Tick charts!

Well I'm pretty sure I said I'd never use them, and I know I didn't want to lol. I felt similar regarding 1 minute candles, but I have used those for a while now. When you see a filled 1 minute candle move up x pips, and then the next one also filled but down and moving a similar number of pips, it's clear I'm needing to stretch out the horizontal scope to see the moves inbetween. I thought about trying to use x seconds charts, but why delay the inevitable on this matter? If I ended up at 1 minute charts from 15, I'd get to ticks eventually.

Does anyone have any tick chart-specific advice for someone beginning to dive in to the most-price-info-you-can-possibly-get-on-a-chart world? :-)

Right now I'm sort of eyeballing what amounts to a moving average cross-over trading method, and I'm not really looking for how someone system-trades (per se) a tick chart. But if there are any good general tick-tips out there, I'd appreciate the info.

Take care!

Nobody? I'm the only one using ticks. Cool. :-)

I use them. Not in practice yet, but am finding a few interesting things through late nights of research. I agree with your statement about the x-second charts...you ought to just delve into "tick-land". You might just find something interesting

zoom out your trade man to see your position in the battle of (( bears & bulls ))...
large frame time are more credibility than small...
nice trade for you man

I trade 5 minute charts but go to 1 minute if the market is moving fast and I'm looking for an entry... tick charts don't carry enough weight for my uses.

Have fun

Im with you on this one, go as short term as you can go. I use the 5 sec charts at oanda for entries at signals that are mostly derived from the 1 - 15 min charts, but sometimes as long as the 1 hour or even signals derived purely from the 5 sec (when the market is really steaming). Shorter time frame just means more opertunities to trade which, if you have a succesfull strategy, equals more profits.

who needs tick chart when you have the DOM