Possible trend shift in GBPUSD – going long

21 sie 2019

The Tidal Shift Strategy has just bought GBPUSD at 1.21711. The system recommends entering this trade at any price between 1.21502 and 1.2192. The signal was issued because our Speculative Sentiment Index has hit its most extreme negative level for the past 145 trading hours at 2.56227, which suggests that the GBPUSD could be trending upwards.The 14-period Average True Range on a daily chart is 0.00167, so the stop loss has been set at 1.20875. This stop loss order is a trailing stop that will move up as the market moves up. There is no profit target for this strategy. We expect to be closed by the stop loss.Tidal Shift is a trend trading strategy that aims to catch shifts in trend using trader sentiment as an indicator. The strategy looks to buy when the Speculative Sentiment Index reaches its lowest value for the past 145 trading hours, and looks to short when it reaches its highest value for the past 145 trading hours.

Signal ID: 67630
Time Issued: Tuesday, 20 August 2019 18:00:16 GMT
Status: open
Entry: 1.21502 - 1.2192
Limit: N/A
Stop Loss: 1.20875


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