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November 10th, 2016, 12:37 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

Setups By days

This morning I was thinking about trading days - before the start of the day.

Imagine you had a trading oracle an each morning it would give you a message:

clear uptrend day
clear downtrend...

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October 28th, 2016, 10:24 AM

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Posted By aquarian1

Of course, I'm not recommending or not...

Of course, I'm not recommending or not recommending classical formations. Once I read that there are many ways to trade and it is a matter of picking one that suits your personality.

The reason...

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October 27th, 2016, 01:04 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

I thought I would add this about context. ...

I thought I would add this about context.

All setups have context. As an example a flag is a continuation move, so something the looks like a flag shape isn't a flag if there wasn't a substantial...

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October 26th, 2016, 07:38 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

I guess what I was trying to show was an example...

I guess what I was trying to show was an example of finding a setup after the fact.

So looking for a valid breakout - assuming 9pts is valid - pretty scimpy - and going back to look for ways to...

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October 24th, 2016, 01:24 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

-- target price I think it is important to...

-- target price

I think it is important to have a way to determine the target price.
--both for trade management and for valid resultant definition (so if we are only looking for RBO that carry...

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October 24th, 2016, 01:15 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

So difficulty in "defining the conditions" (DTC)...

So difficulty in "defining the conditions" (DTC) is why I put in the post about reverse engineering.

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Here is an example with possible steps:
Step 1. Use a LT time frame chart to find...

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October 22nd, 2016, 02:51 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

What about "reverse engineering" it? We...

What about "reverse engineering" it?

We could identify (after the fact) after the fact a setup, e.g breakout trades. Then we could go back and take chart snaps up to the breakout time.

We...

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October 22nd, 2016, 02:38 PM

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Setups categorization

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Posted By aquarian1

Your thread of setup categorization has me...

Your thread of setup categorization has me thinking.

First I was thinking about setup identification. It seems we often look at a chart and try to match what we see to a setup. This can be prone...

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October 17th, 2016, 07:24 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

Well, I think that puts you miles ahead of most...

Well, I think that puts you miles ahead of most people.
Knowing what you were thinking before you entered the trade is excellent.

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Sometimes you might see a breakout for reasons:
A,...

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October 17th, 2016, 05:19 PM

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Posted By aquarian1

I certainly think fitting trades into setup...

I certainly think fitting trades into setup categories is useful.
I have decided to look back on the days that would have been the most profitable/amenable to my style and put them on a calendar and...

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