MKTr

Thank you all. Tams you're awesome. I installed gap removal and few other widgets. I have reread posts related to gaps and looked at several charts to correltate all of this to what I think the market says about it. Of course I did all of this earlier but am now viewing it all with a much different appreciation/POV. I will redraw Friday based on gap removal and hopefully start Monday as squared away I am capable of at this point. While I am working on that I have a related question. I have the input for integrating gap removal for intraday use but how is it integrated on longer timeframes like daily data? For example: what if the 5 minute gap removal made the difference between breaking or not breaking a RTL on a daily chart? What if Napolean had a B-52? Perhaps my question will answer itself as I learn more about the 5 minute application. Thanks again. MK

Thank you Tams! MK

nkhoi and Ezzy, So literally connect the previous days close with the current day's open and continue the volume Gaussian sequences and price channels without pause while ignoring the actual price values from the previous day? That is a bit a bit different than I understood the use of gaps but I will reconsider and attempt to add it to my bag of tricks/differentiation. I stubbornly cling to TradeStation for my platform. I will attempt to write a gap removal app, if I can, or consider changing platforms, eventually. Thank you both! MK

Ferdinand, Thanks for taking time to comment. I greatly appreciate it. SFC: JW is my shorthand for "Sequence For Change: Jokari Window". In other words: price continues in the L1 dominant direction but volume is fading indicating anticipated change in direction. I am really trying to synchronize fractals in my head and in my annotation. IMO gaps have two aspects to consider: how they affect intraday charts and how they 'fit' into the big picture of longer timeframes. I try very hard to learn from Jack and Spyder's posts as well as other students efforts but I often have to reinvent things for myself in order to truly 'get it'. This is why I seldom post. Most concepts and ideas are already well articulated. Having said that, I may be slaughtering the gap stuff. I agree that to some extent ending and starting operations must feel like a heart attack to the market (ha ha). In a short term point of view this is potentially traumatic (discontinuity) and potentially no big deal from a long term point of view. My thoughts for Friday were that a holiday gap might be different than a normal overnight gap. Same for an early close due to a holiday. Wednesday ended on an up tape and if you close the gap between Wed close and Fri open it appears that long dominance is continuing. It is also my understanding that "closing the gap" applies to volume analysis not price (I could be wrong) so I drew a new up tape and monitored for sequence completion then a sign for change etc. Big picture we had a VE for down channel that started 16 Nov. My hope here is to someday be able to operate on the 5 minute time frame when I able then smoothly shift to overnight trading (daily data) when I cannot monitor during RTH. Thanks again. MK

My work for Friday 27 Nov 09. Seems like progress. Feedback welcome. MK

Good evening, My work for 2 Nov 09 on 5 minute ES. A few (million) questions I am going to research but things felt far better than my last post. The sim trading yielded great results. This was the least important part of today's work but does give me some feedback on my progress. Properly integrating fractals/Gaussians needs my focus. Ignoring signals for change until sequence completion really helps. Thanks Spyder. I am probably slaughtering signals for change but still some progress. I am also exploring how flexibility plays a role in interpreting the market. I spent the weekend with a bunch of old posts. Thank you, again, to Spyder, Jack and all the others. MK

Good Evening, Does anyone have comments on today's ES activity? I have two main observations/questions. The market did not appear to sync until bar 7 (I know, probably just me - Gaussians appeared upside down) and I did not see a clear sequence followed overall (again, probably just me). By the sequence I mean that we had a clear dominant long traverse then a lateral then a short traverse. To me, it looked like B2B2R2R. Both really gave me trouble. I will follow up with a chart when I can. I am new at this and appoligize if I am asking clumsily. Thanks MK

OK, Sorry for polluting the thread. I hope the previous charts I posted are deleted. After reviewing the BBT presentation and comparing notes I think I may have made progress on synchronizing Gaussians. Any feedback is always wlecome. MK

Spyder, Thanks for the response. Here is my AM effort for today. Improvement (I believe) but still a long way to go. I am also working on MADA. I can tell I am often premature in 'deciding'. MK

Correction, my hack at 13 Oct 2009. MK

Good evening all, I have been attempting to learn this method for a while. This newest thread really resonates with me. I have limited resources due to my day job but feel I can finally show where I am at with my learning how to learn in search of feedback. I anticipate a lot of errors but seek to find a way to contribute (and learn more). I have not previously posted because, so far, every answer is out there somewhere or in a chart. This is my hack at 12 Oct 2009 on 5 minute ES. Any feedback is welcome. Thank you to Jack, Spyder and many others for their generosity and patience. MK