C2FX Is Back At The 2011 International Traders Expo
C2FX partners Leonard Lewis and Ross Yamashita will be presenting a trading strategy seminar at the International Traders Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada in November.
Feb 12
21
Friends Of The Pipper – Sarah Jane
Although many have come to know Pro Pipper Trading by our Forex technical analysis, we thought we’d ease some of the monotony of charts and Fibonacci by adding a new section to our site entitled ‘Friends Of The Pipper’. This section will be a little looser and more casual than what most of you are used to seeing from us – but hopefully this new addition will be fun and entertaining for you in between scanning charts.
First off, the people featured here are not ‘clients’ or paying us to be here. We’re adding this for entertainment, some education and, in some cases, a little eye candy.
Now, it’s no secret I made a name for myself as one of the top marketers in the gentlemen’s club industry and have been involved with the adult industry for years before starting my own Las Vegas marketing company.
While some may be shocked at the disclosure, the truth is, some of the best traders and largest hedge fund guys in the world were some of my best VIP clients. It was great meeting these individuals and interacting with them on a social level where I could pick their brains and learn a few things about trading and business. If you’re one of them, don’t worry, I won’t mention any names.
Because of its very nature, marketing in the adult realm is much more of a challenge than mainstream and the competitive and cut throat nature of the adult industry only helps you grow as a marketing professional.
One of the most rewarding things about working in the adult industry is the people you meet. Beyond the famous actors/actresses, professional athletes and corporate executives, it’s the people within the industry who make it interesting.
I’ve seen many people come and go in this industry. While I am happy to see many of these people gone, I still maintain contact with a lot of people in the industry – one, being the Wonderhussy of Las Vegas – Sarah Jane.
I met Sarah while head of marketing for a local gentlemen’s club. What interested me most about her, besides her hair and the fact she was talent in the adult business, was she was a writer for the local Las Vegas paper. And we’re not talking some sleazy online publication nobody’s heard of, but a major printed publication.
Why so interesting? When you’ve been in the industry for as long as I have, you’re used to dealing with people who aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, especially when it comes to “talent.” So, to have someone who is actual “talent” with a career in writing and journalism was a nice change of pace.
I reached out to her and she agreed to do a sit down interview with me. So, we met at a local Starbucks, got caught up with everything going on in our lives, talked a little business and had a great interview. For those of you who know Sarah, you’re probably asking where the wild, naked pictures are.
Well, there are a couple unfortunate circumstances which prohibited that – the main one being the Starbucks we went to was on a major street during rush hour so no nude shots here. However, the good news is, if you want to see more of Sarah Jane and her wild, crazy Vegas adventures – and yes, many times in the buff – then visit her Wonderhussy website.
Below is my interview with Sarah. You can see her personality come through in the interview. Also, if you’re offended by profanity, turn the F*** around now.
Tell us about yourself – Where are you from? How did you get to Vegas?
I’m from California, but I was an Army brat and spent most of my childhood in Germany. After Germany, we moved back California (SF Bay Area), and I went to high school and college there. After getting an extremely useful art degree, I worked as a secretary at IBM and Adobe Systems. It was SO BORING and LAME that I wanted to blow my brains out! Instead, I started a blog and formulated a plan to move to Vegas and begin a fabulous new life. Part of my plan involved driving a pink Lincoln Town Car (don’t ask….I guess I played with Barbies too much as a kid), so I traded in the milquetoast Sentra my grandma had given me as a graduation present, and got a 1986 Town Car. It was G-I-N-O-R-M-O-U-S (18.5 feet long) and I had it painted Pepto-Bismol pink. The very next day (literally, as soon as the pain was dry), I packed up and moved to Vegas.
What do you like to do in your free time (hobbies)?
I like to do EVERYTHING except watch TV and movies. EVERYTHING! Hiking, music, reading, sex clubs, modeling, writing, traveling…whatever! Life is short and I don’t like to sit around wasting time.
How did you get started dealing with adult journalism?
I have always been obsessed with porn. As a 8-year-old girl in Germany, I made a fake Playboy magazine using cut-outs from the Sears underwear catalog. My mom was sooooo pissed! I was also always getting in trouble at school for drawing dirty pictures and writing dirty stuff. Seriously! One time I looked up all the bad words in the dictionary and made a handy pocket cheat-sheet listing the page numbers, for easy reference, and sold it for 25 cents to some dumb girl who’s mom found it and freaked out. I was ALWAYS in trouble – my poor mom was called into the principal’s office AT LEAST once a year to deal with me and my perverted journalism.
Most people associate you with your hair – tell me more about it.
I have BIG HAIR, and I’m fucking tired of people mocking me for it. I’ll be walking down the street, and random strangers will yell stuff at me like, “The 80s called, and they want their hair back!” Why??? I don’t understand why people hate my big hair so much. Is it jealousy? For the record, it is naturally big — I have a lot of cowlicks, which makes it stand up every which way. Then, because it’s so long and thick, it just kinda poufs up in a way that seems to just really piss people off for some reason. Sorry, assholes!
P.S. My hair is soooo big, the TSA lady at the airport even asked to search it once!!!
What are your views about having to conform (and sometimes hide) your “adult” side to your mainstream audience?
I try never to hide ANYTHING from ANYONE. I hope I never have a job or family member with whom I can’t be totally honest. I don’t want to work, associate or have a relationship with anyone who would have a problem with what I do. I smoke pot, I run around naked, and I curse like a sailor. That’s me! Get over it or get out!
Do you have any mainstream things in the works? I know you have a photography job but are you working on anything else non-adult related?
I am developing a phone app for a Vegas-based game that should be released soon.
I saw a picture of you when you hiked to the top of the mountain and then mooned Las Vegas. Are these types of things random? How do you come up with these things?
I love hiking, and I had always wanted to hike Sunrise Mountain because it’s THERE. I dragged my little 18-year-old girlfriend along with me, and it was awesome. When we got to the top, it was a natural move to moon the city…I didn’t plan it; it just occurred to me at the top. I guess I’m kind of a dirty prankster and exhibitionist!
What are your favorite stories to cover in journalism – whether mainstream or adult?
I like to cover anything involving weird and interesting people. Not always adult related, but the adult biz DOES have some of the best characters! I’m huge into people…I love people watching and writing about people.
Feb 12
18
Forex Analysis – February 24, 2012
EUR/USD
W1 – 1.3250
M1 – 1.3500
Q1 – 1.4000
The currency pair is potentially set for some type of bullish action in the longer term. If we see a cotinuation of the movement up, look for a test of the 1.4000 all the way up to 1.4500.
Strong trend lines may act as resistance so be sure to watch for those on the daily and intraday charts.
GBP/USD
W1 – 1.5500
M1 – 1.6000
Q1 – 1.5500
The longer the GBP/USD channels and moves, the more data we can use to process its potential movement. Looking at it, it looks like the big break will potentially be to the downside. If we do see a break and break away, it could be a very steep movement, similar to what we saw in late 2008 and early 2009.
Map out your support levels and watch for breaks of those. Be cautious in long term trading because the shorter term trend appears to e bullish and we’re currently sitting at a pretty strong resistance level of 1.5850.
USD/JPY
W1 – 80.00
M1 – 83.00
Q1 – 87.00
We’re now starting to hit the very top of the sideways channel on the longer term chart. Normally, we look for a break and break away of a major resistance level, however, be cautious before entering into a buy trade on this pair. Even though our analysis is showing a potential good movement to the upside, we’ve seen some failed attempts for breaks to the upside. If you do get in a buy trade, protect your profits.
In the shorter term, look for a move to the upside to test the waters. Look for resistance around the 79.55 level.
USD/CHF
W1 – .9000
M1 – .9500
Q1 – .8900
We’re still in the lull of the USD/CHF, however, we know to look for a potential retracement to the downside in the shorter term. We may see a test of the .9000 level and below. We’ll need to watch this movement to see where we are in the wave count. Normally, we don’t worry about where we are in the count as we focus on high probability trading, however, it does seem like we will see another push up.
If you’re in a long trade, then look to protect profits and be generous. We may see a retracement to the downside – don’t let it eat away your profits. You can always re-enter at a better price down the road.
Good luck with trading and be sure to use your money management.
EUR/USD
W1 – 1.3200
M1 – 1.3600
Q1 – 1.4000
It seems the EUR/USD has turned back up to fall within the triangle movement. So, what should we look for next?
Look for a potential move to the upside – for a price point around the 1.3600 area. If you scroll back to 2001, you can see we saw a major uptrend and this Contracting Triangle (CT) would signify a continuation of the upward movement. So, the recent bottom we saw may start to show signs this contracting movement may be starting to terminate. If we do see a major break up, we could see the price go back to the 1.4000 level and higher.
GBP/USD
W1 – 1.6000
M1 – 1.5700
Q1 – 1.5000
The GBP/USD has definitely been in a pretty tight sideways channel since mid 2009 when looking at the daily chart. In the shorter term, look for the pair to test the waters back down, potentially to the 1.5600 level. However, it does appear the shorter term trend is turning back to the upside.
We did enter a long term trade on the GBP/USD on January 26 so if you’re riding this trade, be sure to protect some profit and keep checking your intraday analysis. However, from our analysis, it looks like there is more potential bullish movement coming up in the short term. Keep in mind, this movement may be forming some form of Contracting Triangle (CT) so, if that’s the case, the overall longer term trend is down.
USD/JPY
W1 – 76.00
M1 – 78.50
Q1 – 82.00
We did mention a while back it looks like the USD/JPY was forming an Ending Diagonal (ED). We like and watch for Ending Diagonals because when they complete, they turn and move dramatically in the opposite direction. Normally Ending Diagonals would just keep dropping very steeply but we’re starting to see some leveling off and sideways movement for the past several months. This doesn’t throw out the possibility of an Ending Diagonal, just need to watch it more closely.
The sideways channel is still showing a strong support level and the USD/JPY has tried many attempts to break below this level but just couldn’t.
It may be a little too early to tell (and we’ve said this before), but it looks like the low may be able to hold – just enough to see the start of a shorter term bullish trend. Be very cautious if trading this pair. On the shorter term, look for movement up to the 77.50 area and above.
USD/CHF
W1 – .9000
M1 – .8800
Q1 – .9500
The USD/CHF appears to be in a bearish retracement against the longer term bullish trend. In the shorter term, look for the pair to head down to the .9000 – .8600 level. Once we see the retracment complete, then look for the continuation of the uptrend. It’s still a little too early to tell if this will be a 3 wave or 5 wave overall movement up but if you’re in a buy, protect your profits and move your stops up as the pair moves in your favor.
Apply intraday analysis and Fibonacci retracement levels to help get some potential retracement levels.
EUR/USD
W1 – 1.2900
M1 – 1.3300
Q1 – 1.2800
The EUR/USD is still moving within a loose triangle formation so with NFP coming up this week, let’s look for one final push down to complete the downward momement. Once we see a completion of the downward movement, then look for one more potential retracement back up to test the 1.3300 price area. The key price to watch on the downside is around the 1.2600 area. If we see a continuation down and break below and away from this level, then we may have completed the triangle movement and am heading down.
If we do see a break down, then look for the next target price area of 1.2800.
GBP/USD
W1 – 1.5700
M1 – 1.5400
Q1 – 1.6000
On the GBP/USD, we can see a more refined movement down and now seeing a sideways channel. We could easily interpret the sideways movement as a Contracting Triangle (CT). Remember, we refer to Contracting Triangles as “Continuation” Triangles. That’s because you will see a strong movement in one direction, a triangle form and once the triangle is complete, we will see a continuation in the direction of the previous strong movement. So, applying that to this chart, we saw a strong movement down, see the triangle and now we’re waiting for the triangle to complete before we’ll see a dramatic movement down.
Just by looking at the chart, you can count we’re potentially on the 4th wave of the Contracting Triangle. This means we will see more movement down, then a 5th wave movement back up. Then, once that 5th wave movement back up completes, look for that potential long term sell trade. There are calculations and percentages you can use when predicting the end of the 5th wave of a Contracting Triangle. Use that along with Fibonacci and your own analysis.
USD/JPY
W1 – 75.00
M1 – 78.00
Q1 – 83.00
The USD/JPY is still falling and at the rate the daily chart is looking, this may end up being an Ending Diagonal (ED). Why do we like Ending Diagonals? The great thing about Ending Diagonals is when they complete, they move very strongly and sharply in the opposite direction.
We’re still dangling from the low from 1995 so look for more potential movement down to form a wedge. And, once it completes, look for the pair to shoot up strong and hard. Again, NFP can sometimes be the catalyst which breaks the pair and completes the movement. This Friday should be very interesting.
USD/CHF
W1 – .9000
M1 – .8500
Q1 – .9500
The USD/CHF has already seen it’s completion when it hit the low back in July 2011. Now, we saw a dramatic shift back up and we may actually see a breather from the strong movement up. Look for the pair to retace down a little before continuing its way upwards. The overall trend is bullish but we have seen some strong waves up so this may be the start of a retracement back down.
Use your Fibonacci ratios to help calculate potential support areas. Just by looking at the chart, it looks like we may see a retracement back down to the 50% Fibonacci level (around the .8500 price level). There seems to be a lot of movment around that price so look for the currency pair to stall around that area.
Jan 12
31
Timing Is Everything In Business
Good timing may be the difference between sealing the deal and going big or completely missing the boat. Timing is especially important when attempting to reach corporate level executives or decision makers of a company.
Let’s look at increasing probabilities of business communication with two of the most important methods and the simple steps I used to create success.
When I was head of marketing overseeing more than 20 venues around the world, email was the critical form of communication. One tool I utilized numerous times was a feature which allowed me to create an email and send it at a future date and time. This tool allowed me to effectively communicate with senior management and staff by timing my emails. For example, if I needed information from tomorrow’s report, I would schedule my email to be delivered to the manager during the time they’re doing paperwork. I know they’re doing paperwork at that time and will have information readily available to increase the odds of them quickly answering my email.
You can apply this same tool when reaching out to an executive or decision maker.
Schedule your email to be delivered between Tuesday through Thursday shortly after 10 am. Why these specific days and time? If you’re like most people – Mondays suck. But, for an executive, the loathsome feeling of Monday is magnified ten-fold. They’ve come back from the weekend to a full inbox, reports from the weekend, unresolved issues from the prior week and tasks of planning and organizing the upcoming week and beyond. Simply put, Mondays are not a good time to reach out to C-Level executives. Instead, write your emails on Monday and schedule them to be delivered after 10 am in the next couple of days. After 10 am, most executives have already drank their morning coffee, cleared their inbox, resolved previous issues and have started new tasks for the day.
If you use Thunderbird, one application you can use to send emails at a future date is called ‘Send Later’. You don’t need your own email server to run this program, just simply have your computer on and Thunderbird running when you schedule to send your email. Draft all your emails on Monday and schedule them to go out during the week.
Also consider timing when attempting to connect with corporate personnel over the phone. The best time to initiate contact is between 10 am – 10:30 am. You want to contact them early in the day when they’re still fresh and working on that day’s tasks. If you can’t call them at that time, wait until after 1 pm. After 1 pm, most executives are back in the office from lunch and will be relaxed from taking a break from their workday.
Most importantly, it’s essential to learn about your prospects, their trade and any information about the person you’re needing to get in contact with. Not all businesses work from 9 to 5 and some people prefer to be contacted first thing in the morning before they get busy. Do your research.
We have several clients in the Las Vegas entertainment and hospitality industry. These people work hardest when the town is busiest, which means they work Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. This also means their days off are Sunday and Monday. This makes Tuesday the start of the work week for these clients. Because they work nights, calling them at 10 am will not be ideal. Get to know your prospects and if they have a different schedule, alter your days and times as necessary.
High level executives and decision makers are always inundated with solicitations and have secretaries trained to shield off sales calls. Give yourself the best chance of establishing communication by strategically timing correspondane with C-Level personnel to successfully get past the first step to closing the deal.
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Jan 12
26
Forex Analysis – February 3, 2012
Hello everyone.
Welcome to Pro Pipper Trading’s new format for Forex analysis. After talking with many followers and subscribers, we felt this was a positive change – one which most forex traders will find useful.
As many of your know, every week we provide a technical forecast for the US majors on FX Street. This forecast is compared with other top FX Street analysts and it’s a way some traders get a sentiment of the currency market. The time frames for the forecasts are daily, monthly and quarterly and this currency outlook is published on FX Street every Friday.
For a while now, traders have been asking us of detailed analysis and commentary to go along with our forecasts so we’re going to start doing that each week. This detailed commentary will only be available on our website. For those who are interested in other currency pairs, we will still post random updates on sites we contribute to.
As mentioned, the forecast poll has a 1 week, 1 month and 1 quarter projection, so we’ll abbreviate as follows:
W1 = 1 Weekly outlook
M1 = 1 Month outlook
Q1 = 1 Quarter outlook
EUR/USD
W1 – 1.3100
M1 – 1.3500
Q1 – 1.3800
General Shorter Term Trend – Up
For a while we were predicting the currency would bounce up near the bottom trend line and now that it looks like the bounce may be complete, look for the pair to potentially head up in the short term. There are several trend lines which could act as strong resistance so be sure to use caution when approaching these level and use intraday analysis.
On a longer term, we may potentially see the currenty pair hit 1.4000. Our next longer term price point is sitting right at the 1.3500 mark.
GBP/USD
W1 – 1.5500
M1 – 1.5200
Q1 – 1.5700
General Shorter Term Trend – Up
The GBP/USD has been channeling for quite some time and although the daily chart may look like a very loose Contracting Triangle (CT), be cautious. The pair appears ready to start a big pontential sell-off. It does seem we have potential shorter term movement coming up so watch for the pair to drop next week to test the 1.5500 level. If we do see a continuation down, look for the pair to test the 1.5200 – 1.5300 price levels.
This is where our analysis gets a little distorted. Our analysis shows there may be one more momement back up in the upcoming weeks. If we do see this upward movement, look for the pair to potentially hit the 1.5800-1.6000 area. Once there, start performing some intraday analysis to see where we may see a potential reversal point. Again, it’s been in a pretty tight channel over the past couple of years so it’s getting ready to break out strongly.
In the shorter term, it does look potentially bearish so if you’re in a sell trade, protect and lock in your profits as the currency pair moves in your favor. Just be ready for the potential retracement to come up.
USD/JPY
W1 – 76.00
M1 – 80.00
Q1 – 84.00
General Shorter Term Trend – Mixed
The USD/JPY daily chart has still not found its footing for the long term movement down. We have seen support around the 76.00 level so this level may hold while the pair is able to retrace back up. We may see potential short term downward action but watch for the pair to potentially turn back to the upside. When it does, look for a shorter term price point of 82.00 and above.
USD/CHF
W1 – .9100
M1 – .9500
Q1 – .9900
General Shorter Term Trend – Down
The USD/CHF saw a bottom in August 2011 and we can see a nice 3 wave retracement up. The question now becomes – is this a 3 wave retracement or the start of a 5 wave motive movement?
It’s still a bit early to call, but in the shorter term, look for the pair to potentially dip down a little (to the .9100 level) and then continue up again. It does seem like this last wave’s movement is sluggish and still has more room for upward movement. The next movement up could test the parity level (1.0000).
As always, good luck with trading and be sure to use your money management.
If you have any questions or comments about the new format, please leave them in the comment section or contact us directly.
Jan 12
18
SOPA: The Internet Blacklist Bill
On January 24, 2012, the U.S. Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate.
The bill is called Protect IP and it can, and definitely will, affect you.
Many websites will blackout their sites on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 8 am (EST) to 8 pm (EST).
Confirmed participants of the SOPA Strike include:
Google
Wikipedia
Reddit
Mozilla
Wordpress
Flickr
Greenpeace International
And Many More
For more information, visit Sopa Strike.
Write Congress now at: www.FightForTheFuture.org/pipa or visit Stop American Censorship.
Jan 12
17
New Years 2012 And Happy Birthday
Hello and welcome to 2012. We hope everyone had a happy holiday season and had time to spend with family, friends and loved ones.
It’s been a while since we spoke with everyone and it’s nice to take some time off from Forex trading. We did, however, have people inquiring about what we did over the holiday season. First off, thanks for asking. We actually packed up and decided to brave the crowds at Disneyland during Christmas. We heard the horror stories about it being absolutely shoulder-to-shoulder busy, but we had some family going so we decided to meet them there.
Christmas Eve was really nice. We went to California Adventure Park and rode the most daring roller coaster both parks had to offer –California Screamin’ – with absolutely no waiting in line. People were getting off and getting back in line and going right back on the ride. For those who haven’t ridden or seen California Screamin’ – it starts off from a dead stop and shoots you out using magnets. If you don’t want to ride, there is a pretty cool place above on the pier you can watch them take off from. The same was true for Disneyland. Wait times were unbelievably short so I thought to myself, “Great, maybe we’ll luck out this year and we can come back tomorrow (ie. Christmas Day) with no crowds.”
Of course, we know how this story turns out. I was drawn back by the amount of people there were on Christmas Day. I suppose Christmas Eve is when families get together at grandma’s house because on Christmas Day they were all at Disneyland. It was extremely busy and once it turned dark and the parades started, you might as well forget about trying to get around the park.
The same held true the following two days – it was busy and seemed like the crowd was getting larger as we approached New Years. But, overall we had a great time. It was nice to spend it with family and friends.
This past week, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) came through Las Vegas and we were lucky enough to attend. We’ve been attending this show for the past three years and even though the crowds seem to slightly dwindle each year, the technology that ‘s coming out sure isn’t. This year’s biggest theme was the 3D section, where we saw a booth-to-booth 3D wall display. I’m not much of a 3D person yet, but it was interesting and we’ll see how it goes when more programming is built specifically for 3D. In the other section of the convention hall, it seemed like accessories (especially earphones) were the major product this year. From Skull Candy to iFrogz, it seemed like every other booth was pushing earphones.
We’ve posted a gallery of our time at CES and we’re also, by request, going to start putting some feature pictures up. I’ve had people ask if I was going to AVN this year because they’d love to see those pictures, however, I still have no plans to attend this year – but, if I do, you can rest assured I’ll bring you the inside scoop. We’ll hopefully get out enough to keep posting some nice feature pictures.
Also, yesterday was an especially important day because it’s my son’s birthday. I posted a picture of him as a newborn on my then FX Street blog and time has indeed flown by. He’s now in Kindergarten and growing up very quickly. We’re very proud of him and all he’s accomplished so far and we hope he continues to grow and stay the loving, funny and caring person he is growing into.
We love you Kahaku.
Dec 11
22
Forex Analysis: USD-CHF
Greetings.
Let’s take a look at the longer term USD/CHF chart.
It seems the low did hold as support and now we see a pretty clear 3 wave up movement.
In the shorter term, it looks like there is more potential room to continue up, however, watch for that move to complete then turn and move to the downside.
Look for a potential upward price of .9500, then once the wave has completed, then look for the turn back down.
Good luck with trading and be sure to apply your money management.
Dec 11
15
Forex Analysis: USD-JPY
Greetings.
Let’s take a look at the USD/JPY.
It looks like the pair has started to channel from as early as August. The pair is trying to push down but it looks like the 76.00 level is a strong support level.
The downward movement seems to be potentially fizzing out so if we can see 75.00 or 76.00 hold as strong support, we may see a strong movement up after the new year. However, be sure to apply multi-time frame analysis and don’t be quick to label a breakout up as a sign the upward movement has begun.
Good luck with trading and be sure to use your money management.
