the reason of me always capturing small contra move or reverse at the dot

I put an aromatherapy diffuser in my trading room - using fennel sweet aroma.
No hocus pocus okay..just trying it , on the advise of my female , working housewives friends -- " to give more courage"
Hahaha..

Then I saw the reason ..
I put it in a simple way.
I like to play tennis , crossing the net to score.
But CL like to play squash.
Guess who will always win , eventually...

+5 (short)

PRE: Current mkt between hi lo  so expeting choppy market..
POSTl : Mkt quite trending during opening, turning long from SR (that not detected earlier).
Mkt then went lomg, and choppy after wards

pS. chart after close PC> more upwards..
therefore ..the assumption if higher than Phigh..trend higher..is truE after all..
I'm counter trade ...actually
imagine if no stop loss used.

New tactic tested : Double candle over (DCO)

No trade - Bigger time frame readjust to 1 hour

Before this > 4 hr
Readjust > 1 hr ..standard time frame.

No trade -....new mind --Follow the Support line

is better than break it - simply as it has more time and need less energy ....logic thinking of today..

-18 - dreaded fake move

market change from choppy to trending, so fake out in between,,,during opening 9am
..the only way out is stop my loss , so -18 ticks.
if not, loss could be -80 ticks...

Surprise !!!

Smooth market AFTER EIA report, but I dont trade on WED..
May be I will try WED after EIA

missed entry

focus out due to  important phone call during open.

this is inside previous day - so its choppy as expected.
I looked at big frame after opening AND KEEP that big frame that could create confusion...
chart selection should change to small frame after 15 minutes of opening...
if I picked the small frame - entry must be entered after 2 candle without waiting for confirmation
becoz if wait for confirmation the opportunity akready gone in this choppy mkt.

so the standard operating procedure is
1) looked at prvious day hi lo - inside or outside to gauge which better chart frame
2) preopening till 15 min - looked at big frame chart to look for potential trending move.
3) if no trend detected, switch to small frame  -to play hit and run, without 3rd candle confirmation

+ 5 hit and run from p.low

post edit : mkt then turned to long...

No trades till next week

otther things happened in real word. c u next week.

+7 in 2 trades

choppy market..
use Muhammad Ali tactic  - dance like butterfly and sting like a bee.
nothing fancy, just using hammer candle.

+2

Line break method went off early - missed
Candle pattern play = +2

no trade

no clear setup to trade, just watched cl breakdance

EIA - in SIM

Wed- Sim trade.
Classic market action - waiting for EIA news before going up.
Sim short resulted in loss as its based on breakline of support that actualy a fake breakout
Only large time frame will indicate that market was waiting to explode - like in Daily chart in 30 min chart.

+ 3

Entry : Short, Follow plan
Exit: price not moved as expected - market reversed long.
(Wed , no EIA)

Confident to trade on Monday

Waited 1 hour in dead market.
Opened economic calendar to check possible reason - holiday labor Day in US...
Now I felt like an idiot and genius at the same time..

After several hours..I wait the only setup of the choopy session then...

my wife called me to look at her faulty hp...
I know the market will move...
cause my wife is a good market guru...
Lost oppo to short valued USD 225...

BTW: I followed simple rule - candle close - it saved 2 times - proved it validity to my setup.

Nothing like a real thing after 2 months vacation.

I trade like a noob...

I short before candle properly close and clicked 2 instead of 1.

Good thing I  flat out immediately without hesitation.

So next time...

1) Wait till candle close

1) Take out the finger after clicking it.

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee

Butterfly ....

Roller coaster Lesson

Simplest setup will win in this roller coaster ride...
Learned it, make it better...
My 3 setups have 3 criteria each that not fulfilled, so I didnt enter the ring tonight.
The simplest setup will have only 2 criteria - like my 2 hands.
Wait and c

missed short entry by 1 tick

so no trade ..choppy session

after : the green mother candle is a signal to long direction - together with double bottom and large triangle (SHOE) that indicated a potential of BIG move afterwards. The move is Choppy but big one.

may need to refer back to daily chart...refer to mother candle & IB

LIve -- warming up

Live --warming up..no intention to trade as EIA report will come soon today

this..is probably the best advice to improve trading...

use a screen recorder to record, review your trading behaviour...
you can record video & AUdIO...
its better than a blog...
coz it is like a real thing...and more lively, interesting..
it will never lie.
the cheapest one is faststone screen recorder.
icecream screen recorder,
whatever.
I use fastone screen recorder-- yesterday...I loike it

Will not be a ZomBie !

3 kind of breaks in trading that nobody teach you at Harvard Business School

1) Unbreakable e.g. double bottom - big range (fact) - vol, min
2) True Breakout  from range -small range (fact) -min
3) Fake Breaks at extreme then reverse - 123 stars (fact) - vol
*) WMA Color support - entry at touch - dir follow color
+
4) POHLC (fact) - vol, min
5) MA (position of price, and position of MA to previous MA)
5) Mother candle (theory)
6) First 5 minutes (theory)

simple double bottom setup - rare but powerful

Two setup + a confirmation

The two setups still ongoing testing till the end of August..
Also testing mother candle theory of direction...I knew it before this, but experience show it needs serious consideration.

testing again

in SIM.
coz August is a good time to test a setup - low volume
so far so good...

this time a  diiferent setup

PUSH - Pushing out of the line

2 keywords

1) find the LINE
2) price PUSH

6 trading level

1 verthoriz -timing
2 ohlc - visible
3 nihl - invisible
4 candlepattern -chance
5 bbma - chance
6 pullback, breakout - chance

Still not active - fasting month - 1 trade only

**Checking horizontal close NIHL at PrevOHLC