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I appreciate the candor and the extensive annotations.

Here's my ES chart for today. I had some trouble with the 13:20 - 14:30 rather persistant downtrend that kept signaling FTT up. I wasn't quick enough getting back on the right side, especially after the 14:05 FTT. That was a tough one. Otherwise mostly ok. Not an easy day though.

Thanks Spydertrader and Pr0crast. I will pay more attention to the context of the flaw regarding dominant / non dom traverses. BTW, I held long based on the high volume of the reversal bar and the fact that the flaw was entered from the bottom. Good to see my interpretation was in line...

I have a question again about continuation or change. I'm long the FTT pink arrow. Next bar is flaw red, in from the bottom. Flaw means continuation. In this case, does continuation represent the downtrend or the not yet confirmed FTT? Opinions please? I've struggled with this concept...

Palinuro, I don't know whether it reverses against another wall or not, as a rule. I'm inclined to say yes it does. But I haven't really noticed one way or the other. How do you decide what is a forceful test? By how long price stays at the wall? Maybe QT will be more friendly today and...

Well, not just at trendlines. Also after declining volume bars more than midway to the LT where an FTT seems likely. Not very often really. I always look at YM and str/squ first, and won't look at Dom if one says reverse. But even on the TLs, what tends to happen is that the Dom signal was a...

Es chart for today. I've been doing very well for a week as long as I stick to mostly end of bar sweeps. Incorporating the finer tools has hurt more than helped, especially the dom. Problem I'm having with the dom is that price usually breaks the wall that made me take the trade after the...

Great idea Mikey Trader!

Oh good. I was having a difficult time making sense of the gaussians when considering flaws. Very clear and concise direction for dealing with the changes in volume that come with flaws and complicate the gaussian. Thanks.

Today's Es. Whew! Gaussians are inconsistent, I'll study them later. It's a result of reading the "Golden Post", where JH says every flaw, including hitches should be drawn in the gaussians. Still digesting the idea.

Pr0crast and Palinuro: Would the following change to the volume pattern change your minds? By weak do you mean very low volume, rather than simply decreasing volume on the black bar following the FTT? I noticed that as I was preparing the image and wished that the volume for that bar had been...

I found a good example of a common situation where I become confused about which direction represents <b>Continuation</b> and which represents <b>Change</b>. The annotated FTT is followed by declining black as expected. The last bar shown, and the next in sequence, shows a declining red...

My Es 5 min chart for today.

Es chart for the day. Some questions later, after I see how others annotated.

Spydertrader, That walk thru of Ivo's proposed HVS changed my perspective of the annotations on your chart. I see now that you are annotating how it turned out, not necessarily how you saw it at the time. You may have thought bar 8 was an FTT, and even traded it, then thought it was the start...

Tough, choppy day for me on Es. I found myself reversing time and again on late day downtrend, usually getting short at a loss. When I added it all up it was positive, however, to my great amazement.

Spydertrader, I'm wondering why bars 15:20, and 16:00 are not marked as FTT on your chart. Aren't these double bottoms on the bar following channel expansion? I guess the first one is start of HVS. So that negates the FTT aspect? Does it only qualify as a stall because highs and lows are...

Today's ES chart. I thought the gaussians were pretty straightforward today. I continue to struggle with YM. It is ALWAYS signalling FTT, and I still don't have the hang of filtering when to look. Still, a very good day for me.

Es chart for today. Missed last run up. No realtime trading decisions today. Annotations show problem areas.

Without annotations. Somehow I couldn't attach both to same message.