il brigante wrote:I've got a question for simpleforex if you do not mind. When you enter on the 15 TF, do you place a buy/sell stop order 5 pips above/below the last candle as for the method or do you use less pips above/below the candle that intersect with the trendlines? Also do you alway consider at least R/R 2 to 1 when you enter the trade? Because I also looked at gbp/usd but on my calculations R/R is less than 2 to 1. Thank you.
usually 5pips below/above the last candle.sometimes i give a bit more "room" as I dont want to place too close and my order gets activated only to reverse in the opposite direction. i apply a bit of discretion, if you may call it that way.
Yes, i do consider the R:R but most often, my Risk is usually considered in the smaller timeframe(small risks) but i have a big picture view of my reward. that means if i enter on the 1hr timeframe, i identify areas where i can get my profit in the one hour but then I also switch to the 4hr and daily and ask myself" can the price reach this level/area?" if i think it would, then I dont place my profit target on the 1hr tf but place tp target in what i see on the larger timeframe. then i manage my trade in the 1hr tf, that means moving my stop loss to above/below peak/troughs to lock in my profits as price goes in the direction anticipated. if i get stopped out while heading form my larger timeframe reward, then at least i would have got a lot more profit then i would have if i had set my tp target in the smaller tf. a good example is the the usdjpy trade i took almost a week ago. i saw the upward significant trendline got broken, then i waited for an opportunity to go short in a smaller timeframe which i did on the 1hr tf then managed my trades in the smaller 1hr tf
hope this helps