Quote from marketsurfer:
my friend and ET member PEKELO first pointed out this idea to me some time ago
I don't remember, but I will take the credit. Here is another idea:
I don't know how you calculate the channel, but for my taste it is a bit too wide with its usual 150-200 points. I like the way that you can stay in the wave for days, so here is a little combination:
Why don't we make the channel when the Dow crosses back from the BB on the monthly chart? The channel would be like 20-20 points both directions with a let's say 20 points stop loss. The last 3 times it worked like a baby, here is an example:
On Jan 11th the Dow crosses back from outside of the upper BB at 11030. So the channel would be 11010-11050. Whichever direction it was left you jump on with the 20 points stop loss. As we know it dropped a hefty 300 points from there.
On Jan 20 it crosses back from the lower BB at 10675. So the channel would be 10650-10700. As we know the market advanced a beautiful 250 points from there.
The whole change is compared to your strategy that:
1. The channel is narrower, thus we capture more of the move.
2. We try to pick points where there will be no sideways movement, causing us to jump in and out of position several times.
What do you say? Shoul I post a chart???