30 August 2010

EUR/GBP : Downtrend Continuation

  • Short since 12Jul10, average in rate 0.8363. Since then, we have been trading mostly 0.82/0.84 with a few unsuccessful attempts to trade below 0.82 briefly.
  • Attached both are monthly charts - 1 line chart going all the way back to 1992 and other is usual candle showing recent time frame.
  •  Line chart : 0.8385 is very important chart point (dating back to Jul95) which was broken in Jun10, after which we whipped around as above.
  • Recent monthly closes : Jun10 = 0.8184;  Jul10 = 0.8312;  Aug10 ? (<0.8184 or not ?)
  • A close tomorrow (Aug10 month end) below 0.8184 would be signal for me to increase my short in a BIG way. [Now at 0.8177]
  • The triangle objective remains at 0.7542 (horizontal pink line). From the line chart, a move of such seemingly large magnitude, is really nothing at all in the grand scheme of things.
  • [This remains the best way to gain short EUR exposure, I think].

1 comment:

Taichiseal said...

Currently trading at 0.8268. Absolutely no chance of a close below 0.8184 for Aug10 now.

Good example of the importance of waiting for signal confirmation before executing trade. If I had not waited, I would be stuck with a position too large to handle feeling really uncomfortable too.