Well it turned out to be a sit on hands afternoon after-all. GBPUSD counter trend trade voided, thankfully, as it meant I didn’t get messed around looking for resumption of the trend moves late into the UK evening.
Intraday trade portions were stopped out for profits earlier on in the day racking up some early profits on the trades.
ATM and profit locking started mid afternoon on AUDJPY and EURJPY.
As well as locking in intraday profits on 1-2 open trades there is still exposure to the movements via the swing / overnight parts of the trades. I will need to assess the 240 min and 15 min charts in the usual way for signs of reversal to start locking in some swing profits.
This has already started on GBPUSD with the earlier reversal bar and +20 secured so far on it and currently open profits of approx 110 pips at the time of this writing.
Right now (17:00 there is no sign or pending sign) that 18:00 will lead me to start locking in the swing profits on the positions. The next assessment for me will be 22:00 just before shutting down for the night. So a 2 min decision at 6 pm and a 2 min decision at 10pm which will keep Mrs N. happy as we can both relax for the evening.
All in all a lovely start to the week and to the month. Just what the doctor ordered after what has been a scrappy July.
Happy Trading
Phil
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