The EURUSD day trading strategies provided a profit potential of +10R this past week (“R” is described below). The strategies used, and their statistics for the week, are outlined below.

The difference between “potential” and our actual profit is the dollar amount of Trading Mistakes made (factor in any alterations made to the strategy, such as trailing stop losses, etc.)…This week I underperformed the potential by a wide margin.

The strategies have rules and are part of a complete trading plan, but trades are discretionary and subject to interpretation. The goal is to reach the profit potential (or possibly exceed it), but actual results will typically be lower especially when learning.

The profit potential is based on trading a 2-hour window between approximately 8 and 10 AM EST. Quite often I only trade for 1.5 hours.

It can help with consistency to have a daily trading routine, and then I also recommend having a quick pre-trade routine to get yourself in the right headspace for profitable trading.

I trade on a 1-minute chart and use the strategies discussed in this review. The week’s charts, with the trades, are below.

Video walk-through of all the trades for the week:

Totals for this week:

• Profit potential was +10.07R for the four trading days.. This is if all the valid trades were taken, and no invalid trades were taken.
  • “R” in trading is a standardized risk amount. It could be 1% of the account, 0.5% of the account, or any amount you choose based on your position sizing method.
  • In other words, if risking 1% of the account per trade, the potential profit from these strategies this week was 10.% (less commissions), trading about 1.5 to 2 hours per day.
• Average profit per day: 2.01R
  • Monday and Tuesday, there there no trades. All profit came on Wed-Fri.
    
• Average trading time per day: 1 hour 35 minutes.
  

• 100% win rate if the strategy rules were followed.
  • win 4 / 4 trades
  • Higher win rate than normal, but also not very many trades.
• Average # of trades per day: 0.8
  
  
• Reward to Risk (based on all potential trades):
  • 2.52 : 1
  • Wins average: 2.5, 2.48, 2.59, 2.5 = 10.07 / 4 = 2.52
  • Loss average: no losses, but 1R was risked.
    R:R: 2.52 / 1 = 2.52
• Typical leverage is about 30:1. Ranging from 20:1 to 50:1, depending on the stop loss distance in pips.

You can track a lot of these stats in the free and downloadable forex day trading log (Excel spreadsheet).

EURUSD Day Trading Strategy Totals

These are optimal results for the strategies, including trades I missed and excluding trades I shouldn’t have been in. This is so I can ascertain over time which strategies are working the best and producing the most profit potential.

• Rounded Tops and Bottoms strategy profit: +10.07R
  (Daily totals: 0, 0, 0, 2.5, 5.07, 2.5)
  
  
• Snap Back strategy profit: 0R
  (0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
  
  
• Double Pump strategy profit: 0R
  (0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
  
  
• Double Pump Variation strategy profit: 0R
  (0, 0, 0, 0, 0)

Daily Charts and Trades

Charting provided by TradingView.

My Focus For the Next Week

Life stuff: need to do some meditating, as well as some meal planning. My diet has been horrible because I was tired following being sick. I also want to think about how I will to trade going forward, and any changes to my trading schedule (or other things) that I want to make. I am feeling a little rushed right now trying to squeeze everything in. I need to prioritize and focus on the things I really enjoy/want to do.

Here are the prior totals (monthly). Actual charts are in the weekly articles listed within the monthly-total articles:

• January: +63R potential
• February: +78R potential
• March: +76R potential
• April: +76R potential
• May: +94R potential
• June: +91R potential
• July: +67R potential
• August: +38R potential (we can see the drop in volatility affecting the number of trades and thus the profit potential)
• September: +51R potential.
• October: +46R potential.
• November: +48R potential.
• December: +53R potential

Want to learn how to trade like this? Check out the EURUSD Day Trading Course. It covers strategies for crushing the EURUSD in two hours or less, as well as mental game work and exercises to get in the profit-making zone and stay there. 

By Cory Mitchell, CMT

Disclaimer: Nothing in this article is personal investment advice, or advice to buy or sell anything. Trading is risky and can result in substantial losses, even more than deposited if using leverage.