Cool observation, liked hearing your thought process getting to the point that you noticed something was different. Check the bar size vs. the volume there. Stall. - EZ
Thanks Mak, you made my day with this post! also, along the same lines i was observaing what i saw as possible flaws all the way up (based on how i was reading the volume). Then, on YM bar 13:40 i see lower lows on non dom volume. To me, this signalled that price action has changed. My system crashed before I got the opportunity to do this but I wanted to sell ES on the test of the high on 13:45 bar close IF that high was made on less buying volume. Like clockwork, es dropped from there as it did make a new high but on less buying vol and then was aided by the beige book release to further declines. I feel real good today, by far the most "ahas" thus far
Was able to scalp 4.50 points today in ES which is not bad considering I was in the gym for almost 2 hours at mid-day and have stopped for the day as well . Biggest revelation for me was how volatility expansion lines come back to be of use. There was a nice tree channel off of the breakout from the Fotrrest channel that goes back to even the pre-market. The tree channel broke out at around 12:40 and ran higher. After the beige Book at 2:00 the market fell out of the channel (where I shorted for a quick 1.25 poitns) and a volatility expansion channel was created which was adhered to by the market for 30 minutes and counting. In the chart below the purple is the upward tree and the green line is the volatility expansion. Assuming I did this correctly. EDIT: and I missed the short once it broke out of the expanded channel on the 2:55 bar. (was making lunch lol) EDIT #2: breakout followed a FTT which would have gave an indication of the breakout. Market is snapping back to the trendline it just broke out of but we will see if it holds..
not to be out done, my today aha is knowing the size of forest is like having a rough map, and one you have a map you know which direction to go
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Man what a difference 8+ weeks have made... This is training and running drills at it's finest... Bar by bar, day by day, trade by trade...
Man I am sorry I was making lunch at the time of that breakout I mentioned in edit #2. I papertraded it by putting an order to short at 1399.50. We are around 1394.50 or so. I wonder what I could buy with all those paper profits .
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