Monthly Archives: March 2014

Gap up surprise in GILD

Posted on March 31, 2014 by TraderHank

With a gap up in the market and a narrow range day, I was happy to find GILD as a possible gap up surprise this morning. Price triggered a 5 minute buy just @ 9:50 am reversal time that … Continue reading →

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No Mojo for TraderHank this week

Posted on March 29, 2014 by TraderHank

I ended the week down a few “risk” units, the last time I had a losing week was the week before Thanksgiving. I guess all steaks will come to an end but unfortunately this was just not my week. … Continue reading →

Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays, Daily plays, Diary | Tagged COST, Losing Trade, TEVA | Comments Off

3 great traders from Friday

Posted on March 22, 2014 by TraderHank

I really had a homerun day of trading on Friday with 3 really nice trades to share. My first trade came early has the market sold off hard into 10 am reversal time triggering a mini climatic buy setup in … Continue reading →

Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays, Climatic Plays, Gap plays | Tagged NKE, QQQ, UAL | Comments Off

Starbucks throws TraderHank out of the coffee shop…

Posted on March 20, 2014 by TraderHank

I’ve had another profitable week so far and I’m on my way to another profitable month in a row since last November 2013. Today was a tougher trading day for myself, in the old days, I’d would have lost … Continue reading →

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Plays in EBAY and ABX get the job done for TraderHank…

Posted on March 17, 2014 by TraderHank

I had two smaller plays that I held both into 3:30 pm reversal time, the first was a play in EBAY which I found on my gap up list this morning. EBAY did not score but since I had no … Continue reading →

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Market Law #1

Posted on March 13, 2014 by TraderHank

Reads, “The law of momentum, under normal market conditions, wider color bars will be followed by the same colored bar 80% of the time.” Today this market law kept me on the right side of the market. The QQQ put … Continue reading →

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A second chance play in UAL leads to an “OMG” play for TraderHank

Posted on March 13, 2014 by TraderHank

My play of the day was found while I was looking for wide range bars during my 9:45 am scan of my 100 stock universe. This is where I found UAL which had a small gap up and sold off … Continue reading →

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9:45 am wide range bar play kept TraderHank in the Black for the week

Posted on March 12, 2014 by TraderHank

My play of the day came in VLO which I found while doing my 9:45 am wide range bar scan. My entry came right at 10:30 am reversal time as price triggered a 15 minute buy. I entered the play … Continue reading →

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Tier II gap play in JCP made a great play for TraderHank

Posted on March 12, 2014 by TraderHank

This play was from yesterday where I found JCP as a nice Tier II type mortgage play. I soon found an entry as price triggered the first buy setup on the 1 minute chart near 9:35 am reversal time where … Continue reading →

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HOG got the job done for TraderHank today

Posted on March 5, 2014 by TraderHank

My play of the day came in HOG which I found while doing my 9:45 wide range bar scan. I took the first 5 minute buy at 10 am reversal time with a partial share size but it wasn’t until … Continue reading →

Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays | Tagged 15 minute buy, 5 minute buy, HOG, PBS | Comments Off

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