EU - After 7 30 am & 7 51am - from a tick chart view
EU had a sell trade from 1211 & close it at 1207. Now it moved more further, sometimes we need to keep faith on trades.?!
Hi Sun
9 19am
Back for 20 mins or so
You are like me - mixed numbers wrong - its 1311 not 1211 - easy mistake ;-)
As you know - I was on a school run over London Open so missed the EU sell down to 1265 from under 1320
You are correct - scalping is all about timing and reading PA on the quickest frames possible and taking advantage of speed - small stops and very nice returns and RR ratios if done correctly
10 or 15 or 20 pip stops are just too large in the equation - and that's why timimg of entries taking them off interim highs and low - in the opposite directions - give you an edge over so many normal traders views of entries not being that important
Here's my tick chart from after 7 30 am from 1318 - which was also the first clue of a LH from earlier 1323 and of course we had gone over 30+ mins - with no high breach
So lets look at the clues under 1318
We had a 12 pip drop and a bounce - and again a new LH at 1315 - and then another LH at 1312 and then the LL at 1309 in a 4 min circle I have marked - thats confirmation of a set up for lower - all seeen in 4 mins
After then 7 50 and 51 am - key times and in the time window - we get a 27 pips drop in 9 mins
Repeat on EU - 27 pip drop in 9 mins
If you are already in the move you take 15 or 20 or 25 pips and just close out
You stop would be 1318 - based a LL already of 1315 and so ideally your stops is anything from 4 to 7 pips
On a 20 pip scalp thats RR's from approx 3 to 4 - all under 10 mins or so with a 4 min clue after 7 30 fall
Taking it at 7 31 am at 1322 area - would have been really risky - but then again Major M and myself - might think - ok sell now with stop at 28 - other high and see if it drops over 5 pips and then get stop in profit at plus 1 and hope you have caught the start on a bigger move
Its down to if you already have 30 or 50 plus pips in the kitty and are not bothered about risking 5 pips on a scalp punt - rather than waiting for more clues and confirmations
Here's my Tick chart
Not been able to get under 1265 so far but still in the end it was a 40+ pip move down