In addition we use a chart that has many inputs and we like to see how it performs.
Many of the inputs for the algo are based off the chart. The system takes different entries and exits off of it also.
What doesn't help some traders may help others. You saying it doesn't help may mean it doesn't help in the strategy you utilize. It may very well help in someone else's strategy.
I have my other formations that are far more pertinent to short term trading that I utilize in my decision process. But I still like to mess around with these silly formations. I also started doing this pretty young and still can't shake off the "let me see if this works" attitude. Nonetheless...
If you look at the lower channel that was broken we consolidated there and then when we retested it and double bottomed there they must have accumulated. Looks like a lot of volume there
Nope it is not based on that chart. That was just a good formation I saw and was wondering what other traders thought about it. If you want to see the algorithm then go to my Twitter account. I'm just going to share big formations that I see on /CL here sometimes