Dear Ashish- Rahul- Krathik- Cool- JD,
Thank you very much for the warm welcome. Hopefully, if God permits, I'll keep this thread active as long as possible and at the same time wish -deep in my heart-I should close this at the earliest, once the purpose is fulfilled.
Rahul,
Regarding your first question
-So if someone is doing breakout trading using patterns on daily charts he should not see 60 min bars and weekly charts. Is this what u mean?
I didn't mean that Rahul. You are at liberty to look into any periodicity.
but not at liberty to act upon looking into them, if they are not a part of your trade plan when you designed the entry.
Second One and Third One
-What if there is a breakout on daily chart but rsi is overbought and on weekly still MACD maynot be +ve.
-If we are using daily charts, should we also see resistance and
support on the weekly charts( though i have seen mostly the resistance levels match but on many they dont)
Please check whether you initiated the trade on what reasons. In which MACD and RSI are also to be involved, then when all fall in place only you should initiate the trade.
By the way- regarding RSI()- it keeps itself in over bought zones for a long time during upward trending markets. So, please try ignore RSi as much as possible, when you are in momentous trending markets.
And regarding MACD turning positive- The trends first start in lower periodicities and then go to higher ones. So, the daily MACD might be positive but not the weekly. See Rahul! in case of following the weekly charts to initiate the trades, your entry will be delayed- and in practice it is that delayed - that you don't feel like initiating the trades at all. Sorry to say this and with due appologies to the people who use weekly charts to initiate the trades. I am not denying the trading mechanism depending on weekly charts. but in such cases the stops will be distant as well the targets (which are generally very high). We should be able to sustain the stop hits and be able to be enough patient to wait for the targets.
So,at one point, there should be an end for fixing the periodicity to look into . Incase we look into monthly charts, then it will be further bigger- the stop and target as well.
Only thing to be kept in mind is whether the risk return matches and whether we can sustain the stops.
Once it is decided and pinned, then we can trade in any time frame.
But Rahul! personally I suggest to confine maximum at daily chart levels itself for initiating trades. Have a look at weekly charts for getting better clues. And if your trade plan is right generally these clues match with your exits.
Regarding the fourth one, trades on the breakouts
- if we trade on breakouts and there is a lot of noise above the
breakout. Should we trade this stock
Any breakout trade should make you comfortable in your trade. Let the noise be anything, if the stop is not hit, go least botherred. But generally in these trades, and for that matter in any trades, it is always better to keep the time stop also for the exits. So if in the designed time frame the target is not hit, you should get out though your price doesn't hit stop. But this should be practiced with a lot of care.
And the final one
- One last query. Many times I draw support/resistance lines. It joins some highs and lows. And many times it goes through the shadows and encompasses the main body of the candlestick. Should we consider this valid too or resistance lines should onlu touch high and lows of the candlestick.
The support and resistance lines can sometimes be on Close to Close basis also. And in such cases, the trend lines go through the Bars. And we cannot say which is right practice in this regard. Generally people follow lines drawn for tops or bottoms of the bars/candles.
Hope it is clear.
And Karthik Maharaj! That veteran is wise enough to have reentered the position at a lesser price than his exit- but thanks to god- encashing on the advantageous position, having realised the mistake, thanking God for the opportunity. So he is very wise as I know him well and no stupid.
Thanks and happy practicing Technicals
AJAYKUMAR