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  • #441
  • May 6, 2025 1:09am May 6, 2025 1:09am
i am out of here today. see whether i can be back for nyse session.
ITB - Seeing Orderliness amongst 'Randomness'
  • #442
  • May 6, 2025 1:13am May 6, 2025 1:13am
From ChatGPT:

Babysitting a trade—constantly watching it tick by tick—can hurt your trading psychology more often than it helps. Here’s a breakdown of the pros and cons:

Pros (When It Can Help)

  1. For new traders, it helps build awareness of price movement and how trades evolve.
  2. In high volatility or news events, close monitoring can help with quick decisions (e.g., scaling out, moving stops).
  3. For scalping or lower timeframes, it may be necessary.

Cons (Why It’s Often Harmful)

  1. Increases emotional attachment to the trade.
  2. Leads to impulsive decisions—closing too early or moving stops.
  3. Fuels fear and greed cycles ("What if it reverses? Should I add more?").
  4. Creates mental fatigue—which reduces clarity for the next setup.
  5. Undermines your confidence in your plan—if you're watching because you don’t trust your setup, it shows something’s off.

What’s Healthier:

  1. Have a clear plan (entry, stop, take profit).
  2. Set your trade → place alert(s) → walk away.
  3. Check back only at pre-defined intervals or after an alert triggers.
  4. Trust your system. Detach from individual outcomes.

Summary:
Babysitting trades feels productive, but it usually feeds anxiety, micromanagement, and overtrading. For most traders—especially swing, day, or strategy-based ones—"set it and trust it" works better for long-term psychological balance.
Would you like a simple checklist or framework to help reduce the need to babysit trades?

Success = Practice + Patience + Persistence
  • #443
  • May 6, 2025 1:14am May 6, 2025 1:14am
Quoting wangwang
Will there be a downward trend? The 4 - hour SNR is located at QM, but both the daily and weekly trends are bullish. {image} {image}
it dropped but has to be fast to grab it.
see whether it will continue.
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ITB - Seeing Orderliness amongst 'Randomness'
  • #444
  • May 6, 2025 1:20am May 6, 2025 1:20am
Quoting LeongPuiy
{quote} how about GU? this magnet too ? QM sit at D and 4h EG buy {image} {image}
GU has touched the roof. Watching

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Success = Practice + Patience + Persistence
  • #445
  • May 6, 2025 1:38am May 6, 2025 1:38am
Quoting Inthebox
{quote} 它掉了下来，但必须快速抓住它。看看它是否会继续。{image}
Thank you！Yes, I've noticed that too. It has come down. But I have a question for you. I just checked the data and it's all bullish, so I'm very scared and reduced my position a bit. However, it seems that the bullish factors don't have much effect for now. Why is that?
  • #446
  • May 6, 2025 1:47am May 6, 2025 1:47am
Quoting wangwang
{quote} Thank you！Yes, I've noticed that too. It has come down. But I have a question for you. I just checked the data and it's all bullish, so I'm very scared and reduced my position a bit. However, it seems that the bullish factors don't have much effect for now. Why is that?
Nobody really know. Maybe to retest that zone again? This is quite frequent.
ITB - Seeing Orderliness amongst 'Randomness'
  • #447
  • May 6, 2025 2:27am May 6, 2025 2:27am
Quoting Inthebox
{quote} 它掉了下来，但必须快速抓住它。看看它是否会继续。{image}
Yes, it may be a retest of the area. There is a rejection at the TL and a reversal confluence. But there is a question. What is the reason for finding this classic SNR level?Because actually I've found that there are many SNR levels, but not many of them can work accurately. The SNR at this position is very accurate. I want to know how to find it.
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  • #448
  • May 6, 2025 2:28am May 6, 2025 2:28am
Quoting fxpider
{quote} GU has touched the roof. Watching {image}
sideline.
waiting it fill the daily fvg.
usually daily fvg and liquidity will reach first,
but not always
PA
  • #449
  • May 6, 2025 2:57am May 6, 2025 2:57am
Quoting Inthebox
guys, is it so difficult to spot trade entry? yes sometimes when ranging or volatile. because i have yet to see anyone post anything according to the rules. all you need to do: 1. London open in 30 min, i go to my computer to do analysis. you do not have to look at screen the whole day. 2. during london session have the patience to wait for QM to appear. 3. QM appear. can i trade this QM? 4. check HTF snr that QM is supported to go in same direction as HTF snr. did you miss out any step? did you follow the sequence steps or check boxes? week in...
What do you mean by QM ?

P.s. You just introduced me Rande Howell via this thread for the first time, and it feels like exactly what I needed at this moment. So I send great thanks to you, trader.
  • #450
  • May 6, 2025 3:42am May 6, 2025 3:42am
Quoting wangwang
{quote} Thank you！Yes, I've noticed that too. It has come down. But I have a question for you. I just checked the data and it's all bullish, so I'm very scared and reduced my position a bit. However, it seems that the bullish factors don't have much effect for now. Why is that?
市场不会一路升或者一路跌，
你可以看回图，放小，看更大的图，你会发现，市场会回调，
所以你要问问你自己，
你的分析是升还是跌呢？
然后分析哪个价钱和时间进场比较好，
然后价钱通常不会很准确，所以多数会在一定的范围之间。
然后，市场到某些价钱时，会有某些反应，所以你会看到回调之类的，不一定是反转趋势。
主要是你要分析趋势起还是跌，
回调和反转不一样，这是个困难的部分，需要你自己经验和止损控制。
Inthebox 提供了不错的技术，让我们比较简单分析趋势和有可能性的价格进场和出场，
主要还是你要自己学和去了解，
因为没有人能百分百准确和没有任何分析和技术分析是可以完胜市场的，
所以我们要止损和控制风险，
目前你还没有了解市场和对自己的交易不能完全放心和自信，
比较建议你用最小的lot size 交易先，
每个人开始都是亏钱的，甚至交易了很多年放弃，
我个人也交易了7 年，还是没成功。

还有你要问你自己是要做长期还是短期，
短期通常是很频繁进出，或者target比较不那么难达到的目标。
长期的话，你就比较要承受市场回调的压力，因为每次你赢着不关，市场可能会回调或者sideline 好几天才开始动。

你可以去找 scalp , intraday , swing , long term 的差别在哪，主要看你自己的性格适合哪样，哪种类型都可以盈利，但要看你自己的心理承受能力。
PA
  • #451
  • Edited 5:19am May 6, 2025 3:55am | Edited 5:19am
Morning was worry ,
cause retest and not far my stop.
finally hit target,
leave last for fill whole fvg of daily
i miss enter gold early and it already up a lot so i no confident enter at upside then skip it, focus GU.

no greed, closed last.
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  • #452
  • May 6, 2025 6:13am May 6, 2025 6:13am
Quoting leongpuiy
{quote} 市场不会一路升一路或者跌，可以看回图，放小，看更大的图，你会发现，市场会回调你，所以你要问你自己，你的分析是升还是跌呢？然后分析哪个价格和时间进场比较好，然后价格通常不会很准确，所以大多数会在一定的范围之间。然后，市场到价格时，有些反应，所以你会看到回调之类的，不一定是要回调趋势。主要是你要分析趋势起还是跌，回调和发现不一样，这是个困难的部分，需要你自己了解经验和止损控制。盒子里提供了不错的技术，让我们比较简单分析趋势和有可能的价格进场和出场，主要还是你自己学和去准确，因为没有人能百分百和没有任何分析和技术分析是可以完成市场的，所以我们要止损和控制风险，目前你还没有了解市场和对自己的交易不能完全放心和自信，比较建议你用最小的手数交易先，每个人开始都是亏钱的，甚至交易了很多年放弃，...
是的，很感谢你的指导！我会认真学习的，希望从中成长，我感觉我比较适合日内交易，心理承受力没有那么强大，需要不断的培养，很感谢你为我指明一些问题！
  • #453
  • May 6, 2025 6:33am May 6, 2025 6:33am
Has there been a change to the official language of the thread?
Success = Practice + Patience + Persistence
  • #454
  • May 6, 2025 7:32am May 6, 2025 7:32am
Quoting wangwang
{quote} Yes, it may be a retest of the area. There is a rejection at the TL and a reversal confluence. But there is a question. What is the reason for finding this classic SNR level?Because actually I've found that there are many SNR levels, but not many of them can work accurately. The SNR at this position is very accurate. I want to know how to find it. {image}
find as many confluences as possible. there are 5 here.
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  • #455
  • May 6, 2025 7:35am May 6, 2025 7:35am
Quoting tradermcgill
{quote} What do you mean by QM ? P.s. You just introduced me Rande Howell via this thread for the first time, and it feels like exactly what I needed at this moment. So I send great thanks to you, trader.
https://www.forexfactory.com/thread/...0#post15237670
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  • #456
  • May 6, 2025 8:05am May 6, 2025 8:05am
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  • #457
  • May 6, 2025 8:20am May 6, 2025 8:20am
gold nyse session trade
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  • #458
  • May 6, 2025 11:06am May 6, 2025 11:06am
Quoting tradermcgill
{quote} What do you mean by QM ? P.s. You just introduced me Rande Howell via this thread for the first time, and it feels like exactly what I needed at this moment. So I send great thanks to you, trader.
QM - Quasimodo method. Haven't gotten to it yet but at a glance it seems like a variation of the head&shoulders pattern, the difference being that the there is a stronger impulse move at one leg ( engulfing bar ? ) leaving behind a clearer supp/res area for entry. Could be wrong on it though, bookmarked it for later reading

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  • #459
  • May 6, 2025 4:31pm May 6, 2025 4:31pm
Quoting Inthebox
current gold snr. when market opens, snr may have to be adjusted. {image}
it reached.
fomc soon.
PA
  • #460
  • May 6, 2025 5:21pm May 6, 2025 5:21pm
tokyo open to this snr
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