AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

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  1. Great work Mark!
     
    #3581     Nov 14, 2007
  2. I am looking for suggestions for parameters to trade ER. I am thinking of 1000v for trade chart and 5000v for anchor chart. What about all session vs pit session? Any suggestions? Thanks to all members of the thread who have been so helpful, esp Anek (beerman):p
     
    #3582     Nov 14, 2007
  3. I am looking for suggestions for parameters to trade ER. I am thinking of 1000v for trade chart and 5000v for anchor chart. What about all session vs pit session? Any suggestions? Thanks to all members of the thread who have been so helpful, esp Anek (beerman):p
     
    #3583     Nov 14, 2007
  4. mark1

    mark1 Guest

    Bog

    It's the zig zag indicator
    In amibroker it calculates the swing percentage , its setting is 0.025 (you need to change the formula because the one included in AMI doesn't allow 0.025.

    Let me know if you need the modified formula.

    Anyway zig zag is not the answer it is only used to reduce the noise .

    Here a chart with my afternoon trades..I waited and waited patiently and the MKT gave me a present.
     
    #3584     Nov 14, 2007
  5. Razor

    Razor

    Hi mark,

    Nice work today.

    Do you usually take all trades on breakouts or breakdowns instead trying to catch the retraces ?

    Cheers :D


     
    #3585     Nov 14, 2007
  6. Notam,

    You are correct but I'm not a stubborn person, if I can find something that will enhance my trading, I will use it.

    I'm purely in observation mode.

    For what it is worth, the TMF was stellar today.

    Anek
     
    #3586     Nov 14, 2007
  7. mark1

    mark1 Guest

    mm not an easy answer, it depends, I think my subcoscious is trained to avoid congestion areas, I mean i tend not to trade towards areas with a lot of previous supports and resistances, I want to see a "pocket" of vacum, just like a flying plane ...get the picture?

    So probably I end up trading breakout/down

    Another thing I think is important. How do I measure my trailing stop once the trade keeps going in my favour

    I use a DOM like bracket trader or Booktrader in TWS by IB

    I don't use a target limit, but only a stop loss, once the price keeps going I lower (in a short trade) my stop manually. I calculate the distance visually by watching the amplitude of the price swing on the ladder (if you use the DOM you know what I mean) it's like teasing a dog with a chain, I go near the dog step by step and say aha you can't touch me ! and lower it goes and lower I go calculating its swing visually, you can't touch me! lol
    And the dog barks just at 1 inch from my face.

    Then when I see a probable support I tighten my stop a bit more and more and more till I'm stopped out.

    Try it with a simulator and you'll see what I mean, calculate the amplitude visually.
    You can even listen to MC Hammer...can't touch me ..nan na na na lol
     
    #3587     Nov 14, 2007
  8. Razor

    Razor

    Hi,

    Thanks for the reply.

    Cheers :D


     
    #3588     Nov 14, 2007
  9. From the low of yesterday of (1982) to high today (2100), to low today (2040), that is exactly 50% retrace. Question is, what does it mean?
     
    #3589     Nov 14, 2007
  10. For those who dont have that TMF up and running, it would be too great if you could post todays chart.

    K
     
    #3590     Nov 14, 2007
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