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Monthly Archives: April 2014
One and done on this FOMC day
FOMC days seem to be showing up on my door step way too fast lately. These Fed announcements can really screw up the trading day and sometimes the following day as well, similar to a bad hangover. On FOMC … Continue reading
Nice gap play in NOV this morning
I found a nice Tier II mortgage type gap play this morning in NOV that I nearly got stopped out on but managed to hang with it to 2 of my lower targets. NOV opened by gaping under 7 days … Continue reading
The 60 minute chart is your guiding light…
Today’s price action in the market reminded me big time on how important the 60 minute chart is when determining if a lower time frames setup will workout or not. The first two hourly bars were green but the 3rd … Continue reading
Posted in Diary
Tagged 60 minute chart, Day Trading
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Tier I gap in XLNX
I was a little late setting up my charts this morning but I noticed that XLNX was going to open by gaping down $3 dollars. My analysis had XLNX as a Tier I gap which is the best possible gap … Continue reading
A short from the long list gets the Job done for TraderHank
My trade of the day came in HD which happened to be on my long list as a possible gap continuation play. Price sold off hard for the first 15 minutes of the day making HD look more like one … Continue reading
Posted in Gap continuation plays
Tagged 15 minute sell, HD
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Two nice plays in C and XOM
Yesterday’s play of the day came in C which I found on my Gap continuation list as a beautiful Tier III gap to the upside from Monday. My entry came as C fell hard into minor support and triggered … Continue reading
Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays, Gap continuation plays
Tagged C, Gap continuation, Wide range bar, XOM
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Gap continuation play in JPM
A really slow trading day today for me due to having a very poor list of stocks to trade with. My play of the day came in JPM which I had on my list as a gap continuation play from … Continue reading
What you think is a long could be a short..
I ran out of time this week and I had two plays that I wanted to post. My first play is from Thursday in TEVA, which was on my long daily list because its daily buy had triggered Wednesday. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays, Daily plays
Tagged Shorts, TEVA, TGT
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Two smaller plays in ALL and FB get the job done…
Tricky little day today with the start of earnings season, not a lot of quality gaps to play but I did notice that Facebook was gapping up this morning after consolidating for most of the day yesterday. FB gapped up … Continue reading
Your management can make you a profitable trader!
After the trading day yesterday, I was so disgusted with myself with my poor management on my play of ADBE. I left 1/2 of the move on the table and for some reason I covered my entire lot @ 63.94 … Continue reading
Posted in 9:45 Wide Range Bar Plays, Diary
Tagged ADBE, EXPE, Trade Management
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