Hi SimpleBoy If you can have certain of something in the markets is that in those days where we have FOMC News or NFP market will be manipulated. I was expecting big manipulation because on the day before news release, EURUSD had already ...

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Hey SimpleBoy Note also in the daily charts that after 3 consecutive up / down closes days price will tend to retrace. Took a long last Monday and I left a small portion on aiming for that Daily swing high...BOE have raised rate to 0.5% ...

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Hi SimpleBoy I'm really happy to see that I could help you somehow It'll be my pleasure to continue replying your questions. Note that price doesn't need to do a stop raid ( it's better when they do it...purging stops ) because they ...

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Hi SimpleBoy I'm sorry not replying in due time but today was my first course day, unfortunately here in Germany things work a bit different from my home country, when one doesn't have papers to prove he/she can do some Job you need to go to ...

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Hi katienotcat, I don't look for cycles, I only mesure and project price swings It's all about Price action Discouragement shouldn't be found in trading..why do you feel discouraged? Peace

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Hi rjenkins65, Thanks for your input, appreciate your interest I think backtesting is very important because of the insight it gives, in the last ICT's videos he talks about it and gives a good comparison with a deer hunter...the Hunter must ...

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You're welcome You can use a smaller stop but that will depend on your " trading setup ", on how you approach the market...some traders are more comfortable using 20 / 30 pips stops other like smaller stops...and other like bigger stops ...

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Ideally SL is placed at or above that swing high ( above your red line )

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Thanks SimpleBoy Definitely you should follow him and studie his videos and you're always welcome asking questions... It's my pleausre to be able to help in nsome form you can keep asking...no worries, but I understand that now your ...

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image Today we have that big candle formation... The volatility filrter is nothing more than a simple mesure of candles range...small ranges big ranges...when candles bodies become smaller and smaller, a big candle can be expected soon after small ...

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Yes...but doesn't mean 100% of the time...sometimes they will not do that Judas Swing. Discount Array it's a level below Equilibrium. When I said price have rejected that lvl 1.36 big fig means it traded down to 1.36 and moved away up ...

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image Took 1st TP - Half position Letting remain running...

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As I see it yes and no Try to see every Session as it has it's own Judas Swing... Having that said LO session didn't had a down move ( Judas swing ), price came out of Asian in consolidation, continued into LO session then brake higher ...

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The likelihood of big range ( expansion - up or down ) is due to volatility filter I use Yes I'm expecting big range day to happen soon , it doesn't mean it has to happen today...could be today but can also happen tomorrow. Peace

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You're welcome Noticed we didn't had the " Judas Swing " this LO? As the ICT's " Power of 3 " says? image Edited: Expecting expasion...big Daily candle formation

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As always it'll depend on PA... For a more conservative approach you gonna need some confirmations from PA. One that I like and it's very simple: Wait for a swing low or swing high to form - it's a 3 daily candles pattern so you need to wait for ...

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I apologize...some times I talk to much I make a Top Down analisys every day..every week...everey month...I mean during week days I start to look at Daily chart down to 5m. During weekend's I look from Weekly chart down to 5m and at ...

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Trading it's complicated and simple at the same time... If you look closely at those 2 last trades I posted most recently, those " shouldn't " be taken...because I was trading against HTF IOF and we should focus on same direction of HTF's. I was ...

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You define tops and bottoms with Market Structure. Cable day 13 made 2 attempts to go higher in LO session, 1 more at Londo's Lunch time and another one at NY session overlapping with LC session time...so many attempts to go higher and failed...and ...

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So, I've same thoughts about Trader Psychology...We gonna need to fight our selfs to be successfull in trading and that's why I also believe that the Algo runs on Sentiment also When I started trading I had that rush to get in...to be in the ...

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