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If I'm reading this correctly, it appears to begin with January '14. Please post the weekly trend channel that begins with the swing low in June '13. June '13 should be visible and to the far left of the chart window.
To cut to the chase, I posted the above chart to illustrate that even if one is using the "incorrect" trend channel ("incorrect" is in quotes because I don't know where this particular channel is coming from; it may be perfectly legitimate) and finds himself in what would appear to be a mess in real time, he would still emerge with a profit if he followed the rules.
If the channel is in fact not there, then of course there aren't any trades at all.
With regard to the chart you've posted, the channel does not exist until April. The first opportunity to trade an extreme does not present itself until August, though you could have tried a pre-emptive short four weeks earlier:
There's been some confusion lately about what constitutes a "trading opportunity". The daytrader, by definition, is looking for and at opportunities that are more immediate than those sought by "swing" traders. However, when developing …
If you see no connection between your questions and the posts I've been making, perhaps reviewing the charts I've posted at TL and ET will help. If not, I suggest you post the stats you've collected during your testing. As this is a journal, organizing your stats will aid clarity.