Some more Trendtrades, these are far from Perfect but can be traded if you know what you are doing.

James16+Rayanmcd(Jan kone) and ME 7 replies
DislikedIf you trade with the Trend, then you want to see a small retracement and the Pin sticking out at the top of it. Watch out that the retracement is not too big . If it is then you trade it only with divergence. Dont Concentrate on BBīs and Smaīs too much they are more of a "moving S/R indicator" than anything else.Ignored
DislikedCould 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?Ignored
DislikedOne of the problems I have trading this strategy is that often a PB indicates a CT trade. So does one ignore those or set tight SL & TPs? Or only trade PB in confluence with the trend? Shorter TFs can be a killer. pIgnored
DislikedCould 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?Ignored
DislikedOne of the problems I have trading this strategy is that often a PB indicates a CT trade. So does one ignore those or set tight SL & TPs? Or only trade PB in confluence with the trend? Shorter TFs can be a killer. pIgnored
DislikedLooks Good, but the Pinbar is not as good as you might think. The "Body" of the pin is above the prior Bar , you want it within the prior bar and only the "Tail" sticking out . Itīs still a good Setup and I would take it, but itīs not perfect.Ignored
DislikedWithin 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. If there's CT PB you take it as well as long as there's good div in place.
Am I right so far?Ignored
DislikedSo could you please specify where do you want your PBs to be located?Because I'm lost a bitI see thatyou don't require them to be at the SMA21 as ryan and jankone do.What's the ideal location for you then?
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DislikedWell so here is what I want to see from these setups. If we are in a general Downtrend like this, then I want to see a downmove (sellers are in controll) then a retracement(buyers get into the market), and then a Pinbar(buyers get shaken off,take profit or get their stops hit).If that happens itīs likely that the downtrend will continue, so I get in.If you then have a Situation where there is not much working against your trade(S/R, Pivotzones,Big round numbers) then thats a good location.
PS : Can you see now what my Problem with the Bad Location...Ignored