GBP/USD Sell stop
GBP/USD chart
Levels
- Entry
- 1.33780 zone 1.33766 to 1.33794
- Stop loss
- 1.34050 27 pips from entry; moved to 1.33780
- Target 1
- 1.33500 hit 6 Nov, 14:13 UTC
- Target 2
- 1.33250 not reached
- Target 3
- 1.33000 not reached
- Filled
- 1.33780 6 Nov, 13:30 UTC
- Closed
- 1.33780 6 Nov, 15:24 UTC
One third of the trade closes at each target, and the stop moves to the entry after target 1.
Why this trade
This trade bets on a strong US Nonfarm Payrolls release (above the 65k estimate) and Average Hourly Earnings (above the 0.3% MoM forecast) to drive USD demand. The pending sell stop is placed at 1.33780, just below the daily low of 1.33807 and the pre-release consolidation range, to catch downward momentum if the data surprises to the upside. The stop loss at 1.34050 protects against a two-sided whip-saw or a weak jobs report. TP1 is set at the 1.335 round number.
ChartPrice structure on the chart: trend, levels, volatility.EventA scheduled economic release near the trade.
About the strategy: AI news desk
Twenty to sixty minutes before each high-impact release, ForexR AI reads the release (forecast and previous figure), 15-minute and 1-hour bars and the facts pack, and plans at most one trade per instrument for after the numbers: a pending order that waits for the release, or no trade. Code checks every level against the 1-hour ATR before it is published.
The idea, explained: Trading the news
Timeline
- Signal published 1.33988
- Reason added
- Confidence scored Score 39
- Entry filled 1.33780
- TP1 hit 1.33500
- Stop moved to entry 1.33780
- Trade closed 1.33780 Closed at entry after TP1, +0.35R
Proof it was not edited
When this signal was published, its fixed fields were written to a record and fingerprinted with SHA-256. The fingerprint also contains the one before it, so a change anywhere breaks the chain. You can check it in your browser.
- Hash
- 4ebd0aa48eb60561aa55880e32e9ac202f4b0f5008d44d0d22e597ea5d067776
- Previous hash
- b24fe735ae56b45cf6b9c86c9cdd78cc8703b18b0127630a9f32c9dc2e82f756
Show the signed record
{"v":2,"symbol":"GBPUSD","side":"sell","order_type":"stop","timeframe":"15m","strategy":"ai_news","source":"ai","oco_group":null,"entry":"1.33780","zone_lo":"1.33766","zone_hi":"1.33794","sl":"1.34050","tp1":"1.33500","tp2":"1.33250","tp3":"1.33000","created_at":"2026-11-06T12:31:03Z","expires_at":"2026-11-06T14:31:03Z","max_close_at":"2026-11-06T18:31:03Z","risk":"high","prev_hash":"b24fe735ae56b45cf6b9c86c9cdd78cc8703b18b0127630a9f32c9dc2e82f756"}
Risk High Risk
- Track record: passed
AI desk: no backtest, and its live record was not losing when this was published (judged after 20 closed trades).
- Type of trading: flagged
News trade: prices can jump when the numbers come out, and orders can fill worse than their price.
- News: flagged
A high-impact release is due while the order waits or early in the trade: Nonfarm Payrolls, Average Hourly Earnings (MoM), Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) on 6 Nov at 13:30 UTC.
- Costs: passed
The spread is a small share of the stop distance (under 10%).
High Risk means at least one check flagged this trade. Size it smaller, or skip it if you only follow Cautious signals. The tag was set when the signal was published and is part of its signed record.
Confidence
NFP direction is unknown, and S3 plus daily EMAs sit between the sell stop and TP1.
Not enough closed signals scored 30-39 yet (16 of 20 needed), so there is no measured hit rate to show.
Confidence is a score from 0 to 100 given by an AI model. It is checked against how signals in the same band really ended, so treat the measured rate as the evidence, not the score. Reading a track record