Sunday 21 June 2015

EUR/JPY

Monthly chart.


First put obvious areas on the chart to show where price has been and where it is likely headed to for a target. Here we see a rapid and rather violent decline in price and as rapidly left supply, it approached demand in a sheepish manner. Note how price slowed down and wound itself into tighter falling ranges as demand loomed close. This happens on all times frames and while it is not the only approach used, it tells us a story. Here it meant the pro's were waiting for the time to reverse the market after a large drop in price, the best time to do it. Once the emotional card is played the herd will follow blindly.

The reversal came almost as swift as the decline and only human thinking causes this. Something will fall in price faster than it rises, humans are by nature negative when it comes to value.

From this chart we know that where price is now, its path is still bullish and the target has enough free space about the most recent supply to still be wide enough for profit to interest pro money.




Weekly chart.


At the bottom of the chart is the box showing demand and the obvious move up from that. The blue line shows us where price has in the very recent past found enough buyers to allow a clean and obvious place to move away from. The small box above that blue line is a decision point where price hesitated after it broke the small recent supply as well. This was a test to see will sellers come back into the market and this is also done on all time frames and all markets, it will be done in other places too to test for the strength of the opposing force. Its a smart way to get in at low cost, and get out at low cost if your wrong. Only pro money will do this because the herd and neither organised or have sufficient funds to keep a move going.

Above price is thin box showing the next batch of sell orders. There is nothing to hold us up if we wanted to take this long after we see some kind of support and continuation. 650 odd points is a good profit margin no matter what your account size once its traded sensibly. But before price goes up, it first has to come down and the same holds true for opposite trade.




Daily chart.


The most commonly viewed time frame in trading, its closing price is telling.

The only new item drawn on this chart is a blue line, it was not possible to see this level of detail on higher tinme frames and it gives us some more intel. It shows up price hit a tiny but significant enough supply area to stop price in its tracks and send it off into a range for a few days. We also see price made a second attempt to push through and once again at an even lower price than the blue was enough to send it back for the past two trading days.

Now the pro's are left with a situation where pushign hard from here could cost a lot of money and then will could try a exploit the weakness of the herd. They could sell short from here for a day or two, three etc.....and once price hits the lower box, buy into this and send it back up with enough very low cost long orders and build enough momentum to get through the blue line.

Given price is now in a range and the longer it stays in the range, the more spectacular the break will be. The bulls dont have the advantage here yet given there is still some supply over head and until thats broken they have a hard job. Another trick that would also work is a large spike through the rest of supply and close lower. That will clear out the last of the short orders and stop out the same orders once the pull back is deep enough. You can do great things in the market if you have the wallet for it.




4hr chart.


The last comment I made above is fleshed out a little here. If price cant push though the blue line then it can come back down the bottom of the range shown by the black line and see can it find more long orders to push higher, or better again is to break that line and get more folks short and bring it down as close as possible to the lower box. The herd will at this stage be fully commited short allowing enough time and orders to go long placed into that selling.

There is around 110 points between the line and the top of the box and that can be stretched into what will look like a very convincing few days of selling.



13 comments:

  1. Hello Doctor:

    Thanks again for yet another informative post. I have a bit of confusion though. In the monthly chart, a low has been breached, in effect making lower low. Isn't that a bearish sign?

    Given this context, do you see scope for the price to reach overhead monthly supply zone?

    Am I missing something obvious or is there any gap in my understanding of concepts?

    Regards

    Krishna

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  2. Monthly is the big picture and the low you are looking at is the most recent, and price still decides to march higher. If I were not in that trade and looking to go long, I would wait and see how the last high resolves when tested. This is what price is now doing and it will be a sign of their being more bulls than bears in the market if the test for sellers fails.

    Think about where the greatest orders will be based upon historic movement. Sellers come in as price rise and buyers come in as price falls, once this happens into areas where major time frames over lap and the move away is clear and clean, you have found where pro money is active.

    For day trading there will be a lot of opportunities between all the over all supply and demand on the lower time frames in both bullish and bearish directions. Just keep in mind the trend on the monthy is bullish.

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    1. Hello Doc:

      Thanks for the prompt response. Liked your point about "test for sellers". Very interesting concept and the choice of phrase is nice too.

      But, what are the clues that one should look for when such "test" happens. To word it differently, what clues in price would suggest that the test for sellers has indeed failed.

      Will you be looking for a shallow retracement from that high, followed by a big wide ranged green candle?

      Regards

      Krishna

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  3. The tests happen in many places, but all share the same reason. It is to check if the opposing force is still interested in running with price. If they are not then the test was successful and the move can continue for low cost entries.

    There is no single candle pattern that shows when a test fails. The pro's know what the best means to hide what they do is to never do the same thing, and patterns keep changing. The concept to get in your head is how price reacts and leaves and area. Time plays into this too, and less time is better spent at the area.

    Sometimes the test shows up as pin bars or engulfing candles. Others wont be so noticable and time is then your guide.

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  4. Hello Doctor:

    Thanks again for that wonderful reply. Got a bit curious about the time aspect that you mentioned. Just for my understanding, suppose there is a move up to test for sellers, say similar to what we see in Eurjpy.

    Suppose price spends little time and retraces swiftly, it would indicate that sellers are still active in the zone and Pro money would wait for lower levels to collect their long entries. In such a scenario, we would ideally see a pin bar or a red engulfing candle suggesting quick retreat or less time spent.

    On the contrary, if there aren't enough sellers at the supply zone, price would tend to meander lower, may be in the form of compression. So price would spend a little while backing off and Pro money gets the message that they can go ahead for more long entries as there is little hurdle ahead.

    Am i right with this or have I got it totally screwed up with respect to the "time spent" that you mentioned.

    Thanks again Doctor.

    Regards
    Krishna

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  5. Hello Doctor:

    Do you think my understanding (detailed above) is correct?

    Regards

    Krishna

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  6. As i mentioned before there is no need to try and bring an area of interest down to a single candle on any time frame. That risks the trader looking for candle formations rather than reading price action. The trader then becomes focused on a form of an indicator i.e a candle.

    Keeping an eye on how price reacts in these areas is where the money is made and lost. My own approach is for the most part, a test of what pro money feel is the right time to move. During the time in an area all sorts of different candles form and there are no right or wrong candles, just price moving to where pro money can see less opposing orders to hinder their desire to move away for the least cost.

    Does that make sense?

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  8. Hi Doctor,

    I recently came across your blog and I really appreciate what you are doing.

    I just had a quick question if you don't mind. The less time the 'test' takes and the strength of the move out will determine if there is pros active and whether there's SD there?

    Thankyou very much,
    Muffles

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  9. I'am sad because there are no new posts. I was a lot learned from this good guy.

    Doc,
    I hope you are OK. All best!

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  10. caro Doctor, sono un ragazzo italiano e sono orgoglioso di imparare qualcosa da lei, purtroppo non sono ancora del tutto capace ma fare trading mi affascina. Se vuole possiamo metterci in contatto via email gigiocean@hotmail.it Le sarei davvero grato.

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  11. Doc, hope everything is ok. Tnx for all the lessons.

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  12. Doc, hope everything is well on your side.

    Just wanted to wish you a very nice Holiday Season surrounded by family and friends. May your Holidays be filled with health and above all peace and happiness.

    Thanks for everything you did/will do for us. We miss your humor and knowledge here!

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