Disliked{quote} I'm realising that this strategy holds up best around market opens so is a very important first filter to have in place...Time of day is crucial... As are the other rules that will lead us to daily profits with a bit of luck..Ignored
Trading is as simple as ABCD
- #6,207
- May 22, 2015 2:26am May 22, 2015 2:26am
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
Another "TipToe throught the Tulips" day with news dotted about all over the place ...
Saw this top trender GBPJPY break and retest overnight range so had a quick go ...
Saw this top trender GBPJPY break and retest overnight range so had a quick go ...
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
- #6,208
- May 22, 2015 2:36am May 22, 2015 2:36am
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
Missed this one was watching it when it broke up to the upside, waiting for my pullback but got distracted by my GBPJPY trade guess you need eyes in the back of your head on 1 minute charts..
Never mind there be another one along soon....
Never mind there be another one along soon....
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
- #6,209
- May 22, 2015 2:47am May 22, 2015 2:47am
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
Break even on my GBPJPY trade because I thought I'd caught the LO runner....as usual
Interestingly I got Mark Douglas's "Trading in the Zone" audio last night and was listening to it when I went to bed and the part I did hear before I fell asleep was about beliefs and once you've got one its almost impossible to trade against that belief. Its how the human mind works to protect itself as it learns what to do and not to do to survive.
He says until I shake that belief off that I've always caught the runner then I will struggle to trade against it. And thats exactly how I feel just can't actually close out for 10 pips when I believe theres more there and trust me I try every time, just can't do it...
Anyway if you're interested in getting trading the Zone on audio then theres a special offer on at the moment with Amazon or more precisely Audiable an audio book App where you can get 2 free audio books on a free trial basis which you can cancel at any time and keep the books you've had, so if you want to get yurself a free audio book of Trading in the Zone heres the link
http://www.audible.co.uk/mt/free_tri...iable&mpch=ads
I think if you go through amazon you get 2 free books ...
Interestingly I got Mark Douglas's "Trading in the Zone" audio last night and was listening to it when I went to bed and the part I did hear before I fell asleep was about beliefs and once you've got one its almost impossible to trade against that belief. Its how the human mind works to protect itself as it learns what to do and not to do to survive.
He says until I shake that belief off that I've always caught the runner then I will struggle to trade against it. And thats exactly how I feel just can't actually close out for 10 pips when I believe theres more there and trust me I try every time, just can't do it...
Anyway if you're interested in getting trading the Zone on audio then theres a special offer on at the moment with Amazon or more precisely Audiable an audio book App where you can get 2 free audio books on a free trial basis which you can cancel at any time and keep the books you've had, so if you want to get yurself a free audio book of Trading in the Zone heres the link
http://www.audible.co.uk/mt/free_tri...iable&mpch=ads
I think if you go through amazon you get 2 free books ...
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
- #6,210
- May 22, 2015 7:16am May 22, 2015 7:16am
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
{quote} I know I'm repeating this for the 4758th time but what the heck ...................................... here goes 4759 ......................... drum roll please ............................ dare I say it ...................... strength weakness across a broader range gets my number 1 spot on list. After that everything else will fall into place.
Pardon???????
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
- #6,211
- May 22, 2015 7:37am May 22, 2015 7:37am
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
{quote} Another trend indicator. As always, it is not intended to change Clive's strategy. It is merely a tool to help identify the top trenders for those who wish to experiment. It generates a historical look at how a pair has been trending. Hopefully it is mostly self explanatory, including the options. {image} One thing that probably does need explaining is this (you'll see it once per bar on the timeframe your trend calculation is based upon): {image} It will stay this way until all the symbols have received a new tick after the start time of...
HMA specification is the same.
The cause?
- #6,214
- Edited 1:10pm May 23, 2015 12:46pm | Edited 1:10pm
- Joined Nov 2010 | Status: Trader | 4,484 Posts
Heres something interesting for you all. Been working with Tsatsa on developing an EA to help trade these one minute charts and he's come up with a neat little indicator that alerts us whenever a CCI signals as long as the 150HMA(or whatever you set it to) is green it will alert you to every CCI signal over the 100 levels or again whatever you set it too.
What I love about it is it puts all the CCI signals on the chart as the candle forms so I have a chance to look at the signal and see if i like it or not..
This is very important not to just take any signal, you must look at the chart and decide if you like it or not...only take signals in direction of the 5 min trend..
The sort of things I'm looking for is: 
Heres the same chart but with the 150HMA removed as the indicator takes it into account and only signals when its green so it just makes it a bit clearer for me as I'm choosing my CCI signals from the market structure and levels etc. I find the 150HMA just distracts me from the price action...
Actually lets take all the words off and I think you're see how clear the signals are and how to decide which ones to take, however I think its fair to say if you took them all with 10 pip stops you'd still be ahead with more bigger winners..
Heres one more chart showing entry signals on same pair but in Frankies hour, bloody nightmare, enough said???
So not only can you use it to find good entries on strong trenders but if you drop it on some crap charts or times of day you will see how the CCI's won't work very well, remember, right time of day, strong trender and market structure all add up to a good system..
Ok thats it and heres the indy for you all to use but remember make sure you're on a strong trender and don't just hit entries when it signals have a look around and make sure you like the look of the chart before entering..
Good luck have fun..
Oh and a big thank you to Tsatsa for programing it for us all...
What I love about it is it puts all the CCI signals on the chart as the candle forms so I have a chance to look at the signal and see if i like it or not..
This is very important not to just take any signal, you must look at the chart and decide if you like it or not...only take signals in direction of the 5 min trend..
The sort of things I'm looking for is:
- Are they quite early in the move I'm still keen to just take the first 2 or 3 CCI signals as after that unless they are above/below the 150HMA they can let you down.Remember the trend will end sometime...
- Is it at a key level where there has been support/resistance before.
- Has it got some room before I hit the last high/low. basically has it pulled back enough for me to manoeuvre to BE before hitting next support/resistance. EG I wouldn't take a signal just before a BRN or a 25 level or a 15 min level.
- Is it a HL or DB in an uptrend , is it a LH DT in a downtrend?? Reference the last CCI signal...
- Is it a break and retest entry??
- Can I get my 10 pip stop behind a nice level??
I really can't over emphasise enough how important it is to qualify each signal before taking it but also as you will see as long as you have a 10 pip stop you will be fine. Remember you will still get losers but the vast majority will be good..
Have a look at this chart from last Fridays LO, there was EUR strength across the board and as I traded this I also know EUR was top of my CSM and AUD was bottom. Thats how I tend to select the best pair to trade. If say there is EUR strength then I expect to see EUR top so look to see who is near the bottom, blue if possible..Then I look for entries in that pair..
So it was EURAUD last Friday..and heres its chart..
Heres the same chart but with the 150HMA removed as the indicator takes it into account and only signals when its green so it just makes it a bit clearer for me as I'm choosing my CCI signals from the market structure and levels etc. I find the 150HMA just distracts me from the price action...
Actually lets take all the words off and I think you're see how clear the signals are and how to decide which ones to take, however I think its fair to say if you took them all with 10 pip stops you'd still be ahead with more bigger winners..
Heres one more chart showing entry signals on same pair but in Frankies hour, bloody nightmare, enough said???
So not only can you use it to find good entries on strong trenders but if you drop it on some crap charts or times of day you will see how the CCI's won't work very well, remember, right time of day, strong trender and market structure all add up to a good system..
Ok thats it and heres the indy for you all to use but remember make sure you're on a strong trender and don't just hit entries when it signals have a look around and make sure you like the look of the chart before entering..
Good luck have fun..
Oh and a big thank you to Tsatsa for programing it for us all...
Feel the Fear and do it anyway!!!
