Day 551: December rate hike a maybe?

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Today was the FOMC minutes meeting and it seemed like half the Feds were pro December hike, and half was still unsure. As for now, IF data looks decent until December, it looks like the December rate hike is a go. The important information the market needs now is whats going to happen after December. Are we going to have more hikes or is it a one and done type of deal. The dollar didn’t rise from the minutes meeting but I’m still holding onto my long USD/JPY trade.

Day 550: Not looking so good

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Still holding onto my dollar trades and it’s not looking so pretty. My EUR/USD shorts already got stopped out but I’m still keeping my USD/JPY longs on hold. The dollar managed to recover slightly today but things are still very slow. Tomorrow’s FOMC minutes meeting and although I feel apprehensive holding onto trades before the big news event, I feel like the FOMC minutes can give the dollar an upward push it needs.

Day 548: Dollar deep pullback

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The NFP data showed that the U.S lost 33,000 jobs this month but many are speculating that it’s due to seasonal job changes along with the major hurricane interruptions. The dollar initially took this news well and even had a small jump off of it. Eventually when things settled out, the dollar spent the remaining of NY to pull back. This pull back is not only healthy but natural. The dollar has been rallying for weeks and it’s about time it took a pause. I had some early dollar long trades mid NY session which I will hold. I believe the dollar pullback will attract more buyers at better price and go for another leg up.

Day 547: Will the Hurricanes effect the NFP?

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Profit: $8.10 Total: $331.66

It was another win today by the Dollar bulls. The rally is still alive even before the NFP. One topic of tomorrow’s number is that if the recent devastating hurricanes will have a major effect on the payroll data or not. There were multiple hurricanes in the end of September which created chaos within the labor market. It would be interesting to see how big of an impact the hurricanes had. I still think it looks bright for the dollar bulls as long as the NFP data comes out horrible.

Day 546: Yellen tease

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Profit: $6.21 Total: $323.56

There were some majors news events scheduled for the afternoon for Draghi and Yellen to speak. A lot of traders were expecting some crazy movements but ultimately the two spokesmen said nothing to change any price action. I was afraid the dollar bulls were going to lose their battle but the bulls still look very juicy. I want to take some dollar long trades overnight but the momentum is still not there. I feel like the markets are gearing up for another dollar push, I may or may not decide to enter in some dollar long trades overnight regardless of the low momentum.

Day 544: Sleeper Mondays

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Profit: -$1.52 Total: $317.77

I opened up the charts a bit NY opening and looked pretty clear to me that the dollar was still bullish. Throughout the day I took trades to scalp long dollar but things were just not moving in the right direction. Not sure if it was because it’s the beginning of the month but things were really slow for today. I had some rough scalping losses which made me hold onto some of my long dollar trades. I ended up taking profits during Asia where I was able to recoup most of my losses. Remember, if the market’s not moving, sometimes it’s better to just hold.

Day 543: Mixed signals

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Profit: $3.78 Total: $319.29

A lot of mixed messages within the dollar pairs today. It looked like the dollar was starting off strong at start ,then had a dip which eventually plateaued in the end. It’s pretty usual for Friday’s to be wonky, especially for the last trading day of the month. My usually strategy for days like these are to get my pips and run.