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Envelope (ENV)

A quick and dirty trading method I useSo lately I've been using an Envelope indicator, and nothing else. I have it set to a 3-period smoothed MA on MT5, which is basically the same thing as 6 exponential on TradingView. From there, for every pair, I fine-tune the envelope's deviation range to create a very specific situation. 1) You want consolidation candles to generally close inside of the envelope. Most candles should close inside the envelope, or at least have presence on the inside. Sometimes trends are stupidly strong, though. 2) You want momentum candles to close outside of the envelope. So how do you trade it? Simple. 1) When a momentum candle closes outside the envelope, you look to enter a position on the inside of it. 2) You place a hard stop loss, which could be a 1:1 if you think in ratios, or a specific amount of money that you're willing to lose. The stop should be reasonably wide, like pretty distant from the opposite side of the envelope, because wicks happen all the time. 3) You close with a loss *only* if the price either hits your hard stop (unlikely), or if a candle closes on the wrong side of the envelope. This is important! 4) You take profit either when you're happy (typically 1:1 or greater), or with a trailing stop loss. The purpose of this trading system is to trade the *exact* trend you're on currently, rather than going for some kind of fibonacci pullback or whatever. On top of that, your losses are well controlled since your entries usually won't be far from your exit if you're wrong. Example:
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by WinkleTrades
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Displaced EMA EnvelopeRutgers news reminds me of a suggestion I had made to Support. Combine the tools "Displaced EMA" and "EMA Envelope" so the envelope can better fit the price action. User should choose channel width (as well as the left-displacement), perhaps as multiple of Average True Range. Resulting channel is better aid than trend-lines, and can resemble cycle analysis of James D. Hurst. Keltner channels are also more useful with option to left shift by half the calculation period.
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by dabram
Karma ... take the system to another level ... planes. Why geometry works with numbers ... well, I could show you some of the stuff I have been working on, and numbers... regardless as how random or linear they may seem, have value associated.... sort of like Karma. Guessing when your going to get your Karma, is Forex ... a fickle bitch. The chink in this armor, is pretty straightforward... follow the trend. Guessing or estimating trends can be prosperous, but will only work as long as your long term strategy is following the trend. A simple analogy is swimming against the current, although your destination might be the shore, sometimes you will find a horizontal vector to the shore a better approach. :-)
by ondapc
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