Do you have the mental “flexibility” required for successful day trading?Do you ever feel like you get “locked in” to a trading concept and can’t shake it? If so, you might find this video helpful. In it, I go bar-by-bar through a potential trade example from this morning. We discussed it in real-time during our […]
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What Are “Aggression” Bars? Examples from NQ, ES, GCIn this video, I explain the basics of what we call “relative aggression bars”. Then, I give a few examples from today’s trading in the NQ, ES, and GC.You can click below to view the brief video:
Continue...Four Specific Clues To The Turnaround In the S&PAfter intense sell-offs on Thursday and Friday, the market had an impressive rally today. As a day trader, were there any clues that could better help you make sense of a potentially tricky day? I certainly think so, and in this brief video, I really focus in on […]
Continue...3 Clues To The Massive Selloff (in-depth breakdown)There was a major selloff in the stock indices today (S&P down 2.5% / dow down 700 points / etc). So, in this video, I do an in-depth breakdown of 3 clues that helped make sense of the day. Fair warning: it’s a 20+ minute video and it’s pretty detailed…so […]
Continue...2 Strategies To Avoid Getting “Trapped” Buying on Highs or Selling on LowsMost of us have gotten “trapped” buying the dead high or selling the bottom of a market. Few things are more frustrating than thinking you’re hopping on a runaway train only to see it stop and reverse almost immediately.So, are there any strategies […]
Continue...How An Understanding Of Support and Resistance Concepts Can Help Your Day TradingIn this video, I look at a few examples (from CL, GC, and ES) and discuss how an understanding of support & resistance concepts can help your day trading.Topics: – The idea of “context first”, rather than being a robotic setup follower. – The different […]
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Five Rules For Higher-Edge Breakout TradesAs traders, there isn’t much better than catching a nice breakout. The problem, as we all know, is that most breakout attempts don’t really go anywhere and you end up getting stopped out pretty quickly.However, if you follow a few rules, you can better distinguish between breakout attempts that are […]
Continue...Example Of A Reversal Pattern And A “Confluence” Trade SetupThis brief video shows a couple of interesting examples.One is a reversal pattern that is relatively common. The second example is what we would call a “confluence” pattern that can be used for trade entry. It’s a situation where several pieces of evidence come together at […]
Continue...What Is The Runaway Gap Trade? Examples From CL, ES, NQToday offered a few examples of a trade we call the “runaway gap trade”. It’s an aggressive trade that works only a bit more than 50% of the time. But, when it does work, the moves tend to be pretty good. This brief video explains […]
Continue...Two Techniques For Identifying Potential Reversals In Your Day TradingBecause today was a relatively volatile day, with several major reversals, I thought it might be good to discuss a couple of techniques that help in identifying them. Both are based on “extreme” aggression bars, which are also explained.Click below to view…
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