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Hello Everyone! my name is Sean. Pretty new here. Was drawn to AIMS due to reviews dating back from 2011 and maybe prior. Once I became a premium member I saw how many journals have been opened since that time, as well as how they are still updated till today! To me, this is amazing. Immy and the original AIMsters seem to TRULY do well, month after month and year after year. That's not to say we don't pay rents, but that is just part of the game. What has amazed me most however, is the detail Immy has paid attention to human psychology and how it affects our trading.

Ok, so due to me working in the trucking industry I work from 7pm EST to MOSTLY 6am EST... however some days I may be forced to work longer. I would like to trade the NY open trading the hunt (stage 1 of course). I will trade the m15/h1 EU GU UJ.

I will do my best to stick to T20.

I also know I may interpret some aspects of THE HUNT wrong. So I encourage ANYONE and EVERYONE to chime in if you want :) I will be in the skype room pretty much 24 hours since its on my phone, but will be more active during NY times.

See ya'll Monday!
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Hey Sean

Welcome to AIMS. Thanks for the kind words. Interesting choice of career/work you have there. Have seen many "tv programmes" about them geezers...

T20 is THE most important aspect. As you said, the focus of a trader should entirely be on the mental side of trading. The moment YOU change the market becomes available to you for extracting profits. Before that happens, you might be "metaphorically" lost.

5 Batches of T20, would turn anyone into a disciplined trader. best of luck
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The Consistent Pursuit of DS1 :nerd

The thing that makes me money in trading is when I "Objectively Follow my Trading Plan".

I understand that I can't catch all the moves or all the signals but my objective is to catch THE VALID SIGNALS & ONLY the Valid Signals.

My Deathbed Advice "5:1 Reward to Risk Ratio".

Yo, banana boy! 🍌
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Welcome Sean
Now, I choose to make a profit in trading.
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Going over the flow chart multiple times today as I want my DS to be as high as possible.
Few things are confusing me a little though.

1.) Target zones- I am quite confused here. I have used the search bar to look for titled topics about target zones. The only one I have found is called "Target Zone 1(a)". Right now at my beginner level, should I be looking at target zones? Or should I focus on basic setups that target a 1:1 ratio before moving SL to BE and exit at 2R...

2.) The Hunt- So from what I gather, the hunt uses wave counting more than the other strategies. What I mean by that is the following...
The "famous" setup strategy. We wait for peak of AO, Make sure the other indis are in line and if everything is good, trade (Maybe not THAT simple), Yet with the hunt, we are looking to know exactly what wave we are in in our CTF as well as at least 5xHTF, Giving us "rifle accuracy" as best we can. :)

I hope those who traded the news today did well!
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Hi Sean,

Some brief answers:

1. Most commonly we refer to target zones in the context of, "is there enough distance to TZ1?" TZ1 is a fib projection that Steves eWaves automatically plots for us (or you can work it out for yourself, but eWaves is much easier). So if there is enough distance to TZ1 then we may consider the trade. If TZ1 has been hit then we've probably missed the move/the probability is that there isn't enough left in this price wave to trade. So with respect to 1:1 or 2:1, we want to see at least 1:1 distance to target zone v stop loss distance. This lets us move our stop loss to BE when the statistically likely outcome has been met. If you put the eWave indicator on your charts and wait for a clear W3 and W4 retrace you'll very clearly see the projections for W5 TZ1 and you'll know exactly what I mean.

2. The Hunt uses unique price action and candle patterns to build multiple timeframes into single timeframe analysis. By this I mean that we watch one timeframe, and the purple line gives us information about the 5 x HTF, and the candle pattern (cherry or seed) gives us information about the 5 x LTF. There's still not wave counting as such, Grants rule of "is there a new higher peak" automatically finds a W3 for us, and we then look to trade the W5 of this W3, or a W5 of W5.
Hope that hasn't confused further! :)
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Hello and Welcome!
Dave answer was a bit confusing so ill try to clear it up:

Target zone is draw by the fibonnaci expansion tool in mt4, ewaves does it automatically yes (improved version of AO for lazy people). Buy it at steve's website if your interested http://www.for-exe.com
Basically it points where the wave 5 will end more or less with good accuracy (80%+ dont recall the exact number)
We use it just to get an idea if theres enough room for your 2:1 R:R, and yes you use the 2:1 and sl to be at 1:1 for starters, dont worry much about target zone at first, you can draw the fibonaci and look at the target to see if theres enough room to move for your trade.(theres videos in the forum showing how to draw the fibo)

How we trade?
You look for waves 3 .. the big ones, the easy to spot ones.
Wait for the pullback (which is the wave 4), this can be a big pullback or small, or sideways range.
Look for signals there at the end so you can catch the wave 5.
Its this simple.

Every setup here is somewhat based on this, be it hunt signals, setup 1 or 2, etc...
The hunt method is all of those different entries applied to different time frames using the fractal geometry of the market, but all of it is based on the original setup. So dont complicate too much, if your starting just stick to setup 1, follow the flowchart, and make trading plan with t20 method of discipline training. The hunt and the rest will come to you easily once you master the setup, and it will all be very simple and easy to spot with a quick glance at a chart.
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Dave and Pedro,

Thanks for the fast response guys. I have already purchased snorms indicator bundle. I was a bit confused because with eWaves 1.0 some of my charts had tz1 some didn't.

I won't focus on the Skype group until I have the basis down and have done a few T20's.. Unless of course I have some questions! Pedro I think you told me you are around during the New York open.

Again thanks guys! Hope ya'll can take a look at my trades next week! Have a great weekend!
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Bitrock wrote:Dave and Pedro,
I won't focus on the Skype group until I have the basis down and have done a few T20's.
Hi Sean,

one question if I may. What exactly do you think we have setup this skype group for?
What is the Secret of Successful Trading?
The Consistent Pursuit of DS1 :nerd

The thing that makes me money in trading is when I "Objectively Follow my Trading Plan".

I understand that I can't catch all the moves or all the signals but my objective is to catch THE VALID SIGNALS & ONLY the Valid Signals.

My Deathbed Advice "5:1 Reward to Risk Ratio".

Yo, banana boy! 🍌
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More eyes "hunting" for setups. As well as trading is lonely lol. I just don't want to be the guy asking a bunch of questions during skype while everyone else is trading. I would rather learn the basics through journals, your ebooks, etc etc.

hope your weekend is going well.
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Just looking at a couple charts. USDJPY H1 possible famous pattern? Although I would not be surprised if a deeper pullback occurred, I know from learning here, that wave 4 is normally a nasty, choppy, sometimes flat wave. So from here as long as there is no gap down next week, I will be looking to short it on m15 setup 1 style.
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