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  • #1
  • First Post: Edited Oct 3, 2017 12:58am Sep 23, 2008 5:56am | Edited Oct 3, 2017 12:58am
The original idea behind this thread, a good trader said to me that the first retracement is the best trade. The first higher low/lower high.

Trading is the battle between trend and support and resistance. You can never go wrong with some higher time frame analysis to see SR levels.

The latest HL/LH version is as close to a 5 min standalone method as I'd like to get to (with obvious reference to SR levels).

OK so current set up focus on GU and GJ, 5 min 15lwma, 3 bar reversal indi with 9 9 1 stoch filter. GU and GJ to agree (both on same side of their lwma). Same set up with EU and EJ to agree. Of course if the yens are doing their own thing EJ and GJ to agree. Looking to enter the HL/LH's in and around the 15lwma, either a HL/LH that crosses the lwma or after price crossed the first HL/LH that follows.

The 3 bar reversal indicator ( link http://www.forexfactory.com/showthre...22#post8878722) was written to help signal these reversals. It will alert with an arrow down when the signal candle has closed below the previous two candle closes (one of the two prior must be a positive close). It will alert with an arrow up when the signal candle has closed above the previous two candle closes (one of the two prior must be a negative close). The arrow is placed above/below the candle that follows the signal candle. So its purely based on price action and by the above definition catching an initial turn and thereafter resumption of trend move as one of the candles must have closed against the direction of your trade.

Below is the 123 reversal when the price fails to make a lower low or higher high
1. trend line broken (I don't use TL's)
2. lower high in an uptrend, or a higher low in a downtrend.
3. break below the previous low in an uptrend, or above the previous high in a downtrend
At point 3 the reversal is confirmed and everybody’s brother is getting in. A stop run often follows to re-test the penetration at point 3. Quicker traders may get short at the X.

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Typically we like candles with little/no wick in the direction of the trade. Stops: Last swing high/low. Exits: Up to you. On GJ if LO has a failed move in one direction then the opposite direction should have a solid move. 50 pips on GJ common to target pivots, SR areas and 50/100 levels.

See the attached GJ chart with the blue rectangles. In and around LO, first trade around the lwma cross, HL, GU agreeing, little/no upper wick buy area 161.50. About 90 minutes after LO, lwma cross, LH, GU agreeing, little/no lower wick, sell area 161.88.
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  • #2
  • Sep 23, 2008 6:09am Sep 23, 2008 6:09am
The first post is looking to find the trend for the day. Once price has moved around 100 pips eurusd and gbpusd can easily have good counter trend trade bounces off round numbers and pivots.

This morning gbpusd fell 100 pips to the central pivot, bounced, had a higher low just above 1.8500. I look for higher lows/lower highs off 5 and 1 min charts.
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  • #3
  • Sep 23, 2008 6:32am Sep 23, 2008 6:32am
Great price action trading.
What is M2/M4 ? and what are the numbers next to hammers and stars? 2,3,4? what is the difference?
So basicly if i understand you each hour you look only for one direction long or short based on the closing of previous hour (higher or lower close) not taking into consideration the direction of the trend in bigger TF (4 hr, daily)?
  • #4
  • Edited 6:50am Sep 23, 2008 6:40am | Edited 6:50am
Quoting HUnter123
Great price action trading.
What is M2/M4 ? and what are the numbers next to hammers and stars? 2,3,4? what is the difference?
So basicly if i understand you each hour you look only for one direction long or short based on the closing of previous hour (higher or lower close) not taking into consideration the direction of the trend in bigger TF (4 hr, daily)?
M2 M4 are just 2 of the pivots and show potential areas that price may hit during the course of the day. I don't place any reliance on this for looking at trades.

If the 1 hr set up candle just happens to be in the direction of the daily trend great, I'll adjust my profit expectations up accordingly. I don't avoid trades if the 1 hr candle is going against the daily trend. The 3 currencies I trade move enough to accomodate counter (to the daily) trend trades.

As long as the hourly closes are staying positive for buys, negative for sells I'll either stay in targeting the next pivot/round number for an exit, or re-enter on next higher low/lower high if I did take profits.

Of course a higher low/lower high on 5 min chart that goes against my trade is a signal to get out, as would a close on the other side off the 5 ema.
  • #5
  • Sep 23, 2008 6:48am Sep 23, 2008 6:48am
Sorry the hammer question. The pattern recognition just gives different numbers to hammers depending on size of body, upper/lower wicks, a HMR 2 or 4 has no bearing on trades.
  • #6
  • Sep 23, 2008 7:07am Sep 23, 2008 7:07am
thanks for your answers.
I still dont understand the criteria for entering a trade because basicly we can have a trade each hour like now(sorry i cant upload a chart)
the eur/usd closed higher on hourly and there was a 5 min candle that closed above the 5ema (on 11:30) , a long there 1.4771 would be stopped.
so what are the other filters? because i believe almost each hour we would a 5 min candle crossing the 5ema in the previous hourly direction. what do i miss here?
  • #7
  • Sep 23, 2008 7:25am Sep 23, 2008 7:25am
Hopefully this will help. These charts are current so the following would have been trades.

Eurusd had a spinning top on 1hr 3 candles back so thats a good indication that the run up has stalled and an opportunity to look to sell.

The first lower high was on the 5 min chart 5 past the hour at 11,05 and a 2nd opportunity to sell was highlighted.

So whilst I'm not looking at every hourly candle to enter a new trade once in you'd be looking to trade each lower high/higher low until the run has ended. I would be looking at 1 hr candles that show a position contrary to the direction I am in.

Your first clue that the run has ended will usually be a higher low/lower high against the direction of the trade you are in from the 5 min chart.
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  • #8
  • Sep 23, 2008 7:43am Sep 23, 2008 7:43am
Quoting HUnter123
thanks for your answers.
I still dont understand the criteria for entering a trade because basicly we can have a trade each hour like now(sorry i cant upload a chart)
the eur/usd closed higher on hourly and there was a 5 min candle that closed above the 5ema (on 11:30) , a long there 1.4771 would be stopped.
so what are the other filters? because i believe almost each hour we would a 5 min candle crossing the 5ema in the previous hourly direction. what do i miss here?
I wouldn't have been looking to buy at 11.30. The 10 am candle was a spinning top and there was a first lower high at 11.05. The cycle for up was therefore most likely broken and the only thing I would be looking for was a sell.

The filters are
(1) what has the hourly candle done,
(2) the lower high/higher low on 5 min
(3) and a this is a little vague but getting a feel for this kind of trading especially around pivots/round numbers especially where 100 pip runs have already taken place i.e. you could look for counter trend trades off 5 min only without waiting for a 1 hr candle close.
  • #9
  • Sep 23, 2008 8:10am Sep 23, 2008 8:10am
Quoting Vantage
Hopefully this will help. These charts are current so the following would have been trades.

Eurusd had a spinning top on 1hr 3 candles back so thats a good indication that the run up has stalled and an opportunity to look to sell.

The first lower high was on the 5 min chart 5 past the hour at 11,05 and a 2nd opportunity to sell was highlighted.

So whilst I'm not looking at every hourly candle to enter a new trade once in you'd be looking to trade each lower high/higher low until the run has ended. I would be looking at 1 hr candles that show a position contrary to the direction I am in.

Your first clue that the run has ended will usually be a higher low/lower high against the direction of the trade you are in from the 5 min chart.
ok, thx for your answer. basicly i should look for entries after 1h candles that form reversal patterns and not just LH/HL for better trades from what i understand.
about the trade - i believe the entry is at the opening of the next candle so entry at 11:10 candle, it moved our direction but went back to become a losing trade at one point, so my question when do you move sl to BE if any and what was your exit point in the first entry?
  • #10
  • Sep 23, 2008 8:44am Sep 23, 2008 8:44am
Quoting HUnter123
ok, thx for your answer. basicly i should look for entries after 1h candles that form reversal patterns and not just LH/HL for better trades from what i understand.
about the trade - i believe the entry is at the opening of the next candle so entry at 11:10 candle, it moved our direction but went back to become a losing trade at one point, so my question when do you move sl to BE if any and what was your exit point in the first entry?
Look for 1 hr reversal candles but also higher closes for buys and lower closes for sells. The amount of 1 hr higher closes on 22nd Sep is a classic example. The starting trade came from the hammer as mentioned in my first post but there were many higher lows after that.

Yes the entry would have been a sell at 11.10. I hate to see even 20 pips go back to BE or a loss. As this is essentially a scalping system that can get great entries into the days biggest moves I'll look to take profits from 20 pips on depending on where pivots, round numbers are. A big but here is but I know I'll be prepared to take every lower high/higher low that follows.

I'm a big believer in "you don't go broke putting profits in the bank". So that trade from 11.10 I would most likely have gone out at 1.4750 knowing that I'd be quite happy to get in again at the next lower high.
  • #11
  • Sep 23, 2008 9:52am Sep 23, 2008 9:52am
take a look at the next set up plz.
the 12:00 hourly candle was bearish forming a LH so we should look for shorts in next hour.
The next hour was all bullish but the 13:55 formed a LH and crossed the 5ema down. that was a big profit short but should we take it after such a bullish hourly candle?
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  • #12
  • Sep 23, 2008 10:16am Sep 23, 2008 10:16am
Quoting HUnter123
take a look at the next set up plz.
the 12:00 hourly candle was bearish forming a LH so we should look for shorts in next hour.
The next hour was all bullish but the 13:55 formed a LH and crossed the 5ema down. that was a big profit short but should we take it after such a bullish hourly candle?
Sorry for the delay I've normally finished for the day by now and was away from the computer.

Yes the 12:00 candle was still negative and so yes we would still be looking for shorts, but this was a move started from the 10:00 candle. It gave 3 entries at 11:10, 11.55 and 13:00. If I had taken the last trade at 13:00 I would not have let it go from 20 odd pips up to a losing trade firstly. As each subsequent LH, HL happens in a move the less likely it will carry on working and the more likely I'll look to take profits at any pivot, round number.

Not something I've really mentioned but have a look at 1 min chart same ema at 13:20 being the 1st retracement up. Anyway I don't want to mention the 1 min too much yet.

The next hour 13:00 was bullish so in terms of the system it wouldn't have been a sell at 13.55 (well spotted). HL's and LH's off 5 min work really well and in time to come you may personally decide to trade all HL's and LH's. The system as it is presented just gives low risk entries by trading in direction of 1 hr candle.
  • #13
  • Sep 23, 2008 2:57pm Sep 23, 2008 2:57pm
is it possible to change the point fingered to maybe arrow ??
thanks ..

i like the Pattern Recognizer ..
  • #14
  • Sep 24, 2008 2:41am Sep 24, 2008 2:41am
vantage, it will be great if you could post more examples.
take a look at this trade. bullish hourly and HL crossing the 5ema on 5min.
something wrong with his trade or a valid signal that got stopped?
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  • #15
  • Sep 24, 2008 2:42am Sep 24, 2008 2:42am
One of those do you don't you this morning.

The 4 am hourly candle was a positive close and there was a (not shown) higher low when the 6.05 5 min close. This was just a touch too early for me this am.

The 5 am had another higher positive close so the bias is buy. The 6.30 5 min candle closed just below the 5 ema. Flip a coin time do you , don't you. If you're going to take a chance I'd much rather take a chance going in the direction of the trend. For me the 1 min chart helped make a decision to buy.
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  • #16
  • Sep 24, 2008 3:00am Sep 24, 2008 3:00am
Quoting HUnter123
vantage, it will be great if you could post more examples.
take a look at this trade. bullish hourly and HL crossing the 5ema on 5min.
something wrong with his trade or a valid signal that got stopped?
Hi HUnter 123
First of all there was an opportunity earlier on eurusd, again this was just a little too early for me (its a public holiday here and I was a little lazy this am).

The double bottom at 6.05 am, yes the previous hourly candle was negative but the pound and euro love to turn around at these times. A double bottom with a rejection at the pivot and half number with a nice higher low on the 1 min at 6.14. The pound also had a very similar rejection of even number and pivot just above.

As to the trade you mentioned, yes it was a valid higher low. My wife and I were discussing long and hard that we did not like the 1 mins 2 lower lows just before this trade. Despite the fact that that we both did not like the 1 min chart we did indeed take this buy but got out at -10 instead of -15 stop.

One of those things a good EJ trade and a small losing trade. Also as happens the losing EU trade kept us out of the LH that immediately followed. Yes like you mentioned in an earlier post we do look to take most LH and HL trades despite the 1 hr candle.
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  • #17
  • Sep 24, 2008 3:11am Sep 24, 2008 3:11am
HUnter 123 forgot to mention the small losing trades that obviously do happen are heavily outweighed by the good entries that this system gives for the long runs that these currencies have most of the time.

Cheers.
  • #18
  • Sep 24, 2008 3:24am Sep 24, 2008 3:24am
yes, i saw the support of 1.8500 in pound but i didnt take it because of the bearish candle before. it's a bit confusing now that you sometimes ignore the hourly candle. the trade i posted in eur/usd i didnt take because the 5min candle was not so bullish , it turned to be a doji like you saw in 1min chart, it "smelled" like a reversal so i avoided it.
  • #19
  • Sep 24, 2008 3:37am Sep 24, 2008 3:37am
Quoting HUnter123
yes, i saw the support of 1.8500 in pound but i didnt take it because of the bearish candle before. it's a bit confusing now that you sometimes ignore the hourly candle. the trade i posted in eur/usd i didnt take because the 5min candle was not so bullish , it turned to be a doji like you saw in 1min chart, it "smelled" like a reversal so i avoided it.
Yes it can be a little confusing there is the standard trade which follows the hourly candle and the 2nd option which looks to trade bounces off pivots and round/half numbers.

If this is in any way unclear pick the one you like the most and run with that for a while. Of course its probably best to do your normal trades and paper/demo this for a while.
  • #20
  • Sep 24, 2008 3:45am Sep 24, 2008 3:45am
I haven't really mentioned news events as yet. I'll trade HL's LH's up to 30 mins or so before most Euro, UK news events but will look to tighten stops or exit very quickly. I do tend to stay away much earlier from their interest rate statements or when their central bankers are giving press statements.

I stay clear of most US news events from much earlier on and only look to trade this system on days when there is no US red news scheduled. Red US news events tend to be too choppy for me.

I do trade Euro, UK news events (apart from interest rates) on a different method.
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