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    Beginner Futures Trader (HELP)

    Here is simple price action. In an uptrend, price makes higher highs and higher lows. In a downtrend, price makes lower highs and lower lows. When price fails to take out a low in a downtrend, it's time for either a reversal to the upside or a consolidation. When price fails to take out a...
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    $TICK divergence

    I have my own trading plan. I use: - Fibs - Candle signals - CCI - (trying to see if I can incorporate $TICK)
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    Yet another JChart - Java Charting Application

    nice colorful java app..lol unfortunaly i only took beginner italian and i dont know half of what they're saying.
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    $TICK divergence

    Here are some simple examples of divergence: Price makes a higher high but $TICK makes a lower high. This is a bearish regular divergence. Price makes a lower low, but $TICK makes a high low. This is bullish regular divergence. Price makes a lower high, but $TICK makes a high high. This is...
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    $TICK divergence

    And you know that "something" to $TICK that the guru didn't?
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    $TICK divergence

    I am using a 5-min $TICK chart under a 5-min ES chart. Works alright. I'd say about 68% good signals.
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    Pit traders

    Really cool piece of software. Thanks for the link.
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    Pit traders

    The floor noise?
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    Do As I Say, Not As I Do

    From TrendFund site: Weeks recap ES +2.25 to +10.25 depending on the exit you took on each play. NQ +7 to +12 depending on exit on each play ER -1.1 to -2 depending on exit on each play YM -2 to -3 depending on exit on each play Doesn't look too impressive. Moreover, this looks...
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    $TICK divergence

    Does anyone here trade with $TICK divergence? I have been papertrading it for a week or so with good results. For those who do, are there any other indexes you guys look at while daytrading the ES, YM, NQ etc. etc. other than $TICK
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    Wave59

    What did you exactly find "powerful" about it? When I used it, I found it to be just another charting program. None of those special proprietary indicators were any better than the mainstream RSI, MACD, or Stochastics.
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    who trades with volatility breakouts?

    thanks, that looks interesting.
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    who trades with volatility breakouts?

    Excuse my ignorance, but which indicator is it exactly that you use to measure volatility? Larry uses the term "volatility" but he's actually talking about range breakouts. thanks.
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    who trades with volatility breakouts?

    Just reading thru "Day trade futures online" by Larry Williams and he mentions "volatility breakouts" and "range trading." From his writing, I can see this guy's into 100% mechanical trading although he takes his time in refining a system and that's always good. Because the book is old, I...
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