How's it going? I guess your M15 method is less successful now that the market isn't strongly trending like it was in November and December?

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I'm with you in this. Perfectly viable to trade one hour a day. I'd go for 10-11 Eastern US. And, actually, my trading partner of 15 years ago did exactly what this one man hopes to do - 1h a day as a digital nomad travelling the world, trading 20 ...

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This is NQ 5000 ticks. A dip down towards the encircled area for a target above 22000 would seem natural today,

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Now that vidvad's MES experience has hopefully settled, I thought I'd share my interpretation of what you are saying here. What you describe as YM manipulation, i.e. big players selling into an uptrend on the micro scale, I take to be market makers ...

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All good then, I think. I am not here to debate anything either, but to support you in getting closure after a painful experience. To that end, I don't think it's in your interest to hold on to an incorrect interpretation of the event, but I won't ...

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Just to say, I'm a chart trader too, going for 200-400 tick swings in NQ/MNQ, and I agree with Rick's assessment of MNQ being the fairest CME index futures contract with cleaner signals than NQ, and I'm saying that based on years of experience. If ...

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Hi Mndariin, You ask some "big" questions which require a lot of detail to answer properly, which is alright. But this is vidvad's personal journal, and any discussion is in support of his trading journey, which he so admirably shares here. Could ...

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Thanks Rick, almost verbatim my experience and point of view. And your final sentence - "Neither one of us is wrong, we just see different things." - makes an essential point. How one sees the market is not 'the truth' but comes with certain ...

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Actually, no, that's wrong for two reasons. First, MES isn't supposed to track ES, it's supposed to track the S&P 500 index, as is ES. Which means that they are likely to be close in value most of the time, but there's no reason to expect them to ...

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Well said. Makes me think of my favourite trading quote: Those are the first two sentences in this video, which offers a relevant perspective on this discussion: video

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From the beginning of exchange trading of commodities many centuries ago, speculators have been welcome market participants as they go between buyers and sellers to ensure that the quoted price is the "right" or fair price, reflective of the actual ...

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Interesting discussion, and in my experience trading MNQ/NQ using tick chart models there is little evidence of manipulation, but plenty (if not daily) evidence of significant discrepancies between MNQ and NQ. Friday, day before yesterday, for ...

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"They happen regardless of time frame." This is the lunchtime (12.30 ET) reversal in NQ this Wednesday on a 500 tick chart.

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A couple of worthwhile threads related to the original idea of this thread: url url

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Sounds like you are in a good place What do you trade? Fx, indices, something else? For me it's all Nasdaq futures.

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But, I'm making no technical point! And I am under no obligation to clarify anything, but as you ask so politely how couldn't I? Under certain conditions, which we may call slow reversal, I find that HMA70@2m can be useful to get me in with very low ...

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Excellent! You have completely misunderstood pretty much everything. Well done. I have made none of the claims you criticise, but have taken both setups depicted. But why would I engage further with someone who has no constructive aim, but focuses ...

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Thanks Kevin, looks like she has shared her learning journey for the benefit of others, which is as good as it gets here. Do you find it useful? Any unanswered questions?

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Hi Kev, no, I generally don't engage here, but posted as I thought the original poster of this thread deserved some encouragement .But happy to take a look at Laura's stuff if you like. Do you have a link?

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