one of the things that strikes me from reading back through a few pages of this thread is a kind of yo yo effect that traders go through.... it going up buy its going down sell and this gets repeated until youve got a heft loss for the day.
I have said time and time again to various traders across the globe that you should not just trade you prefered pattern or entry method but look at where they are happening.
For example there are lots of 123 pattern throughout the day across all the main pairs some fail some dont some go into profit some go into profit a little and turn.
Why do the ones that win, win and the ones that loose, loose?
The answer is timing. Look at where the pattern develops. It could be on a TL or a fib or pivot etc etc. So on the surface a good place to take a trade on. but it still busts out.
Look for where a couple of these S/R levels come together with 10-15 pips of each other and then see what develops at those levels... continuation pattern or reversal pattern and then get on it.
Why does the strike rate go up when you do this?
Simple more people looking at these levels.... each S/R tool is a group of trader be it pivots fibs RN gann and so on. When you have one or two groups of people looking at a level to trade it will increase teh chances of success when you have 3 or more groups of traders there (in theory) should be more traders pumping money into the market as they do so they develop contiuation or reversal patterns which we mear mortals can jump on with a high degree of success.
This sounds a rather simple concept in looking for high prob trading zone other will call it a confluence of events other call it doing your homework it all amounts to the same thing.
Wait for a decent set and dont jump on every thing you see or dont see in some traders cases.