Thurs Apr 24 Trades & Journal

20140424
Long 2 NQ 3582.5, 3582.5, -2.0, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 3581.0, -2.0
Long 1 ES 1870.0, -1.5
Long 2 NQ 3572.25, 3572.25,+2.0, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 3559.0, 3559.0, 3559.5, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 3 TF 1131.9, 1131.9, 1131.9, +2.0, +2.0, +4.0
Short 1 TF 1140.7, +2.0
Total NQ -8.0
Total ES -1.5
Total TF +10.0

If you're just patient, eventually things click and your trade models will appear. Today, the steep plummet took me by surprise and although oversold gauges were all flashing buy, could not find the turn.... until the TF gave us a last final climax. The technique there when all else for a turn is in place is to place buy-stps above the fresh low that occurs when the rest of the model has already signaled the crash is done, then the sudden lift just takes you with it, like catching a wave on the Cali coast. Stay focused. Let the price patterns come to you. Forcing trades in a fast market will almost always fail.