Tag Archives for " Trade Entry Strategy "

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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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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What Is The Runaway Gap Trade? Examples From CL, ES, NQ

What Is The Runaway Gap Trade?  Examples From CL, ES, NQ​Today 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 […]

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4 Trailing Stop Techniques For Holding Winners Longer

4 Trailing Stop Techniques For Holding Winning Trades Longer Trade exit can be a tricky puzzle.  I mean, you’re rarely (if ever) going to be perfect and that can be frustrating.The best we can hope for is to be able to put the market in context (to determine when it makes more sense to go for […]

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Box By Box Replay: “2 Out Of 3” Logic Example In the ES

Box By Box Decision Making Logic: “Two Out Of Three” Concept. ES Example. In this video, I do a “replay” of sorts to show you the logic (from the right edge of the chart) behind the “2 out of 3” methodology.1) An explanation at what you’re looking at.2) A couple examples of how you can systematically […]

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Webinar Replay: “Beyond Luck: Using The 2 Out Of 3 Method For A Repeatable Edge”

Webinar Replay: “Beyond Luck: Using The 2 Out Of 3 Method For A Repeatable Day Trading Edge.Here is a replay of a webinar that I presented the other day.It’s called “Beyond Luck: Finding A Repeatable Edge Using the 2 Out Of 3 Method” – I discuss a key mistake I used to make and that I see […]

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