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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby aliassmith » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:23 am

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BambinoFlex wrote:I've had a few dreams of me trading. In the latest dream, I heard a voice say something a long the lines of "When the three align, price will move the strongest" or something about the three being one..I don't quite remember. In the dream it was referring to the Semafor, 1hr, 4hr, and the daily. Anyways, I've been chewing on the "pointy things" idea. I've seen the outcome of being able to trade off those extremes, but the problem is where will the extreme form. Looking at the "pointy things" I have noticed that when the 1hr, 4hr, daily all have a semafor, when price trades away, you get the "pointy things". Since price is fractal, I'm sure the same can be said of smaller timeframes.

This brings me to UJ. Currently, UJ is trading in "extreme" territory. Not only did it break the previous weeks low, but it's a few pips under weekly R2. Makes me wonder if this is an extreme. I will watch. My idea is to enter at a 1hr break low (price turn). My Expectation would be for a bearish day...a very bearish day...probably closing well below yesterdays midpoint. The following week, I would expect price to create a Higher Low Sunday - Monday and then continue lower, reaching S1. This idea is all dependent on Friday's close. If it's a weak down move (no momo) then I would expect next week to simply break this weeks high. In my opinion, with MM, it's worth the risk. As MO put it, a statistical expansion..or something like that.


When MO was trying to catch extremes I belive he would over size his risk box then add like a beast when it moved in his favor. Depends on which method.

Trailing a stop loss he normalized risk.
Add normalize add normalize etc

Then the more complex method was a series of adds and closes until price eventually expanded. He was also trying to increase size while keeping his stop loss outside of the extreme.


I read through his stuff again and I think you worded it correctly. His first step when trading off an extreme (seems that weekly was a preference?) he would have a larger stop loss. Of course he didn't trade with a stop loss but its to keep the ideas linear with those that do.

Once price moved in his favor, he would "reduce his box size" allowing him to increase his position. This is where he would show a box size of 8 with an entry of 5 lots and then show a box size half of 8 (4) and a new max lot of 10.


He also started using daily or daily+
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby BambinoFlex » Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:16 pm

aliassmith wrote:
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When MO was trying to catch extremes I belive he would over size his risk box then add like a beast when it moved in his favor. Depends on which method.

Trailing a stop loss he normalized risk.
Add normalize add normalize etc

Then the more complex method was a series of adds and closes until price eventually expanded. He was also trying to increase size while keeping his stop loss outside of the extreme.


I read through his stuff again and I think you worded it correctly. His first step when trading off an extreme (seems that weekly was a preference?) he would have a larger stop loss. Of course he didn't trade with a stop loss but its to keep the ideas linear with those that do.

Once price moved in his favor, he would "reduce his box size" allowing him to increase his position. This is where he would show a box size of 8 with an entry of 5 lots and then show a box size half of 8 (4) and a new max lot of 10.


He also started using daily or daily+



Would it be because he realized that "Price is the same regardless of timeframe?" meaning that if you trade off a weekly extreme, you're also technically trading off a daily, 4hr, 1hr...1min extreme?

In this trade I was able to enter, and normally I would expect the previous days low to be passed, but as the day progressed price did not move lower. I was able to reduce my initial stop by half, allowing me to add to my position while keeping my risk the same. In the words of MO, space was reduced by half, allowing my position to double. Targeting Weekly R1. MO would probably target the previous week high, but because this week's low is less than previous week low, a weekly outside bar would form if the previous high is also broken. Outside bars are less likely, so my target stays at S1.

My next play is to continue adding if price allows. Currently, if the expansion is completed, I will have a 3 to 1 trade. Making it very difficult to lose over a long period of time.
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby BambinoFlex » Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:18 pm

I also want to add that Dragon seemed to have a similar idea. He says that he uses the 3zz and trades off the #3. As a previous post explains, the #3 tends to create an "extreme"
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby aliassmith » Tue Feb 01, 2022 11:13 pm

BambinoFlex wrote:I also want to add that Dragon seemed to have a similar idea. He says that he uses the 3zz and trades off the #3. As a previous post explains, the #3 tends to create an "extreme"


He also told me or posted that the 3zz was so he could walk around the house and glance at the screen so he can see if a possible trade is coming. :D
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby BambinoFlex » Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:41 am

We're back on UJ. UJ crossed the weekly pivot point. Currently trading around the weekly low. Not sure if MO would count it as an extreme. For me, it works as set up. First target would be Previous week high and I will see if R1 is still a "likely" scenario. As of now, breaking previous week high is the more likely scenario vs reaching down to S1. If trade goes south, then I will not try to reenter as S1 will become the more likely scenario this week. Yesterday's missed pivot added more confluence but in reality I'm just guessing.
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby BambinoFlex » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:05 am

aliassmith wrote:
BambinoFlex wrote:I also want to add that Dragon seemed to have a similar idea. He says that he uses the 3zz and trades off the #3. As a previous post explains, the #3 tends to create an "extreme"


He also told me or posted that the 3zz was so he could walk around the house and glance at the screen so he can see if a possible trade is coming. :D



Hey Alias, I know it’s already been explained a hundred times, but can you explain “eights” to me? It seems I understand you more than MO lol
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby aliassmith » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:23 am

BambinoFlex wrote:
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BambinoFlex wrote:I also want to add that Dragon seemed to have a similar idea. He says that he uses the 3zz and trades off the #3. As a previous post explains, the #3 tends to create an "extreme"


He also told me or posted that the 3zz was so he could walk around the house and glance at the screen so he can see if a possible trade is coming. :D



Hey Alias, I know it’s already been explained a hundred times, but can you explain “eights” to me? It seems I understand you more than MO lol


Sorry man. I don't recall anything about eights . I know it exists but I would need a refresher course. BTW don't ask about the diamond of perception either. I going to assume MO was on acid when he went over that.
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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby BambinoFlex » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:34 am

aliassmith wrote:
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He also told me or posted that the 3zz was so he could walk around the house and glance at the screen so he can see if a possible trade is coming. :D



Hey Alias, I know it’s already been explained a hundred times, but can you explain “eights” to me? It seems I understand you more than MO lol


Sorry man. I don't recall anything about eights . I know it exists but I would need a refresher course. BTW don't ask about the diamond of perception either. I going to assume MO was on acid when he went over that.



Ah okay, it’s cool…what the…Diamond of perception lol I did a quick search and…yeah….that’s something else
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Re: The 5 Steps to becoming a trader

Postby BambinoFlex » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:54 am

TheRumpledOne wrote:I found this while surfing - I didn't write it!!

The 5 Steps to becoming a trader

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This is an article I ran across a little while ago and I would like to post it here for you to read because I found it describe the journey of a trader very accurately. Unfortunately somewhere between this blog and where I found the article I lost the name of the author. I would really like to give them credit and link to their site so if anyone knows the author and their site I would love to add it here.

The 5 Steps to becoming a trader

Step One: Unconscious Incompetence.

This is the first step you take when starting to look into trading. you know that its a good way of making money because you've heard so many things about it and heard of so many millionaires. Unfortunately, just like when you first desire to drive a car you think it will be easy - after all, how hard can it be? Price either moves up or down - what's the big secret to that then - let's get cracking!

Unfortunately, just as when you first take your place in front of a steering wheel you find very quickly that you haven't got the first clue about what you're trying to do. You take lots of trades and lots of risks. When you enter a trade it turns against you so you reverse and it turns again? and again, and again.

You may have initial success, and that's even worse - because it tells your brain that this really is simple and you start to risk more money.

You try to turn around your losses by doubling up every time you trade. Sometimes you'll get away with it but more often than not you will come away scathed and bruised You are totally oblivious to your incompetence at trading.

This step can last for a week or two of trading but the market is usually swift and you move onto the next stage.

Step Two - Conscious Incompetence

Step two is where you realize that there is more work involved in trading and that you might actually have to work a few things out. You consciously realize that you are an incompetent trader - you don't have the skills or the insight to turn a regular profit.

You now set about buying systems and e-books galore, read websites based everywhere from USA to the Ukraine. and begin your search for the holy grail. During this time you will be a system nomad - you will flick from method to method day by day and week by week never sticking with one long enough to actually see if it does work. Every time you come upon a new indicator you'll be ecstatic that this is the one that will make all the difference.

You will test out automated systems on Metatrader, you'll play with moving averages, Fibonacci lines, support & resistance, Pivots, Fractals, Divergence, DMI, ADX, and a hundred other things all in the vein hope that your 'magic system' starts today. You'll be a top and bottom picker, trying to find the exact point of reversal with your indicators and you'll find yourself chasing losing trades and even adding to them because you are so sure you are right.

You'll go into the live chat room and see other traders making pips and you want to know why it's not you - you'll ask a million questions, some of which are so dumb that looking back you feel a bit silly. You'll then reach the point where you think all the ones who are calling pips after pips are liars - they can't be making that amount because you've studied and you don't make that, you know as much as they do and they must be lying. But they're in there day after day and their account just grows whilst yours falls.

You will be like a teenager - the traders that make money will freely give you advice but you're stubborn and think that you know best - you take no notice and overtrade your account even though everyone says you are mad to - but you know better. You'll consider following the calls that others make but even then it won't work so you try paying for signals from someone else - they don't work for you either.

You might even approach a 'guru' like Rob Booker or someone on a chat board who promises to make you into a trader(usually for a fee of course). Whether the guru is good or not you won't win because there is no replacement for screen time and you still think you know best.

This step can last ages and ages - in fact in reality talking with other traders as well as personal experience confirms that it can easily last well over a year and more nearer 3 years. This is also the step when you are most likely to give up through sheer frustration.

Around 60% of new traders die out in the first 3 months - they give up and this is good - think about it - if trading was easy we would all be millionaires. another 20% keep going for a year and then in desperation take risks guaranteed to blow their account which of course it does.

What may surprise you is that of the remaining 20% all of them will last around 3 years - and they will think they are safe in the water - but even at 3 years only a further 5-10% will continue and go on to actually make money consistently.

By the way - they are real figures, not just some I've picked out of my head - so when you get to 3 years in the game don't think its plain sailing from there.

Iv had many people argue with me about these timescales - funny enough none of them have been trading for more than 3 years - if you think you know better then ask on a board for someone who's been trading 5 years and ask them how long it takes to become fully 100% proficient. Sure i guess there will be exceptions to the rule - but i haven't met any yet.

Eventually you do begin to come out of this phase. You've probably committed more time and money than you ever thought you would, lost 2 or 3 loaded accounts and all but given up maybe 3 or 4 times but now its in your blood

One day - in a split second moment you will enter stage 3.

Step 3 - The Eureka Moment

Towards the end of stage two you begin to realize that it's not the system that is making the difference. You realize that its actually possible to make money with a simple moving average and nothing else IF you can get your head and money management right You start to read books on the psychology of trading and identify with the characters portrayed in those books and finally comes the eureka moment.

The eureka moment causes a new connection to be made in your brain. You suddenly realize that neither you, nor anyone else can accurately predict what the market will do in the next ten seconds, never mind the next 20 minutes.

Because of this revelation you stop taking any notice of what anyone thinks - what this news item will do, and what that event will do to the markets. You become an individual with your own method of trading

You start to work just one system that you mold to your own way of trading, you're starting to get happy and you define your risk threshold.

You start to take every trade that your 'edge' shows has a good probability of winning with. When the trade turns bad you don't get angry or even because you know in your head that as you couldn't possibly predict it isn't your fault - as soon as you realize that the trade is bad you close it . The next trade or the one after it or the one after that will have higher odds of success because you know your system works.

You stop looking at trading results from a trade-to-trade perspective and start to look at weekly figures knowing that one bad trade does not a poor system make.

You have realized in an instant that the trading game is about one thing - consistency of your 'edge' and your discipline to take all the trades no matter what as you know the probabilities stack in your favor.

You learn about proper money management and leverage - risk of account etc etc - and this time it actually soaks in and you think back to those who advised the same thing a year ago with a smile. You weren't ready then, but you are now. The eureka moment came the moment that you truly accepted that you cannot predict the market.

Step 4 - Conscious Competence

You are making trades whenever your system tells you to. You take losses just as easily as you take wins You now let your winners run to their conclusion fully accepting the risk and knowing that your system makes more money than it loses and when you're on a loser you close it swiftly with little pain to your account

You are now at a point where you break even most of the time - day in day out, you will have weeks where you make 100 pips and weeks where you lose 100 pips - generally you are breaking even and not losing money. You are now conscious of the fact that you are making calls that are generally good and you are getting respect from other traders as you chat the day away. You still have to work at it and think about your trades but as this continues you begin to make more money than you lose consistently.

You'll start the day on a 20 pip win, take a 35 pip loss and have no feelings that you've given those pips back because you know that it will come back again. You will now begin to make consistent pips week in and week out 25 pips one week, 50 the next and so on.

This lasts about 6 months

Step Five - Unconscious Competence

Now we're cooking - just like driving a car, every day you get in your seat and trade - you do everything now on an unconscious level. You are running on autopilot. You start to pick the really big trades and getting 200 pips in a day doesn't make you any more excited that getting 1 pip.

You see the newbie's in the forum shouting 'go dollar go' as if they are urging on a horse to win in the grand national and you see yourself - but many years ago now.

This is trading utopia - you have mastered your emotions and you are now a trader with a rapidly growing account.

You're a star in the trading chat room and people listen to what you say. You recognize yourself in their questions from about two years ago. You pass on your advice but you know most of it is futile because they're teenagers - some of them will get to where you are - some will do it fast and others will be slower - literally dozens and dozens will never get past stage two, but a few will.

Trading is no longer exciting - in fact it's probably boring you to bits - like everything in life when you get good at it or do it for your job - it gets boring - you're doing your job and that's that.

Finally you grow out of the chat rooms and find a few choice people who you converse with about the markets without being influenced at all.

All the time you are honing your methods to extract the maximum profit from the market without increasing risk. Your method of trading doesn't change - it just gets better - you now have what women call 'intuition'

You can now say with your head held high "I'm a currency trader" but to be honest you don't even bother telling anyone - it's a job like any other.

I hope you've enjoyed reading this journey into a traders mind and that hopefully you've identified with some points in here.

Remember that only 5% will actually make it - but the reason for that isn't ability, its staying power and the ability to change your perceptions and paradigms as new information comes available.

The losers are those who wanted to 'get rich quick' but approached the market and within 6 months put on a pair of blinkers so they couldn't see the obvious - a kind of "this is the way i see it and that's that" scenario - refusing to assimilate new information that changes that perception.

I'm happy to tell you that the reason i started trading was because of the 'get rich quick' mindset. Just that now i see it as 'get rich slow'

If you're thinking about giving up i have one piece of advice for you.

Ask yourself the question "how many years would you go to college if you knew for a fact that there was a million dollars a year job at the end of it?

Take care and good trading to you all.



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Re: Never Lose Again

Postby buffalo » Wed Feb 02, 2022 5:49 am

BambinoFlex wrote:
aliassmith wrote:
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Hey Alias, I know it’s already been explained a hundred times, but can you explain “eights” to me? It seems I understand you more than MO lol


Sorry man. I don't recall anything about eights . I know it exists but I would need a refresher course. BTW don't ask about the diamond of perception either. I going to assume MO was on acid when he went over that.



Ah okay, it’s cool…what the…Diamond of perception lol I did a quick search and…yeah….that’s something else


From my understanding is that eights is a money management for line trading. say you have 8 lines worth $25 (A $200 box). you want the lines to be worth more so you double the value of the lines and half the amount of lines you have, now you have 4 lines worth $50 each. box is still worth $200.

Now the "risk box" is more or less your catastrophic stop loss. example, your trading eur/usd with a 80 pip stop loss. but you manually get out if price closes 8 pips against you. In this example you have an 8 line risk box (80 pips) and you just lost 1 line (8 pips).

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