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2. Refer to the COT report and note the Commercial Trader's net position
3. Consider the Commercial Traders as the "Smart Money" - thus try to position like trades
4. Refer to and monitor daily the 2, 5, 10, and 30 year note line chart overlay
5. On the Treasury Note overlay, look for failure swings to provide clues to the future direction of the US Dollar
6. If the yields are dropping and one of the three yields fail to make a lower low, look for US Dollar to bounce
7. If yields are rising and one of the three yields fails to make a higher high, look for US Dollar to slide lower
10. Look at the monthly, weekly, and daily charts of the currency pairs traded, noting key support and resistance levels
11. Determine the market flow on the daily, 4-hour, and 1-hour charts via swing highs and lows
12. Try to trade in line with the long term (top down) directional bias and when the 4-hour market flow is in sync. This will filter many false
signals and assist us in high probability trade setups
13. When there is no clear definable direction, remain flat and sidelined until there is a clear bias