Hello F. et al.
I am a newcomer here and stumbled over this thread (and the other two) by accident while googling for something else. I have now spent a week or two reading through the threads and trying to paste the ideas onto the charts and understanding all the concepts. I probably don't have collected the desired 1-2 yrs of Forex trading to make use of every aspect of this method but I have been in and out of forex and CFDs etc. for many years so I figure that I have some level of experience.
Anyway I find this highly interesting and I will try to incorporate as much as possible in my own trading.
I have however a couple of questions on some things that I have not been able to understand on my own. Nothing urgent so whenever you have the time.
1) I see that your (F) target is 50 pips a day and 5 pips stops etc.. My broker reports however pips that seem to be this number multiplied by 10. I have seen mentions about 4 digit brokers and 5 digit brokers so I suspect that this is the difference here. For example I see entires at 1.55170 and 5 pips according to my broker is the difference up to 1.55175 but that seems just impossible to trade (not to mention that the spread usually covers this distance). So I think that I have this one figured out but just to make sure, can you confirm that 5 pips for you would be the difference between for example 1.5517 and 1.5522?
Yes - correct 5 pips would be the difference between 1 5517 and 1 5522 - normally in the thread we would just quote 5517 or 5522 and on the EU 0975 or 0980
2) I have not found a definition of the "LitS" area. Could you please point me to somewhere where it is explained?
LitS - stands for the - "Line in the Sand" area - its an area of say 10 to 30 pips normally that is the mid ground area between a session being bullish and bias - under the LitS is normally more bearish - price falls - and above the LitS price should be more bullish and rise
3) I see many mentions of two numbers. For example: "New scalp buys above 50 and 55". How do you treat this information? Would you buy on both, or buy between these numbers?
I normally quote 2 prices - can be from 3 to 10 pips away from each other to give more clarity - ie in a small rally on a scalp trade - it might make one price but if it does not make the other price - then look at exiting the scalp or scaling out etc.
Also - all our trade platform prices can be different prices at any one time - they can differ normally by 1 to 3 pips - so by mentioning 2 prices close together - then it helps take away any "grey area" with some traders saying it was 2 pips short of my entry price - whilst another trader did enter a new trade and it made him profit
4) This question is more generic and is probably they key to all swing trading but I will ask it anyway just in case you have some magic. How would you define a bounce? Being more specific, if we have a resistance of some sort and the bar n closes slightly above the resistance. Bar n+1 retraces and closes below the resistance. In the best of worlds that would always mean a return but often the bar n+2 retests the resistance and sometimes breaks is for a new high. That means stopping out any sells after bar n+1. So what would you call a definite bounce? Is it n+1 closing below the resistance, or is it just n+1 traveling any defined distance from the resistance? I hope I make sense as it is all clear in my head 🙂.
A "bounce" for me as an intraday trader is when price as being moving say 10 or even 20 + pips in one direction down ( bearish) and then it stops and retraces back say 30% or even 50%+ of the fall and then after a bit - falls again.
If it was a bull rally with price moving up say 15 or 30 + pips in a intraday session and then it falls back - i would call it either a retrace or pullback - rather than a bounce on price falls.
Also I do compare quick price movements - say 25 pips in 3 minutes as having a "bouncy ball effect" - once price moves quickly in a direction then it can bounce back and set up a "bouncy ball" type price movement for say 5 or 10 mins etc etc
Many thanks in advance!
Jon