Originally posted by Aw10 in sam's companion guide of 60 min flow ,
Sam, Giving you idea about how I add to my postion on retracement. Keep in mind, that it is not what "60min flow --" strategy suggests for add in. Mentioning it here so that readers get some idea..
I use fibonacci retracement level and confirmation of break of pivot high at lower time frame. Wave length is taken from previous 60m Pivot Low to Previous 60m High.
Rules:-
1) Has price retraced to 38%, 50% or 62% level ?
2) If yes, then go down to lower timeframe chart (say 10 min).. and look for pivot high break on 10m chart.
Apply the methodlogy of "60min flow - " on 10m chart to find the break of Pivot High.
3) Enter with buy stop above the break of 10m PH. Postions size is discussed below..
4)Stoploss, at the low of 10m Pivot low for new position. For prev position stop is still at 60m PL.
5) Scale in another 2NF again when it breaks 60m Pivot.
Remember - number of contract, risk on position are upto individuals trading plan.
Strength of trend can be judged by % retracement that are given.
- If 38% retracement, then very high probability that we will have new high, so I can scale in with 4NF. One can also decide to still go ahead with 2NF add here.
- If 50% retracement, then equally chance of getting new high or making double top, so I can scale in with 2NF. I do add another 2F on break of 60m PH
- If 62% retracement, then quite likely that we will have lower high so I can scale in with 2NF
- If >62% retracement, then probably we are seeing the reversal. so avoid add in
Advantage - this method gives early entry, at comparitively small risk.
It helps in better risk reward as trend gets older. At letter stage of trend, difference between PH to next PH starts reducing so it is required to Add in with certain rules and low risk.
Happy Trend Trading.