Author Archives: TraderHank

Head fake over lunch leads to two great plays for TraderHank

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As the market broke out over lunch time and then rolled over hard I was able to find a great short setup in JPM.  Price action in JPM took off like a rocket into lunch time breaking yesterday’s high but … Continue reading

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Easy does it for TraderHank in T

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  Typical Monday around here lately, nice and boring but I did happen to find a play in T which I found on my gap down list.  I scored the gap as a Tier II gap, it could have been … Continue reading

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Stop out in CSCO and a simple reason why…

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I’ve got to admit that I’ve been hot lately and not had a losing day in weeks but today I ended the day down about 1/2 of a risk unit.  Which means if my risk was $100 per trade I’d … Continue reading

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STI short does the job for TraderHank

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  What a mess the market has been yesterday and today.  I had a scratch day yesterday with two attempted trades that I managed to get out safely due to “no follow through” NFT.  Today price action looks about the … Continue reading

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The flip off method and don’t be so obvious methods used in shorting PEP

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The market gaped into resistance at the open making it very hard to trade long and everything I had on my list today, had little room to move higher, so I found myself just setting on my hands until I … Continue reading

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Short play in LLY caps a nice profitable week for TraderHank

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Tricky Friday with the market testing the lows from yesterday and attempting to rally then rolling over again.  Hard to figure out which way were going which lead to my scratch short trade in XOM that finally went to its … Continue reading

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Gap N Snap play overlooked this morning but made good this afternoon…

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My other play of the day came in LVS which was on my down gap list this morning 15 minutes prior to the markets open.  I had it as a Tier III gap down but upon looking at the play … Continue reading

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Tier II gap play in COST

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  My first play of the day came in COST which I found on my gap list as a Tier II gap.  I also had RIG on my list as well but when you looked to the left on the … Continue reading

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OMG play in TWTR

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I had one of these homerun plays short in TWTR this morning.  I found TWTR on my gap continuation list from yesterday and honestly the first 25 minutes seemed like an eternity as I found nothing to jump on short … Continue reading

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Wide Range Whippy Bars

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  Check out the price action in HUM today, at the open price was wide an whippy taking out the prior days low and taking out everything to the left above.  What this does is it takes away all the … Continue reading

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