DislikedEven with impeccable filters (higher lows, lower highs, news, proper market rhythm & speed, holidays, the length of the "nose", etc...), pinbars trades actually resulted in a net LOSS.Ignored
Also, did you check higher TFs for every trade your took (e.g. M15 and H1) to see what the big picture is?
Pinbars are not a Holly Grail, but the ones taken at the right location do work (on all TFs). However, as not ALL pinbars work, you need to go for higher RR.
Check this out: http://www.hquotes.com/tradehard/simulator.html
As for Ryanmcd, he was taking only PBs that were with the trend and which bounced off MA21 or mid-BB. During flat/ranging markets, he was taking the ones which hit the outer BB lines. These two "fitlers" are very powerful (thank you for teaching us that, Ryan!).
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