good decision — don't worry, if the price continues downward, you know ho to re-enter. you could have played the countertrend move prior to this oneeither from bottom to the KS line or play it as a kijun sen cross to the kumo.

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well done — congrats AF, I would have also waited to clear the chikou span key resistance as it is quite reliable in filtering bad trades.as you can see, they became resistance once cleared.

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Hi sinner, if a sell signal (cross) is taken with span A over span B (bullish kumo) then it is above the clouds and cannot be below the clouds, in this case it is a weak signal and should not be traded. if it is a strong sell signal, i.e cross below ...

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level of S/R — Hi SM, I think that using the close of the candles as the S/R is as reliable as using the end of the candle wick, proof is the Chikou span which uses the close and is quite reliable in defining areas of S/R (which this is the ...

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Ichimoku trading — thank you very much for your interest and welcome to this thread. if you read the first 30 pages then sure you must have encountered on page 23 post 340 the file attached below which I have compiled from the kumotrader ...

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patience — if anything ichimoku teaches, it's patience. wishing you more green pips.

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good to see you — hi vic, I know what you mean, I still have three hours of work myself.

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perfect signal — Hi Steve, the signal fulfilled all the criteria except one, it did not clear the key resistance on the chikou span. I am also finding more and more that when the chikou starts moving sideways in this manner this signifies a ...

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EU/UC long — yes I know the reverse correlation between the two, but that strategy I use when I am expecting a big move like on NFP fridays or any other big movers, not on a regular day, unless I missed something.

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Hi sinner, I'm at work and cannot get access to metatrader, just wondering though, how can you be E/U long and U/CHF long at the same time?

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Chinkou is a typo that someone in the past commited and included it in the metatrader indicator, and people kept perpetuating that error over and over since then. most of the articles about ichimoku have it correctly spelled, "Chikou", especially ...

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webforex, the price line is the candle line, so chikou cross or kijun cross means when those lines intersect with the candles. Any question is welcome, but you have to do a bit of reading first, and I suggest you start with the ichimokuwiki.pdf in ...

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happy 300th page — congratulations vic. keep up the good work.

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Hey eegle, that is a very wise advice coming from an experienced trader, but if you read the ichimokuwiki pdf file strategy section, the first thing it teaches, and I quote " Nevertheless, in accordance with good Ichimoku trading practices, the ...

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TLB — SM, the continuation play by definition is when the signal has not been invalidated (say by an opposite TS/KS cross, or an opposite kumo twist, etc...) the standard conditions described in the strategy have to be fulfilled initially, ...

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only one CSTLB, SM, the most recent. once you get a new peak you let go the old one, otherwise it will cost you.

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Action & reaction — for every action there is an equal reaction in the opposite direction physics 101. p.s. did I say equal? well that is in physics 101, but in forex the reaction could be double, tripple or who knows..... sh...t the ...

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which TLB — the trend lines as you have noticed are dynamic and change as the price moves, so you are correct, I may have drawn a TL for TP based on a previous peak or trough, but later changed it as the move continued, there are also subtle ...

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this was a 1M trade, but the same applies for all the TF. here's one on 4H. but for entries I use whatever strategy that presents itself, starting with a strong TS/KS, then kumo breakout then KS cross and finally kumo twist, the Chikou span cross ...

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ichimoku with a twist — hi guys, just would like to share with you how I'm using the chikou span.

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