I am a little worried about the test and fail at 2735 (ES) as that was the support we lost on the high on Tuesday and also its a level with confluence if we look back. This is all short term 30 minute chart. Longer tern trend for sure up so staying long.
Please share examples of these blow off tops in a very liquid market like the ES or Forex. In my understanding is that it takes time to distribute shares / contracts which technically should lead to sideways action (double top, double bottom, HNS, INV HNS) or wedge formation. I understand a...
Gonna be looking for a long entry once market opens. This looks like a decent sized 4 hour chart accumulation. Just need confirmation of price starting to rise.
If you are looking for 1,2,3 try zooming out as much as the plaform allows so that the individual candles mean nothing. Then look for the pattern as it developes over hours or days...not from one 5 minute bar to the next...
Have you read through the "why is the obvious not so obvious" thread in the Risk Management section? This may help with your trading hero worship... and its a cracking fun thread to waste a weekend on.
TraderGod, read: How i trade for a living by Gary smith. Took him close to 20 years of treading water until he hit his stride. Book is old but a good read and pretty short.
Yesterday on NQ / ES was a nice example of a failed 1- 2 -3 Pattern on the 30 minute timeframe. I like to think of it more of a re-test of a point of accumulation / distribution. I believe that it failed because there just was not enough momentum built in that 30 minute chart to offset the...