The first thing I will discuss is plotting Fibonacci lines. There are numerous ways you can do this, and if you have read this blog, Tom C., Trader Jamie, TRADEthemove, or the other resources that are out there you will see many different ideas. And, they all work! As I said before, the key is finding what works for you and sticking with it. You can plot lines over the previous day's range, the previous two day's range, the previous day's open/close to the current day's close/open, the morning session's high/low, or most swing highs/lows (et cetera) and they will all yield valid setups. But if you try to chase all of those different methods over the course of your daily trading, you will most likely miss the good setups and your performance will be mediocre at best, and a disaster at worst.
Consistency is key - there is an old saying, "if you chase two rabbits, both will escape." Figure out what works for you and your style, and focus until you perfect it!
As I mentioned in the last post, I am focused on making the majority of my money in the first hour (or two) of trading. I have found that plotting my Fibonacci lines over the previous day's close to the current day's open yields the highest probability setups for that timeframe.
If you plot the Fibonacci lines as such on the GMCR chart (see below), you will see that price rallied off the opening low, through the retracement zone (RZ), through the Fibonacci extension (FE) and then pulled back to form a hammer-type candle (5th candle) above the FE. There is a setup that readers of this blog know - "beyond the Fibonacci extension"*** - and GMCR forms it in a near textbook manner ("near textbook" because I would have preferred the 5th candle to be a green hammer, but nothing is perfect).
Based on just this information alone you had a valid, high-probability entry. But there are a handful of other indicators that contributed to GMCR being a solid opportunity. I will discuss those in the next post.
***use the search function at the upper left of the site to find similar setups.
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7 comments:
Can you label fib and where is it drawn from>=?
How can I get off your twitter direct messaging service? I don't see any instructions anywhere.
Anon,
3 middle lines = retracement zone (middle middle line is 50% retracement)
lines above/below the retracement zone = previous day close and current day open
lines above/below those = fibonacci extension
Hope that helps.
Thanks Eric, perfect. Anonymous #2, I can't help you - sorry. I don't have a twitter account or post to twitter; I only post here.
There might have been an option in the past to get Feedburner or Feedblitz updates via twitter, I'm not sure how those work. Maybe some other readers can chime in, but I've never even been to the twitter site!
ah...this is very very interesting...
Hello X, just taking this a step further, could a later entry have been a break of candle #30 at approx. 10:40 am?
Trader X glad to see you back on Blog. Cheers!!First obvious thing I see is NO GAP up so there must be a different scan equation: fading the gap dn(or up). I usually look at most % up for longs...this was .30 from the prev close at 30 min into the open. The most I ever made on a gap stategy was a fade the gap down!! So why not.
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