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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    OK...more timely post this time....watch TZOO in NR7 today...triggers around 66.32 long and 65.54 short....always volatile, and anybody can play:)
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    and, for a little more monday morning quarterbacking, (my specialty) SMH came in NR7 today, along with RIMM, BRCM, CYMI.....BBH tomorrow:D
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    "Hopefully this trader and all of those who share the same thought process recognize sooner than later that there is no Holy Grail, that trading takes ongoing education and work, and that profitable strategies don't have to be paid for or proprietary." you'd think that someone might look at...
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    "I think something is getting ready to happen. How about you?" friday gave us DECK and CREE...NTMD been choppin' around in NR's for a few days, with upside bias in a weak market... (of course, ive burned myself so many times trading against last few weeks with a target price of 15, i've...
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    on ZEUS, stop would have been very tight....within .20-.30 of the opening high.... VLCCF...the 7/9 high would have been reasonable as a stop, although there were other aspects of the chart that might have given me reason to allow a little more room FWIW. VLCCF just finished an IDNR4...
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    another one that (almost) qualified as an IDNR4....missed the ID criteria by .05 (so i missed it in my scans) was VLCCF from 7/9 to 7/13....there were other clues in the chart, but i wasn't watching for 'em carefully enough:-( Backman
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    take a look at NTMD IDNR4 failure on 7/27,7/28... followed by NR7 day on 7/28, and response through Friday Also, ZEUS IDNR4 about 10 days ago backman
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    Classic Geometric Patterns and Narrow Range Setups

    NVEC was a magnificent NR7 breakdown 3 days ago ...depending upon your data feed, might have been IDNR4....also, JUPM from 7/6 IDNR4 through 7/8 backman
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    INTRA-DAY stock scanners?

    I've been using Neovest's First alert for about 4 years, with my own scans.....love the product and flexibility, as I can implement almost any idea i've come up with, typically within 15 minutes.... programming language is straightforward....only draw back is absence of backtesting, which...
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    Psychological Trading Mentors

    Stocks and Commodities has released a list of consultants in their traders' resource survey, and included Adrienne Toghraie: Trading on Target http://www.tradingontarget.com/ Ruth Barrons Roosevelt http://www.ruthroosevelt.com anybody have any experiences with either of them?
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    Is briefing.com PLATINUM good ?

    been using it for years....closest thing to RT newz this cowboy can justify....nice companion for my trading alert software (FIRSTALERT by Neovest)
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    Are Mentoring Services worth the investment ?

    you may want to consider contacting Chuck Dukas...he was my mentor for some years and, overall, the experience was most worthwhile.....very useful in helping me learn how to think....i have my own version of what to think http://www.trendadvisor.com/index.htm take a look at the training...
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    Is it worth it? Market Wizard LR

    I attended Raschke's one day seminar at the Trader's Expo in NYC this year, after using a free trial some time last year in the stock room, and reading START SMARTS Chat room gave me a feel for her thought process, and studying STREET SMARTS took me further into it, so when I attended her...
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    Which trading book should I get?

    "The Master Swing Trader" Alan Farley lots of discussion leading up to the 7 Bells....one of which has become my bread and butter setup, affording excellent risk/reward parameters "Streetsmarts" Connors and Raschke interesting discussion of some classical trading setups...the "dialogue"...
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    Has anyone made consistent trading profits with a purchased system?

    the only system I ever purchased was INDIGO...thought it was a license to print $$$...did there seminar, got a broker to just trade there signals....designed and optimized robust systems...then the market turned....drawdowns became horrendous Back to the drawing board....found a...
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    Serious trading tracking software?

    van Tharp describes, in one of these books, (i believe the one on electronic day trading), calculating one's %R http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-4190846-7025431 I remember browsing him at a bookstore, and thought his risk-management ratio might be a useful tool to...
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    Backtesting Software

    can wealthlab test strategies based upon the entire NASDAQ, or can it only test one symbol at a time? Also, can someone give me an idea as to the learning curve, assuming i stopped trading and made Wealth-Lab my priority.... 1 week? 1 month? I have some limited (antiquated) programming...
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    Dcth

    i use 3 min with 50/200 MA......often, when a parabolic mover fails at 50 MA, its done other than for small scalps to the long side.....ive got an intraday target of 3.09, with a short entry from 4.25
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    Self Taught or Mentored?

    70% self taught thru books, and seminars 30% from mentors and 1 or 2 worthwhile chat rooms must be highly adaptable, with a trading plan, specifically including stop loss parametes (my ongoing weakness) before entering the position....i have developed proprietary scans, and modified others...
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    Gaps

    vhen, i look to fade gaps, the more of 'em the better....take a look at WMT last few days...first day of BO 2/19 with above avg volume....2 more days of gaps without increasing volume (price/volume divergence?)....today finishes as Inside day with narrow range 4....FWIW.....
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