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Postby dojirock » Fri May 17, 2013 5:09 am

Ah, just the pair I landed on and liked the way it looked... I noticed there were good runs on multiple pairs..but dont like to trade many at once...
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Postby judokamak » Fri May 17, 2013 6:45 am

Doji a question for you..

On Dragon s charts, he usually waits until 1h candle changes colour before he enters the trade away from 1h/4h z line. You are a scalper, so you will know this. In your experiance is it a good idea to scalp reactions, when the price arriwes at the mayor z line? I m attaching yesterdays eur trade. The price arriwed in 1h/4h z line and there were 3 scalp opportunities, which would have yielded at least 30-40 pips. If i would have waited for 1h colour change the entry would be 20-25 pips lower. So what are your thoughts, do you scalp first reactions on a mayor z line? I m attaching charts for a better understanding of what i mean.




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Postby dojirock » Fri May 17, 2013 10:59 pm

J,

Attachments of you pics is alot easier to mark up and see. I cant blow up your pics and keep good resolution.

Here is the mark ups of my entry vs Dragons. Remember he is trading a 4 hour chart range witha 15 min entry. I scalp, in and out.

hope this helps
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Postby dojirock » Fri May 17, 2013 11:02 pm

Trades from last night. Using divergence, Momentum trendline break, zlines.
Showing different ways to get the same job done.
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Postby judokamak » Sat May 18, 2013 1:27 pm

Thanks Doji for answering, will remember to attach the pics next time. On my chart the potential entries i was asking about were on and before the 1h candle you marked "hourly behind us". I know, that dragon enters with hourly momentum behind, but i was wondering if even more agressive aproach is ok for you at strong 1h/4h z-lines, since i see many cases of instant reactions, when price reaches those zone.

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Postby dojirock » Sat May 18, 2013 10:18 pm

I guess I would say if the R:R is something you can live with. I dont do that anymore due to the amount of times I was wrong was to many for me. :P
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Postby dojirock » Sat May 18, 2013 10:26 pm

Something I have been working with....
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Postby dojirock » Sat May 18, 2013 10:29 pm

Price when reducing down and consolidating.... can only go one way.
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Postby dojirock » Sat May 18, 2013 10:30 pm

Holding for just 3-4 candles then closing.
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Postby trueblueTEX » Sat May 18, 2013 11:12 pm

dojirock wrote:Holding for just 3-4 candles then closing.

So you are trading through the green candles, then, correct? (I mean the rectangles you've drawn.)

Added: what draws your dots?

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