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IamJon
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Q: How do you decide on the chart time frame/# of ticks per bar?
A: I use a deductive method starting with the biggest and work down from there... I'm using thinkorswim so the tick chart values are predetermined and fixed but they're very usable... I mainly use the 3200, 1600, and 400.
in conclusion... this is just the way i do it and have devised after many years of trial and error and also gleaning lots of tips and tricks from other traders, reading books, and mega hours or gazing at charts....
in a lot of ways it's similar to what Maelstrom is doing with HH/HL or LL/LH flow analysis... sometimes i get it right and sometimes i don't... with solid risk management all i have to be is right most of the time.
here are some previous posts on Maelstrom's thread that detail a typical day for me trading the ES.
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good luck
-phil
