FIGURE
28.1
Countertrend
Trades
Using
ART
Source:
eSignal.
www.eSignal.com
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ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
TRADING BETWEEN ART REVERSAL
BAR SIGNALS
There are countless ways to trade ART. How you mix and match trading
signals will be determined in part by your beliefs and psychology. You may
trade between the ART Reversal bars, and the combinations here are great
as well. If you always want to be in the market, you will use SAR orders for
every signal, for example, if your first trade is going long on the first bullish
ART Reversal and SAR on first following bearish ART Reversal, and so on.
You may decide you will only trade ART Reversals in the direction of
the trend as determined by a primary Pyramid Trading Point labeled “P” by
the software. Or perhaps you will only trade the ART One-Bar Reversals,
or the ART Two-Bar Reversals. Or you can trade none of them and just use
the Pyramid Trading Point. If you’re a countertrend trader, you may choose
to trade against the trend using ART Reversals.
Figure 28.1 is an example of countertrend trading using ART Reversals.
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Higher-Time-
Frame
Filter
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on’t filter trades just to be seeking the “Holy Grail.” In the final analy-
sis, you may decide to let go and not use filters at all. Be sure your fil-
ters do not cause you to form strong opinions that override your risk
control discipline. Instead, use filters to confirm the ART trading signals.
Over time, the Pyramid Trading Point captures major trends and, com-
bined with sound money management, is all you need. The challenge is
during drawdown when it seems that you are being stopped out often and
need to filter your trades. During these drawdowns, your psychology will
be tested.
Needing filters can be an illusion. Even while using filters, you will ex-
perience drawdown. However, short 1- to 5-minute intraday time frames
are especially influenced by traders of higher time frames. Therefore, trad-
ing systems can be subject to losses more frequently due to trading activity
outside their time frame, which they cannot see or measure. In this case,
filters can be beneficial.
The short time frames are the hardest to trade because price patterns
that develop among traders in that time frame can be offset by trading on
higher time frames. Filters are useful especially on these short time frames.
Trade only in the direction of the trend based on a higher time frame: Big
profitable trends occur when many different types of traders and investors
from many time frames are participating in a trend.
So in trends where the potential exists that many traders will par-
ticipate you have a stronger trend. Look for entry opportunities that
correspond to entries on several time frames. This way, you may have many
traders getting in and fueling a significant trend.
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No matter what time frame you are trading, this technique can be used.
If you’re a day trader, swing trader, or an investor, you can use this trading
technique. Significant trends involve traders and investors from many time
frames trading in the same market direction.
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