Hi Raunak,
i have a doubt about qualify the swing. Right now i am trading on my setup by using Elliott 5 wave and ABC correction with Dual time frame.
More often i am struggling to qualify or justify the swings of those
Elliott wave.
Here my explanation how i understand it so far.
For Uptrend Elliott wave, wave 1,3,5 should be upwards and 2,4 should be downwards. wave 1,3,5 forms another Elliott wave respectively when it would be zoomed in smaller time frame..... and wave 2,4 could be a correction in smaller time frame. this crucial/critical point where i can entry and exit so earlier on trend and on reversal.
Is my above approach right? if not please correct me with an example. i have resume my trading after so long because of Job searching.
Regards.
Kainiteh,
If I remember correctly, I have explained this EW and ABC correction method somewhere in the beginning of this thread. I think I had explained it to you. Anyway, let me come back to your query now.
In my opinion, all the EW practitioners, with exception to some EW experts, practice EW in the wrong way. EW was never to be used in trading. It is only to be used to
"judge" where the markets stands at this point. Hence, let me give you a framework based on EW so that it becomes easier for you to use it in your trading.
Every trader must divide his judgement about markets into
two halves. One should reflect the
long term market picture and another one should reflect the
short term picture. The broader term price structure should be used to trade in the direction of the larger trend whereas the short term price structure should be used to generate alpha. Now, in your case, this is how you should structure your trades.
Broader Price Structure
EW - Where is the market currently? Which Wave? Is it 1,3 or 5? Or is it 2 or 4? Which should be the correct strategy in this case? What about volatility? Is it low or high? If its high, how do I protect myself from risk?
Now, these are the sort of questions you must ask yourself before trying to decide in which direction you have to trade. Now, lets say markets are in Wave 5, this means, broader term structure still remains intact and markets are in uptrend. However, this also means, we are in the last leg of the Bull move and volatility is high, which also means chances of corrections increase. Hence, in this case, I would use my trades for some quick gains and would tighten my stop losses on my investments.
Short Term Price Structure
Dual Time frame Strategy - What do I do here? What message did the market give me in broad price structure? Are we in a bull wave? If yes, which wave? How's the volatility playing? Do I look to take trades based on dual time frame on the buy side or short side?
Now, of you see the market in Wave 5, you should be taking trades in the Buy side, but must also be prepared to use the same strategy to initiate short trades. By time extensions, you will always know probable time when correction (ABC) should begin and hence you must be prepared for it. This is exactly what you should be doing. Your approach is slightly wrong wherein you are trying to trade (time) the markets using EW. Use EW for trend direction and use your swing strategy for trade execution.
I hope this has helped you to channelize your thoughts. Try and always work in a framework.
Tc