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Do You Have The Mental “Flexibility” Required For Successful Day Trading?

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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NQ Trend Day: 3 Specific Trade Entry Strategies

NQ Trend Day:  3 Specific Trade Entry StrategiesThe NQ pushed to all-time highs today.  Were you able to grab at least a piece of this move today?  If not, you might find this video helpful. In it, I talk about 3 specific trade entry strategies.One deals with specific support levels.  One deals with buying on […]

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Four Specific Clues To Today’s Turnaround In the S&P

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 […]

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3 Clues To The Massive Sell-Off Today (in-depth breakdown)

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 […]

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2 Strategies To Avoid Getting “Trapped” Buying on Highs or Selling on Lows

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 […]

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How An Understanding Of Support and Resistance Concepts Can Help Your Day Trading

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 Tips For Dealing With This Massive Intra-Day Volatility

Five Tips For Dealing With This Massive Intra-Day Trading VolatilityThe past several trading sessions have been some of the most volatile in history.  This volatility is a double-edged sword, of course.  There is great opportunity but also great risk.  In other words, it’s common to be “right” on the direction of a trade but still […]

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Five Rules For Higher-Edge Breakout Trades

Five Rules For Higher-Edge Breakout Trades​As 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 […]

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Example Of A Reversal Point And A Confluence Trade Setup

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 […]

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