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Bazooka Joe
 

Registered: Jun 2012
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07-31-12 03:44 AM

How do I know if I've drawn a correct support line? This might sound like a dumb question since you're just drawing a line but is there a certain criteria besides connecting two lows? I have a chart of the ES daily with a support line drawn.

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nazzdack
 

Registered: Jul 2004
Posts: 8444

 

08-01-12 06:07 PM


Quote from Bazooka Joe:
----How do I know....
----correct support line?
----chart of the ES daily.....


1) You drew the trendline from the low of the 2nd market day in June to the low of the 19th market day in July.
2) Instead of the 19th market day in July, you could have used the low of the 9th market day in June, the low of the 18th market day in June or the low of the 10th market day in July.
3) Therein lies the potential "ambiguity".

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MasterGambler
 

Registered: Jul 2012
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08-01-12 06:18 PM


Quote from Bazooka Joe:

How do I know if I've drawn a correct support line? This might sound like a dumb question since you're just drawing a line but is there a certain criteria besides connecting two lows? I have a chart of the ES daily with a support line drawn.



That is the correct support line. As long as the trendline is drawn through the lowest swing lows and doesn't intersect any candles inbetween it is correct. Just read some trading books and they will tell you this.

How strong the trendline is depends upon how many people recognize it's existence. The pro's love to pop the market under/above these trendlines to take out the stops and trap shorts/longs before ripping it back the other way.

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MasterGambler
 

Registered: Jul 2012
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08-01-12 06:19 PM


Quote from nazzdack:

1) You drew the trendline from the low of the 2nd market day in June to the low of the 19th market day in July.
2) Instead of the 19th market day in July, you could have used the low of the 9th market day in June, the low of the 18th market day in June or the low of the 10th market day in July.
3) Therein lies the potential "ambiguity".



7000+ Posts and you still don't know the proper way to draw a trendline??? HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA....

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nazzdack
 

Registered: Jul 2004
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08-01-12 06:36 PM


Quote from MasterGambler:
That is .....(yawn).....


Support line hindsight-bias aside, if you can tell me tomorrow's settlement of the eMini S&P-500 within 5 ticks, then I'll believe you have an iota of "master" about you.

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Wide Tailz
 

Registered: Sep 2011
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08-01-12 06:37 PM

Drawing a trend line under a corrective (not impulse) wave is, as you found, a messy proposition.

More utility can be had by observing the price pivots; i.e. a series of higher lows & higher highs = up trend still in effect, in this case.

A characteristic of corrective waves is lethargy and volatility - they go nowhere yet thrash like a fish in a net.

You want to trade the fish that swims.

So if you can imagine yourself being the price, use your mind's eye to visualize when the fish gets thrown back into the water and starts to take off in a bolt of panic........ this is your cue

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