范希亮12师:隧道交易方法

第一步.
第一, 你需要一个图表服务。现在很多电子交易平台都有图表和指标, 这应不成问题。

在一小时图上, 选一个你喜欢的货币对。棒型图或K线图都一样。在图上加上三样东西: 1) 169 ema (expotential moving average), 2) 144 ema 和3) 12 ema。

144 和 169 ema画出的就是我所谓的隧道。12ema是非常有效的过滤器, 我要你经常放在图上, 我会在过滤器部份详述。

第二步.
记忆或写下以下fibonacci数字, 并放在你的交易荧光屏旁边: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377。用在交易上的数字有 55, 89, 144, 233和377。

第三步.
等待价格到达隧道当中, 当价格突破隧道上方, 你买进; 当价格跌破隧道下方, 你卖出。

第四部.
止损和反向是放在隧道的另一边。

第五部.
当市场往你下单的方向走, 你在fibonacci数字逐一出场, 你留有最后一部份仓位, 真到以下情况出现: 1) 市场达到了最后一个fibonacci数字(377点), 或2)市场最终回到了隧道而且去了另一边。
过滤器

过滤器是增加整体盈利或减少亏损。如果过滤器不能做到以上两样目的, 我不会采用它们。如果过滤器只能增加你10%的盈利而却错过了1/3的交易, 或者减少了10%-20%的损失, 却错过了一半的盈利, 那又是否一个好的过滤器呢? 我相信你明白我的意思。

以下是我们队伍用的过滤器。(是, 我们是一队人, 三个人。我们交易GBP/USD, USD/CHF, 和S&P e-mini futures。每个人都有专长。我是做GBP/USD的。我们每个人看一只货币。市场交易时段, 会有其中一人常在荧光屏前面。互相轮流做, 我们只用隧道方法交易。)

1) 在一小时图上加上12ema和其余的指标。当所有东西都在同一价位 (隧道, 现价, 12ema), 你要坐直和留意了。当市场价位突破了隧道, 表示一个大波动很可能出现。我不用江恩, 因为这给我时间, 时间的平方和价格都在均势。一旦突破, 一触即发。

要证明吗? 回去看看你喜欢的货币对。在2005年第一季里, 单是这个过滤器在USD/CHF上已经产生20单交易, 其中19单是盈利的。其实在我写这篇文的时候, 还有一单没平的仓位。但我不是负责USD/CHF的, 我只是看着仓位, 这仓位还没平掉。

这个过滤器很有帮助, 我们看见这过滤器会加仓。

当你看回图表, 会发现很多次这过滤器会在波动后几小时出现, 是一个非常有效的过滤器。

我们说的'同一价位'可以是五点以内。有时候会是完全同一价位, 但我认为你不必吹毛求玭。在五点内是足够了。

2) 在亚洲市时, 我们不会开新仓。任何在纽约5PM到纽约子夜是不会开新仓的。已有的仓位会继续关注, 别的都一样。我们在fibonacci位置盈利平仓。如果我们错过了一个波动, 就错过了。错过了的只是机会成本。亚洲市的颠簸会最终构成更大的成本。

3) 消息公布对价位造成影响, 我们也不在那时候开新仓。现时只有一天, 就是每个月第一个星期五纽约时间8:30PM的非农业就业数据。已有的头寸会照常关注。

4) 当隧道很窄(很多时候都是这样), 不要把止损放在隧道的另一边。如果你这样做, 会被震荡止损出场。用小时图上的支持或阻力位来设止损。

如果你是新手, 可能觉得这个过滤器比较麻烦。如果你对趋势线, 三角形, 旗形, 细长旗形或支持/阻力位都不熟悉, 那你回去先学习好再回来。这是简单但必要的劝告。

我不是说你会那些技术术语, 这事就会很简单。不。说明一句, 每个交易模式都有它的缺陷。在隧道交易上也一样。如何放止损是一种艺术, 不是一个科学。

5) 我们要的是一个干脆的突破(一跟棒)隧道边, 这意味着你几乎一入场便会盈利。但你不会经常得到干脆的突破。当市场价留在隧道内徘徊时间越长, 就越大机会你是以突破支持/阻力位, 而不是隧道边来进场。

6) 我们不做二流(反主流)的讯号。如果GBP/USD主流趋势是往上, 我们不会因为价格跌破隧道下边而开新仓。为什么? 因此这样情况下, 从ema跌破55点的机会率不会很高。这是经验告诉我们的。我不会很英雄地说"这次不同的。"当市价回到并突破隧道上边, 我们会继续做多。

如果我要告诉你甚么是主流趋势, 那我认为你并没有留心最近的价格走势。

在上落市时, 我们空头多头都做
THE TUNNEL METHOD (隧道交易方法）

Step 1.First, you need a charting service. Since most all electronic trading platforms have charts with technical indicators, this shouldn't be a problem.

Create a 1 hour chart on whatever currency pairs interest you. Barcharts or candlesticks really make no difference. Overlay on this 3 things: 1) a 169 period [1 hour] ema [exponential moving average], 2) a 144 period [1 hour] ema, and finally 3) a 12 period  [1hour] ema.

The 144 and 169 ema's create what I call the "tunnel". The 12 ema is an extremely valuable filter that you will want to have there all the time. I will talk more about this in the filter section.

Step 2.Memorize or write down and keep next to your trading screen the following fibonacci number sequence: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377. For trading purposes, the numbers of  interest are 55, 89, 144, 233, and 377.

Step 3.Wait for the market to come into the area of the "tunnel". When it breaks ABOVE the upper tunnel boundary, you go long. When it breaks BELOW the lower tunnel boundary, you go short.

Step 4.Stops and reverse are placed on the other side of the tunnel. 

Step 5.As the market trades in your direction, you take partial profits at the successive fib numbers respectively, with the final portion of your position left on until one of the following conditons occur: 1) market hits the last fib number [377 pips]  from the ema's, or 2) the market eventually comes back to the tunnel and violates the other side.

Example: GBP/USD is trading at 1.8500. The ema's are as follows: 144- 1.8494, 169- 1.8512. The market breaks 1.8494, and you sell at 1.8492. Your stop and reverse is now at 1.8512. Over the following hours, market starts to go down. 40 minutes after you put position on, cable is at 1.8440. You can use for computation purposes either tunnel boundary or the median of the tunnel. Ema's are still the same, so if you use the median, 55 from 1.8503 is 1.8448. You should have taken part of the position off at 1.8448. Market does nothing rest of day. Stop can be moved down to protect position or left alone at tunnel.  You are now looking for price to be 89 pips away from the ema's. Since 55 was already passed, it no longer concerns us in this cycle. A couple of days later, cable is at 1.8300 and the median of ema's is 1.8410 [1.8400 - 1.8420]. You should be out of another portion of the position at 1.8321. Market bottoms here and in the next 2 hours, cable screams to 1.8535. Your remaining short position is covered at upper tunnel boundary of 1.8420, and you are now long from this point as well. Since you are long, you would now take partial profits at 1.8475 and 1.8509.

This is a fairly typical example.

If you were to just stick to this basic model, you account would grow very well over time.  Las Vegas was built with far fewer percentages in the casino's  favor.

In case you haven't figured it out, this model cuts your losses very short. By definiton, you can't lose very much on a single trade from your initial entry position.. On the other side, you take some quick profits at the 55 level which satisfies the scalper in you, and you have positioned yourself for bigger profits in the long run should the market keep going in your favor. By definition, you are letting profits run.

The Achilles heal of this model is when the market chops around the tunnel and gets you in and out multiple times for small losses. I will cover how to deal with this in the filters section.

That's it. This is the model. Fairly simple in its design, and easy to remember. Has all the things every local wants in a model, except the quick 2 pip scalps, which you can't do anyway. Cuts losses, and lets profits run. Yet for its design simplicity, the thought behind is more complex. Time to talk about that.

THE FILTERS

Filters are used to increase overall profitability and/or reduce overall losses. If a filter does not do one of these two things, then I do not use it. What good is a filter if it raises your profitability by 10% but only gets you into 1/3 as many trades? What good is a filter if it reduces losses by 10% - 20% , but also reduces profitability on every trade by half? I think you get the point.

Here are the filters the vegas team uses. [Yes, I have a team. There are 3 of us. We trade GBP/USD, USD/CHF, and the S&P e-mini futures contract. Each has a specialty. Mine is GBP/USD. We are each responsible for our main pair. One of us is always at the screen when markets are open. Positions are covered by other partners when away. We only tunnel trade.]

1.)

Put the 12 ema [1 hour] on your screen with the rest of your indicators. When everything is at the same price [tunnel, current market price, 12 ema] sit up and take notice. When the market breaks away from the tunnel, there is a very high probability of a strong market move coming.  I don't need Gann, because this gives me time, the square of time, and price all in equilibrium. When it breaks, it goes.

Need proof? Well, go back on your favorite currency pair and check it out. In the first quarter of 2005, this filter alone produced 20 trades, 19 which were profitable in USD/CHF. In fact, as I write this, 1 trade is still on from about 3 handles ago. Since I am not responsible for Swissy, I'm not the guy pushing the button, only monitoring it when I'm at the screen [changing stops when needed, etc.]. But, the position is still on.

This filter is so profitable, we increase the size of our trading position when we see it develop and then happen.

When you go back and check it out, you will notice many times how it just misses a move by a few hours. It is an extremely profitable filter.

We also define "same price" as being within 5 pips or so of being equal. Sometimes it turns out the signal is exact, but I don't think you have to split hairs on this. Within 5 pips is good enough for us.

2.)

We do not initiate new currency trading positions based on tunnel trading during the Asian time-frame. Anything between 5pm NY and Midnight NY is ignored for entry of new positions. Positions that are on are monitored as normal, i.e., everything else is the same. We will take profits if fib levels are hit. If we miss a move, then we miss a move. A missed move is just an opportunity cost. Chop-chop in Asia will eventually cost you more money than it is worth.

3.)

News days that can have a significant affect on prices are ignored. That's right, we skip them for entry of new positions. Currently there is only 1 day per month which qualifies, and that is US Non-Farm Payrolls [NFP] which comes at 8:30 am NY time the first Friday of each month. Positions that are on are monitored as normal.

4.)

When the tunnel is very narrow [most of the time], do not just put stop on the other side of tunnel. If you do you get whipsawed to death. Use the hourly charts and the most recent hours of support and res. to make the call.

If you are a newbie to trading, you will find this to be the most troublesome filter. If you are not familiar with trendlines, triangles, flags, pennants, and support and res. levels, then go get the eduation and come back. Simple but necessary advice.

I don't mean to infer that just because you know this technical stuff it's going to be a walk in the park. It's not. Let's make one thing perfectly clear. EVERY model has its vulnerable spot that seem to increase losses. For tunnel trading, this is one of the scenarios. Putting in the right stop is an art, not a science.

5.)

We look for clean moves [1 bar] through the tunnel. This means your into profits almost from the get-go. You will not always get the clean moves. The longer the market stays in the tunnel chopping around, the higher the probability our entry decision will be made on a break of support or res. instead of the tunnel boundaries.

6.)

We do not trade minor [contra-major] trend signals in a strong up or down market price trend. If the GBP/USD is in a strong price uptrend, we will not initiate new short positions on a break of the lower tunnel boundary. Why? Because the probability of success in getting past 55 from the ema is not very good. Past history tells us that, so I'm not looking to be the hero here and say "This time it's different." When market comes back through the tunnel on the upside, we will get back in on the long side.

If I have to tell you when the market is in a strong price move, I don't think you have been paying attention to the price movements of late.

In a range-bound market, which we define as a market between 3 - 5 handles [or lower] in a 5 week time-frame, we trade both sides.

Now, that's all we use. Can you use more? Can you invent your own? Can You change some of the definitions? Yes, absolutely. Invent your own filters, use an Elliot Wave filter, anything you think will help your trading.

SUGGESTED MODEL SYSTEM

Do I really need to mention money management?

I didn't think so.

At a minimum you should be able to do 3 units to implement tunnel trading. Use the 55, 89, and 144 levels to take 1/3 off at each level. If you can do 4 units, use 55, 89, 144, and 233. 5 units is the preferable level, and you use 55, 89, 144, 233, and let one unit ride until crosses over tunnel boundary or it reaches 377.

Of course, you can make your units any size you want. For smaller traders, a unit size may be 10,000. If you do not have the money to trade 30,000 of something, then I would advise you to save up and come back when you do. If your account has $2,000 in it, you can easily implement tunnel trading with 10k units.

One of the greatest advantages of this model is its flexibility in its design to allow you to choose the level of risk/reward you desire in trading. You can make this as aggressive or as conservative as fits your style. I will give an example of each. These are just examples, I'm not saying you have to do this. I'm only giving you these two to stimulate your brain. In the following day and weeks I am confident you will find an appropriate level for yourself.

Example 1 - Very Aggressive

Tunnel is pivot level for buy/sell. Above tunnel, buy breaks, sell at fib numbers. At 233 an 377, fade the move for retracement. Below tunnel, sell rallies, buy at the fib numbers. Use previous fib numbers in the move as stop loss points. This is very aggresive, and woul be appropriate for very short-term traders who have a time-frame of day-trading.

Example 2 - Very Conservative

Uses basic tunnel system with 12 ema. Only initiates on this signal. Looking for best possible probability trade. Willing to give up more profitability in return for less risk. Trades three units. Uses fib numbers 55, and 89 for 1/3 each. Leaves the other unit on until 233 or market price crosses over tunnel boundary. Allows trader to catch short-term [1-5 day] profit points, and also allows him/her to ride the major trend if one develops.

Like I said, these are just two of an infinite number of risk/reward senarios you can develop using this model. This is not some rigid system, where you have to do this or that. It is adaptable, with no right or wrong answers. This is why many locals from soybeans to bonds to gold and silver, oil, etc. use it. I've seen some people who have transformed this into a model you wouldn't recognize without knowing what tunnel trading offers.

When you get right down to it, once you have adapted it into your own trading style and personal risk model, tunnel trading will give you all you want. Momentum to catch the bigger moves over time, early profit points that allow you to catch short-term movements, and the lowest risk you can possibly have in a trade, because you are only risking 10 -25 pips on each trade. If your odds of success on each trade were 50-50 [they aren't this low], over time you would make a fortune. If you don't believe me, then do the math.

Precisely because of this flexibility tunnel trading is the best model I have ever seen.