ghz3rd

Minishark, Appreciate your account on how the institutions coordinate their efforts to participate in the markets. I need a little time to fully digest your insights. However, I do have an initial inquire. As a scalper trying to learn the long term trades (higher time frames), I find that getting the timing correct can be a challenge. I can read the charts and predict moves. However, what I thought might take an hour for pattern completion actually ends up taking over 12 hours. I am not used to a trade lasting more than 1-3 minutes. I am like a deer in front of the headlights when it comes to trades lasting over 30-60 minutes. I suspect that the institutional player are not scalpers (mastering the 10 second trade). Could you please discuss the temporal component to your observations. I suspect they use quarterly time frames and then drill down to daily and perhaps 240 min charts. I would not know because I am used to the 1 min chart and reading time and sales window. I would greatly appreciate your insights on what time frames to look at and how long a general trade takes from entry to exit. I need an improved temporal frame of reference to begin to understand on how to join the institutional players' trades. Thanks!

Steve466, Glad to have run across your post. I am new to this website and further new to posting communication to members. Although, you have simply highlighted ideas on how to view the market (different from the majority of retail traders) you are providing a sophisticated insight rarely seen with in trading blogs. Most people do now want to leave their own vantage point whereas, You want to understand the mindset of your competitor. A very simple concept (in war and in competition) but for some reason rarely addressed by retail traders. Anyway Steve466, would love to open a dialogue with you about your astute ideas. I have a myriad of questions but nowhere to find the answers. Google searches lead to hours and days of wasted time. My email is ghz3rd@yahoo.com. I provide this email, for communication, and as a back up in case I can not manage the communication properly on this website. Please feel free to email me. Your ideas and observations would be greatly welcomed. I do believe, I can provide challenging insights, for which your feedback would be appreciated. Gerry (ghz3rd@yahoo.com)