learning to read price action with p/f charts

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if you look at the chart i posted.i had broken it down to bullish and bearish sections.the green trendline was the divider.this was a minor trend.but the lookback period must be enough to get the WHOLE trend.then you can break it down into bullish and bearish section.once price had penetrated the green line/downwards,that to me was fully bearish.this happened on tuesday at about 3pm.it turned out the greek crisis emerged again the following day.
the rule is...long above the bullish support line.short below the bearish resistance line
my own style is not to trade the p/f signals exactly,but to trade the reaction points.ie p/b,then confirm with a p/f signal on a lower box size and possibly a lower time plot.if going long.must have rising lows.vice versa shorts

the 45 degree trendlines will help you accept or reject the p/f signals.therefore,if the "x" and "o" are not properly formed,these do not give the right aspect ratio to the chart.even if you draw 45 degree trendlines,you are still not getting the right picture.ie it is skewed.there is one method around this,that is to elongate the chart by height and width to get the x and o shapes right.and then add 45 degree trendlines
it- finace charts can be fixed this way.but uneless they are calculated properly,then the true picture is not seen.these chart are not recommended by me
stockcharts do intraday p/f for $15 a month.they are pretty good.20 min delayed

a chart from the duplessis presentation
you can see how he has broken it down into bullish and bearish sections.you can also see that the chart has enough lookback period to show the full uptrend,the full downtrend and the new uptrend



when you see a break of an important trendline.make a quick note of the date it broke.then if you are looking ata lower box size/time plot ,then make sure this point is on

forgot to mention.once the chart is broken down into sections,put on the vertical counts,use duplessis rules.that really gives you a feel of what is happening.
then wait for p/b.wait for vertical count to form.once breakout happens,you most often get a p/b
assess that p/b
1.did it mke the chart reverse.or was it a major p/b on that time plot.,did it take out an s/r.if not,then enter at that level or near.just my 2 cents worth

Sorry Tim, wasn't aware of this information on t2w.
I've read them myself, and one interesting point that stood out for me was the fact where they showed that PnF charts made up out of 1 minute close data instead of tick data would produce nicer and more reliable charts. I have seen this myself because I use Interactive broker as my data deliverer. They don't have historical tick data so when I renew a chart all history is made out of 1 minute close data while the real time gathered data is made out of tick data.
I was only brainstorming on this fact because in the PnF charts we have thrown out Time and now we would embed it again...a little bit controversial...

But nice to read.

Hey Tim, I read somewhere that you started around 2006 with PnF charts. Are you daytrading with it? And how are you doing using PnF charts? Are you using other TA stuff or only PnF?

Cheers,
Emotion

Thanks for your response and help Dentist!

You are right, working with such horrible charts is impossible. I was already planning to switch to InvestorRT, are they any good that you know? I use Interactive Brokers as my real time data feat and also as my Broker, that's why I am withholding from Bullseye, and because it doesn't have real time support yet.

Du Plessis said somewhere in his book that for day trading and the shorter time frames e.g. E-mini SP500 0.25x3 that the 45% trend lines wouldn't work. I can't test it at this moment as you pointed it out already, but what is your opinion about this?

We spoke about entering a trade already, it seems that you are following the rules of Du Plessis mostly. What about closing a position? Only when a trade goes through a trend line?

The nice trades I have noticed in my short period of PnF trading is waiting for a nice pattern to set up in line with the trend and then closing on the first dubble top/bottom sell signal. When you have charts created by 1 minute close data (not the tick) I see in good strong trends that there is mostly a very nice trend without any double top/bottom sell signal in it.

If you would have read the book of du Plessis earlier my trading career would have looked very difference ;-) Dentist, how long are you already trading with PnF charts? Are you using other TA methods too or only the PnF charts? And what kind of trading do you do with it e.g. day trading, swing trading?

Thanks,
Emotion

updata will take the feed from interactive brokers.it costs $75 a month.
not sure where you read that p/f will not work for e mini s500.only thing i can think of is log box
investor r/t,the charts ...from what i have seen .i am not sure whether they are any better than ninja.the "x" and o are not formed properly.ie elongated or squat.working with bad charts with p/f is dangerous.
exits,either p/f signal or trail stop

QUOTE=EmotionIsTheBigEvel;1111222]Thanks for your response and help Dentist!

You are right, working with such horrible charts is impossible. I was already planning to switch to InvestorRT, are they any good that you know? I use Interactive Brokers as my real time data feat and also as my Broker, that's why I am withholding from Bullseye, and because it doesn't have real time support yet.

Du Plessis said somewhere in his book that for day trading and the shorter time frames e.g. E-mini SP500 0.25x3 that the 45% trend lines wouldn't work. I can't test it at this moment as you pointed it out already, but what is your opinion about this?

We spoke about entering a trade already, it seems that you are following the rules of Du Plessis mostly. What about closing a position? Only when a trade goes through a trend line?

The nice trades I have noticed in my short period of PnF trading is waiting for a nice pattern to set up in line with the trend and then closing on the first dubble top/bottom sell signal. When you have charts created by 1 minute close data (not the tick) I see in good strong trends that there is mostly a very nice trend without any double top/bottom sell signal in it.

If you would have read the book of du Plessis earlier my trading career would have looked very difference ;-) Dentist, how long are you already trading with PnF charts? Are you using other TA methods too or only the PnF charts? And what kind of trading do you do with it e.g. day trading, swing trading?

Thanks,
Emotion[/QUOTE]

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