The Bucking Bronco

"When you know what not to do in order not to lose money, you begin to learn what do in order to win." - Jesse Livermore

Someone asked me about...
I'm living here. On the hills.

Vineyards everywhere. Good food and good wine!

Castles... and fortifications.

How to reply to these words without blushing?
I'll let to be W.D. Gann to comment them:
"The difference between success and failure in trading
is the difference between one man knowing and following FIXED RULES and the other man guessing."
I'll try, with all myself, to follow this recommandation.

That looks absolutely superb ! all you need now is a cheese board and decent bottle of Vino !

....... and maybe some music : )

Of course, all that glitters is not gold.
The urban devastation of the 50s and 60s left horrible signs.
And nobody cares about recovery. A lost battle against blind authorities.
I have seen terrible things and heard worse.
Until thirty years ago, furniture from the 1600s were burned in the stoves here.
No respect for anything, without the proper knowledge and a bit of culture!

We, the peolpe coming from the city... we are seen as the enemy!

agreed..Preserve our heritage ! ..


The top of our village today ..

Wow. It's the wonderful beauty of a sunny day in the English countryside.

Tom Dante is saying in one of his video:

"You can only get better at this game by one way, and one way only, and that is self-analysis.
What am I doing well?
What am I doing badly?
What are my major weaknesses?
And what are the specific steps I can take to become a better trader?
These are the things that you constantly have to be asking yourself.
Perseverance is all good,
but you have to persevere in a way that is conducive to you improving as a trader,
NOT just simply doing the same thing all the time, which is what so many people do."

How many times did I write down this thought?
The same error can be repeated for ages without even realizing or visualizing it.
Unfortunately, Positive Mental Attitude (taken as expression in itself) could mean nothing in such environment.

I just had a misunderstanding with a good friend about my style of trading and my ideas...
Sometimes I sound incomprehensible to the others.
Often due to my elementary and poor English (the thing that I fear the most!)
and often because of my weird ideas and views.

I play short charts.
m1 essentially (but, in my experiment and researches... I went down even to Ticks Charts.)
I play strong through the oscillations in the now.
My general reference for direction is H1.
Sometimes I strictly play the trend m1... so both ways: with short, determinated, controlled Hit&Run Countertrend inside the opposite Flag.
And my reference inside that hard missions could be directly m5... when I am hitting for "Searching and Destroy".

That style is not for all. (Risk, stress, scale in and out, commissions and continuous troops management)
That style requires a supercontrol of levels and turning points.

For me and my temperament it works!!
It's my world.
It's my niche in the market and inside all the wheels.
I perfectly know what I'm doing... and I'm always doing what I planned to do! LOL

Of course when I discuss in pubblic I tend to simplify the reality of things.
This is why I don't want to discuss about MM, skew and rescue missions and detailed techniques.
1) I have no intentions to teach. (I'm Mr No One, I have nothing to teach... gee!)
2) I don't want to emulate/duplicate fti teachings.
3) My adaptation is mine. And mine will rest. LOL

That is for my apologies to a dear friend.
Again: I'm not saying (I have never said) that there is only one way to be profitable in speculation.

Then, to be absolutely clear, pure and crystallyne as I think I am... and as I would like to be seen...
this is what I really think and feel after my experience on Forex Factory.
I wrote many, many things. And they were subject to different judgements (not always pleasing and enjoyable, LOL)
Some of my previous posts are fundamental to understand the quality of my reactions in the conversation.

This is one of the most recent.
And I was really clear and explicit. This is me. Try to get my fraternal spirit right. I have no vested interest.

Need to minimize.
Need to smile and feeling light and happy... preparing for the new day.
So we are going to have some fun.... but it will be really so? It will be really simple fun?


Don't laugh.
This is serious stuff.
Precious for success in Trading. Could be the difference between your life or death on the Markets.
The Balanced Trader must follow the Jedi Code to maintain a Path of Light.

As a matter of fact, there are deep reason why some traders (like me) love all the references to the Eastern Philosophies.

The Jedi Code
By Grand Master Fae Coven

For 40 years, the Jedi Code has been my focus, as it will become yours.
It is the philosophy upon which stands the Jedi Order.
It is a pledge of protection to the citizens an inhabitants of the Republic.
It is the encapsulation of our relationship with the Force.
As a Jedi, you must be faithful to the spirit of the Code.
Everyday you must ask yourself: “Do I understand it?”
In its classical form, as transcribed by Homonix Rectonia, during the Early Manderon Period,
the Code consists of five core precepts:

There is no emotion, there is peace.
This principle guides all meditations and interactions with all others.
It reaffirms the Jedi ideal to act without recklessness,
and to view the actions of others through the pure lens of the Unifying Force.

There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
Those who don't understand this basic precept
are quick to fear and blear is the path to the dark side.
The Archives represent the greatest collection of knowledge in the galaxy.

There is no passion, there is serenity.
A subtle extrapolation of the first precept,
this reminder to act dispassionately in every deliberation
extends to personal obsessions and is a reminder not to elevate the self above the mission.

There is no chaos, there is harmony.
'Those who cannot see the threads uniting all life
view existence as random and without purpose.
The Jedi perceive the structure and will of the many galaxies.

There is no death, there is the Force.
All things die, but the Force lives on.
As beings who exist as shades of the Force,
the end of our existence in this form is not to be overly mourned.
We are part of an energy larger than ourselves,
and we play roles in a cosmic fabric that outstrip our incarnate understanding.

The Upper Manderon and Draggulch transcription add more and controversial tenets,
but the Jedi need only to remember the core teachings
to live their lives as gifted, yet humble, defenders of justice.

My sons don't like Star Wars. Tragic thing. Incommunicability with the new generations.
Me? Each time I saw a new Trend forming, I think... "The Force Awakens!"

How to build a proper, personal "Mental Road Map" – 14

So, a long introduction with the previous posts... ... but here we are!

The first leg DAX leg down on Friday... as could have been seen on m1.
The quality of the Bulls' reaction on the D1 trendline.
Each candle contains new information.
Not for all of us... for some traders it is just "noise".

Now... want to know how many positions I had up there?.... In that single m5 I have previously presented?
My suggestion is for a personal research. Go to study some fti's live trades on TAF.
(I need to tell you that some of the readers here are doing now better than I did in the past.... to see and comprehend fti examples!)


The discussion is open/opened.

Last thing... each instrument has its own peculiar personality that a trader must learn to know.

If you are used to trade Eurodollar with its/her/his typical infamous behaviour...
please try to understand that the average move on DAX is 25 points!

Is it clear? 25 points each single wave.
DAX is a monster. She tends to trend! Really but really strong.
Even 400 points without looking back a nanosecond!

Have a nice day.
Enjoy your new day on the markets with its new experiences and new challenges.

May the Force be with you.

How to build a proper, personal "Mental Road Map" – 15

"Fix your rules".

Trend forming
Trend comfirming
Trend established
Trend reasserting
Trend exhausting
Trend changing
Trend re-testing

Never guess. Follow and change only on clear rules.
(Your personal risk and style on OBJECTIVE moves on your TF of reference)

GM
First target hit... banking and scaled out. The remain running up!

Me too