EURUSD Recorded Day Trading Sessions, Watch Me Trade

Here are recorded day trading sessions, where I talk you through day trading the EURUSD 1-minute chart during the 2-hour window I trade (sometimes a little shorter, sometimes a little longer). I trade from approximately 830 to 1030 am EST, or 630 to 830 Mountain time, which is what my charts are.

So far, there are three live video recordings. Day trading can sometimes be a little slow with not a lot of action, but I try to fill in as much time as possible talking about the current price action, preparing for what could happen, giving tips, and providing resources to check out.

The videos are below, with some comments on each.

Live EURUSD Day Trading Videos – 1-Minute Chart

The two recordings below show the importance of remaining composed and taking the context of the day into consideration when deciding whether to take trades or not. Both of these days were relatively low movement while I was trading.

I also discuss mind frame and clearing any voices that distract us or keep us from executing our strategies well. You can read more about this internal clearing/negotiation process in Why We Mess Up Trades and What To Do About It.

+5.25% in 1 hour – Feb. 11, 2021

+3.975% in 1.5 hours – Feb. 17, 2021

Just prior to the recorded session below, I had two tough days in a row where the market was really choppy. It was the first potential losing week of the year*, so the psychology coming into this day was a little different. I had several losing trades in a row coming into this Friday session and so I wanted to discuss that because we all have days where we are a little low on confidence, and this was one of those days.

The options are to not trade and wait for the trade setups you like to start working (let the market and strategies re-prove themselves to you), or you can do what I did and that is to allow some early exits to just get some wins back under your belt. I don’t recommend this latter approach all the time because returns will typically be lower than if you let your trades play out (like on this day), but it can help with navigating a tough period in the market and pulling some profit out.

*Turns out I was asleep at the wheel a little earlier in the week; on the Monday I didn’t take any trades when there was an easy 5R ot 7.5R sitting there based on the strategies. Other traders using the strategies pointed them out to me, which I appreciate. We are not going to be in top form every day, but the goal is simply to be there as often as possible. If I had traded a little better on the Monday, then the actual tough days (Wed and Thurs) don’t matter as much because I am up much more for the week.

+3.65R (or more…you’ll see why) in 1 hour – Friday, Oct. 22, 2021

Tools for Day Trading the EURUSD

At the end of each week and month I publish summaries of how the strategies performed, as well as what I personally need to work on. For example, here are the results so far this year (R is equal to %, if risking 1% per trade).

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.

I post my day trading charts on Twitter @corymitc if you want to follow along with how the strategies perform daily.

I like using this position sizing calculator while I trade. I use the same stop loss for most of my trades, but I do occasionally adjust it based on the size of the trigger candle.

I do my analysis on TradingView and my trades are placed on the TickTrader platform (MT4 also fine). It is a lot easier to draw and show the trades and reward:risk on TradingView than MT4 or TickTrader.

And I use this economic calendar. It’s set to show only the high-impact news (I don’t care about oil inventories or sentiment/confidence news). I step aside and close out trades just prior to high-impact news events.

If you are new to forex, check out the Forex Introduction Course, and if you want to do the deep dive into forex day trading, The EURUSD Day Trading Course will show you how it’s done.

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.