In my opinion, most if not all, students who come to me over my time as an educator on Price Action... make the same mistake.
They try to put every concept I teach into their model & this is not what you're taught to do.
You're to learn how to read Price, then trade 1 PDArray.
The book Street Smarts, which I recommend to readers, is an example of this.
Have a pattern or model that you hunt.
The model or pattern you trade is useless in your hands if you do not know when or if the market is poised to trade in a manner that your model can form inside.
If you learn to ready higher time frame Price and engage with a SIMPLE model like my OTE, or using NWOGs as a means to enter in that HTF premise... add a targeting model & time of day... you have your complete model.
Why complicate it?
I don't use or drag in every PD Array in every fractal of Price.
I use what Price presents me.
Due to this higher number of tools & years of experience with them, I can do more than you can.
Don't rush or force more on yourself or your model.
Wait for it to present...
If your model is not obvious in current Price action, sit still.
Do nothing but tape read.
Learning to wait for your model to present is a major learning milestone.
Most fail at this stage & rush in & force a setup out of chaos.
This is not taught by me & or promoted by me.
Every major league sports athlete you can name does not perform daily.
They are not in a competition every day.
They are, however, training daily to stay on their best performance curve.
Take your trades when the spotlight is on your model... not when the seats are empty.
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The parable of the Jade Master shows two sides of the story of learning. The Jade Master knows what it takes to learn properly while the would be student does not.
The Master invites time to do its job, while the impatient student resists the entire time.
The Jade Master gives the would be student real jade from the start of his learning, while the neophyte students does not recognize he is being trained properly.
The Master submits to the task of teaching, while the impatient student doubts the entire process continually.
When the Master sees the impatience too high, he sends the would be student home. Not for good, but to allow him to feel shame for his impatience.
Once time has worn them into seeing their error, he returns to the Master once more.
In Bearish Markets, using Premium Arrays anticipate Bearish Breakers to form. Wait for Price to displace lower, Short the -Breaker, use Stop Loss above the High of -Breaker.
Target Discount Arrays, like opposing +Breaker. Target Mean Threshold.
In Price it looks like this...
Reverse the logic when Bullish... simply using Discount to Premium.