Dr. Brooks uses the regular trading session (RTH) to trade. For him that's 6:30 AM to 1:15 PM PST, which is the same as 9:30 AM to 4:15 PM EST. If I r...

The actual risk is different because they're different entries and the market moved against the entries to different degrees. On slide 8, the initial ...

Actual risk for a position isn't known until it is entered so it can't be used from the start. For example, if you use a 6 point initial stop and the ...

@ludopuig Thank you very much for your detailed response! In regards to your default targets based on the daily range, are those minimum targets fo...

At what point do you recommend switching from using initial risk to actual risk? In this case, 2x initial risk was unlikely given the size of the spik...

By the way, on the chart that shows the volume profile, the volume point of control is the bright pink line.

@michel-lukaweckime-com At times it is okay to buy in a market that is moving down, particularly when the activity is relatively two-sided, as it wa...

@fridrihkristofgmail-com Thanks Kristof, I'm glad it's helpful. I've seen a couple of your posts and you're being quite diligent in your learning so...

There’s always going to be numerous variables to consider, that’s the nature of trading and operating in the “gray zone” as Dr. Brooks calls it. For i...

@thetuxxxgmail-com Lots of people on this forum have given you good advice, but I don't think anyone has addressed the heart of the issue: you're not ...

I am a full-time trader and Dr. Brooks' teachings were instrumental in my development so to address your concern of whether it can be done, it certain...

Not necessarily, an intraday swing trade is defined as one where the reward is at least 2x the risk (for simplicity's sake I'm just talking about init...

Good points, Mark! Just to be clear, I wasn’t saying it was a wrong trade, just some things that I saw that would have made me reluctant to take it at...

Thanks Marvin, good point! I didn’t notice the micro gaps before. Also I overlooked the tightness of the two bull legs up and was more focused on the ...

My interpretation of the chart at that entry point is that it was potentially a second leg trap in a trading range. There's still a large gap between ...