FibGrid: It Even Converted this Hardened Skeptic

trader7757 — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:01:47 +0000

If you have read even a smattering of my articles about technical trading you will know that I am skeptical of just about every technical trading technique. I have been vocal in my criticism, often to the point of sarcasm. I have labeled chart formations pure bunk, poked fun at the Elliot Waves theorists, and howled at anything resembling Gann lines, Andrew’s Pitchfork and a host of other exotic sounding technical tools. In short, I have little use for most aspects of technical analysis. Then I became acquainted with FibGrid.

I have a friend with whom I often spend time trading, David Palmer, and he uses a wide range of technical analysis tools. Needless to say, I have a field day poking fun at the endless array of odd looking lines and random chicken scratching that adorn his chart. I am sure he must tire of my endless criticism, as my needling can sometimes border on being cruel. Just the same, we continue to trade together as I have a tremendous amount of respect for his integrity and work ethic. To make matters worse, he is always trying to cajole me into giving his technical tools a try, which I generally dismiss as something akin to practicing witchcraft. Now that I think about it, I have no idea why he puts up with me; but we continue to actively trade together and I genuinely enjoy his company.

One of his favorite topics is the use of a program called FibGrid. For months I dismissed this arcane sounding program as another over-hyped tool of dubious distinction. I refused to use the program on both ethical and philosophical grounds. As a testament to David’s tenaciousness, he finally got me to install the program on one of my minor charts “just to prove him wrong, once and for all.”

Note to readers: I hate it when I am wrong about any aspect of my trading style, which is constantly evolving, and the remaining portion of this article is a frank admission that FibGrid has made my view of technical trading a bit cloudy.

I had a chance to discuss the rationale behind the functioning of FibGrid with its designer David Starr. I have to admit I was impressed with the range of knowledge Mr. Starr possessed about trading, practical application for using the Fibonacci sequence, and his grasp of the history of trading. I have to admit that the guy actually made sense, which I consider unusual for traders purveying anything having to do with technical trading or technical trading indicators.

To make a long story short, I started using FibGrid and the darn thing opened my eyes wide. In the case of e-mini trading, the Fibonacci lines generated by the program date back nearly a decade and are color coded in a hierarchy of importance.

Still, I had not traded with the program and even though the theory sound plausible, I remained unconvinced that it would work in practice.

I decided to put the program to the test, and started using FibGrid in my well attended trading room…in front of some seasoned and knowledgeable e-mini traders. I expected the program to flop miserably and I could relegate the software to a pile of other worthless software have accumulated over the years.

Then something went horribly wrong, tragically amiss, shockingly awry.

The darn program worked. Not only did the program work, it worked with amazing accuracy; and the more I used and understood the program, the more accurate it became. In short, FibGrid started to consistently add cash to my bottom line. A technical program had proven itself worthy to grace my chart and my world had been turned upside down.

Gradually, I began to integrate the FibGrid lines into my well established methodology and have significantly increased my bottom line profit. To be sure, the program has made a significant dent in my profit margin and it only gets better as I learn the nuances of the program.

Who would have thought that this curmudgeon price action trader could learn something from technical analysis? From the onset, let me say that it wasn’t me…I started using the program only to prove it was a sham, like all of the other technical analysis programs I have sampled.

Want proof?

Sign up for a free week in my trading room and watch me integrate FibGrid into my existing methodology. I will begrudgingly admit….it works like a charm and you are leaving good trades and a significant amount of money on the table if you aren’t using FibGrid.

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