Hi guys, well what a great Tuesday.. but did Ben make it so or did he change things? Did the charts tell all? Could you play before the news?
First of all, don't play small TF's "before the news" until you are really sharp, have proved on paper you can read it and have PIB and stop in place before you try. But todays big short was telegraphed 4 hrs in advance and was ultra low risk.
My last "Thought for the Day" was taking the eg of a casino for knowing when it was Time for the table to be red hot and playing the odds. A few times in the month the 4Hr thru to the 1Hr have a cycle-high coincidence and when it happens it's a huge red hot ATM usually worth 100-250 pips.
Frequently it's a gift and the great thing is indicators scream out the perfection of the set-up so all we have to do is glance at it, get in the trade and sit and sit and sit. Loads of signals came from the 1 min channel thru to 1 Hr reversal... roll overs galore.
Here's the important thing to be solid about: indicators don't know the news is due - just play what you see when it looks like it's all coming together it's for real.
A week ago I said if we get a break of the Daily EMTL the bottom (blue) Daily channel was the target, and with each break of the EMTL we got a neat return (arrows) and then continuation down.
For todays intraday action look at the CCI on the 30 min, 1 hr, 2 hr, 3 hr & 4hr... it was an unmissable single voice. When the 1 Hr reversed you got such a big comfort zone before the news. Then look at the 4 Hr Pin Bar - screamer. The shake out long bull trap is the norm before the big wave so it you countertrade the 4 hr in this cycle set-up you have to be nimble.
This is all as last described - the cycles will begin to go out of sync and when we get to the opposite cyclical position the charts will turn to mush. I've posted the Daily, 1 min, 1 Hr & 4 Hr. This will happen again this month - be ready for it
