Nice "chart examples" but we all know market is a live beast adapting to us, rather us adapting to it but I digress. So...it would be nice if market simply jumped out of the range, and not whipsaw us so many times right? Try to imagine how would a ...

Market manipulation behaviours

You cannot perceive double tops/bottoms to be mandatory on horizontal lines... I mean you could, but on more volatile assets they rarely are. And trading those double tops/bottoms AS SOON AS YOU SEE PRICE TOUCHING THEM is fundamentally wrong. ...

Market manipulation behaviours

That is how I put my stoplosses too. - but I never put them because I'm afraid/aware someone will hunt them. I put them in a specific place because that is the place I DON'T want to see the price go to. Good luck - any may the manipulators be ...

Market manipulation behaviours

If i had a nickel for every time I said "It's unimportant/irrelevant/who cares whether market is manipulated or not" - I'd have many many nickles. - just by what you wrote lies the futility of assessing whether it's manipulated or not. - to ...

Market manipulation behaviours

Exactly - patience WILL pay off.

Market manipulation behaviours

Small addition My intent is not to offend anyone (except those "analysts" and "broker's sales teams")

Market manipulation behaviours

This is how I see things - of course, I could write tons about it, so it's probably incomplete.

Market manipulation behaviours

You seem like you know what you're doing - keep us posted, it looks very good.

Future Hedge Fund Manager's Journey

Depends of profit target vs stop loss size. If your entry system propagates SL sizes which are similar or even bigger than profit targets, than it's clear you will need significantly more than 50% success rate. So technically you will need to adjust ...

Patterns too big or too small to trade?

- yes, I'm also an expert when talking about past events - hope you get the sarcasm. I respect your mind battle with possibility of manipulation, but for me, my true trading started when i started ignoring futile questions which most frequently come ...

After rate hike, why is the EUR/USD hiking up?

Trades I took on Eur/USD last 6 months. Circles is where I was successful (P = profit at that level), rectangle is where I was unsuccessful (S = stopped out). Pretty choppy action on this pair for the last year+ making it untradeable for me (daily ...

Price action and pattern trading

EUR/USD - doesn't qualify for my entry.

Price action and pattern trading

Taken it. SL a bit higher than usual for morning star setups, also a bit premature entry since there's 1.5 hrs left to this daily candle's close. SL size is also big (180 pips). I dont want to see today's confirmation candle negated by a lower ...

Price action and pattern trading

As a matter of fact I might enter it tonight before close, if it stays on current level. Close here would create a perfect Dark Cloud Cover pattern, with a profit target of 250 pips and SL of 140 pips...will post if I decide for an entry.

Price action and pattern trading

Took profit just now - 400 pips - P/L ratio 2:1. Case closed. Was thinking of trailing it but I want to conclude this week without any positions over weekend. Now Eur/usd comes into focus for the next week's probable entry. Will post it here if it ...

Price action and pattern trading

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Price action and pattern trading

Stopped out - should have put a trailing the other night, would still be a loss though...

Price action and pattern trading

Let us suppose for the argument's sake that IT IS manipulated - Why on earth would that affect your trading based on technical analysis, especially in the long term? I'm asking you why do you need to know whether it is manipulated or not? Curiosity? ...

After rate hike, why is the EUR/USD hiking up?

Let's be clear - I don't trade breakouts from flat or slightly tilted ranges - so Eur/USD was/is atm untradeable for me. Waiting for the trend to form and then I trade either continuation or reversal. People who yell at news trade breakouts 100% - I ...

After rate hike, why is the EUR/USD hiking up?