ItalianTrader wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 10:45 pm Hey Sam,
My understanding of the strange attractor is that, it is a "pattern" that repeats itself overtime and over different scales, so that if we recognize it , we can enter the trade at the middle " saddle " or "rotation high/low" and expect another spike move in our direction. To understand we are in a strange attractor context i would look if there is a pattern similar to the one you presented, then would look for changes in the screenface ( especially the n fractal pattern change) as a confirmation and then go for the trade.
That's how i approach it .
Regarding the screenshot, i don't understand which one you are referring to.. Could you please indicate it ?
Thank you.

Yea boss I was right because my note addressed that notion directly did it not? A fractal is a single point that contains within it a map of its future (that is why the market is deterministic and why I respect Dow theory). Just like a person is first a seed and then follows a path to become a recognizable human being so too a fracture is first a seed before it patterns out. So I hope my note makes sense? Do not wait for it because it does not wait for you. You already have the map of any point occurring at a low or one at high (Extrema) in your head use what is in your head that is your advantage. However for moves that you meet ongoing that notion you have originally works since you can read the stage of a flow with the pattern. Otherwise interpolate the map in direction when you see a tradable point at low or high using the pattern. It is dynamics man not "heads and shoulders" - there is nothing academic about it. So I hope you understand just study the map, know its parts and keep that in mind always as you trade or look at anything trade and then look in history to see it is true so when you see a point trade the map in your head you already know its future and looking at screenface for support and confirmation. Below is the trade I meant.

The Crow (-_-)

I am sorry if I sound incredible sometimes - how do you trade a map? And trade it into the future? Well simply by learning the map so well that immediately you see a high crown well placed to fall you think a) inversion low - therefore me trading it when it is ready to move will take me to a low certain. b) What kind of low? Look to your left in history and check the weight of your Crown high to judge the possible distance. Then c) recall to remember that when it gets there if it is to go further it must make a rotation high (be ready for that event and plan for it), then d) if you see rotation high recall to remember that at its high stop is when it is really ready to fall and be prepared to act as such. I am sorry if my explanations and or expressions are not clear or do not carry you along but that is all I mean. Try it my way or that way and see - I am sure soon when you see a flow at any point you instinctively map it forward and think "what can I do with the potential price action"? Plus of course the certainty of the behaviour ahead gives you gusto and therefore confidence trading, and other things I am sure you will find trading and thinking in that way. And sure it is not usual so at first it looks and feels clumsy but only suggesting a way of trade management consistent with what we know of market behaviour. I hope I am not stressing you as you are really free to trade as you like and keep to that practice if it works for you.