That’s awesome despair. Be great to see it on PRT.
The basic definitions that I have are:
From Jason Perl Book book
TD Setup
The prerequisite for a TD Buy Setup is a Bearish TD Price Flip, which
indicates a switch from positive to negative momentum.
Bearish TD Price Flip
A Bearish TD Price Flip occurs when the market records a close greater than the
close four bars earlier, immediately followed by a close less than the close four bars
earlier.
TD Buy Setup
After a bearish TD Price Flip, there must be nine consecutive closes, each one less
than the corresponding close four bars earlier.
If, at any point, the sequence—of nine consecutive closing prices less
than the closing price four bars earlier (up to and including the close of
TD Buy Setup bar nine)—is interrupted, the developing TD Buy Setup
will be canceled and must begin anew.
TD Setup vs. TD Sequential countdown
Once TD Setup is complete,TD Countdown can begin, from the close
of bar nine of TD Setup (inclusive), onward.
The distinction between the two strategies is this:
- TD Setup compares the current close with the corresponding close
four bars earlier,
Whereas
- TD Countdown compares the current close with the low two bars
earlier for a potential buy, and compares the current close with the
high two bars earlier for a prospective sell.This price relationship is
an important distinction from TD Setup, because the market must
be trending for TD Countdown to objectively identify the likely
exhaustion point for a trend reversal.
One can start looking for the first bar of a TD Buy Countdown
when a TD Buy Setup is in place.
To Initiate TD Buy Countdown
After
TD Buy Setup is in place, look for the initiation of a TD Buy Countdown.
If
Bar nine of a TD Buy Setup also has a close less than, or equal to, the low two bars
earlier,
Then,
Bar nine of a TD Buy Setup becomes bar one of a TD Buy Countdown.
If
That condition is not met,
Then
TD Buy Countdown bar one is postponed until it does, and the TD Buy Countdown
continues until there are a total of thirteen closes, each one less than, or equal to,
the low two bars earlier.
& then I guess it’s the opposite for sell setups.
Are you interested in trading off the countdowns or will you just use it to highlight potential trades?