What do you guys think about pin bars?

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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:40am   #9
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Pin bars are brilliant, and i'm not joking. Small print: It's all about how the individual uses them.

Make of that what you will.
yes Kimo'sabby, good point !
To take a practical example look at the aud/usd
Nice doji formed at 12 gmt by a major resistance, I had sold earlier as stated on the live thread.

Ideal entry wait for pin bar to form at support/res , wait for test of high of pin bar and sell/buy, having a decent stop loss so it will give you a chance to get out when it retracts if it goes against you.
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:43am   #10
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Personally I think anything time based leaves plenty of room for arbitrary thinking. A pin bar can be painted as a result of news but doesn't necessarily mean a reversal. People trading candle formations need to be aware that the period threshold is a new bar and this leaves plenty of opportunity for false positives, regardless of the levels at play.
Best way to deal with that is try not to be in a trade at least a hour before and after news
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:44am   #11
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pure lulz. up there with baghdaddy 300% per trade.
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:47am   #12
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Personally I think anything time based leaves plenty of room for arbitrary thinking. A pin bar can be painted as a result of news but doesn't necessarily mean a reversal. People trading candle formations need to be aware that the period threshold is a new bar and this leaves plenty of opportunity for false positives, regardless of the levels at play.
Absolutely. I always have my dailyFX calendar up, showing me major news releases so I'm never caught up in volitile swings. I'm enjoying the pin bar setups but it's the only strategy in repertoire. I already feel the need to branch out after a day of this.
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:47am   #13
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Best way to deal with that is try not to be in a trade at least a hour before and after news
That's not enough to circumvent the problem
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:50am   #14
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pure lulz. up there with baghdaddy 300% per trade.
lol that's where I hope to be eventually. Need to keep gaining profits to open leverage like that.
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:51am   #15
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yes Kimo'sabby, good point !
To take a practical example look at the aud/usd
Nice doji formed at 12 gmt by a major resistance, I had sold earlier as stated on the live thread.

Ideal entry wait for pin bar to form at support/res , wait for test of high of pin bar and sell/buy, having a decent stop loss so it will give you a chance to get out when it retracts if it goes against you.

Pinbars are not the problem, pinbars work

People start second-guessing the market, instead of taking what's on offer. That is a very human characteristic.

Thinking that we are cleverer than the market. How crazy/dumb is that?
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Old Jul 19, 2012, 11:54am   #16
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pure lulz. up there with baghdaddy 300% per trade.

I don't believe the OP claimed 300% per trade! or is aimimg for 300%
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