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  • #5,681
  • Jan 23, 2018 4:42am Jan 23, 2018 4:42am
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Short CF +5 locked Got in late but managed to pull it off. Sometimes you can't win for losing. Then other times you can't lose for winning. Also note price did not move up before moving down. Probably why I got in late. I take these because they often make the pips, but on the flip side also get faked out and get stopped, part of the process.
  • #5,682
  • Jan 23, 2018 5:03am Jan 23, 2018 5:03am
Quoting TooSlow
{quote} No, I don't look at anything else. That would be a distraction. I take every trade for the pair I am trading while I am trading. Isn't that what traders are supposed to do?
No one else on the thread seems to, that's why I asked.

Obviously you must then find it profitable to take every set up, do you just trade one pair in a day? How do you pick a pair? i see most of the charts you post are uj.

Ta for the reply,
  • #5,683
  • Jan 23, 2018 5:35am Jan 23, 2018 5:35am
Quoting lemercenaire
My DAX trade this morning was also available as a 1-2-3. I didn't trade it as such but figured I'd post it as an example. {image}
Sitting nicely - albeit after a triple-dip, lol. Also available as a HOLO.

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  • Jan 23, 2018 10:23am Jan 23, 2018 10:23am
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  • #5,685
  • Jan 24, 2018 2:54am Jan 24, 2018 2:54am
Keeping an eye on this...
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Inc S+D...
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  • Jan 24, 2018 5:11am Jan 24, 2018 5:11am
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Short EU +5 locked
  • #5,687
  • Jan 24, 2018 5:16am Jan 24, 2018 5:16am
Quoting hal7
{image} Short EU +5 locked
seems u're doing fine.

May I ask u, how long have you been trading 1-2-3 and HOLO ?
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  • Edited 8:21am Jan 24, 2018 5:50am | Edited 8:21am
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Long EJ same bar, +5 locked +35, 10 trailer on
  • #5,689
  • Edited 6:13am Jan 24, 2018 6:00am | Edited 6:13am
Quoting DavidRP
{quote} seems u're doing fine. May I ask u, how long have you been trading 1-2-3 and HOLO ?
Hi David, I am also a David but prefer hal7 . I have been posting my trades on 1-2-3 since 11-16. It has done fairly well. The key seems to be doing the same thing over and over again, then repeating it.

Incidentally on HOLO I only trade the GU. I have been on the other side of that today using the opposite number going long and have been breaking the bank. My last trade just shot up +46. In forex trading I have found it is sometimes profitable to be flexible.
  • #5,690
  • Jan 24, 2018 7:30am Jan 24, 2018 7:30am
Maybe, possibly, you never know, could be something...

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  • Jan 24, 2018 7:31am Jan 24, 2018 7:31am
Quoting lemercenaire
Maybe, possibly, you never know, could be something... {image}
H4 would suggest it's a strong candidate...
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  • Jan 24, 2018 8:19am Jan 24, 2018 8:19am
Quoting lemercenaire
Maybe, possibly, you never know, could be something... {image}


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Yep, how did you know that? EG long +5 locked
  • #5,693
  • Jan 24, 2018 9:19am Jan 24, 2018 9:19am
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  • #5,694
  • Jan 24, 2018 11:23am Jan 24, 2018 11:23am
Quoting hal7
{quote} Hi David, I am also a David but prefer hal7 . I have been posting my trades on 1-2-3 since 11-16. It has done fairly well. The key seems to be doing the same thing over and over again, then repeating it. Incidentally on HOLO I only trade the GU. I have been on the other side of that today using the opposite number going long and have been breaking the bank. My last trade just shot up +46. In forex trading I have found it is sometimes profitable to be flexible.
thanks!
  • #5,695
  • Edited Jan 25, 2018 1:54am Jan 24, 2018 12:15pm | Edited Jan 25, 2018 1:54am
my trade of the day was EC, with limited position size but large pips outcome.
after the high was broken i didnt want to wait for the stop.
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trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
  • #5,696
  • Jan 24, 2018 12:47pm Jan 24, 2018 12:47pm
Quoting birdland
my trade of the day was EC, with limited position size but large pips outcome. after the high was broken i didnt want to wait for the stop. {image}
Sweet catch!

As a suggestion, once you feel totally comfortable with the method, one thing you could look at doing in this kind of set-up is adding in at the ''proper'' entry. For the newcomers, what I mean by that is that in this situation, birdland has entered his trade, then price has gone on to make a new high before turning back once more. This then means that the following bar is actually a 1-2-3 entry in its own right.

@birdland: I also will use SweetSpots as a way of adding-in to / managing trades. I don't know if that is how you are using it here or simply as a distance marker.

Either way, well done again.
  • #5,697
  • Jan 25, 2018 1:53am Jan 25, 2018 1:53am
Quoting lemercenaire
{quote} Sweet catch! As a suggestion, once you feel totally comfortable with the method, one thing you could look at doing in this kind of set-up is adding in at the ''proper'' entry. For the newcomers, what I mean by that is that in this situation, birdland has entered his trade, then price has gone on to make a new high before turning back once more. This then means that the following bar is actually a 1-2-3 entry in its own right. @birdland: I also will use SweetSpots as a way of adding-in to / managing trades. I don't know if that is how you...
thx!
i see in real it was a HOLO trade, should i delete it and put it into the HOLO-thread? what i have done now is marked the correct 1-2-3 entry.
after a while trading both strategies (HOLO&1-2-3) they seem to be one for me...

interesting idea to add at SweetSpots, good hint. no, i am just using them as a distance marker.
trading is like dancing, don't think and just listen to the music!
  • #5,698
  • Jan 25, 2018 2:25am Jan 25, 2018 2:25am
Quoting birdland
{quote} thx! i see in real it was a HOLO trade, should i delete it and put it into the HOLO-thread? what i have done now is marked the correct 1-2-3 entry. after a while trading both strategies (HOLO&1-2-3) they seem to be one for me... interesting idea to add at SweetSpots, good hint. no, i am just using them as a distance marker.
No, don't delete it, it's all good. It is all useful as a learning process also.
  • #5,699
  • Jan 25, 2018 3:50am Jan 25, 2018 3:50am
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Long GJ +5 locked +17, 10 trailer
  • #5,700
  • Jan 25, 2018 9:27am Jan 25, 2018 9:27am
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