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Forum: Traders Hideout August 31st, 2014, 05:25 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 37,677
Posted By MedianVelocity
Wishful thinking! That is not a valid megaphone....

Wishful thinking! That is not a valid megaphone. July 7th to July 31st could be said to be a megaphone top, however... A badly formed one!

Megaphone tops have lowering average market momentum and...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 30th, 2014, 11:54 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 12,832
Posted By MedianVelocity
A indicator tells me if the market can be entered...

A indicator tells me if the market can be entered long or short in each particular candle and shows a signal to help calculate odds of a reverse move. Another indicator tells me the acceptable...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index February 11th, 2014, 11:48 PM
Replies: 1,126
Views: 234,659
Posted By MedianVelocity
That pattern does look interesting, however... If...

That pattern does look interesting, however... If it comes true the Dow will only hit 12k minimum with 13.5k as likely support.

I doubt it will happen. Odds are only like one out of three of it...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index February 11th, 2014, 05:43 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,026
Posted By MedianVelocity
ES Backwardation

Can someone please explain why the ES has backwardation? I have never understood what is up with that. It doesn't make sense because the S&P isn't a normal commodity.

Doesn't it give a bit of an...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management February 9th, 2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,501
Posted By MedianVelocity
Ergh... Stupid auto-correct plugin...

Ergh... Stupid auto-correct plugin...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management February 9th, 2014, 03:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,501
Posted By MedianVelocity
I am just talking about Physiology books. Also,...

I am just talking about Physiology books. Also, half of the images in that thread have broken links and you can't even tell what books people are referring to.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management February 9th, 2014, 03:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,501
Posted By MedianVelocity
Best Trading Physiology Books

I have read a few trading physiology books and was curious what other peoples favorites are.

The books "The Disciplined Trader" and "Trading In the Zone" by Mark Douglas are excellent.

"The...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 31st, 2014, 12:29 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,404
Posted By MedianVelocity
Oh, and here's the pattern if you have never...

Oh, and here's the pattern if you have never heard of it. Nearly every single gap has one except the strongest runaway gaps.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135581
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 31st, 2014, 11:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,404
Posted By MedianVelocity
Bit gappy lately?

Anyone else noticed the market has been a bit gappy lately? Probably has something to do with early earnings season and the off hours news releases...

I use to really hate gaps as they ruined my...
Forum: Currencies January 27th, 2014, 08:36 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,933
Posted By MedianVelocity
Weird EUR/USD Price Action...

Anyone seeing this EUR/USD price action lately? I just stopped over to check out the EUR/USD because the AUD/USD action died down... Found a couple little scalp setups to trade after capitulation...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 26th, 2014, 12:55 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,256
Posted By MedianVelocity
I think nearly everyone has slightly different...

I think nearly everyone has slightly different numbers for longer term pivots because of all of the different feeds.

You can hardly say which pivots matched up better. Yearly pivots, standard...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 26th, 2014, 12:44 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,256
Posted By MedianVelocity
The most valid ones during these periods would be...

The most valid ones during these periods would be to watch the SPX500 pivots off the FXCM feed, or the $SPX Pivots off one of the index feeds.

I have generally found that the most valid longer...
Forum: Currencies January 24th, 2014, 10:48 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Ok, things were bugging me to no end... So I did...

Ok, things were bugging me to no end... So I did some more research and coded a backtesting scan. It looks like most institutional software and serverside pivot calculations for retail software in...
Forum: Currencies January 23rd, 2014, 09:42 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Because I'm in a good mood and feel like showing...

Because I'm in a good mood and feel like showing off... Here is how I do multi-timeframe support/resistance analysis. I use fives, fifteens, and hourly. I don't just use a 5m chart to plan trades. :)...
Forum: Currencies January 23rd, 2014, 09:15 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Er, the MA isn't adaptive. The ATR calculations...

Er, the MA isn't adaptive. The ATR calculations are what make it adaptive.

I don't use a normal type of moving average either, but it's the same for all periods always.

Been having a great...
Forum: Currencies January 23rd, 2014, 07:35 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Yess... Finally getting great results in Forex!!!...

Yess... Finally getting great results in Forex!!!

I use to use a box style support/resistance system, but I switched to a adaptive MA/ATR based support resistance determination system like six...
Forum: Currencies January 22nd, 2014, 05:50 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Pivots don't seem to be as big of a deal in FX as...

Pivots don't seem to be as big of a deal in FX as equities. Hardly worth paying much attention to.

However, price projections and retracements act about the same.
Forum: Currencies January 20th, 2014, 02:14 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,595
Posted By MedianVelocity
If there is no news... The market just flows...

If there is no news... The market just flows naturally on human emotion.

If there is good news and the market is at resistance, it shoots upward a bit then breaks down hard. If the market is at...
Forum: Currencies January 20th, 2014, 01:57 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Old momentum and overbought/oversold trading...

Old momentum and overbought/oversold trading techniques failing in this market isn't just due to professional analysis tools becoming available to everyone. This is also a different type of market....
Forum: Currencies January 20th, 2014, 01:48 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
A lot of things have changed I admit... Old...

A lot of things have changed I admit... Old indicators like RSI and chart patterns are no longer reliable. Traditional pattern reliability has gone down year by year. This has been statistically...
Forum: Currencies January 20th, 2014, 12:30 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Pivots are important. Just ask any floor trader. ...

Pivots are important. Just ask any floor trader.

I remember back in late march 2010... Over traders audio... Goldman came in to sell 1000 cars exactly at the weekly pivot and it stopped the market...
Forum: Currencies January 19th, 2014, 11:19 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 4,543
Posted By MedianVelocity
Daily Pivots in Forex - What start time?

Been trading Forex recently since the equities market is pretty Zzzz. I kinda noticed daily pivots were not causing any price reactions and stopped paying attention to them. Then today I thought...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 7th, 2014, 11:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,031
Posted By MedianVelocity
Exactly why do you want to trade the open? In my...

Exactly why do you want to trade the open? In my system reliability of trade setups is minimal at the open until around fifteen minutes afterward when trading patterns solidly establish. Then things...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 6th, 2014, 05:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,155
Posted By MedianVelocity
Ok, since your not getting what I am talking...

Ok, since your not getting what I am talking about... Here is a chart of today. Notice the tick average staying high all day and only dipping slightly negative twice.
...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 6th, 2014, 05:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,155
Posted By MedianVelocity
I don't pay attention to extreme values. I just...

I don't pay attention to extreme values. I just never use to see full blown downtrends with a positive tick average years ago.

I mean, if the market is selling off broadly... The amount of stocks...
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