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Quoting david4u
EV
how many pairs do you trade ?
do you look at other time frames except the 15m ?
how many screens do you have ?
my pivots are different than yours ...
my broker's time is London, and yours ? (is that the reason ?)
does it make any change in your opinion
tks
David
Hi David.
I trade GU, EJ and EU, mainly, but look at one or two others from time to time (AU, UJ). I only trade either 5m or 15m charts. I only have the one screen, David, and have 4 charts on at any one time. As far as the pivots are concerned, I reckon you could drive yourself crazy trying to align one's pivots against somebody else's. Consequently, I don't even try, and concentrate instead on my own set-ups. I don't look for an exact touch of a pivot line....rather, I treat them as "zones", and this goes a long way towards compensating for the slight differences between different pivot indicators. Hope that makes sense.
Of course it does.
One last Q for today.
How do you decide if to enter a trade in 15 or 5 min ?
How/where do to place your SL ?
Do you have a fix number of pips ? depends if u have entered the 5/15 m ?
OR , do you set it above/below the last high/low ?
Thank you very much
David


Quoting eyevoltage
. Hope that makes sense.
Quoting david4u
Of course it does.
One last Q for today.
How do you decide if to enter a trade in 15 or 5 min ?
How/where do to place your SL ?
Do you have a fix number of pips ? depends if u have entered the 5/15 m ?
OR , do you set it above/below the last high/low ?
Thank you very much
David
I regularly keep a watchful eye on both TFs, David. A set-up can sometimes show up as obvious on one of the TFs, but not on the other one, so it's worth checking each TF out periodically.
I can't really pin down a satisfactory answer for SLs, David, as each one depends on the nuances of a particular set-up. That last one, however, I set the SL just above the high of the engulfing candle, which seemed logical, but as I said, each set-up can present its own SL position. Just a question of being logical about it.
Hope that helps, brother.
Yesterday EJ 5 mins. Some ideas on chart.

If nothing else, just LH or HL will do.
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15m EJ.....

A good set-up after price came down to the Main Pivot level and tested for support before dropping through and then testing for resistance (blue ellipse). Price then started heading southwards again, offering a high-probability trade. Entry and exit as shown.

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After yesterday......

Today so far has been pretty disappointing. Maybe it was too much to expect a repeat of yesterday, but with prices so far on the 4 pairs I watch being mostly in the "chop zone", I'll just forget about it for today!! I'll be busy tomorrow with other things, unfortunately, but with Easter breathing down our necks, I don't think things will improve for us until next week. Anyway, time will tell.
15m EU........

A very impressive bullish engulfing candle (blue ellipse) formed on the confluence of the 13ema and the Main Pivot line in the MA zone, indicating a high-probability trade coming up. And so it proved. Entry and exit as shown.
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Hi Eyevoltage

Would you personally also consider entering at A & B as per your edited chart ? ... and why? ... I'm just trying to pick your brains

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Hi Adam.
Yes, that would have been a legitimate entry. I was away from the computer around that time, and missed the opportunity. As you've indicated, an entry at "A" after a nice bullish engulfing candle would have been the logical choice, with the target being the mid-point level. I wouldn't have entered at "B", Adam, because that combination was sort of "hanging" between the pivot points. With this method, it's what's happening around the pivot points that's important.
Sorry about the delay in replying, but I haven't been on this forum over the weekend.
Thank you for the feedback!
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15m GU.....

I missed this one due to other commitments. The bearish flag formed across S1, and potential entry and exit are as indicated.
Here's the chart. Sorry about that!
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Quoting eyevoltage
Here's the chart. Sorry about that! {image}
Also the outside bar up in the left corner is nice .
Quoting snail69
Also the outside bar up in the left corner is nice .
I see what you mean, snail, but you have to remember we're dealing with candlesticks here. On a bar chart, that would indeed be an "outside bar". In candlestick terms, if I remember rightly, it's a "sash pattern".
15m EU......

A strong retracement from the Main Pivot line to the midpoint line, where a hammer formed, followed by a doji, right across the midpoint line in the MA zone. Entry and exit as shown. SL under the low of the hammer.
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Quoting eyevoltage
I see what you mean, snail, but you have to remember we're dealing with candlesticks here. On a bar chart, that would indeed be an "outside bar". In candlestick terms, if I remember rightly, it's a "sash pattern".
Yeah did not know the name. Thanks.
Simple as EV preaches .... flag after flag.
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Quoting snail69
Simple as EV preaches .... flag after flag. {image}
Nice one, snail. Out of interest, what was your exit point?
Quoting eyevoltage
Nice one, snail. Out of interest, what was your exit point?

Ideally would be down there at YLow, but took it off at 2RR. (1.2795)
Quoting snail69
Simple as EV preaches .... flag after flag. {image}
Hey snail, may I ask where you got that news indicator from?
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