FinoptUSA- MBA
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This week has really taught me that I have to find a set-up and stop reacting to price. Back to the drawing board.
It's good you realise what "mistakes" you make. As my mentor once told me "you have to be able to look in the mirror" and be honest with yourself ... keep going now you know what you need to work onThis week has really taught me that I have to find a set-up and stop reacting to price. Back to the drawing board.
What's happened in that week? Are you sure your mistake wasn't consequence of random eventsThis week has really taught me that I have to find a set-up and stop reacting to price. Back to the drawing board.
Too much reacting to price and not having a clear set-up. I was in the market when I should not have been. Sometimes seeing trades that were not there. I have relaxed and stayed out of the market since posting this. I have decided on a clear set-up. I have to have patience and work within a short-term trade versus reacting and scalping.What's happened in that week? Are you sure your mistake wasn't consequence of random events?
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What set-ups were you using in the past? I’m starting out and it can be hard to realize if I’m following my strategy or just creating an entry point because I want there to be oneThis week has really taught me that I have to find a set-up and stop reacting to price. Back to the drawing board.
@NickKalty If you feel you are creating entry points then you know that you do not have a real set-up. Our minds can play tricks on us because we want to trade. The hardest part is finding the patience and waiting for your move to appear. I found some success with a few set-ups but it is all about consistency and simplicity. Too much back and forth in my account made me realize that I was reacting to price and needed to go back to Demo. I was no longer trading. I was either gambling or entertaining myself in the market. I am trying to get out of my head or out of my way now and learn patience. Trading on high probability trade days and times. Currently, I am focusing on ICT Purge and Revert. I found most of my previous success in my live account by using a fib from high to low on a 1H chart and catching the reversion to equilibrium (50% retracement level).What set-ups were you using in the past? I’m starting out and it can be hard to realize if I’m following my strategy or just creating an entry point because I want there to be one
The funny thing I learned about charting is if you look at a chart and use too many tools you can make it look like anything. I try to keep it as basic as I can, because if it’s basic and obvious then I know other traders are seeing it to which makes the trade that much stronger. When I set up my charts every day or if I am away from them for a period of time (few hours, half a day or so). I am first looking for strong support and resistance lines. I look on the longer timeframe charts. First the day, then 4 hr and lastly 1 hr. The only time I watch the 15 min chart is for a stronger of sooner entry point. Second, my strategy is to trade with the trend on the higher timeframes. I don’t take many counter trend trades or trade on a ‘messy looking chart’, I’ll just look at a different pair or just wait. I like very obvious trends and trade on the dips. When a pull back occurs I’ll place a fibonacci from the previous low to the current high it’s pulling back from. Then I might pull back to the hour timeframe and look for either a bullish (or bearish if that’s the trend) on a major Fibonacci line, like the 61.8 for example. If I get a strong candlestick (like a hammer for an up trend or a falling star on a down trend, etc). Once it’s confirmed it’s moving back with the trend I’ll place my stoploss right below the 100 fib line (last dip) and my first take profit at 0.0 fib line. Once the trade starts hitting and going through the next fib lines I’ll move my stoploss to 0, then 50, 23.6. That way if it does reverse, my trade will exit at a zero loss, or smaller gain as it moves up. Once it’s at 0.0 I’ll either just exit the trade (even though it could very well make the next leg up) or keep my stoploss at the 23.6 line and look for the next resistance or support line and let it keep going and exit near there. I also keep my eye on the RSI indicator for over bought / sold signs. If the RSI is above the 50 line but below the 70 line there’s a good indication it will keep trending up or below the 50 and above the 30 if it’s trending down. Once you get a lot of time watching a pair you’ll ‘feel’ for the lack of better words the ebb and flow of that pair. I also watch for major news announcements. If you’re in a trade and a major announcement comes out it can get very volatile and snap up or down without any good reason until the announcement has settled in. So I try not to trade around those or exit the trade before hand. I hope that helps. Please keep in touch and let me know how you’re doing. I’m always curious how others trade and how they do their setups. Take care! And good trading!