With a couple of countries on Holiday in Europe, things were pretty dead for the European session but picked up ahead of the US session. Also doesn’t help that we seem to be feeling the usual August doldrums out of Europe for August vacations in general, so I’m half size max for now. See EURUSD below.
Here’s the US Dollar Index intraday with market direction lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long very early (1/4 size) at A and stopped. Triggered long just ahead of the European session at B and stopped. Went again in the morning at C and hit first target at D and beyond nicely, but that trigger was a little before I usually get to my desk:
