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Well these are ideas for "struggling" traders. I would guess that a significant percentage of those struggling traders probably have other jobs, and are trading part time. I am hoping that traders will take the basic concepts offered in this thread, and try to modify them to fit either...

Okay folks, So as we plainly see, trader28 got his ass kicked off the site yet again..... So my thought on this is that we change our strategy slightly since he doesn't seem to understand that no one wants him here.. First thing is to be aware of the new alias GAMMERA those of you...

Okay folks I am back from dinner and saw your questions. Look, it is true that suppliers aggregate the data differently. Nothing can be done about that. Unless you have Esignal data, chances are your charts will look a little bit different than mine. So what to do? Well, first realize...

Thanks folks, I appreciate your kindness. There is another concept that I think could be important to struggling traders. Market Profile In my experience, traders who find an edge based on this concept are more consistent in their performance. The basic idea is known as Auction...

and it looks like I was wrong. price resumes downward trend... I am done for the day. A nice day and I hope someone benefitted from the charts and comments Bye

I don't like the action, so I am going to get out with a small loss I won't wait for the 2 pointer If I'm wrong so be it....I will live with it...:D

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This one tests to within 1 tick of a stop out at 1248.75 Although the trade is still alive it is not looking good. If we breakdown through the pivot, we will test the lows My approach here is simple. I made money today. I am willing to spend a few bucks to see if we go lower. If not I...

This one could get stopped out

Here's the failure bar

Here is yet another. Lets see what it does?

This one is dropping nicely as well

Here we switch to the tick chart and you can see the obvious short entry on a failure test of the longer MA

Trying to do this and trade, and I am not very good at it Here is a standard bar chart showing the pullback I want to get short somewhere looking for a resumption of the short trend

To give a visual representation of how slowing down your charts allows for more favorable entry, see the attachment. I think it would have been difficult for most folks to make that entry just off the 5min chart. Compare this to the snapshot 178 above and you will see what I mean. You can...

I think by now, people have realized that using the term "scumbag" is simply an accurate description and therefore doesn't qualify as a violation of rules.

I understand what you are saying....No matter what chart you use, there are going to be periods where the price action is not right (for your trade) and you have to stand aside... What I try to do is determine what kind of chart will provide good quality entries. What good is a chart system...

One of the important questions was about dealing with chop As mentioned I like to move from standard bars (or candles) to constant volume or ticks. Today is kind of choppy so I have attached a tick chart with comments This illustrates a lot of points but the major ones include 1...

Well I will be honest with you...I don't have a lot of time for either. I am all for entertainment to break up the monotony of the day.. But..... In my opinion, if you really wanted to have something of value to work with, you might start now and get a background in Market Profile..It...

well in that case I am going to continue to point out what a scumbag you are... and I will continue to organize folks to move you off the site bye