Monday, 10 August 2009

Advanced Analysis....


Hi Everybody,

As the new MTPredictor V6.5 RT is getting closer to release I thought I would remind you all of how the Advanced Traders among you can use some of the more advanced tools and modules in the current V6.0 to help find additional trade setups. Here is a good example on the 5min YM, that nailed the high of the day for you on Friday.....

As you can see, the high unfolded at the minimum wave 5 WPT. But I also like how this was on a high volume (VSA) spike as well. This was a classic “blow off” top formation, where the move to new highs on very high volume failed and was just a “fake out” by the professional traders....

Please remember, that the Elliott module is an advanced technique. For Wave 5’s please see the Wave 5 help video at:
http://www.mtpredictor.com/support/V6.php (bottom of the page).

The 5min YM then declined into the DP (from the prior Wave 4 low) perfectly for a nice +4.8R Profit (ignoring slippage and commission)

Thanks, Steve

Friday, 7 August 2009

3min YM +4R Profit


Hi Everybody,

It was not all hard work on the US e-minis yesterday. The trend on the 15min YM was down to flat yesterday so the TS3 sell early afternoon on the 3min YM was a lot easier to take with confidence.

This resulted in a nice +4.6R profit (ignoring slippage and commission).

So there were some much easier trades yesterday on the US e-minis

Thanks, Steve

Profits and loses.....


I just want to remind you all that there will always be loses as well as Profits in any trading. We show these are small triangles on the charts in the RT add-ons. We will be adding this feature in the new MTPredictor v6.5 RT soon.....

But the important point is that the losses are kept small. Three -1R losses here are still such small than just one of the +4R or +5R profits yesterday. This is what amateurs don’t understand, it is not the number of profits and losses (win %) that is important, it is their size. Here 3 losses at -3R total was still much small than just two profits at +9R total. Professional know and understand this, amateurs need to learn this......

Thanks, Steve

3min NQ – TS3 sell later in the day


Unusually, the best trades yesterday on the 3min NQ were “against” the larger degree trend. This is rare but as long as they are managed more aggressively, they can still be nicely profitable. For example a nice +4R Profit later in the day on this TS3 sell.

Normally the best trades are “with” the larger degree trend, but the market does not always work perfectly in the way we want. The idea of “knowing” the larger degree tend is helping you be more aggressive or not in your trade management.

Amateurs expect the markets to work 100% as they expect, the truth is a long way from this. Successful trading is about risk control and trade management, and not trying to “predict” the future, the market will always be right, we will not, so it is better looking at what we can control, and that is our initial risks and trade management. This is what professional traders focus on, what they can control and not worrying about what they cannot :-)

Thanks, Steve

3min NQ – TS1 sell


Hi Everybody,

Today I wanted to answer a few questions on the 3min NQ, and in particular how to manage trades that are “against” the larger degree (15min) trend.

The day started well yesterday with the DP resistance nailing the high of the day for you ! But later in the morning a nice TS1 sell unfolded. For the Advanced Traders among you, as this was against larger degree (15min) DP support you should have moved your stop to break even quicker, using the 100% initial risk guideline. This is what I was looking at in my Advanced Customer Training webinar on Wednesday.

The result was a nice +5R Profit (ignoring slippage and commission). So yes there can be good trades against the trend, but you must manage than more aggressively as you are against the main trend.

Thanks, Steve

Thursday, 6 August 2009


Here is the 15min ES chart. As you can see, the 3min VSA setup fell right at larger degree 15min DP support................ Making the 3min a good setup

Thanks, Steve

VSA – High volume spike


Hi Everybody,

I was asked about the high volume spike (VSA) indicator in MTP v6.0 in my Advanced Strategies webinar yesterday. Well, there was a brilliant example of this that nailed the very low of the day in the 3min ES yesterday.

As you can see, not only was this on a VSA bar but it also on Stochastic and STF divergence. Remember we need the bar “after” the VSA bar to find support or resistance at DP or WPT levels. Here the DP nailed the very low of the day for you !

But, and this is the big but, this was also perfectly “in line” with the larger degree (15min chart) as the 15min ES was right at DP support at this time as well. Please see the next post.

What a great example of the VSA indicator in MTPredictor v6.0

Steve