Nice to know i'm not the only one who got my ass kicked this month. Had a winning month in may. great. followed it up with a winning month in june. woo-hoo. Could this be it i thought, three in a row, the thing i've been working towards all this ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hi Jmezz, yeah, i see what your saying now, and if your fed up with being stopped out and then price going in your original direction then i know that one all too well. ultimately i think the best way to trade is whichever way we feel makes the most ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hi Ujku, never noticed that price sometimes retraces deep after the initial 1:1 after a break of the range. A quick look at my charts and it does seem to happen a lot. The chart below is the madness that was brexit and it even happened there. ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Yep, i reckon you will Mack, persistence is the key, and you have that in spades. I read your post a bit ago about what your up against when it comes to trading, i would also add to that long list, living in the worst possible time zone for trading ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hi Jmezz, It depends on how you count each NSH, NSL, HL or LH, to reach the percentage total. Didn't want to mention this at the beginning of the year while mr. pip was doing his training and the last thing i want is to criticize damian after all ...

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yeah i see what you mean, the strong bull candle in hindsight looked a good entry and ultimately the expectation was a nsh, but price had broke the 78.6, the bears were showing strength and accelerating and price had broken previous support. in ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

went long at blue arrow short term order flow was bullish (dotted lines) long term expectation (slightly off screen) was a NSH, the bears were decreasing in momentum, and price was holding in the golden zone, which was also an area of structure. ah ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

hey mack, yeah i was getting used to fxcm and placed a trade or two just to see how things worked, forgot about it, then about 2 days later wondered why there was a fluctuating p/l . i hadn't set any stops/limits, so closed it out for a ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hello traders, just thought i'd post something showing the importance of bar by bar and waiting for a candle close before making a decision, i'm not saying this is right or wrong but found these results interesting. last year i started practising ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

afternoon traders, been a while since i posted, but got some time to trade today, here's my first trade. ended up -8 pips reasons for entry, expectation was a nsh was looking for price to pull back to a mid to deep retracement, price pulled back ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

cheers honest, without the tick chart open tho i wouldn't have taken it. i was expecting the bulls to be able to push all the way up and test the golden zone of the previous bearish leg, when they halted at the 50 fib decided to exit and rejoin the ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

The tick charts helped me out a bit today, got a bit lucky tho aswell, 2 trades for +10 and +16. Just my 2 cents, but i'm not keen on the pa on tick charts, altho the overall flow of the charts seems much clearer. took the long trade below ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

i never trade when draghi speaks, he has a tendency to make me fall to sleep, which can have a negative effect on my trading

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hey mack, heres the difference between a 2 min chart and a 144 tick chart. image image If you want to check out ticks for a few weeks, have you tried Dukascopy, i think any non us resident can join, i keep trying the 2 week free trial while i ...

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hey mack, i would have been looking to go short in exactly the same area as your first trade based on expectations but ultimately wouldn't have entered due to the price action, the second trade i would have been identical but would have waited for ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hey honest, man i feel a bit guilty about the help/time i'm getting here, as that was just a lazy post from me not really explaining the trade and why i was letting off steam. when i trade now i use a hard stop but no profit target, i just wait to ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hey Mattsmicro, good to see you back on the thread and thanks for the advice, truth is tho, that exit was even more embarrsing than you might think, i trade now purely on price action and knew exactly in my mind when i was going to exit, ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

yep, have to agree, i can't let a trade a run to save my life. been trying to follow honest's example and let trades run, (thats why i love this thread, different perspectives and great info). its my one big weak area and i'm pretty sure it's ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Good luck on playing that breakout Mack, i just missed mine because i chickened out at the last minute As much as i like trading on a 2 minute chart, the problem is if i hesitate for just a few seconds at the close of the candle i dont click to ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hey honest, thanks for the explanation, had to read it twice but think i got it lol. Its been a long time since i used mt4 (never really liked it) so didn't know it had a fib expansion tool, ive been using the fib ext for so long now, i just thought ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade