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  • #109,221
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:31am Aug 30, 2012 8:31am
Quoting Gleneagles


came back from lunch just in time
timing is everything

nice ... did you notice i even took a double? closed them both for 12 but i had no faith that it would go below 37
  • #109,222
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:31am Aug 30, 2012 8:31am
Quoting sisse
..H4 Chart update.... @ HATCH ...to close our conversation yesterday, a real example of the importance of London and timing ...this time without random 6 and 3 numbers but with daily/H4 S/R ...

sisse
Sisse, for the slow ones, I am following your conversation since yesterday, and I dont get it. What did London tell you? We were stuck in silly range between two daily closes since morning. No signal for me.

T
"I know one thing, that I know nothing." Sokrates
  • #109,223
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:34am Aug 30, 2012 8:34am
Quoting Tom_D_Trader
Sisse, for the slow ones, I am following your conversation since yesterday, and I dont get it. What did London tell you? We were stuck in silly range between two daily closes since morning. No signal for me.

T
My friend...
  • #109,224
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:36am Aug 30, 2012 8:36am
Quoting Mr Hatch
My friend...
What, I just dont know nothing . Doing my best to get into sisses head.

T
"I know one thing, that I know nothing." Sokrates
  • #109,225
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:39am Aug 30, 2012 8:39am
Quoting AllyB
timing is everything

nice ... did you notice i even took a double? closed them both for 12 but i had no faith that it would go below 37
I saw

Took a trade this morning on USDZAR when it broke a key level. Not something I normally trade , turned into a really nice trade in the end.

About 52 pips by major pair standards.
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,226
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:40am Aug 30, 2012 8:40am
Sorry..chart
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" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,227
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:41am Aug 30, 2012 8:41am
Quoting Gleneagles
I saw

Took a trade this morning on USDZAR when it broke a key level. Not something I normally trade , turned into a really nice trade in the end.

About 52 pips by major pair standards.
nice ... i don't even know what zar is better look it up
  • #109,228
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:42am Aug 30, 2012 8:42am
Quoting sisse
No not really mate. I used to have a link to gourmetrader.com (I think is not working anymore) that explain how to mark a swing. I wrote the HH/ HL / etc swings myself. Is daily and H4 so we have so much time to do it that an indicator will be useless.

You prolly know by heart how to define a swing so there is ways to have some external aid via an indicator if you want to spot those swing quickly but not all details.

A swing is basically a fractal of 2. So any platform with fractals (others call them swing high and low) will plot most of...
Yeah, I need to stop glorifying my laziness. LOL.

I actually have something very similar that I coded up. Swing highs/lows based on fractals.

It does some special stuff on top of fractals, in that it won't draw a new fractal if it is within the High and low of the last fractal candle, and it wont draw a fractal (lets say, a lower fractal), unless a candle actually closes under its value. I call them 'unbroken fractals'. They are tested but not beaten so to speak.

It's incredibly accurate when it is... and not when it isn't.
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  • #109,229
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:47am Aug 30, 2012 8:47am
Quoting AllyB
nice ... i don't even know what zar is better look it up
ah it's the south african rand
  • #109,230
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:48am Aug 30, 2012 8:48am
Quoting AllyB
nice ... i don't even know what zar is better look it up

ZAR= South African Rand


It is Dark Africa.....third world
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,231
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:49am Aug 30, 2012 8:49am
Quoting Venice
Yeah, I need to stop glorifying my laziness. LOL.

I actually have something very similar that I coded up. Swing highs/lows based on fractals.

It does some special stuff on top of fractals, in that it won't draw a new fractal if it is within the High and low of the last fractal candle, and it wont draw a fractal (lets say, a lower fractal), unless a candle actually closes under its value. I call them 'unbroken fractals'. They are tested but not beaten so to speak.

It's incredibly accurate when it is... and not when it isn't. ...
Make perfect technical sense in my view. Yeap basically the same concept is key part of my trading. I call them weak S or R on inside bars but is exactly the same concept.

In any case party is over with London going home ...so far they gave us just crumbs. BB in full control (including M rolls) across all markets. From now until the W close a one man show....

sisse
Pending conversations? PM for a chat...I am mainly in OTM now
  • #109,232
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:51am Aug 30, 2012 8:51am
Quoting Gleneagles
ZAR= South African Rand


It is Dark Africa.....third world


We changed from barter system about 2 years ago.

Before that the accepted tender was rhino horns , elephant tusks and copper bangles.

We also used to trade slaves at some point but supply became a problem

" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,233
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:51am Aug 30, 2012 8:51am
Quoting Gleneagles
ZAR= South African Rand


It is Dark Africa.....third world
must be ... IBFX doesn't have it available on their platform
  • #109,234
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:52am Aug 30, 2012 8:52am
Quoting Gleneagles
We changed from barter system about 2 years ago.

Before that the accepted tender was rhino horns , elephant tusks and copper bangles.

We also used to trade slaves at some point but supply became a problem

your so full of it
  • #109,235
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:55am Aug 30, 2012 8:55am
Quoting AllyB
your so full of it

Hang on....I will post a pic of myself with my loincloth on with my traditional weapon
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,236
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:57am Aug 30, 2012 8:57am
Quoting Gleneagles
Hang on....I will post a pic of myself with my loincloth on with my traditional weapon
is that when you were dancing under the full moon?
  • #109,237
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:58am Aug 30, 2012 8:58am
Quoting Tom_D_Trader
What, I just dont know nothing . Doing my best to get into sisses head.

T
He (and a lot of other people) says that tracking the LO is important, as they have the firepower tol make a move that you can participate in. That's basically all... in the end it doesn't matter if we chop or not, it's just a waste not to track it, when they move.
  • #109,238
  • Aug 30, 2012 8:59am Aug 30, 2012 8:59am
Quoting AllyB
is that when you were dancing under the full moon?
right..... glad you remembered that pic
" Never let the past hold the future to ransom "
  • #109,239
  • Aug 30, 2012 9:02am Aug 30, 2012 9:02am
Quoting Gleneagles
right..... glad you remembered that pic
it's an image that is hard to forget
  • #109,240
  • Aug 30, 2012 9:06am Aug 30, 2012 9:06am
Quoting Mr Hatch
He (and a lot of other people) says that tracking the LO is important, as they have the firepower tol make a move that you can participate in. That's basically all... in the end it doesn't matter if we chop or not, it's just a waste not to track it, when they move.
Well, I agree with that. The City is financial powerhouse of the world and can start swing moves which last for months. What i dont get, is what todays London chop told him. It seems to me, that from morning chop, sisse somehow deducted that we will be going down today. But maybe I ve just misinterperted your conversation and you were talking about something else.

T
"I know one thing, that I know nothing." Sokrates
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