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click on the above image to view today's price action of key markets Session Start: Thu Nov 19 08:57:13 2015
Session Ident: ##TheStrategyLab
[08:57:13] * Now talking in ##TheStrategyLab
[08:57:13] * Topic is 'Chat room for traders that are using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve their entry signals, initial stop/loss management, profitable trail stops or profit targets. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... 119&t=718'[08:57:13] * Set by wrbtrader on Fri Dec 26 09:39:03 2014
[08:57:14] ##TheStrategyLab url is
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/[09:01:49] <Corner> Exit DAX 11076.5 +10.0
[09:15:13] <Corner> Looking to re-enter but fear the turbulence of US opening
[09:15:21] <kadtje>
all
[09:17:47] <Corner> Good morning all
[09:26:51] <Tigerman_>
all
[09:33:59] <kadtje>
Tigerman
[09:34:25] <Tigerman_> hi kadtje
[09:51:16] <Corner> Long ES 2083.00
[09:57:15] <Corner> Exit ES 2082.50 -0.50
[10:09:20] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2081.25 -> large size
[10:09:32] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[10:14:08] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2082.00 --> + 0.75
[10:18:25] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4651.25
[10:18:54] <wrbtrader> Emini ES trying hard to push below the S area of an unfilled Up WRB Hidden GAP interval 1min charts
[10:19:13] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4653.25 --> + 2
[10:22:37] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2078.50 -> large size
[10:22:55] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[10:24:55] <kadtje> do you still use a hard stop mark
[10:25:15] <wrbtrader> Always do
[10:25:23] <kadtje> k
[10:28:14] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2078.75 --> - 0.25
[10:28:42] <wrbtrader> volatility contracted too much but it did try to spike down
[10:29:34] <kadtje> in history in think your stops where very tight now is see you give it some space ...is that correct?
[10:29:53] <wrbtrader> No
[10:30:01] <kadtje> hihi
[10:30:10] <wrbtrader> My first stop is auto entry at -4 points
[10:30:27] <wrbtrader> Its explained in my daily routine post
[10:30:56] <wrbtrader> Then soon after entry...I begin tightning that stop accordingly to the WRB Analysis
[10:32:02] <kadtje> ok ...thnx
[10:32:37] <wrbtrader> I'm able to exit 87% of my trades PRIOR to a stop being hit
[10:32:51] <wrbtrader> regardless if I exit at a profit or loss
[10:33:31] <wrbtrader> Simply, I try very hard to exit a trade prior to a stop being hit
[10:35:30] <kadtje> yep indd
[10:42:18] <wrbtrader> A lot of conflict in the price action between the all session chart versus the regular session chart
[10:42:38] <wrbtrader> Reason why I'm not willing to push my position size above 10 contractes
[10:42:49] <kadtje> but i see entries dat lost 2 es point en the exit is 0.
?? so what you mean is to look at the market what you gen get and is you see someting else get out
?
[10:43:20] <wrbtrader> That's WRB Analysis
[10:43:36] <wrbtrader> Your profits will not be the same and your exits will not be the same
[10:43:36] <kadtje> ok thnx
[10:43:49] <kadtje> indd
[10:43:56] <wrbtrader> Price action will not be the same after you enter the trade
[10:44:00] <kadtje> as always
[10:44:36] <wrbtrader> If price action sucks and you're sitting on a +0.50 profit...
[10:44:37] <wrbtrader> Take it
[10:45:03] <wrbtrader> especially if its at a WRB pt1
[10:45:38] <wrbtrader> If price action is still good and you're sitting on a +2.00 profit but you still have not reached a WRB pt1...
[10:45:41] <wrbtrader> Stay in the trade
[10:46:15] <Senge_> "good price action" = good volatility?
[10:46:22] <wrbtrader> Simply, if you're using some kind of fixed risk:reward method...
[10:46:23] <kadtje> i am very happy to be back here....thnx mark
[10:46:27] <wrbtrader> You're not using WRB Analysis
[10:47:05] <Tigerman_> yeah agreed understanding volatility is very important
[10:47:17] <wrbtrader> good price action = good volatility without the chop
[10:47:58] <Tigerman_> issue is recognize faster price action is not good anymore vs some seconds before
[10:48:48] <wrbtrader> Take a look at the 5min and 15min chart...
[10:49:07] <wrbtrader> Eminis very contracted...trying very hard to go range bound
[10:49:24] <Tigerman_> simply recognize volatility changes and adapt fast to hit is hard ,needs lot of screen time
[10:51:22] <Senge_> To assess volatility, you watch the candles only? You don't use volume or anything else?
[11:00:29] <wrbtrader> I've never used volume
[11:00:51] <wrbtrader> I just watch the intervals (bar charts or candlestick charts)
[11:01:06] <wrbtrader> Its simple...
[11:01:19] <wrbtrader> If the intervals get smaller...volatility is contracting
[11:01:37] <wrbtrader> If the intervals get larger...volatility is expanding
[11:01:42] <Senge_> Thank you.
[11:02:01] <Senge_> Do watch different time frames or mostly just 1 min.
[11:02:16] <wrbtrader> Senge...its ALL explained in the daily routine message post
[11:02:29] <wrbtrader> Its there so that I don't have to discuss it in here
[11:02:33] <Senge_> Thank you.
[11:03:40] <Senge_> I'm going through the material, but I like interactive learning.
[11:11:42] <wrbtrader> ok
[11:12:23] <wrbtrader> So far today...Emini TF has been the better trade in comparison to Emini ES
[11:12:40] <kadtje> yep
[11:14:59] <kadtje> nq and ym some res here but ....it seems like to go up....lets see
[11:21:28] <kadtje> Shorts Emini NQ @ 4663.50
[11:22:28] <kadtje> Covered all Emini NQ Short @ 4661.50 --> + 2
[11:25:33] <BobC__> WRB, I have noticed that the center of the 15M WRB candles is very important.... do you watch that at all???
[11:25:41] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4663.00
[11:27:44] <wrbtrader> not sure what you meant by the "center"
[11:27:57] <wrbtrader> Is that like saying the "mid-point"
[11:28:08] <BobC__> High -Low...ye mid point
[11:28:27] <wrbtrader> Yeah, I watch that
[11:28:31] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4665.75 --> + 2.75
[11:29:13] <BobC__> GJ kadje
[11:29:38] <kadtje> tx bobc
[11:36:03] <wrbtrader> Forex EurUsd and GbpUsd are best moving price actions of the key markets...Gold GC futures in there too
[11:48:15] <wrbtrader> volatility dried up...too bad
[11:53:17] <Senge_> Volatility returning
[11:56:03] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2075.50 -> small size
[11:56:34] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts
[11:58:53] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2077.00 --> - 1.5
[12:18:10] <Tigerman_> slow action
[12:18:15] <Tigerman_> take care all
[12:18:41] <Senge_> Lunch time
[12:32:08] <winmax100> long es@2077.75
[12:33:44] <Senge_> Long ES@ 78.50
[12:36:21] <Senge_> Resistance at opening price here.
[12:37:00] <Senge_> Exit all ES @ 78.75 --> = .25
[12:39:39] <winmax100> exit @2079 +1.25
[13:06:49] <Senge_> Long ES @ 82.25
[13:31:42] <Senge_> Exit all ES @ 81.75 --> - .5
[13:37:53] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2080.25 -> large size
[13:38:04] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[13:38:51] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4667.50
[13:40:35] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4669.25 --> + 1.75
[13:47:02] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2082.25 --> - 2
[13:51:46] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2080.50 -> large size
[13:52:02] <wrbtrader> 10+5 contracts
[13:52:06] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[13:56:59] <kadtje> Shorts Emini NQ @ 4669.00
[13:57:56] <winmax100> short es@2080.50
[13:59:12] <kadtje> Covered all Emini NQ Short @ 4667.00 --> + 2
[14:03:26] <wrbtrader>
[14:03:29] <wrbtrader> geeesh
[14:03:52] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4666.25
[14:04:57] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4664.25 --> - 2
[14:05:24] <winmax100> exit @2078.25 +2.25
[14:05:39] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2078.25 --> + 2.25
[14:05:48] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[14:10:14] <kadtje> Shorts Emini NQ @ 4664.00
[14:12:10] <wrbtrader> Range bound trading day on low volatility
[14:12:17] <wrbtrader> Very tough to trade
[14:12:38] <wrbtrader> Only thing you can do is recognize it as it occurs and not in hindsight to make adjustments
[14:14:23] <mtntrader__> Short ES 2078.00
[14:14:24] <kadtje> Covered all Emini NQ Short @ 4661.00 --> + 3
[14:16:34] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4659.50
[14:18:44] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4652.50 --> - 7
[14:19:10] <kadtje> corection
[14:20:07] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4659.50
[14:21:16] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4662.50 --> + 3
[14:22:51] <BobC___> GJ Kadtje....
[14:23:05] <BobC___> I am heading out..... have a great evening
[14:23:10] <wrbtrader> Bye
[14:30:15] <wrbtrader> If today closes the way it is...as rangebound...
[14:30:49] <wrbtrader> I will be expecting tomorrow (Friday) to be a barn burner as in producing at least one strong directional movement or a trend day
[14:31:26] <wrbtrader> Simply, if today stays as a range day...I will open the trading day pushing 20 - 30 contracts the first few trades in trying to catch some volatility
[14:33:11] <mtntrader__> Exited all ES at 2079.00, -1.00
[14:33:46] <Senge_> Long ES @ 79.5
[14:34:25] <mtntrader__> Short ES 2079.50, re-entry
[14:37:57] <Senge_> Exit all ES @ 77.5 --> -2
[14:40:02] <wrbtrader> As soon as I say to myself its going to move now...nothing happens. It stays rangebound
[14:40:47] <Corner> wrbtrader - this also works the other way around :-)
[14:41:54] <wrbtrader> Yep...I had a crazy year in 2012 about that
[14:42:15] <wrbtrader> I would call it quits many trading days because of this type of range bound price action...
[14:42:39] <wrbtrader> Within 30 minutes after I left...a big price movement would show up
[14:43:04] <wrbtrader> Someone in here watched such and maintained some stats...
[14:43:22] <wrbtrader> He said it happen +70% of the time after I left
[14:43:45] <wrbtrader> It was a very frustrating year for me...
[14:43:53] <wrbtrader> Made me paranoid like someone was watching me
[14:45:24] <Corner> I send alerts to my phone, when wrbs show up...
[14:46:58] <Corner> There's an additional effect:
[14:47:05] <wrbtrader> Mobile trading is here today...
[14:47:21] <Corner> Every trade you missed lookes easy
[14:47:22] <wrbtrader> Soon I'm going to experiment with such
[14:48:19] <mtntrader__> Corner, how do you do the mobile alerts?
[14:48:25] <wrbtrader> I'm calling it quits early today...not because of the price action...
[14:48:53] <wrbtrader> I got parent/teacher meetings this afternoon for the kids. Report card grades day.
[14:49:00] <wrbtrader> Take care all and see all tomorrow
[14:49:09] <mtntrader__> Take care
[14:49:15] <Corner> Take care.
[14:50:53] <Corner> mtntrader - Own software linked to TWS, sends emails to emails to googlemail, which has push notification on ihone
[14:51:43] <mtntrader__> I am not familiar with TWS
[14:52:15] <Corner> TWS - Trading platform of Interactive Brokers, offers API
[14:52:52] <mtntrader__> So do you have an indicator that detects WRBs?
[14:53:42] <Corner> yes
[14:57:39] <mtntrader__> That's pretty cool. Now you just need one that detects HGs. ;-)
[15:01:56] <kadtje> sit on my hands here
[15:03:54] <kadtje> markets not in synic imo
[15:09:33] <mtntrader__> The indicies are trying break out of this range. Could get some decent volatility of that happens.
[15:11:18] <kadtje> Shorts Emini NQ @ 4654.25
[15:11:40] <kadtje> brr
[15:16:49] <kadtje> Covered all Emini NQ Short @ 4654.25 --> 0
[15:18:58] <kadtje> Long Emini NQ @ 4657.00
[15:22:50] <mtntrader__> Short NQ 4656.50
[15:23:34] <kadtje> Exited all Emini NQ Long @ 4658.75 --> + 1.75
[15:24:53] <mtntrader__> Out NQ 58.50, -2.00
[15:38:50] <mtntrader__> Short TF 1163.9
[15:40:34] <kadtje> gn all
[15:48:56] <mtntrader__> Out TF 1164.6, - 7 ticks
[16:06:30] <mtntrader__> Closed ES +1.00 pt
[18:44:33] * Disconnected
Session Close: Thu Nov 19 18:44:33 2015
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