The two sides of the screen
When it comes to trading, understand there are two sides to the screens we all peer though. Do you ever wonder how the picture appears on your screen, the one we stare at for hours on end, trying to find a clue as to what to do at any given time?
Most people don’t. They are too busy with everything that covers the surface of the screen, to see what lies below or beyond it. It’s like being inside your house, looking outside through a window, but not being able to see anything other than the items that are on the surface of the glass. It could be condensation, snapshots, a thermometer, pretty little stickies the kids have laid on… or just plain dirt. The effect it has on you, is to draw your attention and focus away from what lies outside, beyond the surface of the glass. Sure, you can still see it, but it will be out of focus and unclear, causing you to miss the details. There could also be someone outside that window, happy to see all that stuff keeping you from seeing him, heading to cause you harm.
The candlesticks on the screen just don’t appear by magic. They are created by a process. it happens in plain sight, right in front of you. However, the process or its creator prefers to distract you, disorient you and change your point of focus. The more “toys” that cover the glass of your “window” to price, the more your focus is pulled away from the very thing it should be locked on.
Remove the toys and you have price. Keep some open, naked charts and spend some time looking at these. No need to ditch everything you are doing now, but learn what’s happening with price so you can use your “tools” better. It is a good way to flip the light switch on and once you see price for what it is, it becomes hard to see it for what it is not.
All you need to do is apply the right framework to price movements. It is laid out by me as trading the functions of price movements but if there are other truths to price movements, those valid strategic approaches that you apply, they should all lead you to the same conclusions.
