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A lot of stocks on the Market Smith Growth 250+ list have made runs of 20%-100% since the beginning of this intermediate up trend that began on on the low of 11/16/12 and really got moving on 12/31/12. For me, just because the Indexes are starting to act sloppy and erratic doesn't mean I am hoping on the short side and I am not cutting my longs either. This is one of those times where less is more. I have taken profits in most of my winning positions and down to core size in each. Trails stops set in what I have left.
This is just a list of names that have come across my scans. I continually watch for names that hold up well in corrective and choppy markets.
A lot of stocks on the Market Smith Growth 250+ list have made runs of 20%-100% since the beginning of this intermediate up trend that began on on the low of 11/16/12 and really got moving on 12/31/12. For me, just because the Indexes are starting to act sloppy and erratic doesn't mean I am hoping on the short side and I am not cutting my longs either. This is one of those times where less is more. I have taken profits in most of my winning positions and down to core size in each. Trails stops set in what I have left.
This is just a list of names that have come across my scans. I continually watch for names that hold up well in corrective and choppy markets.
"Plan your trades and trade your plan."
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Are You Frustrated Yet?
I've noticed a lot of frustration on the stream as of lately. The gaps whether they fade or trend seem to be difficult to trade and trust. I just wanted to mention a couple of things that have lead to a decrease in my frustration levels.
Once I noticed that many of my trades were being stopped out at a loss or trail stops hit in fairly short amount of time, I decrease the amount of trades I enter. This is also considering I feel my entry and stop placements are correct, following my strategy and rules for risk management.
I pass on a lot and become much more picky...Volume being the number one indicator I watch.
Depending on the size of the move I think the trade may make, I either drop my share size and widen my stop a bit, or tighten the stop all together. I prefer the dropping share size and widening stops.
Were not in a trending market yet. So to flip flop back and forth from bearish to bullish makes no sense IMO. Having unrealistic expectations of follow thru on either the long or short side doesn't make much sense to me either. While having potential trade set ups is just part of doing the homework like @ChessNWine mentioned in his video the other day.
Here are a couple of links for Day and Swing traders that may or may not help.
Once I noticed that many of my trades were being stopped out at a loss or trail stops hit in fairly short amount of time, I decrease the amount of trades I enter. This is also considering I feel my entry and stop placements are correct, following my strategy and rules for risk management.
I pass on a lot and become much more picky...Volume being the number one indicator I watch.
Depending on the size of the move I think the trade may make, I either drop my share size and widen my stop a bit, or tighten the stop all together. I prefer the dropping share size and widening stops.
Were not in a trending market yet. So to flip flop back and forth from bearish to bullish makes no sense IMO. Having unrealistic expectations of follow thru on either the long or short side doesn't make much sense to me either. While having potential trade set ups is just part of doing the homework like @ChessNWine mentioned in his video the other day.
Here are a couple of links for Day and Swing traders that may or may not help.
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Approaching that oversold area. -200 is consider oversold. On the SPY we have only retraced to the .382 Fib retracement.
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