Examples and Fine Tuning
The post in this section show examples of setups and how I traded them. I detail the wins and the mistake made, and then think through whether any losses were just the cost of doing business, or whether they present an opportunity to tweak my trading systems.
- When to trade 3Min BB setup against the Neutral Zone
- Imp/Corr TL breaks are the wrong strategy for consolidation
- Impluse phase over and scalping against Neutral Zone works
- Trading the 3Min Bolli counter-trend and on 2nd hit
- Weak vs. strong 3Min Bolli Band setups
- Why confluence is better than confirmation
- Trading my SUP and RES lines on the M1 chart
- Why the 3Min Bolli doesn’t work if there is a stair-step into it
- Taking retests of levels against 3Min Bolli signal
- TL breaks not to take
- Using Pin Bars to enter trades
- Trading a break back into a level
- Trade selection when fading the 169
- Impatient entry cost 1.5R
- To fade or not to fade when the market hits the 169?
- J-Lo fails and then broken triangle reversal sets up for a 7R trade
- Trading the 169 on the M3 Chart
- Trade took 7 mins to set up and I talked myself out of it
- When the 3Min Bolli fails, look for an Impulsive-Corrective structure
- J-Los that didn’t work, but were they valid setups?
- Using probability-thinking to trade a break out
- The key to making STE at 1:1 work for me is precise entries
- Reactive 169 trades that don’t work (and weren’t likely to..)
- Using a triangle at the 169 and below a level to trade a break of it (H-C-B)
- Triangles and compressions are the best way to trade breaks
- Why trading breakouts using traingles above or below them is much safer
- Reading market flow to choose the highest probability 169 fades
- When the 3Min Bolli fails but presents an Imp-Corr structure opportunity instead
- Triangle and 169 how not to trade it
- When is the H-C-B entry towards the KL valid?
- The 2nd chance 3Min Bolli entry
- When the Imp-Corr structure breaks, I know intraday PA context has changed
- Just to hammer this home, here’s another 169 not to fade …
- Perfect H-C-B setup but counter-trend
- Perfect example of the 2nd Chance 3Min Bolli setup
- Why it’s necessary to wait for a move back inside the 3Min Bolli Bands before taking a break
- The power of J-Los
- Triangle gives perfect entry for TL break
- Triangles and the rule of three
- Using my ‘Rule of 3’ to select triangles
- Trading the 3Min Bolli counter trend
- Two lovely H-C-B sells – but taken below the Bolli Band
- Perfect spike at cash open but doesn’t run
- Once price has broken out, 3Min Bolli loses big time
- Jigsaw trade – which ones were valid?
- Using Rule of 3 for Jigsaw
- Market opens above CBOL – so how do I get on board?
- Retest of a strong, strong level
- Twice today the best setups were not Bolli Bands
- Unspectacular J-Lo marks the final long for the day
- Jigsaw counter-trend vs. with trend
- Video reveals PA was much harder to trade than it appears on a static cahrt
- Strong ON and trending but market also reacting to levels so H-C-B and 3Min Bolli claen up
- Possibilities for 3Min Bolli 2nd chance entries
- Jigsaw example
- Taking a straight break is a recipe for disaster
- Just buy Fut close (twice)… that’s it
- Jigsaws with-trend are so much easier
- Is gap fill outside Bollis two trades or one?
- Too many entries at a sub-standard 3Min Bolli
- What would have worked?
- Selecting retests according to PA context
- Using second spike to take 3Min Bolli entries
- You could never say that this was a fantastic Jigsaw setup
- Triangles below KLs
- Triangle below a level scores again
- Triangles are a great way of trading a broken KL or TL
- Imp/Corr short makes 4R but looks invalid on the static chart
