"Wallunder" / Walander / Waylander Trade Journal

I think this is Day4?

I can't really remember- but anyways couple notes on the trades:

The loss on the initial G/U could have been saved, but since I decided to go to sleep, I lowered my SL to prevent a greater loss. But, in the end the trade would have fallen through to TP. I averaged down on the next trade to capture a profit immediately then hold to maintain balance and account growth. I did not plan on holding the second positions in GU very long.

I will no longer place trades near the London Open unless I'm planning to stay up.

Cheers,

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hello mate..nice statement here

mate how can i learn something useful from senior like you?

Guess it depends, you probably need to ask a question regarding trading first!

honestly i really interest with your trading way.. as i know you said you don't use indicator..so i wondering the way you trade base on your statement, looks very interesting.

sorry for my bad English..

Technically,

I do use an indicator, but its based off my own statistical analysis. Using this, I judge my entries.

I technically only trade off "H1" but a majority of my S/R Points are based of D1 and H1.

nice answer...thanks mate

really2 appreciate it..

Day 5 or something?

Single trade on the G/U.

Didn't have enough screen time to feel comfortable enough to take any other trades.

Account is up 5.53%

Have you read any articles by Sam Seiden?

He trades without indicators using only support and resistance.

I am attaching a couple pdfs...let me know what you think.

I'll take a look at it today.

I'll be turning off the strategy today- my strategy works within its current conditions, but I personally do not feel like its systematic enough. I'll be reposing a new statement probably in the next week or so, when I finally build a cheat sheet for me to trade with. This is because I have 3 systems working together that provide different signals- I need to develop some stats on the patterns which occure within the systems together and not the systems themselves.

Cheers,

I've taken brief read and I'm not very impressed by the ways he sets up his S/R points, however I like his ideas when it comes to the confirmation of a resistance points. The reason I do not like his S/R points and how he defines them visually is because he seemingly uses open and closes to define a SR Point. If you think about a candle, or even a bar (I've moved from candle charting to bar charting), a Opens or Closes has no "real" meaning aside from its reference to time. If you think about time, time has no significance unless it happens to be the open or close of a session, in which is related to a particular group of people. Unless someone does the leg work and proves that opening of particular time frame candles holds significance in movements, I don't see how they could possibly influence a pivot point placement. I personally do not use closes for my SR points, and only look at the close when it confirms my indicators on that one candle.

I can probably guarantee you that the way he confirms SR points are on a mathematical calculation rather than what he explain in the actually article. His description of how he confirms an SR opportunity is probably the theory he first originated, then used quant to confirm whether or not he could prove the move was worthwhile to note a SR points. Discretionary trading like that would simply become hazardous.

Secondly,

if you're charting with candles, I recommend moving to bars. I've been a big fan of candles since I started trading and am now a bar chart convert. The reason behind this, green bars make me feel less biased and force me to analyze charts a lot more. You'll also find it a lot easier to draw proper S/R Trend lines or Horizontal lines.

Sam Seiden

Walander,

Congratulations for the results so far,and for having done your homework,and using your own statistics,I am sure that you will be extremely successful with your methods.

The only reason behind my post,besides saying hello and wish you the best,is that I believe SamSeiden method is by far the easiest one to trade as a professional .

The drawing of his SR areas looks silly at first(to me it did),but if you check hundreds of past examples,you will see it is ideal for retracements to previous demand and supply areas.

It is not perfect but it is very,very good,worth checking in deep(he published many pdfs at fxstreet,and at his website,which are free,and you really can extract the basis of his method just with those).

I agree with you that sometimes seeing an area defined by open and closes when there is a spike protruding from it,looks counterintuitive...but when there is a retracement and you check it,almost always it goes to the area,very few times it goes to the spike limit...I usually don`t care,because I either set limit orders at the spike and/or wait for a rejection from the area splitting my entries...the second method is way more profitable,since you have many more trade opportunities,and they have a very good edge..This usually happens because the spike was formed by previous running of stops,so the real "area" of demand/supply imbalance is better defined by close/high or close/low relationships.

Hope that my comments added something to your view of the markets and didn`t distract you from "polishing" your methodology.

To Rick:I think you did a favor to many traders at this forum by mentioning Sam Seiden,Thanks for that,and congratulations for being focused on the right track.

Regards

S