PRICE ACTION, VOLUME, ORDER FLOW, INTERMARKET & BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS

ParaCurve is a strategy, routine and idea repository for active traders and investors. Trading Futures, FX and Equities since 2008.

USD Has a Pretty Good Week

….for the US dollar, who else? This USD uptrend doesn’t want to give up, and I’ve been playing dollar longs and short term countertrend shorts all week mainly on EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/CHF. Pips have

Manufactured Money: Let's Print Some Cash

Nowadays, if you say “please”, chances are someone will give you $150 billion dollars. World indices are showing sluggish gains tonight but not expecting it to last, or with huge strength. Economics are still bad

60 Trade Examples

Reading is one thing, but pictures are worth 10x what I write sometimes. At the expense of sounding like a cheap advertiser, there are literally tens of thousands of pips in these examples alone, compiled

Losing Money Trading FX

We all know the statistic, and it’s not a pretty one. According to CRB, “Ninety-two percent of day traders trying to scalp lose money. Only eight percent are successful. Out of the eight percent, only

USD Consolidation Continues; OPEC Under Pressure

Optimism floating around the world markets tonight as volatility continues and seeing further bailout signs of hope coming in from other parts of the globe, namely the Netherlands and South Korea. SPX futures are also

POOF – And Then There Were None

The stock market rally went as far as the middle of last night, with SPX futures climbing steadily before the sellers came stomping in again. We didn’t even get our shoes on. Yesterday I

EQUITY MARKETS FLY; REVERSAL INDICATIONS PLANTED

I really hope you weren’t one of those people that liquidated your retirement account last week. The picture to the left is a scientific way of explaining what the equity markets did today.