Gap fade play in MS

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My play of the day came in MS which I found on my gap play list as a Tier III type mortgage gap.  As the market closed its first hourly bar with a red topping tail bar, I figured that the market would put in a second hourly red bar and therefore I was on the lookout for a stock that looked similar.  Disney was my first choice but it was already down 10 hourly bars which is way past my 3 bar minimum to continue to play a stock in the same direction.  Then I noticed that MS had closed its first hourly bar red after gapping up almost engulfing the prior days red bar.  My method tells me to expect a 2nd red bar so when MS started to break down below the low of the morning I shorted MS @ .07.  Price moved down rather nicely but then price action closed with an inside doji style bar on the 5 minute chart.  As price finally took out the top at .03, I was forced into covering 1/2 of my shares with just a small profit.  10 minutes later MS triggered a second sell on the 5 minute chart where I added back the shares short and price moved lower in a flurry.  My price targets @ .01 and .77 were hit where I covered 3/4 of my shares.  About 30 minutes later another sell had triggered where I added back and reduced my stop but within minutes my breakeven stop had been taken out.  Price finally did roll over again but since it was near lunch time I decided that I had taken enough out of MS for the morning....

MS 07152014
MS 07152014
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