Haven't made 1 trade all day today, I've been too gunshy. Frustrated here, it's my own doing but my mentality has kept me from taking good trades yesterday and now today.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

"I've learned many years ago that when the odds are stacked on your side you just have to take the trade." - Great point, and I know this is true. Also need to stop basing my trading on what I 'think' is going to happen. This is a clear example ...

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ES +5.00 total for today Really kicking myself for not trying the ES short. There was a ton of confluence (3 sets of fib exts, TL resistance, horizontal resistance, and in the 618). image

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Had the short mapped out Rocky I just couldn't pull the trigger bc I thought we had more upside coming. I caught a 5pt long earlier but taking a piece of the short would have been a nice addition. image

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Bunch of ways you could have gone about this. Structure = yellow lines Harmonic swing = orange lines Prior harmonic swing = green lines Prior swing high = green / blue zone Trailed stop = white lines Fib retracement Fib ext You could essentially try ...

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Yeah it's tough knowing how much room to give regarding stops. A lot of times when I move to b/e right away I get taken out (see my NQ trades from this past Friday). But then there are times where I give more room and get taken out regardless and ...

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I see what you're saying with regard to stacking the odds in a specific area. I like to take trades ~618-786 (although I don't always follow this, this is where I feel most comfortable playing a pb) and I'm going back through pa playing with ...

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That's right, it's the Nasdaq e-mini. You can try checking if Ninjatrader Brokerage does that or I've read good things about AMP Futures.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

ES -.5, +2.25, +.5 = +2.25 YM -7, +19 = +12 NQ +3.25, b/e, b/e, b/e, +2.5, -2.25, +.25 = +4 Missed the big move today but was able to scalp for some. I am thinking of ditching the ES and replacing it with NQ, going to take the weekend to mull it ...

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Would you be willing to post some of your trades so that maybe others (and myself) could perhaps try to gain some knowledge? Completely understandable if you prefer not to, dealing with one's own mistakes is extremely difficult sometimes. I know ...

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Great play Rocky, per usual. I have a couple of questions though. When you are stacking the odds for a trade, do you usually look for these confluence areas to be around the 618-786? Most of the screens that you attach seem to be around that area, ...

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I'm not but that is something I plan on doing once I decide to finally get a mic, lol. But I like taping it because the price action is substantially more clear vs using market replay. Using market replay data is relayed in second increments thus ...

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YM +9, +1 = +10 ES -2.5, -1.5, +1 = -3 My day was riddled with mistakes. I am extremely upset with my ES losses, they sting the most. On the first ES loss we had a harmonic pullback after price made a NSH, so I entered long. Price had given me many ...

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Lol at the mic drop. Mack I agree with Rocky in regard to taping your sessions. I have just begun doing this and am getting to see the benefit. PA is also more 'fluid' than if you go back and use market replay to check out prior action. I use this - ...

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Basically you could do all of them haha, with a slight edit on #2 to outline just the large range bar itself. While in my experiences I've seen price have a tough time getting through lrb's at times, I wouldn't use it as a rigid form of s/r or s/d. ...

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So 435ish area on watch if it gets there.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Thanks Rocky, your charts and explanations are much appreciated. I had begun to experiment with using the higher timeframes to see if I could better qualify s/d zones however had never used a volume chart, so I'll be adding that to my study list. I ...

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Sounds good Rocky, enjoy your day.

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I wouldn't be mad if that happened... Lol

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Rocky - In your thread I noticed that you use supply / demand zones frequently. I notice that when price comes back to the beginning of legs there is usually at least a pause, but a lot of times there is a swift rejection followed by a nice r:r move ...

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