What Is “Price Action” Confirmation?

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I wanted to share a few trades that I executed this morning based on setups discussed in our AM Meeting. Two of the three trades were executed using programmable “scripts” to make it easier for me to manage many positions simultaneously. Once these positions are opened I can trade out of them manually or allow the scripts to continue to … Read More

Only A Few Make It In This Game

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Trading is no different than any performance related field. Many try to make it but few succeed. The other day I wrote a blog Post titled “A Dramatic Shift In Price Action”. It dealt with the stock EYES and a very distinctive change that could be identified on its longer term chart. Today, I received the following question on Stocktwits from … Read More

A Dramatic Shift In Price Action

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A large part of traders’ decision making is based on processing information visually. A few days ago I posted “Open Your Eyes” which shared a daily chart for the ticker $EYES. I asked for feedback from our community on which part of the chart was most significant. Check the comments section of the post for some good sharing. When I … Read More

Open Your EYES!

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Take a look at this daily chart for EYES. In the past three months one day in particular stands out. Something that is “not like the others” from a price and volume perspective. What does that day signal? What sort of price action would you look for following a day like that? What trading setups and time frames would you … Read More

This Price Action Often Leads To A Sharp Down Move

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In today’s AM Meeting I highlighted a short setup in Apple. It was based on the prior day’s price action. This pattern not only applies to AAPL but to the market more broadly and is important to learn. When the price action on the Open confirmed my short thesis I entered an automated script to get short between 131.30-131.50. Downside … Read More

Game Plan Review–$FSLR $SPWR $AAPL $MU $TOL $HD

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Each Tuesday after the market close I spend some time reviewing trades from our pre-market game plan. The game plan is shared every morning with traders on our desk and SMB Trader 90 members. One of our 7 trading fundamentals is “proper preparation”, which means having a process for selecting stocks to trade each day. Our AM Meeting is one way we help young … Read More

The Essence of Short Term Trading

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I have been spending time since this morning reviewing trades going back to the beginning of the year. In this video I outline several factors that short term traders use on a daily basis to accurately predict short term price movement. In recent months I have begun to use “scripts” to take advantage of these predictions. In the near future I … Read More