Hello Mystikal,
Thanks for your replies. Another question for you and I hope it will be answered :
1) Please how do you determine your entry points.
2) How do you calculate those your targets ( 1 target, 2nd target and so on).
3) How do you know the number of target a trade or move will have ( whether 1 ,2 or 3
targets).
4) Also,what are the conditions for a 1-2-3 bottom? that is whats the 1 stand for, the 2
and the 3 , what do they all stand for?
5) in your last reply to me, you said "so in this context,2 was a minor low, while the
low of the bearish hammer before the doji, at the last support ,could stand as an
intermediate low." so please whats the difference between a minor low and an intermediate
low
6) What do you mean by a bearish hammer and a "doji"
Expecting A Reply
1)
Most traders tend to concentrate on pinpointing the perfect entry for a trade. However, in
reality the entry price is just one part of the equation. The common entry techniques are:
Channel Breakouts
A trend trader will tend to use channel breakouts to enter trades in order to catch a trend
when it is beginning. The general rule is to pick a period length, which could be 20 days
for a long term trader or 15 minutes for a daytrader and buy if the high in that period is
broken or sell if the low is broken.
Visual Entry based on patterns
The art of technical analysis focuses on the many types of chart patterns that markets tend
to form. Such as gaps, spikes, inside days, outside days, triangles, flags and double tops
to name a few. These entries are rather more subjective than channel breakouts.
Pure prediction
Prediction techniques include Elliott Wave, Gann and Dow Theory. Again the actual entry
price based on such theories is very subjective. Predictive techniques usually try to pin
point major turning points in markets and are therefore attempting to go against the current
trend rather than with it.
Volatility Breakouts
The theory behind a volatility breakout is that if the market makes a sudden move in a
particular direction then it is likely to continue in that direction. The general rule is to
add/subtract a pre-determined percentage of the recent average true range to the opening
price thus giving buy and sell points.
Moving Averages
Take the average price of the last x periods (minutes, hours or days) and buy if the price
crosses above and sell if it crosses below. This technique works well in purely trending
markets but will be badly whipsawed in a range bound market. Variations include using 2 or
more moving averages and using the cross of those as a signal. The moving averages
themselves could be simple or weighted (more emphasise on the latest prices).
Oscillators and Stochastics
I.e. RSI, stochastics, Williams %R etc. Generally these tools are used to determine whether
the market is 'overbought' and ready to drop or 'oversold' and ready to rise. They work best
in range bound markets by picking tops and bottoms but fail in a trending market.
(2) &(3)
Since trading is more of an art than a science, its more of the interpretation of the chart
information that just calculations,Onwukarisa..Besides,like I reiterated before,it wont be
to the best interests of my clients and partners if the 'edge' is disclosed in an open forum
due to the risk of fading out by the banks, institutional traders,etc..
Contact me if you are interested in a private one on one coaching on these winning
strategies...stalion@forexgreenland.com4) A 123 bottom is a reversal pattern that is usually seen at the end of a downtrend, in
which the breach of the 2 denotes a bullish movement of price..
1 stands for the lowest low(LL)...2 stands for the intermediate high before price retraces,
and 3 stands for the intermediate low...remember 3, the intermediate low, should not be
lower than 1, which is the major or lowest low..
5)''A hammer have small real bodies(either black or white), and these real bodies have to be
at or near the highs of the session..Another criterion is that they need very long lower
shadows ( at least two to three times the height of the real body).Because of their
identical shape, you can identify them depending on where they appear in an uptrend or
downtrend...A hammer will appear at or near the bottom of a decline, either briefly or
extended; thus the name ''hammer''...which suggests that the market is hammering out a
base.. A bearish hammer simply means the clour of the hammer is dark, denoting the opening
price is higher than the closing price of the hammer..

A doji is a session in which the opening and closing prices are the same..theregfore it
resembles a cross.It indicates a market in complete balance between supply and demand..Since
a doji session represents a market at a juncture of indecision, it can often be an early
warning that a preceeding rally(rise) could be losing steam..
The ideal doji forms with the same opening and closing price, but this rule is
flexible..When the opening and closing prices are only a few ticks from each other, you can
still consider the candleline as a doji..''
The Candlestick Course...Steve Nison
With such information LiteForex goto Trash.....

Hi zigzug, I'm not sure about what you mean by how such info might affect liteforex...can
you please explain more?
[08:52:53 17/10/08] masif1 : by the way guys
[08:53:05 17/10/08] masif1 : the short on cbale triggered
[08:53:28 17/10/08] masif1 : but went for about 5pips and retraced back and got stopped out
Sad
[09:00:35 17/10/08] kokowater : EU is good for a short now
[09:02:44 17/10/08] Stalion : helloo everyone
[09:05:07 17/10/08] fxjedi : hi stal
[09:06:28 17/10/08] Stalion : Sell Stop on the gbpusd @ 1.7250..1st target @ 1.7220...2nd
target @ 1.7195
[09:09:47 17/10/08] Stalion : hi fxjedi
[09:11:37 17/10/08] caprica1 : morning everyone
[09:12:30 17/10/08] Stalion : hi cap....koko...
[09:13:03 17/10/08] caprica1 : how was your night?
[09:14:08 17/10/08] Stalion : hope you'all had a good nite rest../
[09:15:03 17/10/08] Stalion : twas okay, cap....our trade call yesterday didnt go our
way..so we scratch dat and say NEXT
[09:16:35 17/10/08] fxjedi : GBP/USD : The market is going to consolidate within 1.7177 -
1.7332 for the time being. A projected resistant point is positioning at 1.7607. Today is
the end of the weekly cycle. One have to be very cautious that the market can easily
consolidate within the weekly cycle pivot centers at 1.6796 - 1.6999 - 1.7298.
[09:17:33 17/10/08] fxjedi : Hedge Funds Lost $34.5B To Redemptions In Sept
[09:17:53 17/10/08] fxjedi : Hedge funds lost US$34.5 billion to outflows and lost an
additional US$44.5 billion from losses in September, according to new data from Eurekahedge.
This brings the global hedge fund industry down to US$1.8 trillion in assets, down from
US$1.9 trillion in January. Usual year-end redemptions are expected to exacerbate losses at
hedge funds in 4Q. Funds are already grappling with tanking markets, counterparty risk, and
short-selling restrictions.
[09:18:17 17/10/08] Stalion : HI k
[09:18:47 17/10/08] klho83 : any trade alerts?
[09:19:46 17/10/08] Stalion : [10:06:28] Stalion : Sell Stop on the gbpusd @ 1.7250..1st
target @ 1.7220...2nd target @ 1.7195
[09:22:12 17/10/08] klho83 : Thanks
[09:24:32 17/10/08] caprica1 : last day for me for a week. Lets see if I can finish the week
off on a nice note.
[09:24:35 17/10/08] caprica1 : Smile
[09:25:32 17/10/08] fxjedi : Are you scared of trading sometimes ? You are not alone...
[09:27:18 17/10/08] fxjedi : Because ...1/These times have been tough: "What's humbling is
that you could be the best trader, best investor, or best analyst in the world and this
market will still bring you to your knees," Mazzella said.
[09:28:18 17/10/08] fxjedi : "The crash of 1987 was a picnic compared to what traders are
seeing today," said Steve Claussen
[09:29:20 17/10/08] fxjedi : SHOW NO FEAR AND USE YOUR MOST IMPORTANT MUSCLE .....YOUR BRAIN
!!! 8-)
[09:31:29 17/10/08] Stalion : lol, cap....we'll finish the week on a positive note...we are
still on 3 winning days, 1 losing day...and today, friday, is up for grabs,,,//
[09:33:42 17/10/08] fxjedi : EUR/USD still in downtrend with longer-term target at 1.3000,
says Deutsche Securities senior FX analyst Koji Fukaya. Global hedge funds' moves to
liquidate investments in EUR-denominated assets to take profits or cut losses ahead of
end-November book closing, or just to give USD funds back to investors, likely to continue
for while, he says. "Funds' position-liquidation has more room to run. They're liquidating
various positions into dollars and giving them back to their clients" who prefer cash.
Near-term EUR/USD target 1.3300, then 1.3200; last 1.3467 on EBS. Adds USD/JPY likely
directionless in 99.00-103.00 range near-term, partly as Japan investors have stopped
repatriating overseas assets, watching to see if moves taken by developed economies
alleviate global financial turmoil; pair last 101.60
[09:33:59 17/10/08] caprica1 : it's always always nice to finish the week off with a winner
though
[09:34:33 17/10/08] fxjedi :
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE49F9PL20081016[09:35:03 17/10/08] masif1 : stal s/l?
[09:37:04 17/10/08] masif1 : anyone?
[09:37:24 17/10/08] Stalion : sl @ 1.7315...remember our pending stop order is still waiting
to be triggered...
[09:39:52 17/10/08] fxjedi : CHICAGO (Reuters) - Traders who have thrived on wild swings in
market prices for decades are now having trouble staying on the unprecedented rollercoaster
that is Wall Street.
[09:40:30 17/10/08] fxjedi : The jerky swings in the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI has
been compounded by the lack of liquidity, brought on by hedge funds which are being forced
to reduce leveraged positions
[09:40:31 17/10/08] caprica1 : masif dont forget to add your spreads to the stop figure
Smile
[09:41:00 17/10/08] masif1 : 1.7320?
[09:42:04 17/10/08] kokowater : Good morning everyone
[09:42:09 17/10/08] caprica1 : yep. Smile
[09:43:10 17/10/08] Stalion : morning koko...Tpack...
[09:43:30 17/10/08] klho83 : gm koko
[09:45:04 17/10/08] caprica1 : Stal have you used the buy/sell windows on the cable?
[09:45:07 17/10/08] Tpack : morning stal ,all
[09:48:31 17/10/08] Stalion : Have you or Did you,cap?
[09:51:19 17/10/08] kokowater : is that retracement on cable or a reverse, stal?
[09:53:39 17/10/08] Stalion : price retraced at the 60% buy window, and now, its moving
up...
[09:56:04 17/10/08] Stalion : any high impact news coming out from the gbp or usd?
[09:56:42 17/10/08] Stalion : right now, even price is looking for a good end to the
week...lol..
[09:56:48 17/10/08] caprica1 : I was just wondering as I was reading your post on the forum
here about how you calculate the buy/sell windows
[09:58:04 17/10/08] fxjedi : With Oil closing below 70 yesterday, ECB might well consider a
cut next month - provided oil holds to down.
[09:58:24 17/10/08] fxjedi : In between the short term 1.3420 support has held, as is short
term bit oversold, but larger term seems still positioned to down.
[09:58:44 17/10/08] fxjedi : Yet talks of Deutsche Bank problems today around might weigh,
but till It holds that level up I'll do nothing waiting the US stock today...dangerous
again, but supported somehow - yet the market doubts any clear plans before the US november
election ends.
[09:59:26 17/10/08] Stalion : ohh,okay..
[10:01:01 17/10/08] kokowater : nope.. it is a low impact news for EUR
[10:01:08 17/10/08] kokowater : there are 2 impacts news at 1:30pm and 2:55pm respectively
[10:02:17 17/10/08] Stalion : right now, if you look at the GBPUSD 15 min chart, you'll see
MACD negative divergence to price, which foretells a bearish move down south...
[10:04:19 17/10/08] Stalion : gu needs to break above its previous high in order to really
qualify its bullish move....so we might be slapping a pending buy order above that
high...cap...
[10:07:58 17/10/08] caprica1 : rite.
[10:09:06 17/10/08] kokowater : ok
[10:11:52 17/10/08] kokowater : i still believe in the short of cable..
[10:12:45 17/10/08] fxjedi : why, kokowater?
[10:14:07 17/10/08] kokowater : we have a good 123 formation on gu looking at 4hrs
[10:17:21 17/10/08] kokowater : i am still holding my short on eu too, i enter so late
becasue i never chekc my 15mins chart for a good entry...
[10:19:36 17/10/08] Stalion : soo?
[10:20:34 17/10/08] Stalion : what does a 123 formation on the 4hr chart got to do with
shorting the cable?
[10:20:37 17/10/08] kokowater : soo? how do you mean, stal?
[10:20:51 17/10/08] caprica1 : the direction bias for gu is still long on the 240 chart.
[10:24:40 17/10/08] Stalion : [10:11:52 17/10/08] kokowater : i still believe in the short
of cable..
[10:24:51 17/10/08] Stalion : [10:14:07 17/10/08] kokowater : we have a good 123 formation
on gu looking at 4hrs
[10:25:16 17/10/08] Stalion : can you please explain more,koko?
[10:27:10 17/10/08] Stalion : how do you mean the directional bias is still long on the 4hr
chart, cap? what are your reasons?
[10:27:28 17/10/08] kokowater : 123 formation on cable.. i am saying to support or buttress
our point.
[10:33:06 17/10/08] caprica1 : looking at the price movement. The HH and LL of the candle
bars.
[10:33:20 17/10/08] Stalion : you see, koko, good training in trading is very important if
you want to take this thing to the next level..a 1-2-3 formation on the gu does not support
shorting the cable...just because a 123 is a reversal pattern that foretells a long
position, not a short position...that was why am asking...they are kind of mutually
exclusive in a way...
[10:37:43 17/10/08] Stalion : can you be more specific,cap?
[10:38:53 17/10/08] caprica1 : I'm looking at the swing highs and swing lows.
[10:39:12 17/10/08] caprica1 : Obviously when it makes HH and HL price is going up up
[10:39:26 17/10/08] caprica1 : LL and LH price would be going down.
[10:39:56 17/10/08] caprica1 : LH and HL would mean a price range sideways.
[10:42:54 17/10/08] fxjedi : hey,caprica, i jus woke up this morning with a hangover.,please
dont add more to it,the headache,i mean,lol,.
[10:46:14 17/10/08] caprica1 : lol. Hangover? Self inflicted. No sympathy. lol
[10:50:04 17/10/08] fxjedi : Mercy!
[10:50:32 17/10/08] caprica1 : lol
[10:50:42 17/10/08] fxjedi : Sleep
[10:52:39 17/10/08] Stalion : We also put a buy stop on the cable @ 1.7385...1st target @
1.7425...sl @ 1.7320...
[10:53:08 17/10/08] Stalion : brb
[11:01:33 17/10/08] caprica1 : second target is wrong stal lol
[11:04:23 17/10/08] masif1 : what 2nd target?
[11:52:41 17/10/08] enolase : just taken tme to read all the posts
[13:54:31 17/10/08] enolase : today's trading is mostly range bound

[15:41:56 17/10/08] masif1 : first target hit on the short :clap:
[15:42:35 17/10/08] masif1 : cheers
[15:43:27 17/10/08] masif1 : 30pips today Wink