"W" price action at yesterday's low & Monday's low, with a spike into last week's high following the BOJ announcement last night. image Current ES market cycle image

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

ES did travel the full of yesterday's range. That low tick shown at this moment is exactly 3996.75 image

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

Looks like the market has decided to stay inside and wait for tomorrow's red news for catalysts. Right now market is working on a FRD today to setup tomorrow.

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

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vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

This signal, should it trigger, is outside of my timing window, but it is a good example of how to trade the system. If the current candle, currently reen, closes green the 4 ema blue dot will appear, and that will be the signal to go long at the ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

Anyone here trading, whether live or demo, rocky's system or his or her own variant today? Here is a the 9ema hi-lo template applied to a chart with my notes based on the 4-9-18 ema closes template today. Whichever you trade, if you were trading the ...

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles

That closes out my timing window so no further trades for me today even if we get additional setups into the afternoon. I'm going to rewatch that Mark Douglas video I Posted earlier, and I will post some notes on it later. That exercise he ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

The failed breakout at yesterday's high and last week's high has fallen below today's open. ES is going to trade back to yesterday's low at 3996.75 at the very least today. I call this my "Stacey Burke" template. If you do not follow Stacey's ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

Got back and waited for a set up. I caught this first cross short of +6.25 points. For some reason Ninjatrader "hides" the executions behind the Heikin Ashi candles so I Have to narrow the candles to show the entry and the take profit (or stop loss) ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

Thanks Ed, I'm looking to learn and grow myself. My approach to the plan I am laying out here in this journal is very much influenced by Mark Douglas's Trade' like a casino" advice. You can listen to his explanation of an exercise he lays out here ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

Yesterday was first red day on MES/ES. We should see a high to low (sell high) trade this morning. We do have three pushes into the levels of the Globex open and the daily pivot, but I usually do not trade, usually before 8 AM. And when there is red ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

This is also from last Thursday, showing the 9-18, aka "ready, set, go" long trade. Note that price gave a 1st cross signal, i.e. the 4 crossed above the 9 and the 9 has crossed above the 18 ema as price crossed above the pivot point. The ready, ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

The 9-18 "Get Ready, Get Set ... Go!" set up which I will refer to simply as the 9-18. The reason for the "ready, set, go" isn't to be cute. I hear myself saying this in my mind as a reminder to wait for the third candle to close. The third canlde ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

I like to compare a time-based candle chart to the Renko HA candles. Both of these charts cover the same exact timeframe, and include all the same price data. The only difference is how that data is collated for presentation on the chart. 10 Brick ...

vidvad's 2023 4-9-18 ema journal

I started a journal specifically to explore the 4-9-18 ema version of this system further along with some ideas I have about money management and position sizing. If you're interested in following along you can find the journal here: vidvad's 2023 ...

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles

All the same data. All covering the same time period. How that data is collated makes a lot difference in how one cana use that data to construct a trading plan. 10 Renko Heikin Ashi image 10 Renko image 10 Range image 15 Minute image

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles

Excellent observation, BorderT. As I continue to log live market hours watching both the 9ema band template and the 4-9-18 ema template I am seeing a lot of repeating patterns that can be worked out as rule-based set ups. Your suggestion offers ...

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles

More and more I am really coming to prefer the 4, 9, 18 ema rendition of the Renko HA. I find that I am better able to define set ups and as a result, better able to eliminate discretion and my own subjectivity. Two main setups: The 1st cross: ...

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles

High and low of the week and the high and low of the previous day serve as profit targets and also as places where I am on "heightened alert" for a new signal. Price will either breakout, pullback, and trend, breakout, fail, and reverse, or, ...

Williams%R, SAR X-over 15 minute candles