Trading is icing first and then your cake.
Look at Monday's trading. What stands out?
First trades:
Final trade sequence:
First it's several "nothing-to-write-home-about" trades.
Only then does the opportunity you solved for (in your game plan) show up fully.
- Tuesday? Same.
- Wednesday? Same.
- Today? Again—same.
Look at today's trading.
First trades:
Final trade sequence:
What's happening?
When too many traders jump into the same opportunity, the market must clear the crowd.
Money always transfers from the majority to a select few who know how to play the game.
Your game plan (the opportunity for you to take money from the market) works—but at first, only a little. It's the icing.
The cake doesn't come until others:
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Exit in frustration.
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Bleed trying to force it.
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Or better yet, flip their position in doubt.
And the long the delay between icing and cake—the bigger the cake when if finally comes.
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Editors’ Picks
EUR/USD holds above 1.1250, looks to post small weekly losses
EUR/USD rebounds and stabilizes above 1.1250 following a two-day slide but remains on track to post small weekly losses. The pair draws support from a pause in the US Dollar buying as traders turn cautious ahead of US-China trade talks on Saturday.
GBP/USD extends daily recovery toward 1.3300
GBP/USD gathers recovery momentum and rises toward 1.3300 in the American session on Friday. The US Dollar stalls its upside as focus shift to the weekend's US-China trade talks. On Thursday, the BoE cut the policy rate but maintained its cautious stance on future easing.
Japanese Yen recovers further from multi-week low against mildly softer USD
The Japanese Yen builds on the steady intraday ascent heading into the European session and moves further away from a four-week low touched against its American counterpart earlier this Friday. Rising geopolitical tensions is now helping revive safe-haven demand.
Editors’ Picks
EUR/USD holds above 1.1250, looks to post small weekly losses
EUR/USD rebounds and stabilizes above 1.1250 following a two-day slide but remains on track to post small weekly losses. The pair draws support from a pause in the US Dollar buying as traders turn cautious ahead of US-China trade talks on Saturday.
GBP/USD extends daily recovery toward 1.3300
GBP/USD gathers recovery momentum and rises toward 1.3300 in the American session on Friday. The US Dollar stalls its upside as focus shift to the weekend's US-China trade talks. On Thursday, the BoE cut the policy rate but maintained its cautious stance on future easing.
Gold clings to gains above $3,300 on escalating geopolitical tensions
Gold price turns positive on the day above $3,300 following an intraday slide to the $3,275-3,274 area. Geopolitical risks stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, the escalation of tensions in the Middle East, and the India-Pakistan border, attract safe-haven flows and support XAU/USD.
Week ahead – All eyes on US CPI and trade talks amid no end to tariff uncertainty
US CPI report takes centre stage to gauge tariff impact. Progress in trade negotiations will also be watched, especially with China. US Retail Sales, UK and Japanese GDP on the agenda too.
Why the UK-US trade deal won’t herald a wider tariff climbdown
For Britain, the UK-US deal secures lower tariffs without compromising forthcoming UK-EU talks. And for the US, it signals to investors that the administration is prepared to be flexible on tariffs. But we're sceptical that the deal will translate into a much wider de-escalation in US tariff policy.
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