Hikkake candlesticks pattern

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    Gregg
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    Hi there,

    I’m wondering if someone is using the Hikkake Pattern.

    I found this indicator: https://www.prorealcode.com/prorealtime-indicators/hikkake-pattern/

    And when I launch it, I had some good results. From timeframe M15 to Daily, more than 80% of trades are won!

    But I’m not sure to use it properly.
    Most of the time, when the indicator is showing an opportunity, we should enter in position very quickly. But as the candle is not closed, it happens that the signal disappear. So difficult to know if we can take position or not.
    Do you see what I mean?

    Thanks in advance for your help and your time.

    Gregg

    #123064 quote
    GraHal
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    But as the candle is not closed, it happens that the signal disappear

    Did you try waiting until the bar is closed … as then the  signal would not disappear?

    #123066 quote
    Gregg
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    Yes I did but the results are not the same because the SL is most of the time very far.
    When I did some research about this strategy I thought we had to enter as soon as the price breakout the inside bar level…
    But I’m not sure to be right 🙂

    #123082 quote
    robertogozzi
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    It seems to me it’s a repainting indicator, like ZigZag or many others that when they are sure an event occurred in the past draw a signal on that past candlestick.

    It can be done on the chart, but in real life it won’t work!

    In your case it might be different. Anyway, indicators plot objects when events occur while the candle is forming, thus you’d better wait for confirmation when a candle closes, because signal are often plotted, the removed… this happens so many times!

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    Gregg
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    Thanks for your answer.

    Yes I see what you mean Roberto. But if I’m waiting the confirmation of closing, there are too much SL than TP. So the strategy is not successfully working if we use a 1:1 ratio. I will try it with bigger TP and a strict money management…

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    Nicolas
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    This is not repainting, but you can’t obviously be sure that the signal is fixed until the bar is closed! Like with any other indicator!

    Therefore during the forming candlestick, you could see some signals not confirmed that could disappear just in the next minute.

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Hikkake candlesticks pattern


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