Hey Surf, sorry to hear the news. You're OK in my book. Even if you're not a TA guy, consider that different techniques work at different times (I'm sure you have). I'll bet you think I took this play because it's an inverted head and shoulders. That's not why I took it. I took it because it was a H3 pullback on the 60 (right shoulder) , which just happened to be the time frame I had up when I got home from my other occupation tonight. I entered where you see the red doji 2 bars prior to the last (last chart...1 back on the first post). My stop was the low of the prior bar to that, which was tested on the bull outside bar 1 from the last on the latest chart posted, but did not get hit...this play is right out of Brooks...he describes this play on multiple time frames and instruments in his book (and vids). Good luck on that Peacock bass fishing. We don't have them in this part of the state. Good trading, too, bro.
Stopped break even at 3:11 on last 3rd after German data release at 3:00 CST US. Done until morning. Glad I took the 2nd position off early. Will be interesting to see how this bar finished in the morning. I'm not waiting up for it.
...as I post this final edit, it's down to 1186 from it's high of 1224...in 20 minutes. This is still the 60'.
Had I left the initial stop at 1177, I would have reached my objective on the remaining part of the position. Such is life. Trading is filled with "what ifs?". .