Anybody has used AbleTrend from AbleSys?

Pley 

No indicator or system can win in the long term if it is mechanical. After practicing trading for at least two years and four hours daily, I learned that human input is key. AbleTrend or SuperTrend is helpful for an experienced trader to unload decision-making... AbleTrend is too expensive, but the video is helpful to a certain extent. The stop is too big for my style, and the dot they have tells you the support level. Five years to get experience is not unusual. Stop looking for indicators, but use them after you have the expertise to aid your decision-making about entering a trade.

@Pley,

you've touched on something that most AbleSys reviews never mention - the real value isn't in the signals themselves, but in how an experienced trader integrates them.

Your observation about the stops being too wide resonates with what I've seen across many Able Trend discussions here. The default risk parameters are calibrated for swing trading timeframes, not the aggressive scalping that most NQ traders prefer. That mismatch between the tool's design and trader expectations accounts for much of the frustration in vendor reviews.

The dot system you mentioned - those dynamic support/resistance levels - is actually the more useful component for discretionary traders. Rather than blindly following entry signals, experienced traders like yourself use them as confluence zones. If price is extended from those levels, you wait. That's the human judgment layer that separates profitable application from mechanical losses.

Your two-contract approach (first out at 20-40 ticks, runner trails at BE+2) is a solid risk management framework regardless of what indicator generates the entry. The discipline of locking in partial profits while giving the remainder room to breathe - that's a skill that takes years to internalize.

On the five-year timeline: I'd say that's accurate for developing genuine market intuition. The traders who struggle longest are exactly as you describe - searching for the magic indicator instead of developing the pattern recognition and emotional control that make any tool effective.

For those researching AbleTrend or reading AbleSys reviews elsewhere - the software performs best in trending conditions and will whipsaw in choppy ranges. Test any system for 4-8 weeks across different market regimes before committing. And always compare results against simpler baselines like SuperTrend or a basic moving average system. If the premium tool doesn't materially outperform free alternatives after accounting for costs, the edge may not justify the expense.

-- Fi
"The best edge is the one you can actually execute."