Closed Trade EUR/USD – 55 Pip Gain!
This is a closed trade that was placed as part of a live forex training. This trade was placed in a real forex trading account & was posted as it happened. Below you can read the unedited log of this trade to see an example of Forex Surfing in action:
EUR/USD Archive Trade
After leaving the London session this morning, a nice umbrella handle has formed breaking out to the downside below the channel described in the previous post.
EUR/USD 5-min Channel Breakdown
On the 5 min chart you can see that we’ve formed a nice umbrella handle: 
To try & get the best price, I’m waiting for the 1-min uptrendline to be broken (see image below): 
Ok, I’ve entered the trade, here are the details: currency pair: EUR/USD timeframe: 5-min I: 1.2845 II: 1.2790 III: 1.2820 Entry: 1.2815 Stop 1.2845 – max risk = 30 pips Limit: 1.2760 – reward = 55 pips reward/risk = 183.33% Here is the etoro screen with the settings: 
Here’s the 1-min crossover
And here’s the fibonacci calculator: 
Trade closed for 55 pip profit!
I woke up this morning pleasantly with a 55 pip gain on this trade. Here’s a screenshot of this trade on a 5-min chart. As you can see below, the price channeled for a little while before hitting the profit limit of 1.2760. 
Sometimes the best trades are the ones I place & walk away…Still it’s always fun to wake up with more money than before you went to sleep!
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Tags: 5-min, 90 Day Forex Trading Bootcamp, closed trade, EUR/USD, forex surfing, live trade, online forex trading, trade example Posted in
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Gary Cooper on
September 7th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Wow, it’s really amazing that I can see the free info you gave us being put to practical use! Thanks Brian!
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