firesword wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2026 6:23 am
Hello WN25
Nice theory but little bit of a long wait if you aim for 1000 pips and take your TP at 250.
I've got discipline in trading but that much discipline I don't have

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If you do , yes by all means but maybe trade
D1 or H4 to get to those targets.
Quite the opposite is what I was implying forgive me!
So essentially what I'm trying to call out is the range around the whole number, the half points, and normal quarters, the "1000" pip range is just what wrote on that picture, along with the 125 pip range (small half quarter points) the 500 pip range would be the major half quarter point. Very interesting concept, it did help me a lot when i first started trading but like a few others, I've been too interested in the shiny and new things, however this grounded me once more.
My SL and TP are pretty simply with this mind set, like you're saying taking an entry on a round number, I could miss the first entry, i could catch the retest of the over/undershoot zone, take a look are the RED areas where price bounces, and take a look at the pink lines i have as well, these are the "25" pip ranges of major quarter levels, or half points. Zones that price fails to enter a new quarter point or reverses back into what it was already in.
The quarters theory goes further into the "3 days" cycle where price aims to go from whole number to whole number. "As we see most Monday- Wednesday then price reverses or continues. I've always enjoyed the quarters, this just brought it back to my attention after i stopped trading due to personal reasons!
I just thought it would be good to share, since I can see this both WITH and without the markings.
Good read even if you choose not to!
Edit:
Addressing TP, typically I'm only aiming for the Half point, and the next "quarter" point (125/250) and that's the biggest trade i try to capture, however with compounding you really only need 25 pips! (I do dislike conversions of different brokers etc because its a bit wonky to navigate.)
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Without