abc wrote:Thanks, but MO we should not move the blue square in place of the red?
It seems more logical.
The next question to you MightyOne.
When we roll the stop lose and when we come to the end of the range, we should liquidate the position manually? or entrust happiness and wait until it changes the picture (we lose some profit) or shoot our way making us even happier?
And another quick question.
Playing from 2 + daily extreme what time you used? 5 minute candles mentioned on the previous page?
I am not sure what you are asking, red is a sell zone and blue is a buy zone.
I know that it is hard at first to understand but I do not "trade for pips".
I simply initiate a trade and increase my unit size at least once and then look for an exit; I am not trying
to capture whole moves.
As soon as I reach a dollar "waypoint" I liquidate my trades and reset my unit size to the minimum unit size
for that account balance; space is also returned to no greater than 40 pips & the excess is banked.
Let's say that I had $1.000 and my goal was to get to $1.212:
My initial unit size would be $0.20 & it would appear that I need 1060 pips, but what happens
when I accumulate to $2.70/pip? Now I only need 78.5 pips to make $212, a big difference!
What about if I accumulate to $5.40/pip? Just over 39 pips is $212...pips don't matter, SIZE is
everything.
If my maximum initial risk, the complete destruction of space, is $8 (0.8%) & my reward is $212 (21.2%)
then my R/R ratio is
26.5:1.
If it were possible to risk $0.80 (0.08%) then the R/R ratio would jump to
265:1!
But don't let small initial unit sizes fool you, they grow quickly:
2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, ...
or
2, 4, 6, 12, 18, 36, 54, 108, 162, ...
Again, I liquidate after SIZE goals or according to account BALANCE:
1) Accumulate until the %target is within reach of the daily range.
2) Position yourself one last time at the long term extreme.
3) Liquidate at the %target.
4) reset your space to 40 & re-size your units for the new account balance.
If you want to hold for the larger move then do it with 20 or 30 cents
then you will have more initial space &/or size for your next trade without
the chance of giving back what you have made.
Once the next target of $1.468 is reached then each unit is now 30 cents:

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