Every time I think I've identified a trend & I set my targets it does a 180

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it seems every time I set my curve, identify my trend or change in trend and add my entries, stops and targets the trend seems to immediately do a 180...

I've tried identifying 'W's 'M's double tops double bottoms in addition to flags, triangles, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions what I can refer to help with this?

Hi RBC - In my opinion Indicators are part of a learning curve for traders. Indicators may show different visions on different Time frames. I use them as a general guidance - When a trade decides to go the opposite way - you need to have a secondary strategy - Hedging is part of the tools i use (this depends on what jurisdiction/country your trading from)

RachelBC posted:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it seems every time I set my curve, identify my trend or change in trend and add my entries, stops and targets the trend seems to immediately do a 180...

I've tried identifying 'W's 'M's double tops double bottoms in addition to flags, triangles, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions what I can refer to help with this?

That is actually good thing.
Just do everyting as always and revert trade direction.

Yep, if it does a 180 more often than not then you have a winning strategy 😁

RachelBC posted:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it seems every time I set my curve, identify my trend or change in trend and add my entries, stops and targets the trend seems to immediately do a 180...

I've tried identifying 'W's 'M's double tops double bottoms in addition to flags, triangles, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions what I can refer to help with this?

There must be something you are not doing right then, I take time to identify trends, and this is my best way of being profitable, Trend is mainly the key to successful trading.

I do like humor of other posters but I also like my own entirely and I do understand that everything should go time in time with that matter absolutely. So let's move out with ease on all that topics. How else we could do it? Describe it with some screens.

Yeah, unfortunately, that happens sometimes, too. You seem to be doing everything right, but still something goes wrong and you lose a seemingly successful deal. You have to be prepared for that at all times. Yeah, it's unpleasant enough and even a little depressing, but it's trading. You have to always be alert and literally ahead of events. It sounds a little pompous, but you can handle it. Think of it as part of your learning. Mistakes are lessons too, you can learn from them.

RachelBC posted:
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong but it seems every time I set my curve, identify my trend or change in trend and add my entries, stops and targets the trend seems to immediately do a 180...

I've tried identifying 'W's 'M's double tops double bottoms in addition to flags, triangles, etc.

Anyone have any suggestions what I can refer to help with this?

Just learn how to identify trends using Weekly, Daily, 4Hours,1Hour and 15 Minutes Candles, then you will not be wrong on trend. Also get pivot point plotters to use I dentify Resistance, Pivots and Support Lines, then you are good.

Currency strength is key (for short term trades)!! Trade the direction of the strong currency in areas of value and always wait for confirmation candles before pressing that Sell/Buy button. But there's no guarantees in the market

It happens, of course, that it’s so good that they shared and told.

Look at the trades that worked and compare them with the ones that did a 180. If you find a difference then add that difference to your trading strategy so that you get more winners

I don't know exactly what the problem with your trading is, but I think you could use a little improvement in your strategy. Usually this shouldn't happen, which means that you miscalculated somewhere in your strategy. Try to recreate it on your demo account and analyze all the mistakes in more detail. Maybe something will work out of it, it is worth trying.

You definitely need to analyze your actions.

What is 'Every time'? Is that across a month, a week, or a day? Everyone loses trades. The average result for 1906 different hedgefunds is a loss to date of over 4%.... So don't feel too beat up. The market is against you, you just have more learning to do.

https://portal.barclayhedge.com/cgi-bin/indices/displayHfIndex.cgi?indexCat=Barclay-Hedge-Fund-Indices&indexName=Barclay-Hedge-Fund-Index

In my opinion, you should evaluate your strategy properly and see where the problem is. Once you identify the problem, improve it and test it. Analyzing everything from scratch will help you to find a solution. Try and understand trading strategies in more detail.