These Stocks Trade Straight Up from the Open

Big HT (Hat Tip) to SMB Capital. Our friends over at SMB Capital write an incredibly informative blog about the art of trading, the training regiment required for success, and what tools (both in your head and at your fingertips) are need to be successful consistently. Below is the pattern they described in the article…

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Here’s How to Trade Long on % Down Stocks: Traders’ Tips

TRADERS’ TIPS: TAS&C May Issue “He was utterly fearless but never reckless.  He could, and did, turn on a twinkling if he found he was wrong.” — Jessie Livermore, American author, investor In this month’s issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities in the Traders’ Tips section, Sylvain Vervoort offers an analysis of trailing stop…

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Be in 2 Places at Once to Nail Your Next Gap Trade

The market is expected to open lower this morning for several reasons (all from my Twitter feed this AM): SmallCapInvestOil: prices languished near $46 a barrel Tuesday after renewed doubts about the health of U.S. banks sent crude and stock markets tumbling. alansmurray: Caterpillar and DuPont earnings raise fresh concerns about economic weakness. http://bit.ly/IjQ7S SmallCapInvest:…

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Following This Bear Swing Set-Up Netted a 84% Win Rate

Improved OddsMaker Models Swing Trades Noticed anything?  We changed The OddsMaker by expanding the range of the backtest and introducing longer hold times with which to model trading rules.  The details of the enhancements are in the User’s Guide.  This post demonstrates via an example strategy how the changes improve the universe of possible trading…

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Try This Swing Strategy: Reversed MACD Crossover System

Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities  TRADERS’ TIPS March Issue “I measure what’s going on, and I adopt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.”…

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How to Short $BAC All Over Again. Watch History Repeat.

The headlines sound an omnious alarm: “Bank of America tumbles on nationalization worries” (Reuters, February 4, 2009) BAC continues to take it on the chin: teetering on bankruptcy, government bail out yada yada yada.  If you shorted this ride – congratulations.  But is the ride over? Maybe there is more opportunity yet to find in…

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Try the Market’s Lunch Special: SHORT – Lunch Time Fade Strategy

Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities  TRADERS’ TIPS February Issue “There is always plenty of capital for those who can create practical plans for using it.” Napoleon Hill (Author, Think and Grow Rich, 1883 – 1970) For this month’s Traders’ Tips,…

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Strategy-Session: 2 Patterns You Want to See As They Happen

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that a bunch of traders gathered online to see and hear my present how Trade-Ideas PRO can model any pattern.   They let me have it. I took almost 20 descriptions 30 minutes before the presentation began and picked 3 to model and walk everyone through the process of modeling…

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