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DislikedReentered Fiber sell, this time a live-trade, nice price compression and then price spikes above BRN 12500 (liquidity spike) trapping breakout traders who anticipated a break above the psychological BRN 12500,Ignored
DislikedNice trade.
Ordinarily I'd be looking to bid EU around 1.2445 (similar setup on EJ too).Ignored
DislikedCADCHF setup for which I have an order. FTB @ SD zone which is also immediate retest on daily TF. Conservative SL above an SR within the zone (rather than just above the consolidation at the edge of the zone - zoom in to see this).Ignored
DislikedMy experience says the opposite - if the zone is strong enough then supply should come in at the edge of the zone not at the source. This is for a strong SD zone with a good FTB.
If the zone is not strong then the source of course is the next point to look for a reaction - it's the last line of defence so to speak.
So I'm always looking for a reaction at where price should first meet supply or demand on an zone FTB and never the source (unless the source happens to be coincide with the edge of the zone).
I find if I wait for the source I...Ignored
Disliked"If I wait for the source I miss out on a lot of trades." I totally agree with you on this.
But I'm not talking about every FTB setup. I'm just talking about one particular pattern:
1) A small cluster resolved north (buyers are happy)
2) Suddenly the cluster was engulfed by clean bears. (sucked in buyers are frustrated and waiting for price to come back up in order to bail near BE or with small loss)
This pattern works very well for me. Look at one more example.
(I'm still at the office so can't take any trade at the moment.)Ignored
DislikedLJ,
The reason why you won't be taking this bid is due to the market sentiment?Ignored
DislikedI did take it, I meant if it got hit yesterday because I wasn't trading yesterday (public holiday in UK - as it is today and I wish I'd taken today off too! lol).
The move down was too impulsive to take a direct touch for me so I got in after price had stalled and then formed a M15 pin. Got out for a partial loss as price then fell lower - the pause was more of a mini bear flag.Ignored
DislikedThks for the clarification. Re the move down, isn't a strong fast move down into demand zone a plus point as it is likely to get a bigger reaction in the zone?Ignored
Disliked"If I wait for the source I miss out on a lot of trades." I totally agree with you on this.
But I'm not talking about every FTB setup. I'm just talking about one particular pattern:
1) A small cluster resolved north (buyers are happy)
2) Suddenly the cluster was engulfed by clean bears. (sucked in buyers are frustrated and waiting for price to come back up in order to bail near BE or with small loss)
This pattern works very well for me. Look at one more example.
(I'm still at the office so can't take any trade at the moment.)Ignored
DislikedThere is a difference between price moving with good momentum when close to the zone and price moving in an impulsive manner from a distance.
The former is what we want because of the order-flow it represents - the latter is not what we want because at each price level there is a big supply / demand imbalance which of course says that either demand is weak or available supply is very strong i.e. price is moving with a strong sentiment bias. This means there is a higher chance that a) the demand at our zone won't be strong enough to reverse price...Ignored