montmorencyt2w
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Mike,
If I was playing the daily, I would already be in that - I wouldn't be waiting for the second eye to close.
And I certainly wouldn't have a stop anywhere but underneath the pin as that is asking to get stopped out.
If he took that, I reckon J16 would have had his stop at breakeven and be out for a scratch (since it went 28 pips into profit and he moves stops damn quick imo).
I've noticed that. I think he suggests using the 61 Fib of the pin as an alternative to below, for stop placement, if you need a smaller stop.
You got me bang to rights Tom. I've been revisiting J16 lately (the 365ema is a giveaway), mainly for some more guidance on the patterns other than pins, and of course any other gems. I know your styles are pretty compatible, so I don't regard this as a change of strategyStop movement is one of the main differences between the way I play the market and him (and many of his followers do). Apart from that its very similar. If you read his thread, look for someone called Mike (mbq11 I believe). He is one of my favourite traders out there and I learnt alot from him.
Interesting. I know you said you didn't get on all that well with 4H. I was going to try the latter as a less stressful/time-consuming activity than 1H, but then I thought I'd just go back to daily for a while.I don't trade the dailies too much anymore as I've really found my feet on the hourly and I find it the easiest TF to trade.
For the others that were talking about J16 - it is one of the best resources out there. I got up to page 500 odd and then went out on my own. But I sent J16 a food hamper for Christmas, lol and still stop by from time to time.
Yes, it's pretty awesome.
Going back to that setup, I can now see why you chose 10821 (11 Sept 2008 high) as your level, as it becomes a perfect pivot in October. I had missed that, but chose 19th September high. I had taken the view to use the earliest/highest high in the period, and then look for pivots off it, and saw the 821 ones as "near misses" and close enough.
So my level was higher than yours (10880). I'm not sure this makes much practical difference on the daily timeframe, since you and Jim teach us that these are more zones than levels, but still, probably worthwhile my sharpening up on levels & pivots.
Thanks again,
Mike
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