The long term and intermediate term trend are both starting to become range bound here. 100 day ema hold and bounce last week was bullish short term. 50 day ema broken to the upside again was bullish. 5 day ema has almost crossed over the 21 day ema which could lead to a short […]
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What is the overall direction the market is moving with in your time frame and the larger time frame? What time frame will you be trading with your next trade? What is your entry signal and what is its historical performance
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SHOWED UP FOR WORK, FORGOT THE MARKET WAS CLOSED. via @gregnb http://t.co/0A9lFvNVjY pic.twitter.com/ybS8SFI8o7 — TradingMemes (@tradingmemes) April 18, 2014 @sharptraders lunch time lull. Give it an hour — Sam G (@throbbyburns) April 18, 2014 @SJosephBurns if People on Twitter don’t turn positive very soon – this market is in danger of rallying —
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While having a great trading method is a good start and managing risk is a must for long term survival the element of a strong mental edge is a must for a winning trader. The ability to manage stress, losses, losing streaks, the ego, and even big
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This blog post came from a suggestion from Andre Du Preez and many ideas were added by my facebook traders group. Thanks to all that added value to this post, Simon Goodchild, Brian Chang, Scott Gibbons, Harry Lamborn, Lisa Wareham, Stephen Doubell,
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A decision on what specific markets to trade. A developed robust trading system to trade that fits the traders personality and risk tolerance. An understanding of the expected winning percentage of trades in the system and maximum expected draw down of your trading
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Admitting that you are wrong the moment price action tells you that you are and getting out of a bad trade. Being patient and waiting for your entry signal and the patience to let a winning trade go as far aw it wants to before you
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While the long term up trend is still in place we are entering into a small normal correction here so far. With the 100 day ema being lost the next long term support level is the 150 day ema from the last bounce. The best
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Disclaimer: The below examples are for illustrative purpose only, this is not trading advice, follow your own trading plan and trade your own system. Trade at your own risk. For those that really want to go long here on $QQQ and attempt to buy the dip in what is still an uptrend on the long
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BTFD…That’s so 2013!!! — Mr. Breakout (@sharptraders) April 11, 2014 All of my “Gurus” are Moving Averages. cc: @SJosephBurns — LM_Tentarelli (@systemstrader95) April 11, 2014 @mnycx Max Pain is a myth, I’ve studied for years and is complete BS , even more so in weekly options — Joe Kunkle (@OptionsHawk) April 11, 2014 @celiabennett
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Volatility expanded as $SPY went from all time highs to the 21 day ema in one day wiping out four days of gains in one session. Holders of $SPY took the opportunity to sell into the rally Friday after non-farms payroll. $190 $SPY was the dump zone, that is where bulls locked in profits. The
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Risk on reversal in small caps: Tech break out over the 50 day: Volatility decreases as all time highs are pursued in big cap indexes: All time highs, bullish MACD crossover, and MACD histogram positive in an uptrend.
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