Things that should be considered

Trend
Support & Resistance
General PA
Opens/Closes
Buy/Sell Levels
Options (expiries, premiums at diff strikes, movement)
Economic indicators
Inter-market behaviour (correlations, leading and lagging etc)
Exceptional behaviour in stocks/sectors (as indicator)
Recent events (market moving news)
Changes in monetary policy (and knock on effect in your market)
Sentiment
Seasonal trends
Month/quarter ends
Lunar activity (lol but true. Looked into this years ago in a non-trading capacity. Where you think we get the word lunatic?)

What have I missed out?

How the F do you keep tabs on all this stuff?

Going to the toilet
Eating
Drinking
Sleeping

Missed a **** load!

sentiment

Is it a full moon.

and yes some people really do go by this

Time of the month, eg 3rd quarter end so funds may shuffle around etc

Technically Fundamental said:

Trend
Support & Resistance
General PA
Buy/Sell Levels
Options (expiries, premiums at diff strikes, movement)
Economic indicators
Inter-market behaviour (correlations, leading and lagging etc)
Exceptional behaviour in stocks/sectors (as indicator)
Recent events (market moving news)
Changes in monetary policy (and knock on effect in your market)

What have I missed out?

How the F do you keep tabs on all this stuff?

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I pretty much stop after the first 3 on your list.
All I'd add to that is the time of day - whats opening/closing?
Is it lunchtime?
I don't want to eg trade the EUR/NOK at 5pm.

arabianights said:

Missed a **** load!

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Get contributing then son.

Forgot to add:

- Check you're alive
- Check you can see
- Check that you can click and move a mouse

blind people can't trade?

Technically Fundamental said:

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How the F do you keep tabs on all this stuff?

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I really don't think it has to be that complicated for a technical trading edge!? Choose your preferred trading t/f, drop down one and go up one and this gives you a lower trigger t/f and a higher trend t/f...let's say then for the sake of argument that main t/f is 5min, trigger would be 1min and trend t/f the 30min.

Now;

a. What are the overall price action [opa] -peak/valley analysis (HH,HL, or LL,LH etc..)conditions on your main and trend t/f's? if trending are they co-existant? If trending, is this trend with or contra the ipa trend on t/f's above your own higher t/f?

b. What re the potential support/resistance factors on your higher trend t/f (ie obvious near-term previous swing hi/lo's=previous imbalances of supply/demand and demand/supply,) fibs and trend lines...-and- as a trend develops the potential sbr/rbs zones on your main t/f.

...always be aware of these 2 factors a. and b. as your trading session develops, keep engaged with the market and up to speed with what is happeneing in respect of these factors.

Then you need to decide on a trigger at the confluence of potential supp/res/sbr/rbs factors (for me it is repeating high probability tech indicator patterns based around regular or hidden oscillator divergence with band/channel deviation, supported by individual price action [ipa] as the actual trigger...this allows both with (hidden divergence based set-ups into next higher t/f trend after a pullback @ potential sbr/rbs on that t/f -or- contra trend (regular divergence based set-ups @ potential supp/res on next higher t/f to the set-up.)

Of course be aware of the upcoming fundie data releases due in your trading session, and sentiment (bullish or bearish will become clear from pa.

Seek out the highest probability trading opportunities when a confluence of all technical factors you look for are present.

G/L

Wowo my threads really do die off quite quickly.

positioning (direction and size).
Seasonal factors
Structural factors
whether or not GJs corns hurt
whether or not GJs piles hurt

Look at the following very recent example just gone in gbpusd...price sells off 6047 current intraday hi (76.4% 6124-5808,) and the sell-off is fastened by the worst than expected uk data at 0930am london time)..Price finds a low around 5874 and pullsback to 5920. 5920 is deep within a previous 1hr near-term obvious swing lo =previous support=potential sbr zone..

Now we know the sentiment is bearish following that data and a big drop down and that technically there is a downtrend now to 30min t/f...so we look to get 'with trend' At 5920within that potential sbr zone a 1min repeating hi-probability Reversal set-up (based on regular bearish divergence)

and supported by a repeating 5min Re-entry (to next t/f trend after a pullback) set-up (hidden divergence based)


The 5min Re-entry set-up came a H not an immediate LH but @ a LH on the 30min t/f into whose downtrend the with trend Re-entry set-up was indicating a hi-probability opportunity. A ' with trend ' follow thru to new LL's would have been higher in proability if the set-up had come @ a LH on both the 5min t/f it set-up on and the 30min into whose downtrend it indicated a chance to get 'with trend' Anything can happen of course so will see..lol, although am flat now.

In respect of confluence we knew what the opa conditions were on 5min and 30min and also where the potential supp/res/sbr/rbs was on the higher trend t/f and at such an area a 1min and 5min repeating indy set-up pattern developed with an ipa trigger...so, all in all a hi-probability set-up..

Just keep up to speed with a. and b. described in the post above and decide on your trigger at such areas described by b. within the context of opa.

G/L

NB: I use the 1hr as a proxy for the 30min trend t/f just in respect of potential supp/res factors as a more widely used t/f and close enough to 30min as not to make much difference.

GammaJammer said:

positioning (direction and size
added
Structural factors
c'est impossiblé nón?

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GammaJammer said:

whether or not GJs corns hurt
whether or not GJs piles hurt

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Why do you have those? Buy nice shoes and a comfortable chair you tramp.

Technically Fundamental said:

Why do you have those? Buy nice shoes and a comfortable chair you tramp.

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That wasn't a very nice thing to say

I look up to him a bit. Can't have him disappointing.

Yeah you missed out some of the most important ones.

Yourself - Are you able to trade? Do you have sufficient control, or are you an emotional wreck on every tick? Can you actually trade your plan as you planned it?

Money Management - Without this, good luck, even if you're an expert on all the others in your list.

Edge - Do you have one? Again without this good luck.

Technically Fundamental said:

Trend
Support & Resistance
General PA
Opens/Closes
Buy/Sell Levels
Options (expiries, premiums at diff strikes, movement)
Economic indicators
Inter-market behaviour (correlations, leading and lagging etc)
Exceptional behaviour in stocks/sectors (as indicator)
Recent events (market moving news)
Changes in monetary policy (and knock on effect in your market)
Sentiment
Seasonal trends
Month/quarter ends
Lunar activity (lol but true. Looked into this years ago in a non-trading capacity. Where you think we get the word lunatic?)

What have I missed out?

How the F do you keep tabs on all this stuff?

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how about "taking the opposite side of trades by TF, Spanish et al" ..... ???

Technically Fundamental said:

Why do you have those? Buy nice shoes and a comfortable chair you tramp.

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I'm so looking forward to my next trip across the water to Ingerland...make the most of those knees while you still have them boy ......

Idle threats from an impotent man. You're gonna be on the Charts list if you carry on with this.