Hey M, we are targeting the 1 hr fractal this morning, with 13 min entry, expected entry point, 1610, short, which is right under 30 MA. stop will be technical, TP 1550, so we shall see.
After loosing so many winning trades just because of taking medium to long term view as per higher time frames and letting them run until hitting my SL, I have taken two short trades last night on EU and EJ and monitoring them on shorter TF. Here are the snapshots of them.
Hey all, something to look at is we are in a third wave down at this point, I am not talking Elliot waves just simple waves, if you look at the 1hr, it is very clear. So it might just be consolidation from this point on today.
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Yesterday, I booked the profit by closing 0.10 lot of each open position and let the remaining run till hitting the SL.
But, I think I should have been switched to 15M TF as soon as the retracement was started on 1H TF to avoiding the loss of unrealized profit before hitting the SL.
Hi @anon58863749 and congrats on a nice set of trades.
With regards to the question of whether to switch to a lower TF or leave it to hit the SL depends, in my opinion, on what purpose the trailing stop is meant to serve.
I think stops can be treated in two different ways:
Either as an integral component of the trading strategy such as maintaining a pre-set R:R or in “set and forget” or as an exit alternative in the form of a trailing stop and no limit.
Or the stop is there purely as a protective measure and not intended to be activated except, for example, in the event of an unexpected extreme move or to lock in some profits after a substantial move, and even allowing increased positions without additional risk.
In your case, I think your trailing stops served their purpose in locking in a profit, but whether you could have exited earlier at a better level using the 15m TF really depends on the purpose of your 15m method. If it is a standard part of your trading method then it would have been better, but if it is not a standard component then it is not really so relevant since it is always possible in hindsight to find something that one could have done to get better result in a particular situation!
In brief, it is about knowing the role of your stoplosses and what are your exit strategies. If it fitted those as intended then everything was, and is, just fine!
Ok, so if we really want to discuss this, quoting articles from people who we just happen to agree with can’t be part of the discussion, only personal experiences and solid proof.
So, as far as large scale manipulation, yes it can happen. But what we are theoretically talking about here is front-running customers orders by trading before the fix was set, now there was a lot of talk in private chatroom’s, sharing prices and order sizes, it was all about moving size to make pennies on units. Now there could have been stops taken out, yeah maybe, but that was not the point. So the point of all of this was to “manipulate” to make pennies. A couple of trades did make three figures, but the fines will be far more than what they made.
It was never about “Running” stops or going after $100.00 micro accounts.
So now Suf, please give us your personal experience in stop running, and other manipulation. Charts, blotters etc. would be great.
One of the advantages/disadvantages of such almost universally used technological charting tools is that it tends to focus, advertise and concentrate interest on far more specific levels than would otherwise be the case. This means that these levels will inevitably attract an abnormally large number of orders for new positions, limits and stops.
This concentrating of orders is further accentuated amongst small retail traders whose limited equity resources, by definition, also means that their stops are positioned within close proximity of such levels.
But in trading, whether you are a major trading house, corporate or $10 retail trader, wherever you are in the world, we are all looking at the same moon.
Big game hunters do not set mouse traps.
If you build your sandcastles too close to the waterline do not blame the moon and the wind when the tides wash them away…
The Euro has been relatively stable for some time now and there really hasn’t been too much to say about it. So, instead of writing nothing I changed the thread title and scope to cover, well, anything! But with a leaning towards EURUSD and other Euro pairs as and when.
Right now I am thinking…when the Brexit referendum was carried out did anyone, anywhere, think how this would cause such a problematic issue as a short EU/UK border across the Isle of Ireland between the Republic and the British Northern Ireland? No one wants a hard border, but how do we deal with it without. Is this the issue that will lead to a no-agreement exit?
How the British nation has suffered and, probably, become totally frustrated/bored with the whole Brexit issue. There were many serious issues behind the referendum, but I doubt the Irish question was one of them. We’ve been waiting a long time for EURGBP to become a normal, tradeable pair - still waiting.
But there’s still money in those golden oldies. EURUSD looked good for a buy this morning and produced a nice 30 pips start to the week. I am back in on a small pullback and the pair has now frozen solid…maybe it was a bit too premature. We are again stuck between the 1H and 4H 200-period MAs. We’ve been in this situation before…
Last weekend was the start of the elk hunting season (I am not a hunter). Driving has severe additional risks when the elks are on the move and crossing roads. Collisions are often fatal (and not only for the elks!). But the weekend weather was superb and, although I don’t trade gold, I appreciate nature’s autumn gold glowing in the sunshine…
What are your thoughts of the impact that outside, social-media influence had on the Brexit vote? Had the Facebook, Twitter, Google and others been more… reactionary to what others were claiming was going on, would we still be where we are right now?
I’ve driven through Bavaria and South Western Germany (German Wine Route - Wikipedia) many times during the fall. Lovely time of year, much like Boston, MA and a bit further north into New Hampshire. They’re into the peak fall foliage about now.
Interesting map about the changing leaves in the US: