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Guided
Tour ~ End-of-Day 4.0
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This section shows the process of using MTPredictor End-of-Day 4.0 to
identify exceptional trade set-ups, evaluate their Risk/Reward outlook and
manage the exit strategy of the selected 'ideal' trades.
The majority of
traders and investors will have a portfolio of markets to monitor, including
stocks, commodities, currencies, futures or options. So, the first step is to
scan the database to cut the list to only those with a high probability
of ending their simple ABC correction to an identified trend, and then
resuming that trend. See 'The 3 key Trade
Set-ups' for the importance of the ABC correction.
With MTPredictor,
this is a very simple procedure - simply select the criteria to search for and
run a scan. In Standard
Use, the three familiar trade set-ups - TS1 (formerly 'Type
1'), TS2 (formerly 'Type 2') and TS3 (formerly 'Wave C'), all sub-dividing into
a simple ABC pattern, are pre-ticked on the main page of the Trade Scanner. So, to scan a database for
any of the three set-ups unfolding now, just click on 'Show me':

Also pre-ticked for Standard Use are the three restrictions -
this means that the Scanner will search for markets that meet these three
criteria: they are in an ABC correction-to-trend, either at or very near the
Typical price target and are showing signs of price reversal. They are
potentially a simple TS3 set-up, a TS1 set-up or a TS2 set-up. (For more information
on the trade set-ups, please click here).

As can be seen above,
on June 26 2001, (Nov 01) Soybeans were identified as a potential TS1 buy set-up.
Note that for Advanced Use, simply un-ticking the
'Typical Wave C WPT' restriction enables an expert user to scan also for trade
set-ups emerging at the two Wave Price Targets either side of the 'Typical' -
the 'Minimum' and 'Maximum' zones. The expert user may also tick any of the 'Additional Criteria' on the main page to
scan for early warning bars in
developing set-ups eg. Inside Day, Doji candlestick. Furthermore, advanced
users may scan for a Wave 2orB set-up & Wave 4 set-up (without simple ABC
sub-division)...see 'EOD Features'.
The next stage is
simply to double-click on the S_2001X.CSV name and the chart is drawn
automatically. Simple and quick.
The trade set-up is
confirmed visually on the chart itself as, by double-clicking on the chart name
from the Scanner list, the set-up analysis found by the Scanner is projected
automatically onto the chart:

As can be seen here,
the software automatically displays the three essential criteria for a standard
MTPredictor trade set-up:
This confirms that
(Nov) Soybeans were potentially in a simple ABC correction down, reversing off
a good support area (the typical Wave C WPT here) and showing signs of price
reversal up (trade set-up bars incorporate specific reversal patterns). Now is
the ideal time to consider a new Long trade.
The next step in the
process is vital - to evaluate the trade's potential profit vs. loss. To
achieve this, the powerful T module
in the software can automatically both analyze the
trade set-up and display the
appropriate profit targets on the chart. Please see the chart below:

But, far more
important than simply projecting the profit targets, the Analyze function in the T module
calculates the trade's Risk/Reward ratios
- what the profit would be at each of these projected profit targets compared
with the initial (money) risk needed to take the trade. Using
MTPredictor's Isolation Approach™ to Elliott Wave, the precise Entry Price,
Initial Stop Price and Price Targets are known and Risk/Reward can be
calculated.
Critically, the
Analyze function also shows the price at
which 100% of the initial risk will be covered and the price at which the profit will equal 2-3x the initial
risk (enabling the trader to confirm that the first profit
target is at least in the blue 2-3x risk zone).
Please see the window below:

Here, this trade had
the potential to return approximately 2-3x initial risk (blue zone above) at the first & second targets
(nearest orange and pink
zones above), approximately 4.5x initial
risk at the third profit
target, the Typical Wave 3 WPT (higher orange zone above) and over
9x initial risk at the Maximum Wave 3 WPT (highest pink zone above). As these Risk/Reward ratios are
the basis of the exit stop strategy, this was clearly a very good trade to
consider.

A buy order to enter
long can be placed now, one tick above the high of the blue
reversal bar. If filled, a protective sell stop is placed one tick below the
last swing low. Precise entry and exit levels eliminate trade and risk
confusion.
This is all that is
needed in MTPredictor to identify low risk/high return trade set-ups.
The software is
designed so that all that is needed to identify an ideal trade set-up with a
strong Risk/Reward
profile is a simple chain of mouse clicks. In particular, the Trade Scanner
ensures that valid set-ups need never be missed again.
Moving forward in
time, this is how this particular trade worked out:

The market rallied
very strongly over the next few weeks. This strong rally is identified as a
Wave 3 by the Show Elliott Waves
module in the software. In fact,
the high of this Wave 3 rally was precisely in the Maximum Wave 3
price target (pink, above), the ideal place
for a multiple-position trader to take final profits on the trade. The result
was a profit at this zone of approximately
8x the initial $ risk required to take the trade. This profit
was slightly lower than calculated initially due to the gap open on Jun 27 (the
day of actual trade entry).
Can your current
software program identify, evaluate and manage such low risk/high reward trade
set-ups as simply and decisively as MTPredictor ?
Please look though
the Examples section for more recent trades on your preferred timeframe.