Quote from bigsnack:
LOL. Also, I agree with the whole "footprint of the bots" approach. I wasn't around to trade when it was a more human market, but I feel like the bots have some pretty reliable patterns one can use to squeeze at least something out of the market.
For example, When you get high TICKs above +600 in the last 30-40 minutes, and they coincide with a new higher high on price. Don't think about it for a second and just buy any test of the 0 line on the TICK. Seriously. Average in if you have to, it's something that can be relied on regularly enough for profit. For me, there is always that moment where something changes in the market's behavior, and while your brain is chugging along trying to process, "Is this a fakeout or a legitimate move?" that is when you should be getting in. It's the hesitation that will kill you, because once you really can tell that it's an uptrend, you have probably missed the best entry available.
Here's a chart in the spirit of Tortoise:
