What "Extracting Order" Means Mandelbrot isn't giving you directional predictability (up vs down), but he's revealing structural regularities in what appears to be chaos. Think of it this way: Traditional view: Markets are random → unpredictable → ...

Multifractal Guide - Mandelbrot's Incredible Toolbox

I have tried to keep this concise and easily understandable. The only main thing left is to discuss his Mathematical Toolbox, but, this will be extensively covered in the next posts. Other then that, we have concluded a crash course of Mandelbrot ...

Multifractal Guide - Mandelbrot's Incredible Toolbox

The Multifractal Paradigm Shift Traditional Finance Assumptions (what Mandelbrot rejected): Returns are normally distributed (Gaussian) Price changes are independent (random walk) Variance is finite and stable Time is homogeneous Mandelbrot's ...

Multifractal Guide - Mandelbrot's Incredible Toolbox

First of, a crash course of Mandelbrot's concepts as this will help us understand the overall approach, assumptions and finally the exciting stuff which is practical trading implications derived from these concepts. Mandelbrot's Core Framework for ...

Multifractal Guide - Mandelbrot's Incredible Toolbox

It's fine, it's not like we have conversations on this thread

Auction Market Value Theory & Analytics

Hello eadweardcap, This is an interesting thread. I started out my trading journey when I read Mind Over Markets. This in turn led me down the rabbit hole of market profile concepts. Read books from J.P till Tom Alexander. However, I never thought ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Analysis Date: 10/27/2025 Trade Date: 10/28/2025 Markets: AUDNZD (S) image

My Trades

Aha, I suppose it's etymology all over again. I'll take this very brief. Me saying "Everybody is wrong", does not necessarily mean I followed an institution. I am trying to say something completely different, but you are stuck in your original ...

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Agreed. This also explains your preference for Renko Bricks. I will look into this further as this has peaked my interest.

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Huh, that's really interesting that you can quantitatively measure market efficiency, I never thought about that. But, what's even more interesting is that there are specific degrees to the multi-fractal nature of the market. In other words, the ...

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Hello sharingan, I agree with your statements, but unfortunately, you are talking about something my original post did not mention. You are right, it's not a matter of being right or wrong. No such thing exists even in our daily lives. But, this is ...

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Going a bit off topic, but I feel as if this could spark some interesting debate. I have a strategy that I developed and I have never lost when trading it. I am not trying to say that I have the ultimate strategy blah blah. I loose because of own ...

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Analysis Date: 10/24/2025 Trade Date: 10/27/2025 Markets: NZDUSD (S), EURAUD (B) image image Key Note: Took Profits Early, due to a high volatility expected fundamental news. Good Decision Conclusion: Profitable Day

My Trades

In an interview with Computerphile, Jim Simmons said: Why do you think, the best firm in the world cares about other people seeing their trades? Gregory Zuckerman in a podcast said: For a long time, everybody thought Rentech was a high-frequency ...

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I deleted the post after learning that you were trading for 15 years without any success. I agree with Thtpro and medici. Both of them have given you enough to work with but you are stuck with ORB. So, I did not want to get in your way and leave it ...

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I don't know if I am reading this right, or if it's etymology all over again, but have you published an academic paper? This has highly raised my interest. I would love to get a DOI so I can search for it. If I am comprehending this correctly, ...

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I apologize for not understanding correctly. Your current explanations has made it clear that the issue was indeed 'edge' disappearing, in the sense of tradeable opportunity and non-tradeable opportunity. I think universally traders agree that ...

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Thank you medici for such a detailed response. I was just curious to ask my question because in the world of economic markets (all markets not just FX) I have very commonly heard this phrase that "My strategy worked in previously but now doesn't". ...

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