Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting

Discussion in 'Strategy Building' started by HolyGrail, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. anyway,something noted from the price action.at this point it is more important to trade from resistance / short..support is really not known in these turbulent times
    see arrow from this morning"s price action.price up at resistance..got quickly shorted down.seems to be happening on most days in the european session.so just thinking..better not to call support areas.better to look for resistance areas
    imho

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    #1761     Nov 30, 2010
  2. hi pogressa.glad you are learning
    basically,what i am trying to do iss show meaningful price action on the chart,so it means that i have to be nimble and discard the ones that show me nothing new.so by varying time imput,box size and reversal,you are tryi get a picture of the price action
     
    #1762     Nov 30, 2010
  3. progressa

    progressa

    Ok, I see, thanks for that.

    If you don't mind, one more question - and sorry if this is more like babypips, but there aren't many decent forums for P&F.

    How do you get these box sizes? 13, 8, 9, 43 etc... do you calculate them from ATR, some previous large move, fibs or some other measure? It's just that they seem random (although admittedly they seem to work fine!)

    From reading through this thread from the beginning I've toggled my chart from anything from 0.5x3 to 25x3 but it's difficult to know which is appropriate.

    I have to say, even 1x1 looks quite good to my eye at the moment - although I realise that's probably negating any value of using P&F - but it does seem to offer a decent smoothed version of what's happening (intraday that is)

    Thanks,
    progressa
     
    #1763     Nov 30, 2010
  4. well,i got the euro wrong.it bounced,early in the week,on news of ecb intervention and then on non farm payrolls
    however,now the chart looks interesting
    a high pole in a downtrend...this could be a dead cat bounce
    hourly data input 32 by 3 reversal

    pleanty of resistances around.a couple of vertical counts have been put on.
    stocks bounced in line with eurusd chart this week

    chart date is from beginning of august 2010

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    #1764     Dec 4, 2010
  5. eurusd.being held up at 1.3180.looks like it will break downwards
    hourly data

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    #1765     Dec 11, 2010
  6. mixed signals on the dollar
    cable / gbpusd is bullish.1.5860 area is resistance

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    #1766     Dec 11, 2010
  7. dollar index etf..uup
    bullish etf on usd
    2 weeks of data on this chart
    dollar went billish on tuesday.note,lots of uptrendlines/green.the bulls soon got in when it pulled back
    broke the res at 23.20 area,now gone back in for a test as a support
    looking like a gap down on the indices for monday,uneless other news comes in

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    #1767     Dec 18, 2010
  8. hourly data input
    32 pips by 3 reversal hilo plot
    3 months of data
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    lets see if this support holds and thea new uptrend is happening.could be a bounce in a downtrend.certainly in a resistance area now


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    #1768     Jan 2, 2011
  9. a prosperous new year to all
    may the volatility be with you
    the euro will certainly provide it this year...nobody knows the end game
     
    #1769     Jan 2, 2011
  10. cable
    hourly data input.4 months of data
    50 pips by 3 reversal hilo plot
    downtrend......now look at the consolidation and the support at 1.5400
    so nfp tomorrrow.i have drawn a trendline/blue,from the latest low .to see the reaction,if there is strength or weakness in the dollar..



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    #1770     Jan 6, 2011