Quote from frenchfry:
Here is a question about a lateral (bars 66-72) that Jack mentioned in his reply. Even with best will, imagination and de-gaping those bars I would never get a lateral formation (= at least two bars which are in the shadow of the first bar). I could however see it as a lateral movement. Is it that what you mean, Jack? I then also miss bar 73 as part of that "lateral".
Maybe here even baro-san or somebody else can help?
I am not familiar with this newer T1, T2F, T2 labeling system, so I will do my best to refer to the items properly.
With that said frenchfry, I agree with you if you were looking at the different price forms, and you took three bars out of the sequence. For example, 68, 69, and 70 or 66, 67, 68. These are not laterals according to numerous examples in the past shown by Jack, and Spyder. In terms of price they define it as at least a three bar formation, were all bars after the first are within the high and low of the first bar.
66 and 67 is a even harmonic. I suppose you can say its similar to a lateral but its not a lateral hence why Jack has given this two bar combination another name. Now if you zoom into the two bars on a shorter time frame where more than two bars are present than that would be a different story, but that is not mentioned. So if that is the case it would be fair to include that in the explanation.
When you add bar 68, it violates the price boundary from the previous bar. Not only that, you have increasing black volume which means to process.
This is a quote from Jack:
"All inside formations have the same rules. The first bar is always processed. the second or sunsequence bar(s) is NOT processed
if smaller in volume than the first. If NOT, then it is processed.
For out side bars, they count as two bars in a trends sequence. THe first value is done as usual. The second value is simple: it is the NEXT value in the trend sequence."
So knowing that, it gets more complex as additional bars become involved. One situation is when the 4th bar of the lateral sequence exceeds the highs of the previous bar. Then the next bar, the 5th one forms a FTP, and the 6th forms a short stich where price is now back into the first bars boundary. Is this still a lateral at this point?
There is a lot of information that Jack has covered on these forums that I have not seen, but reviewing laterals seems like a good idea.
Not just the basic definition of laterals. But defining them in every different case. In the context of the three fractals, but focused on Trading the Tape. Specifically covering each bar of volume, and how to determine continuation or change based on intra and inter bar analysis.
It would be wonderful if one day, most all us could stop asking Jack all these questions and could trade successfully on our own using his take on the Price Volume relationship. Or at least enough people could get this method down to a proficiency point where they could help others here in the online community and elsewhere.
I see Jack time and time again spending a lot of his energy on detractors that are not inline with his goals of helping people become self sufficient. He also helps others privately, that give little to nothing back to the online community where most of us live.
In addition, the people that have put in a lot of time and effort into this community that Jack started, have not been the focus of Jack's teachings. The 80/20 rule has been mentioned before. Sadly 80% of his time, has been spent repeating background, psychological aspects, generalities, and on detractors etc. A fraction of the 20%, I cannot thank Jack enough for. There are several treasures that have been provided, but for 99% of us, this has not brought us to the self sufficient level. Little bits of information here and there is great, but trying to find all these little bits while putting them together is an un necessary challenge.
The people that have spent a great deal of time learning, and participating in your discussions are your greatest asset. Don't make the mistake of loosing your focus on them. Instead, seek out advice from those individuals. Try to implement their critiques, and let them help you do 80% of the work. That way you do not end up spending the rest of your days fighting an uphill battle on these forums.
Respectfully,
Monkman