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Identifying Key Support and Resistance Levels
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Thomas Wood | MicroQuantSM
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About Me… Formal info
• 1995 Graduate of Vanderbilt University
• Full Broker at 23 with Merrill Lynch
• 12 Year Senior Advisor Vanguard Asset Management Service
• 23 months in Stocks & Op-ons Live Trading Room
About Me… Personal info
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• Why trade Intra-‐Day? • What are the Benefits?
• The Trading Day Time Map
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• Follow the Indexes • S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
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• Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days • * The OPENING RANGE *
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal *
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• Trade Setups for Reversals • Trade Setups for Breakouts
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• Beware the Lunch-me Doldrums
• *The Aiernoon Move*
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• Trading into the Close
• Do I hold Overnight?
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– Bonus Stuff –
• Trading Account Size -‐ A straight-‐forward method
• Grow into Sustainable Profits
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– Bonus Stuff –
• Trading Account Size -‐ A straight-‐forward method
• Grow into Sustainable Profits
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– Bonus Stuff –
Step by Step Guide to
Trading through the Day
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– Bonus Stuff –
Next Steps…
Why trade Intra-‐Day?
• Why trade Intra-‐Day? -‐ Everyday is Different
-‐ Challenging yet Fun to Adapt to a Changing Market Environment
-‐ You get to experience the world/news through the markets
-‐ Intra-‐Day: very short term charts: 1, 2, 3, 5 min or -cks
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Benefits of Intra-‐Day Trading
• Why Benefits of Intra-‐Day Trading
-‐ Everyday is Different but Similar…
-‐ Most Trading Days follow a consistent -me script -‐ Morning, Lunch, Aiernoon
-‐ Most Daily Price ac-on in Stocks follows the flow of the Indexes
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• Why Benefits of Intra-‐Day Trading
-‐ Know your Daily Profits – trading is your business -‐ Capital & Real Estate – trading computer, data feed -‐ Overhead Expenses – trade losses -‐ Employees & Skills – that’s you
-‐ Walk away everyday with Money in your Pockets!
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• Why Benefits of Intra-‐Day Trading
-‐ NO OVERNIGHT EXPOSURE RISK !!!
-‐ Overnight Market movements are an inherent risk to intra-‐day posi-ons held longer, overnight
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The Trading Day Time Map
• The Trading Day Time Map
-‐ Morning Session : PreMarket, 9:30 – 12noon
-‐ Lunch-me Doldrums : 12noon – 2pm
-‐ Aiernoon Session : 2pm – 3:45pm
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Follow the Indexes
• Follow the Indexes
-‐ Every boat captain knows it’s easiest to put to sea when the -de is flowing out…
-‐ The Indexes and their price movement are the Market’s Tides.
-‐ When you trade Intra-‐Day, trade in the same direc-on as the Index, you will have a much easier flow to your trade, and it will have a much higher chance of success
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• Follow the Indexes
-‐ When you trade Intra-‐Day, trade in the same direc-on as the Index,
-‐ you will have a much higher probability that your trade will be profitable.
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S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
• S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
-‐ S&P 500 Index -‐ 500 Largest US Companies by market cap -‐ 80% of total US Market -‐ “800 lb Gorilla” in the room
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• S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
-‐ NASDAQ 100 Index -‐ 100 of the top “technology” Growth companies -‐ Market cap weighted, Dominated by top 12 holdings
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• S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
-‐ Russell 2000 Index -‐ 2,500 Midcap & Small cap US Companies -‐ Remaining 20% of total US Market -‐ Fast movers
-‐ Russell 2000 either leads or lags the ES & NQ indexes
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• S&P500 vs NASDAQ100 vs Russell 2000
-‐ Rela-ve Strength -‐ Most of the -me indexes move together -‐ But if we compare indexes ES and NQ, usually one will be rela-vely stronger or weaker than the other
-‐ If the ES is leading, it will pull NQ with it by shear weight -‐ If the NQ is leading, it could influence ES by momentum -‐ In a fast moving market, Russell 2000 tends to lead both ES and NQ
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Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days
• Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days
-‐ Range-‐Bound Days -‐ Defini-on : days which prices tend to move between an established high (resistance) and an established low (support)
-‐ Prices also get pulled back to the middle of the range as they approach the high or low
-‐ These are seen as Consolida-on Bars on the daily chart
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• Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days
-‐ Range-‐Bound Days -‐ Opening Range high & low have a big influence on daily range
-‐ Roughly 60-‐65% of trading days are Range-‐Bound -‐ Reversal Trades that respect the O.R. high & low are successful
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• Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days
-‐ Trending Days -‐ Defini-on : days which prices tend to move in a trend, easily breaking previous day’s highs and lows with momentum
-‐ Prices then to “push the envelope” of Opening Range levels in the direc-on of momentum of the daily charts
-‐ These are seen as Trending Bars on the daily chart
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• Range-‐Bound vs Trending Days
-‐ Trending Days -‐ Opening Range high & low levels allow us to see the strength of the momentum move
-‐ Roughly 35 -‐ 40% of trading days are Trending Days -‐ Usually Trending Days generally string along 2 or 3 days at a -me.
-‐ Breakout & Trend-‐following trades work well
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* The OPENING RANGE *
Opening Range
Opening Range
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ Opening Range of the trading day -‐ Defined by the first 30 minutes (9:30am – 10am Eastern)
-‐ Opening Range High – the highest price the index traded in the first 30 minutes
-‐ Opening Range Low – the lowest price the index traded in the first 30 minutes
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Opening Range
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ Let the market move for the first 30 minutes to establish the Opening Range (O.R.)
-‐ Aier the first 30 minutes, draw the High & Low O.R. Price Levels on your Charts and extend out for the rest of the day
-‐ Opening Range High & Low – should be considered significant intraday support and resistance levels for the rest of the day
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Opening Range
Opening Range
Opening Range
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ Also, Draw a price level roughly 50% between the O.R. High and Low. This is the “middle” of the O.R. Box, and prices will tend to pull back to the “middle” on Range – Bound days.
-‐ The “middle” of the O.R. will also serve as a moderate intraday support & resistance price level. But not as important as the O.R. high & low
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Opening Range
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ If the Indexes stay between the O.R. High & Low, the day will probably be Range-‐Bound
-‐ Trade Reversal Trades that bounce off the O.R. Low (support) and bounce down off the O.R. High (resistance)
-‐ Retracement Trades of 50% or more are very likely against the O.R. High & Low
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Range-Bound Trading
Range-Bound Trading
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ If the Indexes move beyond the O.R. High & Low, the day has a higher probability to be a Trending Day
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Trending-Day Trading
Trending-Day Trading
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ Once the O.R. High is broken, look for Bullish Trending trades taking prices Higher
-‐ A strong move above the O.R. High is considered a bullish breakout, and can be used as an entry point
-‐ Use Trend Following Indicators -‐ Look for Bull Flags and Bullish Pennant paxerns for entry points
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Trending-Day Trading
• * The OPENING RANGE *
-‐ Opening Range [The Magic Box] -‐ Once the O.R. Low is broken, look for Bearish Trending trades taking prices Lower
-‐ A strong move below the O.R. Low is considered a bearish breakout, and can be used as an entry point
-‐ Use Trend Following Indicators -‐ Look for Bear Flags and Bearish Pennant paxerns for entry points
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Trending-Day Trading
* The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
-‐ 9:30-‐9:35 AM : Market Open / Opening Gap
-‐ Overnight order imbalances create Gap at Open
-‐ Greater # Buy Orders : Bullish Gap Higher
-‐ Greater # Sell Orders : Bearish Gap Lower
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Opening Gap
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
-‐ 9:35-‐10:00 AM : Opening Range
-‐ Indexes & Individual Stocks make ini-al direc-onal moves -‐ Opening Range can be Wide or Narrow
-‐ Wide Opening Range : facilitates Range Bound trading
-‐ Narrow Opening Range : makes it easy for Breakout Trades
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Wide Opening Range
Narrow Opening Range
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
-‐ 10:00 – 10:45 AM : Likely range of Mid-‐AM Reversal
-‐ If Index moving 45° inside O.R. Box it will emerge at the top or boxom of the O.R. Box
-‐ It can have immediate 50% Reversal trade back to the middle of the O.R. Box
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Quick Reversal at 10AM
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
-‐ 10:00 – 10:45 AM : Likely range of Mid-‐AM Reversal
-‐ If emerge from middle of O.R. Box, Index can then move toward an O.R. High or Low price level
-‐ From There it can make a Reversal trade against the Support and Resistance Levels
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Mid-Morning Reversal
• * The Mid-‐Morning Reversal*
-‐ 10:00 – 10:45 AM : Likely range of Mid-‐AM Reversal
-‐ If the Ini-al O.R. Move creates a Run-‐away Breakout Higher or Lower, it may be an Overall Trending Day, and any Retracements against the prevailing move will not be overly profitable
-‐ Breakouts on Trending Days should be played in the direc-on of the Breakout move with Trend Following trades.
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Trending : No Mid-Morning Reversal
Trade Setups for Reversals
• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Increasing prices vs. Resistance levels
-‐ Single Tops : fairly common, most likely will succeed with moderate bullish momentum and against O.R. High or against previous Daily Highs
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• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Increasing prices vs. Resistance levels -‐ Double Tops / Bearish Divergence : s-ll common, higher probability of success because of 2 points of momentum & prices to compare, higher probability against O.R. High or against previous Daily Highs
-‐ Enter at the Second high, at the first lower low, as bearish trade
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• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Increasing prices vs. Resistance levels -‐ Head & Shoulders Paxern : Triple Top
-‐ Decreasing Momentum Setup -‐ U-lize “Value” reading for maximum efficiency -‐ Watch for Double Top / Bearish Divergence paxern to possibly develop into H&S paxern
-‐ Enter at the Right Shoulder as bearish trade
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• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Decreasing prices vs. Support levels
-‐ Single Boxoms : fairly common, most likely will succeed with moderate bearish momentum and bounce up off O.R. Low or up off previous Daily Lows
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• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Decreasing prices vs. Support levels
-‐ Double Boxoms / Bullish Divergence : s-ll common, higher probability of success because of 2 points of momentum & prices to compare, higher probability against O.R. Low or against previous Daily Lows
-‐ Enter at the Second Low : at the first higher high, as bullish trade
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• Trade Setups for Reversals
-‐ Decreasing prices vs. Support levels
-‐ Inverse Head & Shoulders Paxern : Triple Boxom -‐ Increasing Momentum Setup -‐ U-lize “Value” reading for maximum efficiency -‐ Watch for Double Boxom / Bullish Divergence paxern to possibly develop into Inverse H&S paxern
-‐ Enter at the Right Shoulder with bullish trade
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Trade Setups for Breakouts
• Trade Setups for Breakouts
-‐ Bullish Breakout :
-‐ Move above Resistance Level, with increasing Bullish momentum
-‐ Look for Stronger bullish momentum than the previous test of resistance
-‐ Watch for “Last Kiss” retest of Level before con-nuing move higher
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Bullish Breakout
• Trade Setups for Breakouts
-‐ Bearish Breakout :
-‐ Move below Support Level, with increasing Bearish momentum
-‐ Look for Stronger bearish momentum than the previous test of resistance
-‐ Watch for “Last Kiss” retest of Level before con-nuing move lower
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Bearish Breakout
Beware the Lunch-me Doldrums
The Doldrums : 12 Noon – 2PM
• Beware the Lunch-me Doldrums
-‐ “Doldrums” : A period of choppy, rela-vely non-‐direc-onal movement in the indexes
-‐ Trading ac-vity slows, Prices move into sideways channels -‐ Normally starts around 12pm, +/-‐ 30 minutes -‐ Lasts around 2 hours -‐ Normally ends around 2pm, +/-‐ 30 minutes
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The Doldrums : 12 Noon – 2PM
• Beware the Lunch-me Doldrums
-‐ The Transi-on into the Doldrums is marked by slow down of trading, and price ac-on choppiness
-‐ The Transi-on out of the Doldrums is usually marked by a strong direc-onal move in the indexes, and increased market ac-vity
-‐ Trading during the Doldrums will usually be difficult because of the non-‐direc-onal nature of price ac-on
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The Doldrums : 12 Noon – 2PM
The Aiernoon Move
• The Aiernoon Move
-‐ Aiernoon Session starts when Indexes shows strong price ac-on and momentum move out of the Doldrums period
-‐ Usually 2:00PM +/-‐ 30 minutes
-‐ Aiernoon Session, usually 1 major direc-onal move
-‐ Can be : Range-‐Bound Trading or Breakouts
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Jump into Afternoon Move
• The Aiernoon Move
-‐ Range Bound Trading
-‐ If the Morning Session was Range-‐Bound, Aiernoon Range-‐Bound Trading will con-nue to move between O.R. High & Low
-‐ Watch Momentum as price approaches O.R. High or Low to see if there may be a breakout, if it does, this will turn into a Momentum Breakout
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Range-Bound Afternoon Move
• The Aiernoon Move
-‐ Momentum Breakouts
-‐ If the Morning Session was Range-‐Bound, the aiernoon can see a Breakout move above or below O.R. Highs or Lows
-‐ If the Morning Session was a Breakout, the aiernoon can see a con-nua-on Breakout move in the same direc-on
-‐ Or, it can see a Rapid Snapback to the Opening Range Box in opposite direc-on
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Momentum Afternoon Move
• The Aiernoon Move
-‐ Late Day Snapback Trade -‐ If the Index has been Moving Strongly in one direc-on for the majority of the trading day…
-‐ Be on the lookout for a very quick snapback trade in the last 30-‐45 minutes (3:15pm), back towards the O.R. Box
-‐ This move will start slowly, but will quickly break and move very fast
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Late Day Snapback Trade
• The Aiernoon Move
-‐ Late Day Snapback Trade -‐ All the Indexes will tend to move in unison
-‐ Late Day Snapbacks tend to happen in 33% of strong movement days
-‐ Friday is a favorite day for these Snapback Trades
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Late Day Snapback Trade
Trading into the Close
• Trading into the Close
-‐ The Close is usually considered the last 30 minutes of the session
-‐ The indexes are either moving in the dominant direc-on of the day
-‐ Or, moving in the direc-on of a Snapback trade
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• Trading into the Close
-‐ Take much cau-on trading during the last 5-‐7 minutes as the markets become very quick moving and rela-vely choppy
-‐ Last minute posi-on buys & sells move prices erra-cally
-‐ Market on close orders can disrupt price paxerns
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Market Close Volatility
Do I hold Overnight?
• Do I hold Overnight?
-‐ Intra-‐Day Trading Focus usually has us exi-ng posi-on prior to the market close
-‐ If you have a posi-on with a “profit cushion” you might consider holding for a con-nua-on move the next trading day
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Do I Hold Overnight?
• Do I hold Overnight?
-‐ Check the Daily and 60 min trend strength
-‐ Could this be part of a swing move of 3-‐5 days?
-‐ Could you take Par-al Profits and leave a part of the posi-on for tomorrow?
-‐ Is the Profit Cushion enough to cover AM gap?
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Do I Hold Overnight?
Trading Account Size
-‐ A straight-‐forward method -‐
• Trading Account Size -‐ a straight-‐forward method
-‐ Not Advice, just general Guidelines…
-‐ Select your risk level based on your overall financial condi-on, risk tolerance, and trading experience…
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• Trading Account Size -‐ a straight-‐forward method
-‐ The 1/3 ac-ve, 2/3 reserve account
-‐ Example : $30,000 account
-‐ Ac-ve por-on : $10,000
-‐ Reserve por-on : $20,000
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• Trading Account Size -‐ a straight-‐forward method
-‐ Ac-ve por-on : $10,000
-‐ Commit 10% – 20% per trade, $1,000 -‐ $2,000
-‐ 1 ac-ve trade at a -me
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• Trading Account Size -‐ a straight-‐forward method
-‐ Account Harves-ng -‐
-‐ Weekly basis, calculate increase to Trading account
-‐ Take 50% of growth, transfer out of trading account, where the market cannot take it back
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• Trading Account Size -‐ a straight-‐forward method
-‐ Account Harves-ng -‐
-‐ Remaining 50% of growth, stays in Trading account
-‐ Recalculate Ac-ve & Reserve amounts for next week
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Grow into Sustainable Profits
• Grow into Sustainable Profits
-‐ Trading Account Growth is based on Trading Success
-‐ Trading Success is a combina-on of :
-‐ Consistent Trading + Improving Trading Skill
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• Grow into Sustainable Profits
-‐ Do not Trade too big size too fast
-‐ Time = Experience
-‐ Experience = Comfort
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• Grow into Sustainable Profits
-‐ Not Advice, just general Guidelines…
-‐ Do not increase your trading size if you feel increased trading pressure, (thinking about P/L, more than the trade)
-‐ Scale back un-l you can trade comfortably
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• Grow into Sustainable Profits -‐ Start with 1 contract
-‐ Then move to 2 contracts
-‐ Then to 3 or 4 contracts
-‐ Then to 5 contracts
-‐ Then increase by +2 un-l at scale
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Trading through the Day
Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ Pre-‐Market -‐ Economic Reports -‐ Major news -‐ Previous Day’s High/Low levels -‐ Major momentum Gaps at open
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ At Open -‐ Let market work through open orders – 5 min -‐ Watch the price ac-on for the Open Range
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ At Open -‐ Watch your trading stocks :
-‐ Ac-ve? -‐ Moving with the Indexes? -‐ Moving unlike Indexes
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ At 10 AM… Create the Opening Range Box Determine Range Bound vs Trending Day -‐ Trade each appropriately: -‐ Look for poten-al 1st Reversal -‐ Look for ac-ve breakout moves
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ At 10:15 AM… -‐ Start to ac-vely look for 20-‐30 minute ini-al move higher or lower in indexes
-‐ If you see the ini-al move, look for Mid-‐AM Reversal to Start between 10:15 AM and 10:45 AM
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ At start of Mid-‐AM Reversal… -‐ Look for a poten-al 50% Retracement of the Ini-al Move
-‐ Look to O.R. High/Low for support/resistance
-‐ Follow the Indexes, trade Futures, ETFs, or Op-ons in ETFs or Individual Stocks
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ During Range-‐Bound Mornings,
-‐ Look for Reversal Trades at O.R. Levels, and previous day’s High/Low price levels
-‐ 50% retracement should be primary profit targets
-‐ Allow small “runner” posi-ons to profit from 61.8%, 76.4%, and 100% retracement moves
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ During Trending Mornings…
-‐ Enter the Trend at Breakout Levels. -‐ O.R. High/Low -‐ Previous Day’s High Low -‐ Major Support/Resistance levels
-‐ Enter the Trend at Consolida-on paxerns -‐ Bull/Bear Flags -‐ Con-nua-on Pennants
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ During Trending Mornings…
-‐ Use efficient Trend Following Indicators to indicate changes in trend to exit the trades
-‐ Use Fibonacci Extension levels to project Profit Targets
-‐ Use the “Follow-‐up” Stop loss method to Lock-‐In profits
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ Between 11:30AM -‐ 12:30PM… -‐ Watch for the start of “choppy” price movement and price bars in both the indexes & stocks
-‐ This will signal the start of the Lunch “Doldrums”
-‐ It’s best to try to limit trading during these -mes
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ Star-ng around 2PM… entry into Aiernoon period -‐ Watch for the start of a move of significance with associated momentum in both the indexes & stocks
-‐ This will signal the exit of the Lunch “Doldrums”
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ From the “Exit” of Doldrums un-l about 3:30PM … is the Aiernoon Period
1. Breakout of the Opening Range in a Range-‐Bound Day
OR
2. Pullback of a Breakout Move, back towards O.R. Box
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ From the “Exit” of Doldrums un-l about 3:30PM … is the Aiernoon Period
-‐ If you don’t get a Major Move, look for con-nued Range Bound Trades, usually inside the O.R. Box [ Very Contained Day]
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ 3:30 – 3:45 PM… Moving into Close
-‐ Be Alert to a rapid Snapback Trade if there has been a major price move that day.
-‐ Be especially Alert on Fridays
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• Trading through the Day : Step by Step, 1-‐2-‐3
-‐ 3:30 – 3:45 PM… Moving into Close
-‐ Decide if holding any posi-ons Overnight
-‐ Exit Posi-ons by 3:50 PM to avoid Closing Price Vola-lity
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– Next Steps –
-‐ Watch Workshop Video recommended 4 Times 1. Review 2. Take Notes 3. Review workshop referencing Notes 4. 2-‐3 weeks later : Review with Notes
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– Next Steps –
-‐ Work through historical 5 minute charts
-‐ Charts of Indexes (SPY, QQQ)
-‐ Charts of Stocks (GOOGL, NFLX, AAPL, AMZN)
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– Next Steps –
-‐ Markup actual Price Charts : -‐ Block off Opening Range -‐ Create O.R. High/Low/Middle price levels -‐ Observe Price Ac-on, Reversal Paxerns, Trends
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