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  • #3,861
  • Mar 14, 2012 9:20am Mar 14, 2012 9:20am
But I took this one, which turned out to be a tenner...
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  • #3,862
  • Edited 9:56am Mar 14, 2012 9:25am | Edited 9:56am
Quoting Auron112
You just had to post it, didn't you? Been sitting here feeling sorry for myself after missing that one.
Quoting medici
Me too
Follow, don't anticipate.
  • #3,863
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:03am Mar 14, 2012 10:03am
Quoting Ian
Oh, and he even edits it to add another quote and lay it on thick. Smug-face, huh? Knew you were the type...
  • #3,864
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:22am Mar 14, 2012 10:22am
Consoling myself with 15 from this one...Entry three pips under the 3038 line and exit at 3020.
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  • #3,865
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:23am Mar 14, 2012 10:23am
Quoting Auron112
Oh, and he even edits it to add another quote and lay it on thick. Smug-face, huh? Knew you were the type...
Should he be banned from the thread?
  • #3,866
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:27am Mar 14, 2012 10:27am
Quoting medici
Should he be banned from the thread?
It's something to consider if he ever dares such insolence again.
  • #3,867
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:27am Mar 14, 2012 10:27am
Quoting Auron112
Oh, and he even edits it to add another quote and lay it on thick. Smug-face, huh? Knew you were the type...
Quoting medici
Should he be banned from the thread?
Quoting Auron112
It's something to consider if he ever dares such insolence again.

Such a short-lived moment of glory...
Follow, don't anticipate.
  • #3,868
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:38am Mar 14, 2012 10:38am
Quoting Dr.Scalpall
They make it look so simple by progressing through the event brick by brick. Lets not forget that in real time a circa 32 pip move in only a few second will result in a near instant four bars appearing on the screen, how many of us can deliberate about two block colours,macd etc like the video creator and execute a trade in that time?...... but still many of us have tried!!.
I was laughing as I watched. I have tried to trade like that and lost a boatload as i couldn't move my fingers fast enough to keep up with the market.

I think that is a very dangerous video for all except seasoned news traders - and seasoned news traders don't need that video.

I like the concept even though the application as presented is not practical.
  • #3,869
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:50am Mar 14, 2012 10:50am
Quoting enochben
I think that is a very dangerous video for all except seasoned news traders - and seasoned news traders don't need that video.
Agreed. That video shows the value of range bars but not how to trade after news releases.

Presumably it is used as bait to get paying clients to the service.
  • #3,870
  • Mar 14, 2012 10:56am Mar 14, 2012 10:56am
And another shot.

Still in...

Edit: Not much in that one. Just a handful.
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  • #3,871
  • Mar 14, 2012 11:02am Mar 14, 2012 11:02am
Quoting Auron112
And another shot.

Still in...

Edit: Not much in that one. Just a handful.
I admire your persistence. I'm getting a bit tired now and have called it a day. Tomorrow I have things to do, but back in biz on Friday. See you all then
  • #3,872
  • Mar 14, 2012 3:11pm Mar 14, 2012 3:11pm
Mate, theres nothing like riding the razorblade slide of forex using your balls as brakes!. Have experienced both sides of the emotion!, I have in recent times become a little more conservative towards it and as was stated a number of posts back that once the initial spike is over she's pretty normal to trade. My problem of late is that charting off MT4 and executing on another platform is that on last fridays news I was a full 15 pips ahead of Mt4 with price and again on monday morning of all times was at 8am ahead by 8 -10 pips for a good 20 mins so if anyone wants to post me the prorealtime code for keltners and tema I know a man that might just stitch them together for me (M). Failing that I might have to open a full MT4 account aswell and watch one trade the other with the satisfaction that I know what price will be doing in the future??. That of course will also then answer the age old question of any difference between live and demo accounts!! on MT4

doc.


Quoting enochben
I was laughing as I watched. I have tried to trade like that and lost a boatload as i couldn't move my fingers fast enough to keep up with the market.

I think that is a very dangerous video for all except seasoned news traders - and seasoned news traders don't need that video.

I like the concept even though the application as presented is not practical.
  • #3,873
  • Mar 14, 2012 6:08pm Mar 14, 2012 6:08pm
I'm up and runing Eventually.. Medici can you post some more screen shoots tomorrow if you get a chance, and Dr S, for God sake keep your foot off the brakes.
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  • #3,874
  • Mar 14, 2012 7:00pm Mar 14, 2012 7:00pm
Just caught up on everything!

Feel like I'm always repeating myself but.. nice trading boys

Out of action temporarily as I get settled into the new day job but will be back in full force ASAP!
  • #3,875
  • Mar 15, 2012 4:16am Mar 15, 2012 4:16am
15 min couldn't close below the pivot forming a hammer. Took the hl off the 38 level on the 5rb chart at 3042. Closed at MR1 for +17.

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Follow, don't anticipate.
  • #3,876
  • Edited 4:53am Mar 15, 2012 4:42am | Edited 4:53am
Nice little trade, Ian. I've been trading some EU myself this morning just taking some small bits here and there, but most of my focus has been on GU since it's swinging like it was yesterday.

Here's the trades so far. First was at FO off some earlier support. The level wasn't too important and I didn't take the trade initially on bar close but after watching a bit longer and seeing things getting bought after a slight retrace and joined in. Got out after 75 failed on the second attempt.

Then later tried a little continuation long which I probably should have cut earlier. I ended up losing a few with spread after the second hammer started to fail.

Couldn't resist this long after a false break of the lows after seeing so many of these on GU lately. We saw a lot of tick volume come in on the initial push down so I just waited for the right moment and this minimal push lower was it. Still hanging on until the RBs tell me to get out.
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  • #3,877
  • Mar 15, 2012 4:49am Mar 15, 2012 4:49am
By the way, TraderJF (see ya lurkin'), what did you think of that mid-FH turn today?
  • #3,878
  • Mar 15, 2012 5:12am Mar 15, 2012 5:12am
Quoting Ian
15 min couldn't close below the pivot forming a hammer. Took the hl off the 38 level on the 5rb chart at 3042. Closed at MR1 for +17.

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I also really liked how this one was a HL that lined up nicely with the trendline. Did you use that in your analysis? I don't use trendlines often on my RB charts as I find them far more useful on time-based charts, but in this case the M5 trendline looked almost identical so it would make sense to use it. As you can see the potential entry bar (green arrow) didn't print nearly as well on my charts as it did yours due to the smaller wick but still a solid little trade that I would have liked to have joined you in taking.
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  • #3,879
  • Mar 15, 2012 5:18am Mar 15, 2012 5:18am
Quoting Auron112
By the way, TraderJF (see ya lurkin'), what did you think of that mid-FH turn today?
I had been thinking wether I should share my crappy scalps. Since you are asking, here they are

I have to admit that I had completely forgotten about the 9:30 FH turn because I was too busy placing trades - had I thought about that, maybe I would have had more confidence to ride that trade out like Ian did. Instead I placed two scalps on the way up (350 to 425 and from 520 to 590 for a total of 14.5 pips).

Thanks for mentioning the swings in GU. I should have been trading GU, that looks easier to me today as I like range trading.

By the way, I like the range bar 5 pip chart. I replaced the 5-min chart by this.
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  • #3,880
  • Mar 15, 2012 5:27am Mar 15, 2012 5:27am
Quoting TraderJF
I have to admit that I had completely forgotten about the 9:30 FH turn

By mid-FH turn, I mean the 7:30GMT one. Frankfurt gets going an hour before London at 7:00GMT and it's pretty common to see the early move get turned right around the half hour mark. So today our trending move from 6:00 got stopped dead in its tracks right at 7:30. Ian's trade, around 8:30, is also a pretty common time to see a turn.

As for the scalps, nicely done! Unfortunately it's a bit hard to see exactly what's going on in the screenshot (probably because MT4 does a poor job taking them when you try to save the whole Active Workspace) but looks quite solid.

Edit: Oh, and don't worry about sharing your "crappy scalps". I'm far from a good scalper myself but I find them quite interesting. And if you're planning on testing out and possibly incorporating RBs into your analysis as well then all the better for them to be posted in this thread.
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