need to focus on using the Australian dollar as an example.
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