Tag: trends

Does Everyone Know Their ABCs?

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We asked All About Trends to share another one of their member articles with our Trader's Blog readers after the positive response we received from last weeks article.  Here's the article as outlined by All About Trends in their newsletter dated 4/22/12

In the newsletter for our paying subscribers on Friday we said:

"What we will also want to talk about is what happens if a C wave down of an ABC wave 4 down takes place."

Before we get into the indexes let's take a look at a few blasts from the past as well as a current example of AB Cya's . Continue reading "Does Everyone Know Their ABCs?" →

What To Watch Out For

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By: All About Trends

In the stock market there are three things you need to know.

  • Uptrends and how to trade them
  • Downtrends and how to trade them
  • Change In Trends and how to identify them be it down to up or up to down.

Given we are sitting at some year highs all going into May with it's "Sell In May And Go Away" mantra (for those who subscribe to that self fulfilling prophecy) not to mention the potential wave count (5 waves up) and a fair amount of resistance now is a good time to talk a bit about Change In Trend patterns to be aware of. Continue reading "What To Watch Out For" →

Candlesticks - Using the Doji

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If you follow our blog, then you are definitely familiar with trader Larry Levin, President of Trading Advantage LLC. We have gotten such a great response from some of his past posts that he has agreed to share one more of his favorite trading tips as a special treat to our viewers. Determining the direction of the market can be tricky and just plain confusing at times, but Larry’s expert opinion keeps it simple. If you like this article, Larry’s also agreed to give you free access to his Double Stop trading technique.

On a candlestick chart, there is a pattern that technicians refer to as a doji. A doji has top and bottom shadows like a regular candlestick, but has practically no real body. This happens when the opening and closing price are the same, or so close that they just leave a sliver of a real body. A doji looks like a plus sign or cross. Continue reading "Candlesticks - Using the Doji" →

How to Pick Intraday Market Direction – The 80% Rule

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If you follow our blog, then you are definitely familiar with trader Larry Levin, President of Trading Advantage LLC. We have gotten such a great response from some of his past posts that he has agreed to share one more of his favorite trading tips as a special treat to our viewers. Determining the direction of the market can be tricky and just plain confusing at times, but Larry’s expert opinion keeps it simple. If you like this article, Larry’s also agreed to give you free access to his Double Stop trading technique.

Let me introduce you to one simple technique I've used to pick intraday market direction with 80% accuracy.

Would you like to know if a particular trade has an 80% probability of working? Would you like to know exactly where to enter that trade, and where to exit? Would you like to trade this technique with a 2 point stop loss or less? Continue reading "How to Pick Intraday Market Direction – The 80% Rule" →

Trade with a Plan – Using a Stop Loss

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If you follow our blog, then you are definitely familiar with trader Larry Levin, President of Trading Advantage LLC. We have gotten such a great response from some of his past posts that he has agreed to share one more of his favorite trading tips as a special treat to our viewers. Determining the direction of the market can be tricky and just plain confusing at times, but Larry’s expert opinion keeps it simple and straight-to-the-point.

If you like this article, Larry’s also agreed to give you free access to his Double Stop trading technique.

Today he’s going to talk about how to include stop orders in your trading plan.

In my opinion, every trade you consider should be laid out ahead of time with a roadmap. A complete map should have an “off ramp” or a place where it makes sense to enter the market. It should also have exits for your destination (profits) as well as off ramps for emergency exits. This part of your plan will likely include stop orders. Continue reading "Trade with a Plan – Using a Stop Loss" →