Well trader121 I tend to disagree with you here. Surely most of the traders loose because of their own limitations. BUT let's not forget about MF and PFG. So IMO if we can mitigate somehow this sort of operational risk then our losses can be blamed ...

Thanks for your input shrike. But do you think they're capable of filling relatively large order without any significant slippage? We all know that their advertised 100M liquidity is not exactly on the best bid/ask and not even close to that Hence ...

Yeah I think I've got the point Thank you,mate!

Not really The only problem I can see is that this PB isn't at the top high. Could you elaborate on it a bit please?

stockEX, how would you define XJPY pairs trend today? It seems that it sort of flat-up.Agree?

So this is the point I didn't quite understand. May I ask you to write a short list of those "good locations"? I believe it's the most important thingMuch appreciated,mate! P.S Why on your last chart you marked one of the bars with "bad location"? ...

Within he prior bar's body or within the prior bar? So to summarise: 1. If the overall "zoomed out" trend is up you take good PB which is located anywhere as long as retracement isn't too steep. 2. If retracement too steep you take PB with div. 3. ...

stockEX will you consider it as a good with trend setup? The overall trend is down and PB is a good one.

It seems that if you treat a trend like stockEX does i.e. zoom out and see then you'll be able to catch quite a few PBs which go with trend. On the other hand if you go jankone's or ryan's way almost all the PBs are going to be CT and those that ...

Could you please comment on the attached chart? I marked bars where the retracement is rather big but there's no div at all but you still grade them pretty high. And what about CT trades? If the overall trend is down would you take longs at all?

So could you please specify where do you want your PBs to be located?Because I'm lost a bit I see thatyou don't require them to be at the SMA21 as ryan and jankone do.What's the ideal location for you then?

But wait, Jankone as well as Ryan consider "with trend" bars as those which close above 21SMA if the trend is up.The bar you've showed now isn't a "with trend" bar but kind of a trade when BB is flat.

So how do you define trend then?You've got higher highs and higher lows,SMA21 above SMA50.What else do you want to see?

It was a loss. But it's reassuring to know that I'm not the only person who would trade it

With trend PB with Div. Loss. Am I doing anything wrong?

What's wrong with this one?

Point taken Well it's a kind of pinbar. Grade B I'd say I took it and had a loss. Happens though. But do post your examples, it would be definitely of a great help to all of us.

Why not? 1. There're higher lows and higher highs, SMA21 is above SMA50. So why isn't it a trend? 2. There's hidden divergence between the lows. 3. The pinbar itself isn't perfect one. That's true. Could you post some "with-trend" set-ups you would ...

Would you guys take this one?