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  1. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    I feel my terminology is not too clear. I work bar-by-bar. I have a count down clock associated with five minute bars and a different one for 30 minute bars. Each five minute bar begins at 300 and counts downward to zero. In Tucson the market opens at 630 this time of year. It is 9:30 in...
  2. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Please post a clean chart so I can correct it.
  3. J

    Plan for a Part Time Swing trader?

    for timing, I believe you need to trade in the fast lane. Harris notes the role you play among the 32 options he lists. As a parasite, you are scoring the market cycle of the stock. your goal is to frontrun those to whom you are a parasite. By frontrunning, you get pushed in the forward...
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    Do you believe in a holy grail?

    Here is my call for the open on Monday. Do you want all the calls for the rest of the day?
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    Do you believe in a holy grail?

    Yes. Ihave always followed a finite mathematics sytem for the operation of the markets. My goal is to take the full offer of the market. Historically, I began with stocks. At some point more instruments became available so I took advantage of the additional trading power by changing to...
  6. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    At the end of page 5 you can note the caryover context and the considerations for entering on the open. I arrive and turn on gear before opens. then I rereview my carry over done after the prior close. at some point before open I look at the preopen trading on the DOM and the T&S. What I...
  7. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    if you want to learn how to to the trading with facility, you can annotate a clean chart and use my charts as a backup reference. You can also complete the log for practice.. Below are the five pages of my log for your reference.
  8. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here are my annotated charts for Friday (25APR14)
  9. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    I combined the 5 min trading log and the 30 min move reversal log. Attached are five blank logs that can be used to log the chart annotations and to call upcoming trades.
  10. J

    Study Journal, all welcome

    what is a FRM and what is a CFA??
  11. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    On the first 5 min bar of the 30 nin chart the 5 min bar allows the BM and the pink to keep making better values. the labelled bar 1 then begins and it has a leg the same dominance as the trend that is continuing. My ears perk up, cause I want it to go the other way so leg 2 can be the same...
  12. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Thanks for your questions. I will post all my notes for today (Friday) so you have a complete day's set of references. But firs let me deal with your Q's. I mentioned the Doji in one of the beginning posts. I will find it in a while and make reference to it. You are considering the...
  13. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Welcome to ET. Yes as you suggest the binary operation of the market deals with continuation and change (you refer to reversal, very appropriately since only two aspects of markets are used to increase the bottom line). since the variables of markets are granular, this facet is used to...
  14. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Hi tid: Yes the "job of the trader is to get a fully effecive and efficient "taking". By concentrating on effectiveness and efficiency super results are obtained. Results are, as you say, found on the bottom line. So both of us keep polishing our performance to achieve very envious...
  15. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Hello all: I have just finisned my debrief for the day. I have read carfully all the posts from 167 onward. Thank you each and everyone of you. All of these posts are important. I will do better and better as time goes by. The last few weeks I have gotten some bad news. As most know...
  16. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here is a small note on doing channels. Review the 30 min chart thoroughly and take note of the "fanning" when bars are forming in internals. This affects RTL's of channels. when I use the word channel it refers to a parallelogram. The parallelogram is used BECAUSE ti PROVIDES THE BABSIS...
  17. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here is he followup for tomorrow. attached is the 30 min annotated chart to illustrate the opening context for tomorrow. As you can see the short has an ftt in place and the last bar is long sentiment and IN an internal. Not very exciting at all. So by looking at the retro done on the four...
  18. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here is the whole 5 min day
  19. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here is a followup. Note how the lookup sheets conform to the 30 sentiment. as you see I keep a supply of stuff for annotating. I just duplicate what I need and occasionally move the stuff along so my wrist movements are all it takes. One of the things that is interesting is how you must be...
  20. J

    SCTlearning from scratch

    Here is how the open went.
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