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Nice clean and easy move. I was busy with two good trades on LB before this one, otherwise I'd have scanned and found this earlier.
MRK +71c per share. There are good opportunities virtually every single day using this method alone.
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XLNX was a pre market choice and a real cracker using the method in this thread
+328c per share
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The opportunities are always there.
You need to look, wait then seize what's offered.
Of the ones that don't work out, you're usually in on momentum and that almost always takes you into profit so if it turns against you afterwards, then you simply exit with a small gain or a small loss.
Here's one from my pre market alert choices.
X (US Steel) +120c
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+120c per share
 
This is one from today using the rising candles method;
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found by scanning after market open.
WFC +65c per share
All winners and losers on my blog as always.
 
Mr Charts, please don't go to any effort but can you recall when your last red day was?
 
Mr Charts, please don't go to any effort but can you recall when your last red day was?

No, actually, I can't, it was certainly a long time ago. I know this seems impossible to people who don't know how and when I trade.
Not having losing days is a reflection of several factors, of which these are just a couple.
I usually get good gains in the first half hour and that tends to set me up for the day. I use about eleven different set ups as well as the one in this thread and they tend to trigger in different market situations. If I find that I have a couple of consecutive losers in a day I tend to become much more of a cautious and defensive trader as those losers tend to show moves are becoming less reliable.
I also use position sizing so the greater the unpredictability the more conservatively I trade or I simply stand aside until conditions improve on the day.
I've been trading for a living since 2000 and part time before that so I tend to know what I'm doing. One of the things that experience results in is that any mistakes I make are infrequent, though they still happen. Obviously trading is a probability business and although the future cannot be predicted with any certainty you have to understand how to keep probability strongly in your favour by doing the right thing at the right time. This involves strict mental self control. Some say pro traders don't feel emotion, but that's easy if it's someone else's money they are trading. If it's your own that's different.
Personally I still feel emotion even after all these years, and that might be a weakness on my part, BUT I have trained myself to ignore my emotions whilst trading, so it's not a problem.
 
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No, actually, I can't, it was certainly a long time ago. I know this seems impossible to people who don't know how and when I trade.
Not having losing days is a reflection of several factors, of which these are just a couple.
I usually get good gains in the first half hour and that tends to set me up for the day. I use about eleven different set ups as well as the one in this thread and they tend to trigger in different market situations. If I find that I have a couple of consecutive losers in a day I tend to become much more of a cautious and defensive trader as those losers tend to show moves are becoming less reliable.
I also use position sizing so the greater the unpredictability the more conservatively I trade or I simply stand aside until conditions improve on the day.
I've been trading for a living since 2000 and part time before that so I tend to know what I'm doing. One of the things that experience results in is that any mistakes I make are infrequent, though they still happen. Obviously trading is a probability business and although the future cannot be predicted with any certainty you have to understand how to keep probability strongly in your favour by doing the right thing at the right time. This involves strict mental self control. Some say pro traders don't feel emotion, but that's easy if it's someone else's money they are trading. If it's your own that's different.
Personally I still feel emotion even after all these years, and that might be a weakness on my part, BUT I have trained myself to ignore my emotions whilst trading, so it's not a problem.
What's your trading setups are based on? Technical or fundamental analysis? Math?
 
If there is anyone that has been on Mr Charts course and has been trading his methods I would be very keen to talk to you in private. I think the results are very impressive and I'm keen to see what other traders who have learned from Mr Charts own experiences in their trading are.
 
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By now, I’ve learned to see the market as an always changing jigsaw nobody is able to solve. However, collecting those pieces trough discretionary analysis, coupled with inputs from quantitative tools, enables to find situations where the risk-reward leans heavily on the latter.

In general, there is no tool or strategy working all the time. But an experienced trader will use the appropriate tools in a certain market regime.
 
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By now, I’ve learned to see the market as an always changing jigsaw nobody is able to solve. However, collecting those pieces trough discretionary analysis, coupled with inputs from quantitative tools, enables to find situations where the risk-reward leans heavily on the latter.

In general, there is no tool or strategy working all the time. But an experienced trader will use the appropriate tools in a certain market regime.


Could you please explain more how to use the data from this chart to better understand the movements of oil prices, thanks.
 
Could you please explain more how to use the data from this chart to better understand the movements of oil prices, thanks.

Sure, in my opinion the oil market has some conflicting signals right now.

1. Medium-trend is down (trend) -> bearish
2. The up move is time wise old (cycle) -> bearish
3. First half of the year crude oil is strong (seasonality) -> bullish
4. COT data are bullish (commercial lifted hedges) -> bullish

The beauty in trading is we do not have to trade markets with a lot of conflicting signals. -> better to trade gold right now
 
Sure, in my opinion the oil market has some conflicting signals right now.

1. Medium-trend is down (trend) -> bearish
2. The up move is time wise old (cycle) -> bearish
3. First half of the year crude oil is strong (seasonality) -> bullish
4. COT data are bullish (commercial lifted hedges) -> bullish

The beauty in trading is we do not have to trade markets with a lot of conflicting signals. -> better to trade gold right now
Do you mean that gold price action is currently issuing clear signals? I don't think that it is easy as you assume.
 
With respect, this thread is not about the gold or oil markets so perhaps posts on those subjects are better posted elsewhere?
 
Due to domestic interruptions I've only been able to trade twice today. Once I used a different set up to the one in this thread and made a small loss.
However this method paid off yet again. Actually it was +78c. Typo on image
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Reading sentiment and many years of experience of what has a very good probability of being profitable consistently.

What tools do you use to read market sentiments? Or it's based on intuition, like comparing current case with past scenarios?
 
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