THE JOY OF CANDLESTICK TRADING - a Learning Experience

Time to go on with the trade.

[B]Saga 11[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-20

Ahhhh!! :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

The price has dropped nicely and our 1st target has been reached.
The first target line has, therefore, disappeared.

Note the money now in the unrealized profit/loss window from this first target.

There is also money in the floating profit/loss window from the 2nd target, which, of course, has not been reached yet.
When the 2nd target is reached this window will show a much bigger profit and then will transfer it to the unrealized profit/loss window.

[B]Next please.[/B]

[B]Saga 12[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-20

In this chart we [U]break even [/U]by shifting the PCI to the entry point.

Note that the PCI was set for 10 minilots and the trade has now only 1 target outstanding of 5 minilots.

[B]We must now change the PCI amount to 5 minilots.
If we do not do this, we may enter a trade we do not want.[/B] :mad: :eek:

[B]Saga 13[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-20

Here the trade is coming along nicely and sooner or later, we hope it will hit the 2nd target.

[B]Saga 14[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-20

Ahhh - going down and teasing us by just touching the 2nd profit target. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

I have again entered the Fibonacci levels to confirm that my choice of a 2nd profit target was a good one

[B]Saga 15 - Final[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-20

Here the 2nd target profit was reached!!

Yay!! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

All the profit has now been transferred to the unrealized profit/loss window.

Some $500 has been made in 3 hours 20 minutes!!

More time for another trade if you find one.

That is the beauty of this method - you make good money in a short time so that you can do more trades.

Remember, this is only the Basic level. The Int/Adv levels make much more.

We must now finish the trade by cleaning the chart, that is, doing two more things…

Remove the PCI by canceling it.
Remove the Fibonacci lines.

[B]And there we have it!![/B]

can i possibly code it that GREENGREENRED candles on the upper BB will result in downward price movement.

[B]STATISTICS[/B]

[U]The Strategy[/U]

Basic level
Multiple amount trade.
1st amount - 5 mini lots.
2nd amount - 5 mini lots.

[U]
The trade[/U]

EUR/USD
40 minute candlestick chart.
Evening Star pattern.
Bollinger bands added.
Program used - GFT Dealbook.
Magnification - 40
Short trade.

[U]
Times[/U]

London open.

Traded at…
Perth � 4.00 pm.
GMT � 8.00 am.
New York � 4.00 am.
Los Angeles � 1.00 am.
Sydney � 6.00 pm.

[U]
The Figures[/U]

Entry - 1.3481
Exit 1 - 1.3467
Exit 2 - 1.3424
PCI - 1.3520
1st profit 10 pips.
2nd profit 43 pips.
Total 53 pips.
Reward = 53 pips.

Maximum price action before reversing 1.3511
Maximum profit potential 2nd amount 43 pips.
Maximum profit obtainable 53 pips.

Distance from entry to PCI - 39 pips
Risk 39 pips

Risk/Reward = 39/53= 1.36
Maximum Risk/Reward = 39/53= 1.36
Average Risk/Reward expectancy = 1.0

Good work again tymen!

Cant wait for the advanced examples:D

Sorry there [B]damo989[/B].

You will just have to wait!! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

One more Basic level trade, then 4 Intermediate trades, then the Advanced.

The Advanced level seems to get the most requests so I will do them until half way thro November when I close for the year.

[B]Unless there are special requests to keep this thread open, I shall also terminate this thread at that point since I have no more material to post on this matter.[/B]

Thanks for that most recent example trade Tymen. These are excellent and is good to see how you progress through the trade.

As far as closing the thread is concerned, as long as it can still viewed for reference I think this is acceptable. I think most people understand that your course will come to an end at some point and dont expect constant coaching and trade examples from you. But it would be great if the therad was still available for viewing and reading. That’s my suggestion anway.

Looking forward to your next posts.

Thanks and Regards
Boca

Unless there are special requests to keep this thread open, I shall also terminate this thread at that point since I have no more material to post on this matter.

Tymen: I realize this has been a tremendous amount of work on your part and it is understandable if it is too much to continue. However, I was wondering (read ‘hoping’ and/or ‘begging’ :o) if you would be willing to outline the other candlestick patterns you use with a couple of examples? The reason I ask is because I’ve noted that as you post examples you reveal a lot of nuances of the trade/pattern that are not apparent with just an explanation of the pattern.

To [B]Relaxiom[/B] :

The best way to help you here is to give the following hyperlink :

Japanese Candlestick Charting Explained

Yes, the patterns have slight variations, just like human beings come in all sizes.

But the integrity of the pattern should be intact before you consider trading it.
For example, I had a look yesterday to post my next Basic trade, but I saw no patterns that were really good quality.

The good quality ones that I did see had already passed my by!! :o :o :o

[B]Here is now the last of my example Basic trades - hot off the press!![/B]

I finished this trade only a few minutes ago.
I have posted all 14 charts at once.

[B]I am now on a time limit here and I have indeed decided to close this thread permanently on the 15th of November.[/B]

Remember, I do these trades live - [U]they are not rigged, edited or fudged in any way.[/U]

What you see is what I got as I traded it.
[U]Here we go :[/U]

[B]EPISODE 1[/B] >>>

A trade of USD/CHF (Swissy) on a 25 minute chart.
3 green soldiers candle pattern.


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

The new candle had already started (the cross) and I would only enter long if the price action returned to start.

It did, so I entered 2 amounts (10 minilots altogether), going [U]long[/U].

This is shown by the solid red line.
The line is above the last green candle by 4 pips - reason - the spread is 4 pips.

Note the upper Bollinger turning slowly upwards and the mid Bollinger is going up.
Also, the lower Bollinger is turning inwards.

[B]EPISODE 2 [/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

Here I have quickly set the PCI stop loss to 3 pips below the lowest green candle of the 3 green soldiers pattern.

You can see it as a dashed line.

The entry and PCI have been labelled, complete with their values.

The distance from the PCI to the entry is 42 pips.
Hence the risk is 42 pips.

[B]EPISODE 3 [/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

Here, I have set the 1st amount profit target.
The value is set - consisting of a 4 pip spread and 10 pips profit.

Note that the price action is going against us right now.

[B]EPISODE 4[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

Here we take a zoom out look at the price action.

A pink line is drawn - it is a [U]support line [/U]with 8 tweeser bottoms marking the line.
This line suggests a limit to the downside movement of the price action.

This line is above the PCI. :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Note that the price action is still against us and still in the negative.

[B]EPISODE 5[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

In this chart we see that the price action is now going firmly against us with a 2nd red candle.
The 1st red candle after the 3 green soldiers pattern has formed a short engulfing pattern.

[B]EPISODE 6[/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

A few important points are highlighted in this chart.

The candles in the blue area form a [U]continuation pattern.[/U] :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

This is encouraging since it suggests that the price action will continue to go up.

The [U]support line[/U] with the tweesers is shown again also.
This also suggests a limit to the downside movement.

The candles in the trend show a series of green, then a few red, then a green series again, then red…
…but the trend is slowly up.

At this point the price action has retreated to a doji.

[B]EPISODE 7 [/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

Here the price action has gone very firmly against us with a long red candle.

Our first hoped line of stop is the lower Bollinger band, then the line of support posted in the previous post.

[B]EPISODE 8 [/B] >>>


By tymen3 at 2008-10-23

We are now within a cats whisker of hitting the PCI stop loss. :eek: :eek: :eek:

The price action has gone thro the Bollinger band and is testing our support line.

[B]Next chart shows what happens.[/B]