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Monday, February 10, 2014

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Nifty opened near PDH.BOF of PDH/BRN gave a short signal. Hesitated to short below the pin bar. IR formed. Shorted on break of PDC. Thought it will move through the fluid. But RN of NS gave support. Covered shorts above the pin bar high. Attempted two BOF trades at range high and range low of 10 point range expecting the break of other extreme. Both trades scratched. Missed the last fall.

18 comments:

  1. ST,
    The two BOF trades that you took ended in a scratch. However, both of these trades travelled upto the opposite range boundary. So why and where did you decide to scratch. In general, how do you decide when to scratch. Take for e.g your first trade. You scratched it at pin bar high. Agreed that there was a RN for NS, but above the pin bar high we had a LOL resistance and I would have kept my SL at least above IRL.

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  2. PATrader

    Generally I scratch when price breaks my entry point flip or FTC at an area.
    For the first trade the original stop was above the BO candle high which never broke.One could have stayed in the trade till day end.
    I closed the trade above the pin bar high due to two reasons.
    1.Markets rarely impulse more than thrice without a consolidation. Here the third impulse terminated at NS RN and I expected a consolidation.
    2.I have a very strong tendency to book first trade profits early.I feel very comfortable rest of the day with it. I need to correct this as I have exited many good trades prematurely.

    ST





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  3. ST,

    Is longs above 12.57 valid on brkout failure of range low ?
    What is the difference between that and entry on 13.54 ?

    Bharat

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  4. Hi,

    BOF idea is good, but it would be better If we enter trade with any Pin bar or Engulfing bar.

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  5. Dear ST

    I have a strong fear of loosing which is causing me to not to trade (I am trading with very low amount in cash market) somehow mentally i am unable to overcome this fear of loosing, can you suggest something?

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  6. Reddy

    Candles are not that important. The question is whether price is getting rejected or accepted in the new area. A pin bar in 3M charts is not a pin bar in 5M charts.Watch the video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enPN5pIeGMo#t=221

    ST

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  7. Sir good evening .Markets rarely impulse more than thrice without a consolidation sir i am unable to understand this ,kindly update thnx

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  8. Bharath

    It is a valid BOF and price went where it was supposed to go.
    We are trying to trade a 10 point and these trades are CT trades. 13.54 BO rejection was fast and BO was a little more deep.

    ST

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  9. Amber
    A trend move consists of impulse waves and counter trend pull backs. An impulse is followed by a pull back. You rarely get three impulses in a row without a sideways range move.
    ST

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  10. Umang jain

    Everybody will have some fear. It is natural. Trade small with a capital you can afford to lose risking just 0.25% in the beginning

    ST

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  11. "Markets rarely impulse more than thrice without a consolidation" ...thats experience speaking.

    ST, why did u not take 1:27 pin bar short i.e. BOF of range high?

    Also, where could one have entered to capture the last fall, I was in the market but didn't find a suitable entry.

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  12. Anon
    I did not take 1.27 BOF.
    Price did not move above previous BOF high
    There was no formation. I have taken the other two BOF entries on break of minor pivot points.
    If you want to capture last fall blindly sell at range high resistance and keep a SL a few points above it.A lot of traders do that.
    It is very difficult to trade these 10 point ranges. Better option is to stay out.

    ST

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  13. Sir,
    Plz go through with url and clear my doubt if time permit..ur advice carry lot of weight so plz sir clarify it..http://screencast.com/t/CQUVxUql
    Thank u..

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  14. sir,
    Earlier i short that Rcap on 325 and cover it on 320.10...here i'm talking abt second entry...thank u..

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  15. Sentu

    Sorry.
    I do not trade Rcap.
    Do not track wedges or classic patterns

    ST

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  16. sir,
    actially i'm talking abt in general entry position on that scenario..if possible plz go through it...thank u..

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  17. Sentu

    There is no trade in your charts as per my method.Looks like a TST of PDL

    ST

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