In our SMBU Daily Video, learn how short term traders describe trade setups on an intraday basis. In this video from Steve Spencer, you will learn: The thought process of an intraday trader How Steve looks for potential long/short trade setups How to gauge whether a stock is weak or strong We hope this video helps you improve your trading … Read More
A News Pattern Trade: Full Year Beat or Miss
I am a pattern trader. Technical pattern trader. Tape pattern trader. News pattern trader. Whatever the pattern that makes sense to my trading brain, my risk preferences and trading sweet spot that gives me an edge in the market. For the patterns that make the most sense to me I build a PlayBook. One play in my PlayBook is the … Read More
Enhancing Trader Performance: Pattern-Seeking Addiction
*****David Blair, The Crosshairs Trader, is a blogger/trader/educator who does a wonderful job of sharing research on elite performance and how it relates to trading. Below is his latest post for the SMB trading community.***** — Editor’s Note We stock traders are notorious pattern seekers, “finding” everything from head and shoulders to triangles to cups with handles in price charts. … Read More
Using Patterns to Turn the Tables…
Many traders become frustrated when a stock follows a pattern they deem to be illogical. Their frustration mounts when they take a loss do to this “irrational” pattern and they may actually trade against the pattern even after they have identified the correct way to trade the stock through rational observation. DE had a large gap down after releasing their … Read More