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Postby noone22 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:36 am

But are there any differences (in how to trade)
in regards to "technical" or "fundamental" gap?

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Postby newschool » Mon May 17, 2010 3:49 am

noone22 wrote:But are there any differences (in how to trade)
in regards to "technical" or "fundamental" gap?


I'm brainstorming here. But I believe if you see no important news during the week-end and you have a big gap, it has much better chances to close. On the contrary when the first Greece bailout was accepted, the price continued in the direction of the Gap (like I wrote in previous post).

This guy is writing few pages on gaps : http://www.winnersedgetrading.com/forex ... an-part-3/

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Precisely filled gap

Postby TygerKrane » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:04 am

Are you f#$%ing kidding me.

The EJ gap was only 45 pips (actually I wouldn't say only to 45pips), anyways, what a precise freaking gap fill!!

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:idea: MightyOne :idea: wrote: I always consider the previous close to be the next candles open so that there are no gaps.

Gaps are not part of my analysis

Held profit is.



And I am going to stick this note on the side of my screen as a simple reminder to help me out when I get lost and can't SEE which is the best direction to be zline trading:
[url=http://kreslik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=42167#42167] :idea: JESGPY :idea: [/URL] wrote:who's profit were you aiming to take?

JUAN


Nice one, JUAN, thanks for the reminder!!! :smt023

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Postby newschool » Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:47 pm

buy low sell high...

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I think the important part to get much less drawdown is to enter the trade at a higher price than the actual gap.

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I think I readed the P.A. fine.

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Postby tmanbone » Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:06 am

You did good.
"The simplicity of the markets is it's greatest disguise"

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Postby newschool » Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:47 am

I have yet to understand why E/U closed the gap fully , but A/U bounced at almost exactly half of it (ZL).

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Postby TheRumpledOne » Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:55 pm

There is nothing to understand.
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU TRADE, IT'S HOW YOU TRADE IT!

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Re: Precisely filled gap

Postby JESGPY » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:22 pm

TygerKrane wrote:Are you f#$%ing kidding me.

The EJ gap was only 45 pips (actually I wouldn't say only to 45pips), anyways, what a precise freaking gap fill!!

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:idea: MightyOne :idea: wrote: I always consider the previous close to be the next candles open so that there are no gaps.

Gaps are not part of my analysis

Held profit is.



And I am going to stick this note on the side of my screen as a simple reminder to help me out when I get lost and can't SEE which is the best direction to be zline trading:
[url=http://kreslik.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=42167#42167] :idea: JESGPY :idea: [/URL] wrote:who's profit were you aiming to take?

JUAN


Nice one, JUAN, thanks for the reminder!!! :smt023


no problem man .any time

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Postby newschool » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:09 pm

TheRumpledOne wrote:There is nothing to understand.


I saw the EU gap as technical, since no European news catched my attention, and the gap filled pretty easily.

New Japanese government stated that it will let the Yen rise, so that probably affected the AUD and in this context the pullback was less strong.

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Postby newschool » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:20 pm

Second week in a row with no gaps whatsoever.
I guess this reiterate the fact that gaps are great trading opportunities when they happen (big price imbalance = big profit factor)

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