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- sidefx replied Jan 17, 2011
The author in the post 1 interview doesn't use this D1 breach rule.....or have I missed something?
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- sidefx replied Jan 17, 2011
With you on this and the EU short possibility, especially as the hrly now appears to be testing the support/resistance switch scenario.
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- sidefx replied Jan 14, 2011
Was tempted with the EU 15min short, but i'll take the GU long (15min) instead.
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Jan 14, 2011
...good luck with this one. PA too messy for me to trade it. I like them 'clean'.
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Jan 13, 2011
H&S developing too by the look of it. Took a long EU (15min) earlier but apart from that not many prime setups to get in on (15min TF)....EJ long looks about to trigger as i type.
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Jan 7, 2011
odd, doesn't do that when I click through to the articles, apologies, i'll take the link down.
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- sidefx replied Jan 7, 2011
....can you hear the big dogs chomping at the bit re EU supply levels...NFP providing a likely vehicle (excuse) for them to shift it to the 3100 supply perhaps.
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- sidefx replied Jan 7, 2011
I like Paulus' black & white approach but i find myself drawn to factoring in key supply and demand levels....GU is working it's way through demand orders at the moment, but price has been at these levels a number of times in the last few sessions, ...
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Jan 7, 2011
...i had the opposite initial direction to you on GU this morning...what's the consensus rule(s) on establishing this at the moment?...i'd like to get this fuzziness nailed down this year

How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 22, 2010
Morning Paulus, interested to know if you took GU &/or EU signals just after 7am this morning?...
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
Jeff, as you know, Paulus looks at price action prior to 7am (UK time). Price (5min) was printing higher highs and higher lows in the run up to 7am, so the Paulus method is then on watch for a short 123 as the first trade of the day. A straight ...
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
...have you seen how others here trade the 123?...if not, read Paulus' method/rules and see if you think the way he trades it contains too many false signals....crossed with tradestar

How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
...do you remember the day (NFP, I think it was) a few years ago, when the spread widened by 200 pips
I got caught but to be fair they straightened the account out quite quickly.How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
Cheers P, i thought i'd missed a tweak to your rules somewhere
Paid off nicely.How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
I'm all ears when it comes to people sharing their own method(s). I'm sure Donfriday is grown up enough to continue posting, if he wants to share his approach for the good of others, along with the many others here posting their approach. It's a ...
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
Us Brits are GMT now our clocks have been put back. We're GMT+1 in the spring
If you stick at what you're doing with 123s on a couple of liquid pairs and compound your account(s), you'll do fine
Trading in the zone is one of the better texts, ...How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
I check which direction price was moving prior to Frankfurt open (so before 7am UK time) and determine the trend using the last 2 swing highs/lows before 7am...i then trade a reversal 123 from a break of that trendline, where (in the case of this ...
How to use the 123 strategy effectively
- sidefx replied Dec 21, 2010
...sure, i'll post a chart later on. I'm also in the GU short, as i don't use the >1 candle rule between points 1 to 2 and 2 to 3. Great to see these moves in a 'thin' market

How to use the 123 strategy effectively