How to trade EUR/USD on November 1?. Simple tips for beginners. Unexpected collapse in the market on Friday

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 The EUR/USD pair fell 150 points down on Friday. And, frankly, it's even somehow difficult to comment on. Recall that in the last 3-4 months the pair has been trading at about 40-50 points a day, and when the last time there was a volatility of more than 100 points, I don't even remember. In addition, on Thursday, the results of the meeting of the European Central Bank were summed up, and an absolutely disastrous report on US GDP in the third quarter was published. Thus, the fall of the dollar and the growth of the euro on Thursday were absolutely logical. But on Friday, statistics were published only in the European Union (important statistics) and again it turned out to be in favor of the euro. But instead of continuing to buy, the markets decided otherwise and started massive sales of the euro. And this is very difficult to explain. GDP in the eurozone in the third quarter was higher than forecast. Inflation accelerated in October to 4.1%, which, as in the case of the dollar, increases the likelihood of curtailing the stimulus program in the European Union. Thus, the euro should continue to rise. But no, instead we saw the biggest drop in the past few months. The technical picture at the 30-minute TF still does not suggest a trend movement. There is no trend line or trend channel now.


Friday's downward movement on the 5 minute timeframe looks really impressive. But, unfortunately, the essence of the movement itself was not very good. Simply put, there was a strong and powerful movement, but there were no similar signals. Let's try to figure out the trading signals on Friday. The very first signal of the day crossed out the entire future movement of the EUR / USD pair. Simply because at the beginning of the European trading session the price danced around the level of 1.1666 for some time, fixing itself above it and below it. Thus, only around this level, at least 2 false signals were formed, which could have brought a loss of about 22 points. However, the main problem is not this, but the fact that if novice traders rejected these signals, then the last sell signal near the same level of 1.1666 should not have been worked out, and it was he who turned out to be profitable! Moreover! The downward movement began, but during the publication of European statistics (the first tick), the pair, on the contrary, stopped moving !!! And when the price reached the next level of 1.1622, it first bounced off it, forming another false buy signal. Its novice traders also had to reject a buy trade, which turned out to be 25 pips unprofitable !!! In general, by the middle of the working day, beginners already had 50 points of loss on the move that should have brought only profit. The signal to sell on consolidation below the level of 1.1617 should also be worked out by a short position. Subsequently, the price consolidated below the level of 1.1585 and went down about 70 points in total. According to Take Profit, this deal should not have been closed, since it was necessary to win back 50 points of loss. This could have been done by manually closing the deal in the late afternoon.


How to trade on Monday:


The pair traded actively on the 30-minute timeframe on Thursday, and very actively on Friday, only this did not affect the technical picture in any way. There is still no trend. Thus, it is still not very convenient to trade on the 30-minute TF, and we still do not recommend tracking signals from the MACD indicator. We advise you to wait for the formation of a trend line or trend channel. On a 5-minute timeframe, the key levels for November 1 are 1.1496, 1.1529, 1.1585, 1.1617 - 1.1622. Take Profit, as before, is set at a distance of 30-40 points. Stop Loss - to breakeven when the price passes in the right direction by 15 points. At 5M TF, the target can be the nearest level if it is not too close or too far away. If it is located - then you should act according to the situation or work according to Take Profit. On Monday, the only major report will be the ISM in the US manufacturing sector. But after the overly active last week, it's even difficult to imagine what to expect from the pair on Monday ...