I read a statistic several years ago that the majority of what traders call “breakouts” fail. For this very reason there are algorithmic trading programs that fade breakouts. And there are some manual traders who love to fade all breakouts as well. There are many others who like to load up in the direction of the breakout 100% of the … Read More
The Falling Knife Trade– $AAPL
I bought AAPL on the Open today. One of my favorite trades in the first few minutes of the Open is entering a position on a quick dropout to the prior afternoon support. I make this trade in a stock that is trending higher on a multi-day time frame in the hope of getting an excellent risk/reward entry. AAPL close … Read More
Trade Review: $LINE
You can be better tomorrow than you are today! Mike Bellafiore The PlayBook One Good Trade No relevant positions
Revisiting #NewNormal and $SPX 1680
Now is a good time to look back at the #NewNormal and discuss possible trading patterns for US equities for the remainder of 2013. The #NewNormal was a description I came up with in late 2012 to describe the slow steady grind higher in US equities that was rarely interrupted by periods of higher volatility. This state of the market … Read More
Training Session with Steve Spencer: Three Trades on $TSLA
The price action in $TSLA from the past six trading days does a nice job of demonstrating three distinct types of trades. Not all trades makes sense to all traders. But if as a trader you can figure out which of these trades fits your personality best and then build a detailed trading plan on how to attack it next … Read More
My Thought Process: $SPY Selloff
One type of price action that puts me on alert for a hard down move in the market is unusually large gyrations in quick succession. That is what is what we saw during the first few hours of trading today. Points 1&2 on the chart show up and down moves larger than the ATR of the SPY. This type of … Read More
Trade Review: $CLF
In this video snippet from the May 10th morning meeting I discuss a Second Day Play in CLF that was traded the prior day and advise our traders to look for this setup again. To watch the video please sign up below: If you would like Steve Spencer’s Trade Review videos to arrive directly to your inbox as they become … Read More
Forex Webinar Recording: Our Most Common Trading Setup
If you missed the most recent Webinar by Marc Principato, CMT on “Our Most Common Trading Setup”, this is your opportunity to watch it. In this 30-minute Webinar, Marc reviewed one of the most common trading setups that we see almost every day and one of many advanced pattern-recognition setups that we teach within our training programs. Please sign up … Read More