Learn the Diagonal Entry Model and Dynamic Trend Following through a series of instructions, tutorials and articles that set you up for success.
The articles offer a gradual learning curve and provide you with the basic concept in just 8 articles.
Navigate the index below, and click on the instruction of your selection.
Getting started
To get started, copy my chart setup and indicators.
Now you’re all set, but you might want to keep a list of my terminology at hand.
Beginners
Beginners should start with the first course to get that critical understanding of risk management and position sizing, and then at first really only focus on the LTF DEM. The LTF DEM is the pillar of the system, the bread and butter, and the main money maker. Once you understand this model and have practised it a few months, you’ll start to recognise repeatable things, and you’ll be able to study additional concepts.
Don’t force it. Be patient, and take all the time you need.
Day Trading - The Basic Tool Set
The first series of instructions explain the basic model, the risk- and position management tools you need, and the set of rules that allows you to start working.
#1 - The basic Diagonal Entry Model.
#2 Risk and Position Management.
No profitability without this cornerstone. Fixed risk, variable position size: learn how to use position size to create standard risk and compound gains, even when trades fail.
Patience is key. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Keep a steady pace, and don’t make exceptions. Most people blow their emotional capital because they are impatient. You can grow a $100 account into $1000 in just 10 to 20 trades, but the majority of traders can't do this because they are impatient and start taking too much risk, giving back gains from earlier trades and destroying their confidence. Focus on % not $.
#3 - The significance of the EMA9 ‘Push’.
A walkthrough of the M5 Diagonal Entry Model and a first look at the EMA9 parameter.
#4 - Basic Dynamic Trend Following.
Level up now: a first look at Dynamic Trend Following, using M2 to trade the setups with M5 as the ‘control timeframe’.
#5 - Using what you have learned so far: Day Trading.
Now that you understand the basics of the model, it is time to apply a simple set of rules that tell you when you can take trades and what kind of trades to look for.
#6 - Complete Dynamic Trend Following.
Building on the previous instruction, we will now explore how M10 and H1 work together for a complete directional probability system.
#7 - Combining M10 with M2 for maximum control.
This final technical article in the basic trading course gives you my core entry concepts, combining M10 with M2 to snipe, scalp, or swing.
#8 - Market Psychology.
One last thing before you start to execute: be aware of market psychology. If you approach the markets without proper mental preparation, your natural wiring may produce thoughts that will attempt to seduce you to break the rules of the system, time and time again.
Coming soon
This completes the elementary part of the trading course. You now have the basic tool and skill set that enables you to make money on a consistent basis. The aim with these first eight articles is really to just demonstrate how you can make money by keeping things simple.
Below you will find the trading appendix. A detailed list of articles that dive deeper into each their own specific technical concepts and serve to increase your understanding of the way I look at price action.
You will appreciate how these articles work around walkthroughs and examples, with the goal to make the additional concepts accessible for you when you first read them.
Did you know that the Discord offers video instructions and video mentoring?
Additional Tools
This second series of instructions introduces simple concepts that help with position management and the decision making process.
#9 - How to Identify Key Levels.
Using exhaustion candles to mark pivots to trade against.
#10 - Internal Levels: The Pre-Break High.
Using lower timeframe exhaustion candles to identify resistance levels for position management. Basic S/R flipping to confirm if you should hold your runners or not.
#11 - Barky’s EMA Boxes.
Expanding on the exhaustion candle pivots to anticipate ranges, and label these in line with the leading EMA.
#12 - Target Ratio Projection.
Using EMA Box imbalances to project potential expansion targets.
#13 - Planning a Trade.
Are you among those that consistently take partials too soon and exit a winning trade well before price even starts to trend? With a few simple concepts, you can quickly assess if you can risk giving the trade time and space to work.
Reference Reading
Reference articles seek to expand on system related technical principles.
#14 - DEM and the ZigZag Principle.
This article explores how one single fractal holds the key to all market behaviour and forms the basis for the relationship between the three diagonals that make up the Diagonal Entry Model.
The EMA Dance Sequence
This third series introduces a sequence that consistently forms out of the interaction between the EMA9 and the EMA50 as trends end and initiate turns, offering us specific sniper edges.
Introduction.
#15 - Reversal Triggers Explained.
Spotting the difference between a bounce and failed continuation.
#16 - RT Concepts
Specific Reversal Triggers each have their turn along the EMA Dance sequence, allowing us to select our favourite sniper edges.
#17 - Anatomy of a Reversal.
With the RT Concepts and the EMA Dance added to the tool kit, it is important to stay anchored in the basic concept. Time for a brief summary of what we have learned and where it fits.
#18 - Understanding the EMA50 RT.
The EMA50 RT is by far the most interesting Reversal Trigger, but it depends on a failing EMA 50 Push.
#19 - The BT Entry Concept.
When you understand the RT Concepts, you can trade failed breakdowns, failed break outs. You can use the same concept to understand when a break out attempt succeeds. A failed RT = a BT entry, a failed BT = an RT entry.
Dynamic Trend Following
This fourth series of instructions looks at the concepts that we have learned and how they inform us about the leading timeframe durning turns and trends.
Introduction
#20 - Inter Timeframe Relationships.
The EMA9 and EMA50 dynamic across timeframes and their relationships during contraction and expansion.
#21 - Trend Sequences and Timeframes.
Recognising lower timeframe EMA9 trends along higher timeframe EMA9 trends: a logical progression of the EMA9 and EMA50 dynamic across timeframes.
#22 - Dynamic Trend Following and the EMA Dance.
RT Concepts lead the way between timeframes, constantly telling us which timeframe EMA9 is leading, allowing us to follow the RT Concepts back and forth as it spreads up and down through timeframes.
#23 - EMA Box Technicals.
A more detailed look at the EMA Boxes and their statistical characteristics.
Reference Reading
Reference articles seek to expand on system related technical principles.
#24 - Base Box Timing.
A fairly complex technical concept that relies on Base Stage 1 and Stage 2 to approximate the duration of Stage 3.
#25 - Base Box Timing in Practise.
A simplified version that can actually be used in practise.
Execution
Putting the system, concept, edges and rules to use.
#26 - Barky’s Day Trading Methodology.
Initially written to help the Discord members with patience, this article is a solid reminder of psychology and the basics of the system.
#27 - Flag Patterns.
A different way of looking at the Diagonal Entry Model. Flags are the core of the system, and understanding flag structures will benefit you greatly.
#28 - The System from a Different Angle.
Another way of looking at higher timeframes for context.
#29 - Graduation.
Always remember the core of my teachings: price action only reverses in two ways, failed breaks and failed swings. There are no exceptions to this rule, which is why the RT and BT concepts are so powerful. If you can train yourself to spot failed breaks and their subsequent targets, you’ll understand the difference between an exit area, an entry, a failed swing and a failed break.
In reality, learning these concepts can be challenging, but since the principles are always the same, once you understand it, you start to see it everywhere.
RT and BT concepts validate entry diagonals versus support or resistance diagonals. The question is always, where is price coming from, so is this diagonal break a failed swing, a reversal trigger, or simply a ‘look above or below’?
I have created a final, detailed walkthrough of two setups, to explain one last time how I have designed these workings.
Congratulation, you are now an expert and may request the graduation Discord Avatar.
Supportive Library
For more examples the Discord offers a library with example charts, studies of existing models, and potential new parameters and/or edges.
We even have video instructions for full members.
Museum: Older Work / Reference Reads
Some of these are newer, some of these are older. Some of these are due for review, while others can simply be left behind. These articles are part of my research journey and offer lots of knowledge. The models, edges and the system have evolved since these early days, but I cherish these as memories, and all of them are relevant as ever. I recommend reading these. Some of them provoke thought, others will have you challenge what is written because your understanding comes from a more advanced understanding of the system. Really just worth your time.
A look at what will soon become my Power Model
Contraction and expansion, the key to directional trading.
The original EMA Boxes examples - nowadays integrated in the EMA Boxes instruction to reflect the M10 Entry Concepts.
The original day trading instruction from 2023.
LTF DEM parameters for long scalps.
LTF DEM parameters for short scalps
The original idea that lead to Dynamic Trend Following.
The first real DEM/DTF based risk and position management model.
A look at three useful tools.
What Ultimately Become the Base Box Sequence and Base Box Timing: