Recent content by IanMacQuaide

Very cool. I'd bet after a couple weeks the "Harmonic" would present a flow to the eyes...just besides the colored + signs changing...interesting!

Same data feed, same charting pkg, 2 min chart shows one set of Pivots, 5 min chart is totally different?!?! Factoring Pivots involves using OHLC to calculate the levels. Previous day's OHLC changes with the chart? I"m lost. Any ideas? (I'm not a Newbie, altho on occasion I trade like one! LOL)

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One of the very best posts I've ever read. The missing words "for me" are so important to remember when reading a negative comment on anything related to trading if only for the fact that it's such an individual endeavour in terms of one's approach to the Mkts. I scalp the YM, and the comish is...

Put Ichi BACK on my charts..lol...MACD does a wonderful job showing trade triggers with Ichi...just had to get used to seeing them work in concert.

I trade the Dow Mini Index. Here's one I just can't get away from. Put up a standard set (12-26-9) MACD, and a 9EMA. Watch how price goes thru the 9EMA in concurrance with the MACD crossing it's MA, preferably it's Zero line. I just got thru playing with Ichimoku, and while I see it's potential...

Probably would be a good idea. I just took Ichi off my charts. Price crossing a 9 EMA is more than enough signal for the way I trade since I key off the MACD crosses in the general direction of the trend. Ichi seems to work out well, but it's distracting me from doing what I need to do...

I keep a standard set MACD up on my screens for confirmation on T crosses, TK crosses, etc. I try entering near the yellow Tenkan Sen line with an MACD cross, it's really hard to go wrong. There's lots of opportunities to trade this method. The YM seems to like round #'s, and bounces off them...

Very interesting points. I use a MACD cross of it's MA in conjunction with price crossing the Kijun, or a T/K cross. MACD crossing it's MA along with Price crossing Tenkan works very well too. All on a 2Minute YM chart. I use 10 Minute chart for direction. I'm seeing profitable trades with a...

Since you've automated Ichi, what are your favorite triggers.,..T/K cross, Kumo breakouts, price crossing Kijun...?!?! I assume you've done more than a little backtesting. Which one of the Ichi trade triggers has the stats on it's side?

I'm using Ichi on the YM on a 2min chart, and watch the 10min for general direction. Just started with Ichi..WOW..great stuff! I'd like to correspond/chat/trade emails with any other short time frame Ichi users. (IchiManiacs?) Ian

Paz, lol, here I go assuming again. When you say 9:30 NY time, you mean the opening bell? I don't trade the opening bell, ever. There's certainly a LOT of traders that have a good method for trading the bell, but I'm not one of them. I trade a 2 minute chart, with a 10 minute chart for general...

Oh indeed! But the OP sounded rather "NEW", and I thought it best to stick to the basics. I know what usually happens when one "assumes", and I apologize.

I trade the YM, (Mini $5.00 Dow Index.) US Regular Trading Hours of 9:30am to 4:15pm Eastern Time (New York time). Time frame for charts? I use a 2min, but most use a 5min. Not all, but quite a few Institutional Traders and Large Traders usually use a 5min chart. I keep an eye on the 10Min...

I use the standard 12-26-9 MACD on a 2min chart of the YM. Amazing how price behaves dancing around a 9EMA with the MACD crosses to tell me when to get in. If I stick to buying/selling at the 9EMA, or waiting for price to retrace to the 9EMA, it works so well with MACD crosses. I watch a 10Min...