I am inclined to agreeing with this. I used to swear by the D1 Info Page CSS at the outset, but I quickly discovered that the best and safest trades I took were in direct conflict with its prescriptions. There is no better time to take a trade than when price is turning around at a peak high or low, but at this time, the CSS is still indicating the prevailing course of price.alorente » Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:05 am wrote:Thanks Bob. I wish I could use CSS profitably and I am trying but it seems it tells you what has already happened and when I base a trade on it, the damn pair changes direction on me. Also, in H4 there is quite a delay between what CSS says and actual price action. I am experimenting with M15 where you get a heads up a little earlier. For example, yesterday H4 CSS showed the GPS bands expanding with Gbp getting stronger and Usd weakening. I moved to M15 and Usd was moving up, Gbp down and Usd had already crossed Gbp, showing strength. I´ll keep at it ...nanningbob » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:04 am wrote:
Slope change was combined for the entire currency and incorporated into the CSS. So instead of trying to read the slope of one currency like gbp/cad and trading we now take all the gbp pairs and combine them into a general overall strength of the currency and make one line on the CSS screen. So we compare the combined over all strength of the GBP and CAD and compare them. I find this more accurate in making my trading decisions. So that is where that one went in case you were curious.
The D1 CSS provides a fantastic view of the distribution of strength between the currencies up to the moment. It is very very useful if there is a fairly strong trend and you are happy to trade it mid-stream banking on a continuation, but this is also when the danger of a whiplash is greatest because mid-stream, price can do ANYTHING. Presently, the greatest use I find for the CSS is on the M30 chart which greatly helps me to tell WHEN to get out of a trade I have decided to close or to hedge.
