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Old 03-23-2007, 01:02 AM
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Re: Wide Range Bodies or 'big' candles

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......My version of WRB/Big candle exits is rather simple - when I see a big candle on my bigger VBC chart, I exit at the close of that candle. And I exit the entire position here using a market order.

..........The other thing I have seen is that I am taking smaller gains more, but that is all the market was willing to 'give' me.... I believe we discussed this in another thread and I may be coming around... :p While getting 15 or 20 pts on the YM is nice, if I am able to get 12 with no problem, it may be best to take it while there. It's frustrating to want 20 and if it goes 18 and then reverses on you, was that 2 ticks worth it? Up until analyzing WRB's though, I did not have a good method for exiting trades.
BF, have you thought about exiting a portion on the first WRB and then another portion on the next WRB. Mark (NihabaAshi) goes to a higher timeframe after the first WRB. This allows one to get the most out of the trade.

Currently, I am not moving up a timeframe but still look to scale out in thirds. That would mean 3 profit targets.

I take a portion off as soon as the bar becomes a WRB. As I become more skillful, I know I can wait a bit get a feel for the PRICE ACTION of the bar itself.

As far as what is going on during a WRB or what we can take away from them, I will defer to the master................

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