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Are Fibonacci retracements and projections useful?

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Are fibonacci retracements and projections useful in a quantifiable way?

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I have to say yes they are. But, not how most use them. I use them on big time frames, had training for them and only use extensions to define ranges and project with that measurement.









I do not believe using fibs inside the RTH or on short time frames with all the small levels like 23.6%, 38.2%, 61.8% 76.4% has merit.

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I do not believe using fibs inside the RTH or on short time frames with all the small levels like 23.6%, 38.2%, 61.8% 76.4% has merit.

I consider trading an art form. You practice it.

Ron

You might like this guy who shares his trade ideas on FF and is a big fan of fibs and harmonic trading. I am mostly a volume profile trader but found inspiration in his teaching. Now i see a lot of similarities between volume profile and fibonacci analysis. He trades the morning session mostly on the YM.


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Are fibonacci retracements and projections useful in a quantifiable way?

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Hi,

I think i found a relevant and thought provoking study regarding your question:
Fibonacci Retracement: Is it a Myth or Reality?

I particularly liked his algo definition to identify the many swings.

Good reading.


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...we don’t observe peaks or troughs around certain correction levels which would be true if Fibonacci reversals were indeed significantly distinct events.


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...there is a high probability that the correction will occur somewhere nearby one of Fibonacci levels. By chance alone!

...83 % percent of 40,243 examined corrections are contained between the level of 15 % and 61.8%.


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With any charting technique, there’s a human tendency to look at the chart and “only see” cases where the rule holds. We ignore the multitude of cases where the rule doesn’t hold.


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My conclusion from this study is that Fibonacci retracement levels do not represent a real phenomenon. Rather, retracements within these zones can be explained by statistical chance alone.


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What is the difference between a pull-back and new range? Usually a range is 85% - 100% or more of the previous leg, while a pull back can as great as 75%. There's a large grey area between 61% - 76% and after that's usually deemed uncertain. Likewise if there's a pull back of anything less than 25% it's not really considered a clear enough pull back to entertain based on technical analysis alone. It seems to be there's a sweet spot between 23-76% hitting all the popular fibs for a pull back and gives cushion for a stop loss before or around 100%. Somehow this coincides with Fibonacci because anything else would be range or momentum trading.

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