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Tag Archives: Currencies
Swing Trading Strategies – Sept Eurocurrency forms a bearish reaction swing, but is it time to sell? [chart]
After completing a bullish reaction cycle on the August 8th reversal date, September Eurocurrency has been in a downward price swing. The euro has posted two consecutive higher closes following several closes below the 20- day EMA. The corrective rally appears to be a bearish reaction swing and could be forming a new sell pattern. A trade below the August… read more
Swing Trading Strategies – What can you learn from looking at past price action? [chart]
Looking into the past can provide a wealth of information when trying to find future support and resistance levels. Past high or low price pivot points should not be ignored and can be critical when trying to identify or project futures price swings and trend reversals. The later came into play recently in the Dollar Index. The Dollar index had… read more
Swing trading strategies – Dollar Index at critical juncture! [chart]
Swing Trading Strategies intra-day using “action-reaction” by John Crane. [chart]
Most of my posts are about swing trading strategies using daily charts. Therefore, I am often asked if the “action-reaction” method can also be used when daytrading. Yes, it can. This 3-minute chart, of the June Eurocurrency, offers a great example of “action-reaction” at work intra-day. Between 7:48 a.m. and 7:54 a.m. (MST) on the… read more
Swing trade strategy – Euro rally stalled at median line. What’s next for the euro? [chart]
The June eurocurrency bottomed at 1.2163, a confluence of support where the down-sloping line parallel line intersected with the up-sloping reaction line. The market reversed on the May 18 reversal date and rallied over 450 points in the following three sessions. The three-day rally stalled at 1.2674, when it tested the newly established up-sloping median line on Friday, May 21, 2010 and… read more
Swing trading strategies – What does “action-reaction” tell us about the next move in the Eurocurrency? [chart]
The June Eurocurrency posted pivot highs of the April 15 and May 3rd reversal swing dates. Both dates marked the end of the corrective bounce and triggered a bearish reversal, followed by a lower market. The euro also posted a 570 point rally, during the two session following the May 6th reversal date. Since then,… read more
Swing trade strategy – How the R-swing date worked in the Australian dollar. [chart]
June Australian dollar – The Aussie is experiencing a sharp price decline, falling over 580 points in the past four trading sessions. However, the price decline may be coming to an end as the market reached the reaction line target objective (8331) on the projected reversal swing date (May 19th). I look for the Aussie… read more
Swing trading strategies – Euro reaches target line on projected R-swing date. [chart]
June Eurocurrency – After plunging over 220 during Tuesday’s session, the euro opened lower on Wednesday’s reversal date before turning higher and posting a strong rally. The market had tested the reaction line support early in the session and it provided the springboard for the subsequent 200-point rally that was triggered by the reversal date.… read more
Swing trading strategies – Trading in Volatile markets – Part one [video]
During the first week of May,2010, several markets experienced extreme volatility. During extreme volatility, many trading programs and strategies break down because of sudden reversals and lareg price moves. In the two videos titled, ” Trading in Volatile Markets” I walk through several markets using the “Action-Reaction” theory and the Reversal dates to show you how this… read more