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Used to trade a stock, XLE or XLA don't remember, it traded on the old AMEX. During the late stages of the tech bull, it would form flat bases and explode out and run like a scalded cat. Easy money as many "trades" were at the time. One day I decided to do a search on the company and see were...

Retracement zone trade and targets...nothing complex...no secrets

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Dest threatening to punch a hole through Surf's chest caused a bit of a stir as I recall.

A couple of times.

"Strategies" occur in context and understanding context requires a thorough understanding of market/price behavior and development and that requires a great deal of study, observation and testing. The question you have to ask yourself is are you willing to put in the effort? Dues paid vary...

Yep, not mutually exclusive but separate skills.

Learin Learning to trade and learning to behave as a professional is a difficult task whether through classical patterns or by reinventing the wheel. We are all different and we (those who survive the trials) will ultimately trade differently. I have posted many charts through the years, both...

I have no opinion as to virtusa but you have to keep in mind that margin capital on futures is a lot more liberal than that on stocks. Using 20-1 leverage which is really not that high to a skilled, experienced futures day trader, brokers offer a lot more than that (absurd but it is what it...

Yes to all you said. As to "unique", in my early days I thought that I needed to be clever and different so I experimented with different oscillator filters, odd fib based tick charts, multiple moving averages etc. etc. As none of my creations worked worth a shit, I sat back and just watched...

Mickey, there is no need to "reverse engineer" anything, and no need for secretive esoteric trading methodologies. Here is a chart with a series of bull and bear trend flags indicated by the arrows....basic shit. I also noted a zone retracement setup. As a setup in forming, the only thing I ask...

Yep Binary disease

Similar to a room full of theologians arguing about how many angels can fit on the head of a pin.

No but we have ideas where it might end, such as measured move targets, significant S/R areas, major pivots etc.

This is too complex a subject to do much justice in a thread like this. A trend on your primary time frame may be ending simply to form a simple or complex corrective flag on a higher time frame. That said, look for channel line breaks and subsequent tests. Look for impulse bars in the opposite...

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You can pretty much count on those who like to brag but don't want to reveal the "secret sauce" or it would lessen their edge are full of shit. The keys to successful trading are to have a thorough understanding of price behavior and development, develop and test a trade plan based on your work...