The price of gold has been steadily rising. I have been eyeing it for some time now to break the demand line and give me a retracement and drop for a short entry. It hasn't happened yet. There is a little bit of bias in my mind towards the weakening of the price. The strong drop that the demand wasn't able to arrest with much significance until price reached 1280 gave an indication that demand wasn't ready to stand and fight.
Now the demand is winning this tug of war and the wave is taking the price up. So how do we know which side is going to be a dominant in the near future? In reality we don't really know, or at least I don't know, and all I can do is wait for my entry signal and take the position. Now there are cases when price is around a potential resistance where I may take a position when the price starts stalling while it is withing the confines of the demand line and hasn't broken it yet. Generally speaking though those cases are not as prevalent and happen at the failure of price to do something that it was expected to do, like making a new high etc.
We are approaching the 50% mark of the large drop price had and close at hand is also the apex of the red hinge. The precise point or level is not as important as the vicinity of price to these levels. The idea is to start paying attention the SLA method now that price is getting close to a level where it potentially might reverse. The only concern, to keep my sanity, is to focus on the latest demand line and wait for it's breach and the same old retracement and continuation or a lack of continuation to the downside.
I have had a few scratches in a row, that have caused me a bit of consternation. At times I did feel a bit of anguish at not being able to catch the move in real time. When the moment of truth arrived there was a hesitation which caused the price to leave me behind while it continued it's merry way. Nonetheless, despite this inconvenience I am back on the horse and ready to jump in again. The plan and the conditions for entry are already revealed instead of showing up after the fact to claim my greatness. There isn't any hidden technique or method being used here.
Lets hope the probabilities catch up and the edge carries me forth into the blissful bosom of the wealth fairy.
Gringo