In an effort to improve the accuracy of The Intra-Day Momentum Method levels, I have made a few adjustments to the approach. After creating the methodology, I needed a way to demonstrate…
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Traditional Technical Analysis is NOT Math
To put this simply, traditional technical analysis IS NOT MATH. When you get into analyzing the data, you start to realize where the problem is. The data is often normalized by time,…
STUDY #5 | Chapter 18: Confirmation of Direction and Intra-Day Reversal Filter
This strategy study takes another step toward optimization. In this study, we are combining two of the higher probability entry scenarios to further strengthen this approach. We are going to look at…
WHY SCIENCE?
You could have the best ideas or ways to define patterns in the world. But if you don’t have a way to validate them, what do you really have?
Longer-Term Position Traders
Several years ago before I had found a way to demonstrate this methodology, I had a meeting with a former CEO. I had mentioned to him the idea of using something like…
Study 3: Trading Only After an Intra-Day Reversal
In the third study, Chapter 16, I review the results for trading after a specific pattern occurs on the daily chart. There are two types of this pattern that can occur. When…
Study 1 vs. Study 2
What this comparison may bring about in your mind is which is more important, the Entry or the Exit. The reason this is a valid question is because we are using the…
Charles Dow: Four Principles of Price Behavior
There are four fundamental principles of price behavior that consistently apply across all time frames and markets, providing the foundation for traders to develop systematic approaches; these principles, originally highlighted by Charles…
Patterns to Help Identify Opportunities to ‘Trade’ or ‘Fade’ the Levels
When you are starting with levels that have historically demonstrated to be effective 45+% of the time, without using any sort of stop-loss or exit technique, I believe you have something to…
Patterns to Help Determine How to Trade the Levels
Patterns, quite possibly more than trends, are important when determining HOW to trade the levels. Patterns can give us a clue as to whether to ‘Fade’ or ‘Trade’ a move to the…
The Flaws of Traditional Analysis
The Flaws of Traditional AnalysisOne of the flaws I noticed early on in trading was that people would use indicators, instead of prices, to get in and out of positions. If you…