Fawad Razaqzada

Fawad Razaqzada

Experienced financial market analyst, economist and trader. Produces and delivers market commentary and research for TradingCandles.com. Provides premium trade signals to his subscribers. Fawad is an experienced analyst and economist having been involved in the financial markets since 2010 working for leading global FX, CFD and Spread Betting brokerages, most recently at FOREX.com and City Index. Having graduated from Brunel University with a degree in economics and leveraging years of financial market experience, Fawad provides retail and professional traders worldwide with succinct fundamental & technical analysis on his own website at TradingCandles.com. His comments on the markets are regularly quoted by the leading financial publications such as Reuters and Market Watch. Fawad trades his own account and also offers premium trade signals to subscribers, and trading education to help shorten the learning curves of developing traders. He covers a wide range of markets, including major and minor FX pair, key commodities including oil and gold, stock indices and cryptocurrencies.

 

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EUR/CHF about to pop higher?

Fawad Razaqzada Fawad Razaqzada 10.02.2021 02:00
The EUR/CHF is a forgotten currency pair and rightly so because it hardly moves. So why bother writing about it? Well, I think it is about to start trending higher again and become more active. Don't expect it to behave like Bitcoin or the Dow, but it should provide a good, stable, trade for the bulls given the ongoing "risk-on" sentiment. I have recently written bullish forecasts on the GBP/CHF due to Brexit being avoided etc., and the private group ledges have benefitted from this pair already, as you can see from the following before/after charts: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com But like the pound, the euro could now also climb higher, especially against haven currencies like the franc and yen as we hopefully head towards more normal times ahead later this year. Anyway, straight to the point: the EUR/CHF monthly is looking bullish to me: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com The monthly chart shows the long-term bullish trend has been defended for several months now and rates have broken above the bearish channel. The path of least resistance is to the upside again. It is a very slow-moving pair, so if you do trade it long, make sure you don't expect the moon, and too quick. But the key takeaway point from this article is that the forgotten currency pair could be about to pop higher and become mainstream for FX traders again.
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CAD/JPY could follow GBP/JPY lead and break higher

Fawad Razaqzada Fawad Razaqzada 05.02.2021 09:02
Thanks to ongoing risk-on and reflationary trades, stock and crude oil markets extended their gains on Thursday, while safe-haven Japanese yen and gold sold off. The USD/JPY was among the best USD pairs, while other yen pairs also rallied – most notably, the GBP/JPY thanks to a hawkish Bank of England. Investors are now looking ahead to the publication of US jobs report on Friday. But we will also have the Canadian employment report released at the same time. So, the USD/CAD could be an interesting pair to watch when the reports are released. However, with the JPY selling off, I am keen to keep the focus on the yen pairs for now. Among them, the CAD/JPY is the next one to watch for a possible breakout, with the CAD finding good support from ongoing crude oil rally. A potentially stronger-than-expected Canadian employment report on Friday could be the trigger for a bigger rally. Before we discuss the CAD/JPY, lets discuss the GBP/JPY first. The latter staged a nice rally on Thursday rally from the support area shown on the chart after the Bank of England was less dovish than expected, causing the pound to rally across the board on Thursday. But with Brexit being avoided last month and the UK vaccinating more than 10 million people, the path of least resistance was always going to be to the upside for the GBP/JPY. So, I think more gains will follow for this pair. Luckily, the ledges in the private group got on board the rally before it took off as you can see from the before/after charts: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.comSource: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com I have shared the GBP/JPY trade setup that I posed to the private group, because the CAD/JPY is showing a similar setup as you will see below. The CAD/JPY has in fact started to move above the key resistance zone in the 81.50-82.10 range – and area which is now potentially going to be support: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com From here, the CAD/JPY could rise towards the point of origin of the initial breakdown in February 2020, at around 82.70 to 83.00, before potentially taking out the 2020 high at 84.75 next. It is important therefore that the bulls manage to defend the above support area for price to maintain its bullish bias and attract fresh buying as rates make higher highs and higher lows. The private group has been informed exactly how we are going to trade this setup.
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When to adjust your stop loss

Fawad Razaqzada Fawad Razaqzada 26.01.2021 09:35
When to adjust your stop loss   I have already written a lengthy report with plenty of examples on how to manage your risk when in a trade in THIS article. But I wanted to provide a template here to give you an idea of exactly when I normally adjust the stop loss.  Let's get straight to the point. The diagram below describes how I normally adjust the stop loss for a long trade and the opposite of this for a sell trade: Source: TradingCandles.com   To show you how I use the above template to manage the stop in some of my most recent trade signals for the private group, here are a couple of real world examples: Example 1: USD/CAD The USD/CAD was one of my recent trade signals. The idea was to sell the rallies into resistance in a downtrend. So, after a two- or three-day rebound into the bearish trend line, I thought it was the right time to issue a sell trade idea:  Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com   In addition to the above chart, I posted the below hourly chart showing the specifics of the trade entry, as well a short rationale behind the idea: "USD/CAD daily sows price reaching a potential resistance area (trend line and 21-day eMA) after a counter trend rebound off the lows. The long-term trend is bearish. So we will look for a sell setup here." "USD/CAD short trade idea on H1 chart – the idea is based off the daily and the fact that on this timeframe rates have rallied to and stalled at the 61.8% Fibo. The invalidation level is above the most recent high on H1 and also the trend line above the daily. The main target is the liquidity below the recent low " Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com     After providing the above trade signal, rates started to go down as we had envisaged, prompting me to provide the following update, as my focus now was on reducing the risk (as we always do after entering a trade): "USD/CAD update – lower the stop on this so we can lock in some profit as price has now created some structure below our entry range. It is important to continually monitor your positions, especially at times like now when the markets are all over the place. " Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    As can be seen from the above 4-hour chart, the reason why I moved the stop lower was because of the fact price had created a structure of interim lower highs and lower lows. I did not take into account the entry range and didn't just move the stop loss just for the sake of moving it to breakeven or better. But there was good reason for us to do so, and price action told us when it was the right time.  As it happened, the USD/CAD stalled just ahead of our intended target, which, together with the fact the US dollar was weakening against some other currencies, meant it was probably the best time to close it manually. So I provided the following rationale and chart for the subscribers behind my decision to close it ahead of the target: "USD/CAD closing it manually here for at least +125 pips profit. Oil prices have stalled and the US dollar has shown signs of life against some currencies already e.g. against euro and gold. So let's not take any chances and close this for a very good profit."  Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    Example 2: GBP/JPY Another of our trade ideas which required management of the stop was the long GBP/JPY setup, which was issued on 11th January 2021. This is what I wrote to the group: "GBP/JPY is looking quite bullish and think more gains are likely in my view as ongoing risk rally keeps the pressure on the safe haven yen and I think the pound will bounce back because no-deal Brexit has been avoided. The next key objective is the long-term bear trend and previous high around 142.71ish " Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    I then issued the specifics of the GBP/JPY long trade idea on the 4-hour chart as rates were testing the bullish trend line. The stop low below the most recent lows on 4H candles and thus the trend line: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    The GBP/JPY hit our first target for at least +100 pips and by now I had tightened the stop on the small portion still left open as shown on the updated chart to lock in some profit in case price reversed: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    As it turned out, this trade reversed and stopped us out of the second portion (for a small profit). But on reflection, perhaps I shouldn't have adjusted the the stop too tightly as price subsequently rebounded again after re-testing our entry area: Source: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com    Final words It is impossible to know ahead of time whether adjusting the stop loss is better than not doing anything at all. The way I see it is that you should adjust the stop loss as price action evolves and the market makes new price structures. On occasions, you might regret adjusting the stop loss. But essentially, what you want to do is reduce risk and remain in control of the trade. A small win is, after all, a win, and certainly not a loss. I would rather make a small win than lose a full 1R on any given trade.   
GOLD AND SILVER DEFENDING KEY SUPPORT LEVELS

GOLD AND SILVER DEFENDING KEY SUPPORT LEVELS

Fawad Razaqzada Fawad Razaqzada 15.01.2021 10:00
Following last week's big sell-off, gold and silver have both managed to cling on to their respective key support levels as investors weigh conflicting macro factors. With the recent rebound in bond yields, the outlook on the metals have become a little uncertain, but I am still of the view that both will rise further over time. Precious metals should continue to receive tailwind support from the ongoing flood of cheap central bank money. Out of the two metals, I am more bullish on silver than gold: As the year progresses, I expect the global economy to recover with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. This should help to boost industrial demand for silver (and other base metals). What's more, many countries are moving towards cleaner energy and away from fossil fuels for their energy needs. Silver is used in solar panels, so it is natural to think that there will be growing demand for the metal in the long term. Copper, meanwhile, is a key component in the construction industry. It is also used in clean energy, with wind, solar, batteries and electric cars all using the metal in electric wiring.So this industrial metal should also perform well in the long-term. From a technical point of view, I am encouraged to see some positive signs for both precious metals. Gold has managed to hold its own above the still-rising 200-day moving average – but needs to show further strength to signal demand is strong:  TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com Silver, meanwhile, has managed to hold above the breakout area of $25ish: TradingCandles.com and TradingView.com  If silver now manages to break and hold above 25.70ish resistance, then a move towards the recent highs should be on the cards next, potentially ahead of a bigger move thereafter.  However, if the metals were to break their respective long-term bullish trend lies, as shown on the charts, then at that point I will have to drop my near-term bullish view on the metals.

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