DP buy on the 3min Chart

Now we have confidence in the 15min DP support we can consider the 3min DP long trade.

Yes, it was a hard and boring trade, but the NQ did reach the first DP profit target. Using standard trade management guidelines, meant taking profits there as the STF was weak. This added another +2.2R Profit (ignoring slippage and commission) to what was already a brilliant and very profitable day on the NQ.....

Thanks, Steve

Back to the 15min Chart

OK, so what of the 3min DP buy that we saw at the end of the last post. Well, this is where we go back to the 15min Chart and check the “larger degree” position.

When we do that, we can see that the 15min NQ is now at DP support, so this not only the logical place to start to banks profits on the prior DPO short trade, but also look to reverse to a new long trade....

Thanks, Steve

Isolation approach to Elliott Wave Part 2

OK, on the 3min Chart, we got a lovely 3min DP sell setup. As we have seen, we were already anticipating a decline on the 15min Chart, so this was a good 3min sell to consider.

Now comes the important part................. The markets actually declined a lot faster and sharper than a 15min Wave (4) correction would expect............... Sop in “traditional Elliott Wave terms”, the pattern had gone wrong.............. BUT (and this is the really important part). Do we care ? Well, no, because we have a short trade that is now running further and as such making more money than anticipated......

This is so important, and why the Isolation approach to Elliott Wave actually works far better in the “real world” because Elliott Wave patterns fails so many time, BUT when they are obvious, they do give brilliant “trade entries”. And this is the important difference, in that we use the pattern for the trade entry only and then manage accordingly, and do not worry about any “forecasts” !

The result, a lovely +6.8R Profit (ignoring slippage and commission) as a DP comes in

Thanks, Steve

Isolation approach to Elliott Wave

Hi Everybody,

Yesterday was a perfect example of why I invented my unique “isolation approach” to Elliott wave analysis, where we use Elliott Wave patterns “just” for the trade entry and then “do not” try and “forecast” where the market will go next. This is the biggest mistake an traders can do, and is actually not necessary for trading profits, as we will see in this example

Here the 15min NQ was at a Wave (3) high, so normally Elliott wave analysis would expect a Wave (4) type decline. But the point is that a decline was anticipated, so we could look for sells on the 3min Charts.....

OK, onto the 3min Chart , Steve