Hello to everyone in this thread and thanks to drsushi for starting it.
drsushi ,you are very fortunate to have found that group, very neet. I am a big pivot point trader myself and would be paralyzed if I did not use them.
I see most guys here use the same method I trade with; floor traders pivots, YH, YL, UVA, LVA. A good understanding of chart patterns and candles are essential, especially at resistance or support.
Always on the lookout for triangles, AB=CD, Gartleys will give you a good edge.
I love this thread because it hits on most of the things I look at. Lately while I have been using the BID/Ask volume indicator on my charts (actually I would like if we could discuss this further). When approaching a key pivot, I notice many times that there may be a long bullish candle but the bid volume is twice as much as the ask, that is a good clue that we may be reversing.
Now the big thing the caught my attention in this thread was when drsushi explained his stops and profit taking. With the volatility we have been having lately I do not see how I could trade with less than a 3.5 point stop in the ES.
I enter my trades at either PV or
VAH ot
VAL, YH, YL or one of my De Mark projection points (tomorrows Projection, High of the day Low of the day) and want to ride a wave as much as possible so a one or two point profit is not my goal. You have to look at the big picture, if it fails at one of our points in the morning like, fills the gap and turns around or YH I want to ride that wave for at least six to ten points, maybe more, not two points, otherwise I am going to be in and out all day. I am not saying you cant do that just its not my style.
Another thing about stops as Torero mentioned you just can not pick a one or two point stops arbitrarily, you have to hide behind a wall or your going to get shot. What I mean is that the volatility and the way the market moves your stop will be toast if you do not place your stop below a pivot (and far away or they will hit it) or a MA, something. To make it float is nuts, unless your already in the money by six to ten points, thats different, but to do that at the start is going to get you stopped out allot, IMHO. Ok, I`m going to turn it over to you guys now.
Cheers to all,
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