Right this is my strategy; you may not like it and it may be very simple and been done a million times blah blah blah, but it works for ME and i'm just trying to share what i do and hopefully learn something from others. I really appreciate the advice that has been given so far, so thank you.
I work on 5 min CANDLESTICK periods because i am in and out quickly. I LIKE to trade that way.
I only trade when there is a definate trend.
If the trend is down I wait untill a period closes up on the last two.
Then if the next 5 min period is down I enter at the low of the last period. If the market hits the high of the last period i dont bother and it has proven to work consistently.
I am in and out quickly, but yes of course i sit there staring at my screen watching the market drop further and i could be making more money but that is a deviation from my strategy which is working.
Its just what I do. I've made 372 points with NO losses since i take just 2or3 points per trade not including the spread. Yeah the broker's making good too, but thats not important to me. I only care about what i'm making and making it consistently.
I am prepared to let the market lose up to 10, but my point is that i dont have to because i'm not going for big gains. Sometimes it goes the wrong way but quickly recovers because the market is being pulled down (or up).
In order to cancel out the spread I am looking at how often the market hits my entry point and then pulls back: then enter 2 or 3 points before my target entry. I'm building up that data untill i am sure it works, but so far it looks promising.
If its a well used way of trading then i apologise for wasting your time.............. I'M JUST SHARING MY THOUGHTS!
Thought of the day: "We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." lol
