++++++++++ What I'm seeing on your chart is a classic 123 which was perfect. The only thing different I would do here is to change to #2 to #1 & #3 to #2. Then the sub & entry bar would be have been very close to satisfying the classic 123 trade.

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++++++++++++++++ TB, I agree 100% with your opinion of a "Classic" 123 set up. However if you watch the videos of Div going over 123's, as they apply to the Flag trade, you will see a different approach. In fact on some of his charts he will ...

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+++++++++++++++ I'm confused too. Price was beyond #2. Isn't that what you just said?

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+++++++++++++++++++++++ Manually using MT4 trendline tool. Most of my trend lines follow the "Tom DeMark" method which is connecting most recent swing Low/High back to the previous swing, and then projecting the line forward. You can also draw a ...

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++++++++++++++++++++ sub was beyond #2 so 2.4 rule does not apply here.

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EU Trend Lines — Here's one Type of que I like to use.

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++++++++++++++++ Mostly yes. Monday mornings, definitely. The EU long set up that worked about 1/2 hour ago, I thought was a lousy set up. But you could have made the full 17 or so pips on that one. Stocks were falling and price was approaching the ...

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+++++++++++ It did look to me like a classic set up. Trend was down, LL & LH. The only thing that kept me out was the stocks opening just a minute or 2 after price dropped 1.3 pips (on my charts) below the sub.

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++++++++++++++ DJ-Dow Jones, US stock market opening

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EU — Anyone get caught up in the EU false short 20 minutes ago? I stayed out because it was just prior to DJ open.

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++++++++++++++++ Good going tritom. Your name will go down in the record book with the likes of "Brainiac" & "R2-D2". May the Force be with you!

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There's an ascending trendline beginning on 5/16 which did have some influence on my decision to go with the trade. The main factor was based on the price action during the London session today. If you check price, there ...

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++++++++++++++++++++++ Sounds like a good mantra to me. Did not take this trade but just took the EU long on a return to trend. It started up nicely, balked around 1.4256, kept making lower 5 min candles for nearly 20 minutes, then started to look ...

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+++++++++++++++++++++++ Would you mind posting your parameters for executing on other time frames? Thanks, Darryl

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EJ — Watching EJ for 123 short.

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EJ & Trendlines — Check the Containment here.

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I see someone has been hard at work. Thank you sir...

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JPY — Yen red flag news in 40 minutes.

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+++++++++++++ All of those pairs you mention do not have a consistant daily range to support the activity needed to trade the flag. I have found that the EG just sits there and does nothing most of the time. However during the London session is when ...

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