Maybe I'm posting too much on here, just trying to get some feedback on how my process looks compared to others. GOOG made a weekly A Up today, but the numberline actually got a little weaker today, my 12 day went from -1 to -3, the others stayed the same. AAPL made a monthly A Up today. The 30day number line also got weaker today from 4 down to 2, but my 12 day went from 2 to a 4 so not sure what the take is there. The short term momentum might be rising while the longer term picture is slowing down. Again if I'm posting too much just say so, just trying to learn here. Also with the numberlines, are people just starting fresh each first of the month? I read that awhile back on this thread, in the 300 page section, or do you just constantly add/subtract from it. It would kind of make sense to start fresh, since new A levels start each month, what are people's thoughts on that?
With the lines I haven't seen much edge with resetting every month, but that's just me. The rolling lines work well for identifying momentum changes in the market. I use them to judge trend strength and momentum. Big edge there IMO. As I've gone forward with ACD, I've moved more toward using ACD as a guide for what I'm trading. For measuring price action, relative strength etc. The actual setups I use to enter trades are not ACD based but I always use ACD as a guide to what I'm doing. With patterns and the like, I think there is a lot to be said about doing your own work and investigating things on your own. I have found tremendous edge in price, volume, and volatility patterns. When you combine these three aspects of markets to identify patterns it will open up new possibilities that you may not even be considering! Honestly it's the same way with anything, if you aren't open to seeing it you won't see it. There are edges that I found in ACD and beyond it that blew my mind to say the least. It just takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and an open mind. Good to see you are putting in some work here man, the more you do the more it will payoff.
Welcome back to the ACD board Shan! I think this post shows you that you can trade ACD many different ways. I've always said that ACD is a lens to the market. The idea is it's up to you, the individual trader, to see the market. ACD gives you that vision. How you trade it is up to you. Over the years I've used ACD to trade spreads, options, futures, stocks, daytrading, swing trading and even long term investing. I even have a approach to trade crack spreads in the energy space. There are no limits to what you can do with this once you begin to see the market more clearly.
Here's the problem I see here. You are like a guy trying to impress a girl. You are trying to0 hard. You are trying to make these stocks do all sorts of things. Without even looking at ACD you should have a feel for what AAPL and GOOG are doing. Then the ACD should either confirm what you are seeing or cause you to pause. You are also using all these values at the same time and reading them one on top of another. I use all sorts of number lines but I use them all differently. You are looking at the forest and trying to find the trees. I look at the trees and see the forest. You need to take a few steps back and keep this simple.
Thanks for the advice, I will stop posting until I finish the thread and reread the book a few more times.
Hi, seriously if you have a handle o nthe markets using his bulding blocks couldnt you get the money under management from him to you ? Any idea why fund was shut down, did he emply ACD in any way shape or form or did he take flyers ? You can show him exact levels and so forth and performance,