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One of the primary purposes of detailed and thorough annotation is to break down the process of understanding the market into consistent and defined parameters. We want to bring the intuition that our minds build while studying the market into the light so the reasoning process can be...

If I may, attached are some general thoughts. Above all, very nice management of your trades in their organized execution and with keeping losses small. Also, good job on passing up signals where context was causing you to feel uncertain. A bit of controlled caution never hurt anyone. Keep...

tiddlywinks, Great to hear from you. If anything withstands the ultimate test of consistent execution, one could hardly say it has no value. Thank you for posting some of your charts. As any observers may be able to see, tiddlywinks is illustrating the trends which occur over a longer...

Where to Begin? The market operates continually, but is commonly viewed through the lens of data slugs bundled during a certain time interval. We can view the Open, High, Low, and Close of a single bar, along with the amount of contracts or shares traded. So, a single bar is the most basic...

Introduction I don't often post on ET now days. I find it difficult to happen upon quality discussions without having to sift through unproductive tangents or antagonistic exchanges. However, I still enjoy these boards, what they represent, and the potential for meaningful dialogue about the...

Last post for now; here is an illustration of the process of having a researched and tested model in your mind, and comparing the unfolding reality with your defined parameters. I like to be in control of my trades at all times; I don't see a set-up, enter, put up a stop and profit target, then...

Regarding Success: On the flip side, I think the proper mindset for success is the antithesis of the mentality I detailed above. Few people are willing to do the work and differentiate things into distinct concepts and focus on them individually. I think you need to ask yourself questions and...

With regards to the learning process, I think there are a lot of factors that play into how lengthy and difficult the learning curve is for an individual. I would agree that learning usually resembles advances and plateaus since so much of the process occurs behind the scenes as we take in...

Thank you for taking the time to create this thread. I think your topic has the potential to be a valuable discussion. I look forward to hearing about the experiences of others. I will try to briefly share the path I've taken. The primary way I've learned to trade is to study market behavior...

Your thread reminded me of a little image I made on this topic six months ago. Here is a basic example of what I understand trends to be.

[3/19] 12.50 - Traverse P1 13.25 - Tape P2 14.00 - Tape P3 15.05 - Traverse P2 15.20 - Tape P2 15.35 - Tape P3 16.05 - Traverse P3 [3/20] 9.50 - Tape P2 10.15 - Tape P3 11.30 - Accel Tape P2 11.55 - Accel Tape P3 13.20 - Accel Traverse P2 13.55 - Tape P2 14.05 - Tape P3 14.30 - Accel Traverse...

It's difficult to articulate the stages of learning that have taken me to the point of more frequently being able to see exactly when the larger fractals change sentiment. To try answer your question, it has to do with how the fractals are nested within each other. I anticipated the end of the...

Pretty sure we just completed a Traverse starting from the end of FOMC run.

Just a standard case of age-inappropriate egocentrism in my opinion. Even if his motivation is to protect people from what he sees as fraud or lies, which is quite possible, it's clear to individuals with a more developed perspective that people like this have difficulty differentiating...

Here is my best attempt at interpreting the narrative via trader behavior. I can't quite differentiate events in as fine of segments as you numbered so I had to group some periods together in order to form my attempt at a response. **should read "slope" under 11 - 12

Why did you assume that? I was responding to your invitation for someone to play. In keeping with the spirit of the thread I attempted illustrate my actions in a minimalist fashion using the same chart you offered. If I wanted to try making a joke or disrupting your thread I wouldn't have...

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That's impressive to be able to nail that move with such a high degree of precision. I don't really splice into bars past the 2m interval at the finest, and I'm sure that monoid and I don't use the same methods, but it's quite interesting to see other frameworks out there giving similar...

Essentially, what Jack discovered, formatted, developed, or whatever you want to call it, is a framework and a set of logical principles that all liquid markets naturally conform to. I was thinking about how to describe TA to people who don't have any exposure to the field at all, and the...

Took another short as planned. Seemed to hit resistance much earlier though. Not sure where we're going from here, but more range-bound behavior like the past few days seems likely.