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  • #10,481
  • Jun 7, 2025 7:19am Jun 7, 2025 7:19am
Quoting dragonchase
To the poster above I am new posting here, and also been here at India since past 6 years I started looking into forexfactory back in mid 2017 from USA, when I was dabbling in forex, but that time I was a full time employee and an MBA student, and the biggest liquidity session was often in my sleeping time. I took a break from forex for some time, as my career was in rock bottom looking for jobs from 2018-2022. I have started again in 2023. About this system and RH in particular Robinhood is a very consistent (wrt templates and patterns)...
@dragonchase

Start at the beginning with template #1.
That's where I first started with and master trading with that template.
Then as you progress through the pages, you can add the smTMSS Oscillator. Spen more time to learn how these two templates and oscillators work.
You can pick very good trades when you start with top down analysis - Weekly , Daily , then the H4.
You can add the RHO Pro 4 and learn how this indicator work and will help you pick trades.

Take your time trading in realtime market and learn to build confidence.

I see different members here add other stuff as filter, etc.
You don't really need any of those filter, etc.
You need confidence and that can only come from your own trading experience.

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Honesty is a very expensive gift. You wont find it in cheap people.WBuffett
  • #10,482
  • Jun 7, 2025 8:46am Jun 7, 2025 8:46am
Quoting CogAlpha
Lovely Entry indeed! {image}
Going bullish on gold?
  • #10,483
  • Jun 7, 2025 8:56am Jun 7, 2025 8:56am
Thanks for the tips and nuggets
This thread is more than templates and screenshots, it is one of the few which encourages exchange of perspectives

However the Rho-Pro 6 is available and definitely better. Also, the APB with ON/OFF (shared recently) is a useful indicator as you can check the actual candle to see for any contradictory movement.
  • #10,484
  • Jun 7, 2025 9:29am Jun 7, 2025 9:29am
Quoting emmanuel7788
{quote} Start at the beginning with template #1. ...
Hopefully, this thread doesn’t turn into a battleground.
@emmanuel7788
I know you're very busy and actively helping many new traders across several threads, and I truly appreciate your contributions. Whenever you have some time, I would be grateful if you could kindly take a look at my recent posts, particularly regarding Directional Bias, as it seems Master Robinhood may currently be unavailable.
Here are the post references:
#10452
#10453
#10457
#10458

Best
EN
  • #10,485
  • Jun 7, 2025 12:07pm Jun 7, 2025 12:07pm
Due to some extenuating circumstances, I have not had the time to post here for a good while, BUT I do visit this thread nearly every day, and I do read every post. I apologize to the Posters who have asked me for help/advice/explanations/etc. both in this thread and in Private Messages for not replying but now know you sort of know why.

I want everyone to know how much I truly appreciate all of the kind words that numerous people have written here about me. I really do appreciate it. It's WHY I keep posting.

Moving on...

Regarding what I posted on Page 1, Post # 1., that was 6+ years ago. Who here has not grown or changed in the last 6+ years? I am no different. But I want to explain is WHY I change and/or add or subtract indicators and templates.

What almost no one here knows about me is that I am an professional inventor. I have invented/designed over 650 products AND successfully marketed many 100's of thousands of them through such businesses as: Lowes, Home Depot, Amazon, Walmart, Sears, Tractor Supply, etc.

The product that I invented that allowed me to "retire" at age 35 is a household name, it is sold all over the world, and millions of people own one or more of them. It is a product that people place in their home, business, RV, church, Office, etc. It currently sells for about 2k to 5k, (it varies depending on certain brands and options). It is so popular that one of the Presidents of the United States actually bought a certain variation of one with his own money and placed it in the Oval Office during his time as president.

Why am I just now telling everyone these things?

Because, WHEN you come to understand that me being the serial inventor that I am, it's just built into my DNA to constantly be inventing/designing/creating new things.

Regarding trading...

I have created dozens of indicators, thousands of combinations of indicators, and thousands of different templates. Template #1 that I posted of Page #1, it stands on it's own and it always will. It will never stop working, BUT I have the right and moreover the desire to constantly be trying to improve things in my own trading so I will never stop doing that as I spend between 7 and 16 hours a day almost every day the markets are open doing something regarding trading, because it's my passion.

This will help make things make more sense. Think of a professional artist, just because they give you a painting that they painted, does that mean that they should forever stop painting? No, because it's in their nature to paint, they are good at it, they are passionate about it, and it may be how they make their living as well.

I'm no different.
Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,486
  • Edited 5:51pm Jun 7, 2025 12:49pm | Edited 5:51pm
Regarding the RSO (RobinHood Stochastics Oscillator)...

I am going to post an image of JUST ONE WAY (out of many) that I use the RSO. It's a VERY POWERFUL indicator, with many, many nuances and very few traders (as a percentage) are likely to ever fully understand its power and usefulness in trading. I now use it on every chart when I am trading.

Regarding the settings, there are no "set in stone" numerical settings. There are no magical combinations of settings. I am "unlikely" to ever tell everyone the exact settings that I am currently using BUT ONLY because I don't want anyone "possibly" front-running me on my entries and exits.

What I can say is this (in my opinion):

1. I ALWAYS only use the %D line, never the %k (back-testing results taught me this).

2. The Orange Line can be set to: 8-3-3 Or 9-3-3 Or 10-3-3 or 11-3-3 or 12-3-3 or 13-3-3 or 14-3-3.

3. The Blue Line can be set to: 50-10-3 Or 51-10-3 Or 52-10-3 or 53-10-3 or 54-10-3 or 55,10,3 or 56-10-3 or 57-10-3 or 58-10-3 or 59-0-3 or 60-10-3.
* Instead of the 10, you could also use the 11 or the 12.

You use 1 each of the above (#2 and #3) in whatever combination suits you and/or the market you are trading the best.

The settings I have used (and shown here in the past) are 12-3-3 and 55-12-3, so if you don't feel like using your own settings, just use these.

Also, in the image below, the trades that I have outlined ONLY work THAT WELL when the blue line is at, near or ABOVE the blue dotted line (for Long trades).

It also works just as well for short trades when the orange line is at, near or BELOW the Orange dotted line.

Always remember, no indicator is always 100% correct because it can't see the future (including the RSO) AND none of them that I have ever seen doesn't have signals that fail.

I have tried to make everything as clear as possible on the image below. Which market or time-frame I used is irrelevant which is why I hid it. *BTW, the blue dotted line is set to 80 and the solid green line is set to 90. The orange dotted line is set to 20 and the solid red line is set to 10.
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Here's an example of the same thing but on the short side using all the exact same indicators and settings as above.
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Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,487
  • Jun 7, 2025 1:00pm Jun 7, 2025 1:00pm
Quoting RobinHood
Due to some extenuating circumstances, I have not had the time to post here for a good while, BUT I do visit this thread nearly every day, and I do read every post. I apologize to the Posters who have asked me for help/advice/explanations/etc. both in this thread and in Private Messages for not replying but now know you sort of know why. I want everyone to know how much I truly appreciate all of the kind words that numerous people have written here about me. I really do appreciate it. It's WHY I keep posting. Moving on... Regarding what I posted...
Dear Master Robinhood,

Thank you for your post after a long time it was truly inspiring to read it. Your honesty, dedication, and passion for trading shine through in every word.

It’s clear that the original template you shared remains the solid foundation of this method. As a newcomer, I deeply respect its simplicity and strength. It provides a reliable starting point that continues to deliver value.

Learning that you’re a professional inventor with such an incredible track record explains so much about your approach to trading. It’s both motivating and reassuring to know that you’re constantly refining, testing, and evolving. This mindset of continuous improvement (KAIZEN) is something I truly admire and aspire to in my own trading journey.

I now better understand your use of new tools, indicators, and templates not as replacements for the core system, but as enhancements to help with evaluation and decision making. For those of us striving to grow beyond the basics, this is incredibly valuable. I’ve started incorporating a few tools myself to gain better clarity and consistency.

After BigE (RIP), there was a noticeable void in the TMS space. Thank you for stepping in to create this thread, for sharing your experience so generously, and for continuing to support new traders. You’ve built something truly meaningful here.

We’re very fortunate to have you with us.

Wishing you continued success in both trading and life and looking forward to learning more from you whenever time allows.

Best
EN
  • #10,488
  • Edited 1:27pm Jun 7, 2025 1:11pm | Edited 1:27pm
A lot to absorb, but most useful - thanks a lot for an organized diagram Robinhood.
I love that there are crossover and continuation trades. Also, the roadmap ema pair looks awesome as it still leaves the chart easy to look at while giving a clear picture of direction. Also, tweaking with the values will come in handy for different timeframes.

This is awesome. Thanks a lot for the post.
  • #10,489
  • Jun 8, 2025 2:58am Jun 8, 2025 2:58am
Quoting RobinHood
Regarding the RSO (RobinHood Stochastics Oscillator)... I am going to post an image of JUST ONE WAY (out of many) that I use the RSO. It's a VERY POWERFUL indicator, with many, many nuances and very few traders (as a percentage) are likely to ever fully understand its power and usefulness in trading. I now use it on every chart when I am trading. Regarding the settings, there are no "set in stone" numerical settings. There are no magical combinations of settings. I am "unlikely" to ever tell everyone the exact settings that I am currently using...
Hello RH, may i ask you to tell me what instruments are on these 2 charts. I just want to compare your RSO display with mine on Barchart and StockFetcher services.
It is good you come back to thread.
  • #10,490
  • Jun 8, 2025 7:50am Jun 8, 2025 7:50am
Quoting iwan73
{quote} Hello RH, may i ask you to tell me what instruments are on these 2 charts. I just want to compare your RSO display with mine on Barchart and StockFetcher services. It is good you come back to thread.
By saying: "instruments", I am assuming that you are referring to only the RSO? Otherwise, let me know.

The RSO is an acronym for: RobinHood Stochastics Oscillator

It's comprised of 2 Stochastics overlaid on top of one another using only the %D lines for each one.
Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,491
  • Jun 8, 2025 10:49am Jun 8, 2025 10:49am
Quoting RobinHood
{quote} By saying: "instruments", I am assuming that you are referring to only the RSO? Otherwise, let me know. The RSO is an acronym for: RobinHood Stochastics Oscillator It's comprised of 2 Stochastics overlaid on top of one another using only the %D lines for each one.
RH, by saying instrument i dont mean RSO. I mean stock or equity or currency or...enything it is on candlestic chart.
Not so long ago i discovered that my RSO on MT4 is different than your because i used "close/close" data, not "low/high".
This variable even does not exist onStoch indicator on other charting/screener services (Barchart, StockFetcher).
  • #10,492
  • Jun 8, 2025 11:45am Jun 8, 2025 11:45am
Quoting iwan73
{quote} RH, by saying instrument i dont mean RSO. I mean stock or equity or currency or...enything it is on candlestic chart. Not so long ago i discovered that my RSO on MT4 is different than your because i used "close/close" data, not "low/high". This variable even does not exist onStoch indicator on other charting/screener services (Barchart, StockFetcher).
I had just woken up when I read and responded to your text and all I could focus on was the reference that you made to the RSO. I personally don't use the word "instruments" to refer to different markets but it is totally proper and acceptable to use it in that way.

Over the coarse many years, I have used many, many different trading platforms and I rarely have seen two that displayed the Stochastics exactly the same, so I feel that just getting "close" is good enough for me.

It's like if I use a 10 and 20 sma combo to show me crossovers, and you use a 12 and 24, they are not identical, but it's "close enough".

But to answer your original question, what instrument is in the images are stocks (but only because that's what I am currently mostly trading).
Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,493
  • Jun 8, 2025 12:12pm Jun 8, 2025 12:12pm
Quoting RobinHood
Regarding the RSO (RobinHood Stochastics Oscillator)... I am going to post an image of JUST ONE WAY (out of many) that I use the RSO. It's a VERY POWERFUL indicator, with many, many nuances and very few traders (as a percentage) are likely to ever fully understand its power and usefulness in trading. I now use it on every chart when I am trading. Regarding the settings, there are no "set in stone" numerical settings. There are no magical combinations of settings. I am "unlikely" to ever tell everyone the exact settings that I am currently using...
Dear Robinhood,
Thank you for your continued guidance and for sharing such valuable insights.
Your explanation helps us better understand the depth and flexibility of how you trade and innovate.
I have been experimenting with the tools you've discussed and wanted to share my current setup on MT4 after your recent post as well as ask a few questions for your feedback:

My MT4 Template Settings
EMA Settings:
EMA(18) applied three time with High, Low, Close
EMA(3) applied to Close
Stochastic Settings:
Double Stochastic: 12-3-3 (Orange) and 55-12-3 (Blue)


I have also added

APB Candles Button
Candle Timer

Queries:
1) Since you’ve mentioned trading stocks quite often, could you please confirm if this setup (EMAs + RSO) is equally effective for Forex and Crypto, or would you suggest any adjustments for those markets?

2) As only crypto market wcan be traded , I was tetsing it on BTC
While studying your first chart with 8 BUY setups marked with Green vertical lines I have noticed:
For long entries, the blue line was usually between 80–90 or even above 90.
For short entries, the blue line often stayed between 10–20 or even below 10.

Trade 1 and 8: Crossover trades (orange line crossing the blue line above the 50 level).
Trades 2–7: Continuation trades, the Blue line was already above 80, and the orange line crossed upward from below 50.
Could you kindly confirm if my understanding of these setups aligns with your intended use of the RSO?

3) Also, are there specific chart conditions or filters you prefer to use when distinguishing between a good continuation trade vs a weaker one?

Thank you again for all the knowledge you've shared. It's incredibly motivating to learn from your experience, and I genuinely appreciate your willingness to help us understand these tools better.

Best
EN
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  • #10,494
  • Edited Jun 9, 2025 11:03am Jun 8, 2025 2:12pm | Edited Jun 9, 2025 11:03am
Quoting ENoris
{quote} Dear Robinhood, Thank you for your continued guidance and for sharing such valuable insights. Your explanation helps us better understand the depth and flexibility of how you trade and innovate. I have been experimenting with the tools you've discussed and wanted to share my current setup on MT4 after your recent post as well as ask a few questions for your feedback: My MT4 Template Settings EMA Settings: EMA(18) applied three time with High, Low, Close EMA(3) applied to Close Stochastic Settings: Double Stochastic: 12-3-3 (Orange) and 55-12-3...
1) Since you’ve mentioned trading stocks quite often, could you please confirm if this setup (EMAs + RSO) is equally effective for Forex and Crypto, or would you suggest any adjustments for those markets?

I don't know because I have not tried trading this basic template on anything but stocks and Futures.

2) As only crypto market wcan be traded , I was tetsing it on BTC
While studying your first chart with 8 BUY setups marked with Green vertical lines I have noticed:
For long entries, the blue line was usually between 80–90 or even above 90.
For short entries, the blue line often stayed between 10–20 or even below 10.

As I said in Post #10,486: the trades that I have outlined ONLY work THAT WELL when the blue line is at, near or ABOVE the blue dotted line (for Long trades) (The 80 is the blue dotted line). This is IMMENSELY important regarding making trades using the RSO in the exact way that I showed, otherwise you will probably lose overall trading these type of set-ups.

Trade 1 and 8: Crossover trades (orange line crossing the blue line above the 50 level).
Trades 2–7: Continuation trades, the Blue line was already above 80, and the orange line crossed upward from below 50.

Could you kindly confirm if my understanding of these setups aligns with your intended use of the RSO?

Yes.

What you have to understand is that the images that I showed, is NOT my full trading template. I removed/hid the other indicators that I use on this template just to allow people to be able to "focus" on just the RSO. Personally, I would not trade it with just the indicators that I showed.

3) Also, are there specific chart conditions or filters you prefer to use when distinguishing between a good continuation trade vs a weaker one?

No.

No one can see the future, they can only try to predict it, which is what the indicators that I use are doing for me. In order to CONSISTENTLY beat any game, you must have an "edge", something that gives you an advantage. In trading, my current best "edge" is to do exactly what I wrote in my FF profile many, many years ago.

It says: "The absolute best trading advice that I could give someone is to buy the resumption of a STRONG up trend after the first pull-back. And vice-versa for short trades"

That is describing a Continuation Trades. What you use, or how you use it to get into Continuation Trades is up to each individual trader. At this point in my trading, I honestly can look at a naked chart and still see the Continuation Trades without even trying, but I don't like watching naked charts because I find it to be very boring.

Continuation Trades (more often than not) give you the edge you need. It forces you to only trade in the direction of an already establish trend AND a place to give you a clearly defined Stop placement area (which allows you to easily calculate your risk on every trade as well as your position size).

If someone asked me, "If you had to create a new template today, to trade tomorrow (with NO REGARD as to which "instrument" you are trading, or which time frame you're using), what's one of the best ways to trade, and how would you do it?"

Most Importantly:

I would ONLY trade Continuation Trades.

CURRENTLY, to clearly show me Continuation Trades, I would use:

3 ema - Yellow
8 ema - Magenta
21 ema - Cyan
34 ema - Light Purple
55 ema - Orange

RSO - 12-3-3 and 55-12-3 %D Lines Only (not my exact settings but close enough).

*I am fond of saying: "The Truth is Always the Truth". Meaning that in trading, whichever template you are using should work on every market (instrument) and on every time-frame".

Here is what the best entries (Long only) should look like using this method:
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Here is what the best entries (short only) should look like using this method:
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  • #10,495
  • Jun 8, 2025 2:33pm Jun 8, 2025 2:33pm
Quoting RobinHood
{quote} I had just woken up when I read and responded to your text and all I could focus on was the reference that you made to the RSO. I personally don't use the word "instruments" to refer to different markets but it is totally proper and acceptable to use it in that way. Over the coarse many years, I have used many, many different trading platforms and I rarely have seen two that displayed the Stochastics exactly the same, so I feel that just getting "close" is good enough for me. It's like if I use a 10 and 20 sma combo to show me crossovers,...
May I know the tickers of both charts, please.
  • #10,496
  • Jun 8, 2025 3:14pm Jun 8, 2025 3:14pm
Quoting iwan73
{quote} May I know the tickers of both charts, please.
The first image (Long trades) was a Daily Palantir (PLTR) chart, and the second one (Short trades) was a Daily Tesla (TSLA) chart.
Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,497
  • Jun 9, 2025 4:36am Jun 9, 2025 4:36am
Quoting emmanuel7788
{quote} @dragonchase I see you are quite new to this thread. Where in India are you trading from? I know many traders from India. It will help you learn EVERYTHING here starting at post#1 and read all the OP @RobinHood posts. Since the time he started this thread in May 2019, there has been many discussions, questions and answers , and also some new additions, improvements, tweaks, etc. which he has tested and added to this thread. Note that he edited his post#1 in Nov 2024, and there are more than 1400 posts which you should read, study and take...

Hi Emm

What was edited in post #1 during the month of November 2024 by Robinhood?
  • #10,498
  • Edited 11:06am Jun 9, 2025 10:08am | Edited 11:06am
Quoting SF422
{quote} Hi Emm What was edited in post #1 during the month of November 2024 by Robinhood?
I highly doubt that emmanuel knows exactly what I edited on Page 1, Post #1 as even I don't exactly remember, but what I can tell you is that it was regarding trading stocks and one of the ways that I trade them. He probably only knows that I edited "something" because at the very top of the post it says:

 

  1. First Post: May 18, 2019 6:12pm | Edited Nov 17, 2024 3:19pm


Otherwise, to the best of my knowledge, I have never edited the Forex material since I first posted it. That's all of the info above where I started talking about trading stocks, and I only posted it because numerous members asked me to. AND, I only posted it on Page 1, Post #1, because that's the only post in this thread that can be edited after 24 hours has passed since it was first posted, and I have done that.

Above the stocks section, I did however fix some typos and added some trading related pdf's multiple times on later dates, and I will continue to do so in the future should the need arise.

Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,499
  • Edited 12:26pm Jun 9, 2025 11:58am | Edited 12:26pm
Today, as in right now, I am ONLY day trading 10 min. stock charts (7 stocks: NVDA, PLTR, AMD, AAPL, GOOG, AMZN and IOVA) which I normally don't do (use 10 min. charts to day trade) so I have plenty of time to post right now. I want to post something that has been on my mind for a good long while.

There is something that I want to convey to the traders who visit here that has been very helpful to me.

It's a mental trick that has helped me tremendously over the years. The mental part of trading is by far the most difficult part of trading and few who ever dabble in trading ever master it, and so that's WHY about 90+% of traders lose overall. I have given everyone here plenty of ways to consistently beat the markets, yet, still, very few do. They simply can't master the mental game of trading.
MOST traders, like the vast, vast majority of them (most likely also including you ) say when they have a trade that lost: "I lost on that trade" or something very similar.
I don't say that. Because it makes me feel like I AM A LOSER. I chose wrong. I made a bad decision or decisions.

BUT...IF you have a legit game plan, or a winning trading system/strategy/method that has been proven to work in the past, and you have a trade that lost, then why say: I lost on that trade? YOU only lost IF you didn't follow YOUR TRADING RULES. Otherwise, your system/strategy/method had a losing trade, not you, because your only job is to follow YOUR rules and execute the trades properly. YOU are NOT responsible for your trading system/strategy/method having a losing trade. ALL trading systems/strategies/methods have losing trades AND you know that going in, so then why place the blame yourself by saying: I???????

So what I say WHEN I HAVE FOLLOWED ALL OF MY RULES is: "My method/system/strategy had an UNSUCCESSFUL trade".

Try saying it the next time you have a losing trade and you will see what a difference it will make for you mentally.
Always a Student, Never a Master - Emulate What Works
  • #10,500
  • Jun 9, 2025 12:37pm Jun 9, 2025 12:37pm
Quoting RobinHood
Today, as in right now, I am ONLY day trading 10 min. stock charts (7 stocks: NVDA, PLTR, AMD, AAPL, GOOG, AMZN and IOVA) which I normally don't do (use 10 min. charts to day trade) so I have plenty of time to post right now. I want to post something that has been on my mind for a good long while. There is something that I want to convey to the traders who visit here that has been very helpful to me. It's a mental trick that has helped me tremendously over the years. The mental part of trading is by far the most difficult part of trading and few...
Dear Sensei Robinhood,

Thank you for sharing this powerful mindset shift. Viewing a losing trade as an “unsuccessful system trade” rather than a personal failure makes a lot of sense, and I will definitely start applying this approach.

The mental game really is the hardest part, and your guidance helps simplify it.

Also, a request if and when time allows, I will be extremely thankful and appreciate if you could share some updated thoughts or tips for Forex trading, especially for those of us still using MT4.

Your earlier insights and methods have been invaluable, and many of us including myseld are eager to learn more.

Thank you again for everything you continue to do for this community.

Best
EN
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