hi saint,(finally leaving the sir part since u did not like)
was going through some old trades.got these doubts.how should i act upon in those regions.
regards.
a.Thanks for pointing that one out......but a few changes had been made as a result of the various questions that have come up.
-----Scenario 1:We have an uptrend and a gap up after that.......we really do not care if this is an exhaustive or continuation gap and all that.All that we care about is:Let it make the first bar.If the first bar crosses the filter zone,we go long again,ie adds.
------Scenario 2:We have an uptrend,price gaps down but not below our previous pivot lows.Meaning we do nothing.We wait and see either the previous pivot high get taken out,and add....or the previous pivot low taken out,and we stop and reverse.
.........Scenario 3:We have an uptrend,price gaps down below the pivot low,sending warning bells through our system.2 things happen from here.Either the first bar's low is taken out.We stop and reverse there.Or the first bar's low is not taken out,it sets up a rally.Follow the rally and stop and short the first previous low that gets taken out.Of course,there is always the possibility of the first bar's low taken out,filter et al,and we are short the trade,and then rallies,.....all part of trading.
For Downtrends Scenarios,reverse the above.
Your first question is Scenario 2........an uptrend followed by a gap down not below previous pivot lows.Meaning it's a Hold till either the high or the Low is taken out.
Your second question is Scenario 3......shorting at 5897 after a gap down below previous pivot lows and a rally means we observe bar by bar on the 60min charts and the moment a previous bar's low is taken out,we stop and reverse to shorts.
Saint
ps:If wondering how the gains went from 1828 pts to +2736 pts,that was in making a minor adjustment to the adds.Of adding only x3 to the initial positions.