Raj, excellent questions!
Believe it or not, I am not big on using Fibs. I only use them in plotting between my S&R's.
Your analogy is correct concerning crests and troughs with regards to the market's trading cycles.
This is a time I do not think about trading the bounces. A look at the higher TF's tells me to stay away from thoughts of bounces but to focus more on continuation patterns. From a personal point of view, I am holding a couple of rather nice positions, and am simply adding to them as the trends progress.
On my initial positions, my Swissy is up over 200 pips, and my Euro is up close to 500 pips.
In trading the bounces, my stops are set at 40% of the distance between reference points. In choosing the right times to trade bounces is also imperative.
The 40% represents a small distance on the other side a small distance on the other side of the 38.2% level.
BTW, it is not often I allude to my personal trades, as I like the thread to be given more to forecasting and analysis. It was just for the benefit of this conversation I had to bring it up.
Believe it or not, I am not big on using Fibs. I only use them in plotting between my S&R's.
Your analogy is correct concerning crests and troughs with regards to the market's trading cycles.
This is a time I do not think about trading the bounces. A look at the higher TF's tells me to stay away from thoughts of bounces but to focus more on continuation patterns. From a personal point of view, I am holding a couple of rather nice positions, and am simply adding to them as the trends progress.
On my initial positions, my Swissy is up over 200 pips, and my Euro is up close to 500 pips.
In trading the bounces, my stops are set at 40% of the distance between reference points. In choosing the right times to trade bounces is also imperative.
The 40% represents a small distance on the other side a small distance on the other side of the 38.2% level.
BTW, it is not often I allude to my personal trades, as I like the thread to be given more to forecasting and analysis. It was just for the benefit of this conversation I had to bring it up.
I will make a habit of looking at different timeframes to get continous patterns. I have stopped using Fib levels a lot to decide whether its a correction or not.
I always prefer to trade on continous patterns and not to reverse on every target to benefit the small correction. The reason is that I am not a full time trader. I have passion for trading so I give equal importance as I give to my work.
Its good to know that you are in a very commanding position.
Regards
Raj