Ooopps...you read it Saint?? Deleted as I felt it may not clear confusions for ones who need 'specific, clear cut and definite' answers. Since you found it good...I am re-posting it. Here it goes: (This was in response to Karnani Sir's post where he said about not being clear about the 30 min tfs).
Hmmm....I think this is a very common problem faced by most of us. This reminds me of an exercise we used to do in our para-commando days....an exercise of coming out of deep mud. The harder we tried, the deeper we went into the mud. But the solution was very easy......same is the case here.
Now dont get me wrong....I am myself learning and not an expert on the 'tweaky' scenario when we switch the tf of our charts to 30 mins. But personally I use the 30 min charts only when the markets have had a considerable run in a particular direction and/or stops on the 60 min charts are too far.
The above didnt sound profound???? Well it isnt...
the problem here is not about finding a 'complete' solution to this 30-min thing, the problem is about how we get this monkey off our backs...remembering it only when we have a large unprotected profit...
So what is the crux of the above??? Just remove 30 min from your rear-view mirror, replace it with the overall picture of the market. That itself will make it clear when 30 min shd be coming to picture. The good thing is.....we can completely forget that there is a 30 min tf also.....as it comes into picture in just 10-15% of our trades. So instead of remembering the 30 min all the way...and then thinking about when not to use is, do this....Forget the 30 min completely.....and remember it if and only if you have a large unprotected profit (meaning deeper stops).
As you yourself have said many times...gaining confidence in using a system is more important than knowing the system absolutely correct. And yes...with time we can only improve.
I hope I have not added to the confusion.If yes, let me know and I will delete this post pronto.
Thanks,
Rakesh
Hmmm....I think this is a very common problem faced by most of us. This reminds me of an exercise we used to do in our para-commando days....an exercise of coming out of deep mud. The harder we tried, the deeper we went into the mud. But the solution was very easy......same is the case here.
Now dont get me wrong....I am myself learning and not an expert on the 'tweaky' scenario when we switch the tf of our charts to 30 mins. But personally I use the 30 min charts only when the markets have had a considerable run in a particular direction and/or stops on the 60 min charts are too far.
The above didnt sound profound???? Well it isnt...
the problem here is not about finding a 'complete' solution to this 30-min thing, the problem is about how we get this monkey off our backs...remembering it only when we have a large unprotected profit...
So what is the crux of the above??? Just remove 30 min from your rear-view mirror, replace it with the overall picture of the market. That itself will make it clear when 30 min shd be coming to picture. The good thing is.....we can completely forget that there is a 30 min tf also.....as it comes into picture in just 10-15% of our trades. So instead of remembering the 30 min all the way...and then thinking about when not to use is, do this....Forget the 30 min completely.....and remember it if and only if you have a large unprotected profit (meaning deeper stops).
As you yourself have said many times...gaining confidence in using a system is more important than knowing the system absolutely correct. And yes...with time we can only improve.
I hope I have not added to the confusion.If yes, let me know and I will delete this post pronto.
Thanks,
Rakesh
Regards
Kanchan