Adam, sometimes the HA close will jump out of the channel and the green is not over the yellow and red, then of course you have to wait for all conditions to be met. See my #66 comment on pg 7 for how I have been using this. The most important things are, 1. Trade in the same trend as the 4hr chart and 2. Trade during active times (London & US sessions). When the market is slow the probability for good trades decreases. If you go back through the 15min chart looking for trades in the same trend as 4hr chart, you can see many good setups, usually at the beginning of these sessions.. Following these guidelines, I have had no problem with entering a trade as the candle forms.

Lastly, I usually move my stop to breakeven when the price moves the length of the price channel. This seems to be the point where the currency will decide to continue or reverse. I like the EUR/JPY, the typical price channel is 20- 25pips. thx mike