QUOTE=Forexmospherian;2291904]Hi Swedenfx
Re Questions on the EU
I have attached 2 or my charts on the EU today
They are both 1 min - with showing full day and the other showing the time of your 3 buys this afternoon evening
I had not drilled down onto a tick chart but kept it to a bigger picture
First regarding the time windows - I need to explain them more to you
Some days - you can nearly take a trade off them - without lots of other clues
Today you needed to study PA more and also review the actual times you choose
If you have 18 mins to look at whether we can take a reverse trade - its a case in those 18 mins to find the time all lines up
I am aided by all my LRs
i know my charts are laughed at and look far too busy - which they are - but they end up giving me the accuracy I need
I can trade naked - but not half as well
Time is important - but also PA - ie HH's and HL's even on a 1 min chart - plus the main one - S & R's from interim levels given during the day
The more recent counts for me rather than just 4 hrs or Fibs etc
Question 2
Try and always be in from 3 pips from a high or low - 2 is better over 4 to slow
Normally the interim highs and lows come after a quick 3 to 10 pip move
Its watching PA over hundreds of hrs for a start on the tick or 1 min to get you more in tune
Then if you look on my charts - my LRs give me additional clues going over price to say scalp sell and under price for scalp buy
If you are able to get in within 2 or 3 pips and then you dont get a HH or LL which ever way - at least you are OK whilst above the low or below the high - even if the move is only 6 or 8 pips - you might catch and net 3-6 pips OK
I will explain more on sweet spot scalping - they are the moves that do say 12 -25 pips in under 15 minutes in time - when so many factors come together
I prefer say 3- 5 of those a day - if you can catch them rather than say 15 or 20 small scalps for only say 2 -7 pips
The ones you took were out on timing - circled better times - although yes its so easy in hindsight
But also all my longer Lrs were saying if the bounces up stay under say 15 pips - it will then drop again - so If I had been scalping all the EU from say 2 00 pm onwards to say 5 00 pm - i should have made more pips on scalp sells than scalp buys
Saying that any green pips are worthwhile - but its then choosing the better options
You will never be right all the while
today I had 3 small losses - other days I might have 2 or 4 - but over 15 -20 trades its no problem
I think MM will also be able to assist here now - as within 3 -4 months he has grasped the method well - and some days he is brilliant
Its just takes loads of practice and method along with ironing out you errors to get there
I will guarantee you that if you try every day - even on another account - (demo or live but small stakes) 10 -20 trades - by end of month you will improve and have learnt more
After 3 months its starts to make sense
After 6 months you should be discovering more yourself and even telling me ideas to improve.- its amazing how we all see different clues etc etc
Question 3
From 2 to 5 pm was a few more shorts for me rather than buys
But after 5 pm and 6 pm - it started to change - and if you got a free trade on after a scalp buy after say 5 pm at 3728 -30 - you would have made 15+ pip and can stay in if price stays above 33
I scalp buy and sell based on time - PA - S&R''s - money flows ( stop hunts) and get my directions from LR's and trendlines - as well as OS /OB on small frames
i am looking at waves within waves - I don't want really 2 pips waves- I want 10 -30 pip waves - and I never 100% can say a scalp will reach a target
You either take 100% off if you are happy after 7 or 10 or whatever pips - or lock in 2 or 3 pips on a trail - or take 70%+ off - allowing you the 30% still to go back to original stop - and still make a profit by the fact the 70% out trumps money wise the 30%
I hope that starts to make sense
All the best for March
Regards
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Hi again. I forgot that you have UK time. The time for trade 1, 2 and 3 is 14.34, 15.34 and 17.05 in your chart. I am not that out of time at picking tops and bottoms🙂