Hey guys! As planned, I haven’t been very active this month. It’s nice to see the thread still going.
I have been trading though…my best August ever…who knew. The AUD pairs in particular have been behaving nicely.
This thread is focused mainly VSA, supply/demand, so I never really get into other aspects of my trading. Maybe I’ll start a new thread eventually, showing other tools. They help determine probability and give more entry opportunities.
I have been using vsa very aggressively. Because volume tells me when to enter and exit. And sticking to your rules works like prayer. But if your other methods has vsa tied into it, no reason why you can’t amend it to this thread.
hey petefader. have you ever used P&F charting or just candlesticks / bar charts? i’ve been reading a lot of wyckoff’s stuff and he mentions it often as one of the best ways to identify accumulation/distribution.
True Nordway,
My personal opinion, and Pete is way along that track as well, is to find what things can help your probability. Line up lines of confluence, which is what happens with VSA anyway. Confluences of ND/NS around S/R levels, fib levels etc. There may be other confluences to look at as well. Elliot waves amongst other things. Once understood, they could all help in making a higher probability trade or weed out some of those trades that we wouldn’t have taken in hindsight.
I think that is a problem with “black box” solutions. They do not evolve with the market. We must also evolve to survive. Basic Darwinian theory. Is the current daily range in the markets (much smaller than a year ago) the new normal? If the market evolves, then so should we
I traded August on smaller risk (oh well!) but I got more organized in my approach, which definitely helped. Still, it was just better than past years I’ve seen.
I’m starting a new thread where I’ll explain how I stack confluence along with VSA. There will be plenty of examples there, but here’s a peak. There were at least 4 reasons besides VSA to take this long. All will be covered in the new thread. Coming soon…
I know its asking too much but would really appreciate if you can do it on Tue or Wed so that i’ll be able to attend it since its my weekly off (pssst…dont tell my boss about my trader plans)