firewalker

:shocked: If I ever see that name again... :crap: oh and btw, I'm just me. without the '99'.

still nothing!

:hmpf: To be honest, I'm beginning to rely less on volume, except for patterns, like hinges/triangles.

Yes, it has everything to do with volume. It tries to explain how the smart money leaves footprints in the sense of volume. Tom Williams originally wrote the book 'the undeclared secrets of the stock market', the latest incarnation of that is "master the markets". Sebastian Manby is one of the followers, he used to post on T2W too under the nick VSATrader. However, by first impression, there seems to be some kind of chiasm between the Wyckoff followers and VSA, although the latter is derived from the first. If you need to know more, I suggest you read the VSA I and II threads. Plenty of discussion going on by the looks of it!

You're excused for your ignorance

Hey, I was going to say that! Very true. I should really clear my head of any bias too. There are higher highs and higher lows all along the way.

NQ long 2022, stop 20.

You don't know what VSA is? :shocked:

Lately the NQ has been dragging other markets along (up)... I probably should've reversed my first short. Would've had me trading on the right side. Didn't except such a U-turn.

Are you also paying attention to other markets? For example, the strength in the NQ in comparison to the relative weakness of the ES?

Out break even...:\

Good entry by the looks of it smbtnt! For me the upmove was primarily 'odd' because it required huge volume. I mean, lots of effort, but little result... usually a bad sign. Anyway, only moved a couple of points yet.

Ehm... big charts are nicer though. click attachments: select the file, click upload scroll down in the list with attached files, click right to open in new window (or middle click if you have that) copy the url you see click 'insert image' and paste the URL That's it! Shouldn't take more than 10 seconds, if you're Belgian that is!

I think NOW we have some selling, so I'm back in at 12915. I'd rather step out and re-enter when the signal is confirmed. Just realized that my "bias" towards the short side today influenced my decision to take an early short, which was not really warranted. :crap: Well done on the patience SMB. Definitely something I still need to work on.

Nowhere! You just upload them here, as an attachment. That way you can use the url from here to make the image appear inside the post. Got it? Belgians are so much smarter :rofl:

Click on the attachment, and copy the link. Then in your post click on 'insert image' and post the URL. Like this:

Out at 910 for +10. Standing aside, neutral position. Might re-enter, but for the time being I'm not seeing any selling pressure.

Or he swallows it with a glass of tequila. Like wasp does.

Good idea. To start with I would like to apologize in advance for everything wasp is going to post here, because it will probably be a lot of bs. :haha: Seriously, I hope that those who are interested can continue as by the examples shown. As you can see, it's not an issue when posting losing trades! Wasp has done it, I just did it. It's participation that counts, not trying to proof a point.

DOW short 12920, stop 935. Final trade.

stopped myself out manually at 900 for -10. This action obviously invalidates my short.

DOW short 12890, stop 910. I might have been a bit hasty on the first entry, especially since it was before news, often creates a shake-out of some kind.

out for a small loss -15.

The Asians never fancied you anyway, that's probably why you came back to England! :haha:

DOW short 12880 stop 895.