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  • #1,001
  • Jan 14, 2026 10:26am Jan 14, 2026 10:26am
Quoting 2be
{quote} {image} Fib Bands - at times PA bounced from that zone - remains to be seen if that happens on this occasion VIX stabilizes and Bitcoin is staring to gain
fast and furious, another 100s points on the longs, covered them as poss rection on M5
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,002
  • Jan 14, 2026 10:27am Jan 14, 2026 10:27am
Quoting 2be
{quote} fast and furious, another 100 points on the longs, covered them as poss rection on M5
DOW starts to look bullish for intra day trades!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,003
  • Jan 14, 2026 10:33am Jan 14, 2026 10:33am
Quoting 2be
{quote} DOW starts to look bullish for intra day trades!
Out on the top of trend channel and top of the fib bands, just in case, good profits taken
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  • #1,004
  • Jan 14, 2026 10:56am Jan 14, 2026 10:56am
Quoting 2be
{quote} Out on the top of trend channel and top of the fib bands, just in case, good profits taken {image}
MO Long at 48750
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,005
  • Jan 14, 2026 11:05am Jan 14, 2026 11:05am
covered longs from the Fib Bands on M1
PA is very busy
Scalping opportunities abound!
No time to post, Pa is fast and busy

Shall post after the US session close.

Good trades to all!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,006
  • Jan 14, 2026 3:03pm Jan 14, 2026 3:03pm
Quoting 2be
covered longs from the Fib Bands on M1 PA is very busy Scalping opportunities abound! No time to post, Pa is fast and busy Shall post after the US session close. Good trades to all!
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Divergence on M30, Elasticity of Stochastics H4, Trade channels and PA channels all important
80% positive trades 20% negative trades, a reasonable proportion
VIX of some assistance too
Overall a testing and demanding day, needed to focus on different TFs, still very profitable
Otherwise market has been kind to show its hand, at times the show has been convoluted since a few loosing trades as I refused to allow small loses to become bigger loses
Good trades to all!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,007
  • Edited 3:41pm Jan 14, 2026 3:25pm | Edited 3:41pm
Quoting 2be
{quote} {image} Divergence on M30, Elasticity of Stochastics H4, Trade channels and PA channels all important 80% positive trades 20% negative trades, a reasonable proportion VIX of some assistance too Overall a testing and demanding day, needed to focus on different TFs, still very profitable Otherwise market has been kind to show its hand, at times the show has been convoluted since a few loosing trades as I refused to allow small loses to become bigger loses Good trades to all!
Shall be looking for the usual things b4 the US open tomorrow, if gaps appear I shall trade towards then in accordance of PA channels on shorter TFs,
initial trades might be more risky, the fib bands on M1 will be of good assistance as usual.
I am confident that there will be good opportunities to take profits.
Obviously one needs to be aware of big events.
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,008
  • Jan 15, 2026 7:24am Jan 15, 2026 7:24am
Quoting 2be
{quote} Shall be looking for the usual things b4 the US open tomorrow, if gaps appear I shall trade towards then in accordance of PA channels on shorter TFs, initial trades might be more risky, the fib bands on M1 will be of good assistance as usual. I am confident that there will be good opportunities to take profits. Obviously one needs to be aware of big events.
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if the gaps to the last session opens, traes as usual
Will monitor the opening salvo and after that I shall trade the PA channels and trade channel, Pivot points and fibs on MTS, as usual
can't post too much, possibly after the US close the chart will be the best commentary on today's session
Good trades to all!!!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,009
  • Jan 15, 2026 11:17am Jan 15, 2026 11:17am
Quoting 2be
{quote} {image} {image} if the gaps to the last session opens, traes as usual Will monitor the opening salvo and after that I shall trade the PA channels and trade channel, Pivot points and fibs on MTS, as usual can't post too much, possibly after the US close the chart will be the best commentary on today's session Good trades to all!!!
Shorting DOW on the horizon
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  • #1,010
  • Jan 15, 2026 2:42pm Jan 15, 2026 2:42pm
Quoting 2be
{quote} Shorting DOW on the horizon {image}
difficult day as PA v choppy, patience and strong hands required but avoiding bias confirmation.
Tomorrow another day, fresh trading opportunities!!!
On DOW alone 85 scalps. 53 positive. 2BE,30 small losses
Challenging but profitable day, days like today are a good test of emotional fitness, patience and other things useful in profitable trading!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,011
  • Jan 16, 2026 9:54am Jan 16, 2026 9:54am
Third Fri PA - Volatile
Charts explain it all
Take also a look at VIX, VIX is related to S&P500, but at times it also comes helpful for DOW and NASDAQ
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Taking a break, good week, so and feeding the woodburner.
Good trades to all!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,012
  • Jan 16, 2026 2:10pm Jan 16, 2026 2:10pm
finished the week
Hundreds of trades executed over the whole week
Good proportion of winning trades v loosing trades
Some days had very few loosing trades, one had around 30% of loosing trades, loosing trades did not presented much danger and my strategy allows for them.
Overall a reasonable week, profits retained.
Good weekend to all!
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,013
  • Edited 11:03am Jan 20, 2026 9:39am | Edited 11:03am
Treasure is found in the dragon dungeon
One needs to confront the dragon, and grab the treasure (Jordan Peterson - highly recommended reading / listening)
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  • #1,014
  • Edited 4:24pm Jan 20, 2026 4:11pm | Edited 4:24pm
Quoting 2be
Treasure is found in the dragon dungeon One needs to confront the dragon, and grab the treasure (Jordan Peterson - highly recommended reading / listening){image}
One does not fight dragons while playing with demo accounts.

NYSE session - two parts
Good and well recognised patterns/rotation zones in PA and time
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  • #1,015
  • Jan 21, 2026 8:51am Jan 21, 2026 8:51am
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Gaps worked well. I am done for a while with longs
Waiting for a PB
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,016
  • Edited 4:40pm Jan 21, 2026 2:45pm | Edited 4:40pm
Quoting 2be
{image} Gaps worked well. I am done for a while with longs Waiting for a PB
PB has worked well!
Very busy day.
Lots of positive trades.
Looks like 1 to 1 symmetric move on DOW
Good trades to all!
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as usual I will pay attention to the London Open and PA for the day, ending at the US close
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,017
  • Jan 21, 2026 4:44pm Jan 21, 2026 4:44pm
Quoting 2be
{quote} PB has worked well! Very busy day. Lots of positive trades. Looks like 1 to 1 symmetric move on DOW Good trades to all! {image} as usual I will pay attention to the London Open and PA for the day, ending at the US close
what a day it has been!
fast at times, profitable? YES
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,018
  • Edited 4:14pm Jan 22, 2026 3:04pm | Edited 4:14pm
NASDAQ Diversion
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Below DOW MTFs
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Diversion on both
I have had some problems with one of my trading computers, a bit of wasted time

For JE specifically: an orderly PA between the sessions is a healthy progression, and often these gaps are filled , though not always at that the current session.
The Intersession gap seldom is left open to be filled in eventually, these moves are created by specific strong market shifts, otherwise the minimum that is reached is the intersession gap being filled, that allows for the more orderly flow of the marked in the direction related to the market momentum and trend on a larger TFs
The importance of GAPs on indices is also directly linked to (pit time) the open NYSE session in relation to NASDQ and DOW
It is during the open session that big traders really trade the assets, apart from session time it is a bit hocus pocus, and MM have a good fil
It might change when 23/5 is introduced
The above is a big shortcut mentioning the basic rationale re these specific gaps on Indices. There is more, all common sense when one thing about how the flow of the market is created, hidden for a while and perceived by the attentive minds, nothing special, just manipulation to take advantage of undisciplined and careless traders.
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,019
  • Jan 23, 2026 6:04am Jan 23, 2026 6:04am
At the current market condition I only trade intra day, trading momentum when certain price zones are achieved.
As usual PA is the king/queen and everything else.
Retaining good proportion of wining trades versus looses. The losses are small and lots of them are due to the way I build the multi-entry positions.
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
  • #1,020
  • Jan 23, 2026 10:23am Jan 23, 2026 10:23am
Quoting 2be
At the current market condition I only trade intra day, trading momentum when certain price zones are achieved. As usual PA is the king/queen and everything else. Retaining good proportion of wining trades versus looses. The losses are small and lots of them are due to the way I build the multi-entry positions.
NASDAQ and S&P bullish, good move north during the US session, DOW very different grovelling in the dark valley
interesting session. Grabbed good profits, lost a bit also! Over all a very positive day.
Incorporating trading NASDAQ alongside DOW. (some gold trades too)
Tempter to finish the day and the weekend, do not want to grow dependency to sit there and pondering what to do? up or down???
Time 4
Make sure losses are small and profits are bigger!
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