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    Candlestick probability

    %% MAINLY, the close= by then all have voted. upside down T= topping tail[aka grave stone dogi]. tends to be a good reversal signal \ even though a very strong uptrend trend or downtrend will occasionally ignore that topping tail/LOL:D:D
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    Lumber double bottom?

    %% OK\its also made a double top on your chart also. barchart.com has a 24% buy on it\ so its a 76% sell\all time frames. I dont have an opinion on it.:caution::caution:
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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% 1st page of barchart green volume ETFs/ most all of them up\except corp bonds down some tics. I thought XLE sector would be downweek just a little bit/ it closed up also. CAT is still jumping up; amazing number of markets + stuff closed up the first week of JAN to repeat. Mr Nobert said...
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    why are certain oil/energy stocks making all time highs while crude and ng are dropping?

    %% MOST of the weekly + daily/YTD trends are still up/XLE, except DEC. Thats fine with me when they put TSLA in SPY,qqq; +like James' wife Betty said/ she likes the smell of gasoline. Her family had a food + gas station when she was kid:D:D
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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% BUYING stuff up YTD/ up for week/up for month/TSLA is like that. Barchart has a 100% sell on TSLA, but they're buying it off weeklies+ YTD/and month[I thought you were shorting TSLA, must be long with those profit targets LOL:D:D] Most of my ETFs are also up YTD/month/50dma/200dma. SH is...
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    Crazy paper trading day

    %% GOOD KEYS\ like real estate, too much leverage means handing keys back to bank. Higher the leverage , the easier it is to lose the keys to the bank. Cash works better even if markets chops\ + slops; + real estate is ruled by plenty of rules on paper, on purpose, especially with a REALTOR...
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    rollover 401k

    %% NO, no tax or10% penalty= just make sure transfer it from broker to broker. MOST stuff like ETFs dont need to be sold, but just follow instructions, may take 4 days to 4 weeks.................................... SAY as example you are going to SCHW or IBKR, use thier instructions\forms; make...
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    How'd your trading go this week?

    %% AS of 12;59 CST, better than benchmark SPY ; but i got out of leveraged stuff earlier in the week. Swing, price + some volume; plenty of trend study. Smaller than average profit on SH\ but thats in line with the tend. Metals business about average; not really trend requirement mostly. Going...
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    Who is not printing money?

    %% USa printing money \2022\helped the bears. Sorry Canada stopped stamping pennies; even though the coin dealers seemed to enjoy that:D:D:D:D:D,:caution::caution::caution: 3rd FRI in JAN tends to close down for USa stocks.[[Markets closed ML King day,mon] USa has so many opportunities/...
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    Trying to understand fees.

    %% PLUS slippage\ may not be about -7% in ; and - 7% out\ like his old broker:D:D. Actually the way PEP is dropping below50 day moving average\ may get a great fill; especially since so many are selling it this year. Good long term uptrend.
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    why are certain oil/energy stocks making all time highs while crude and ng are dropping?

    %% I see plenty of good reasons for that/many of them profit@$50 oil/; debt cutting may have helped. May not make trends as good as 2022/ but could do better/ since trends work that way. Nat gas doesn't look low@ all to me , but you maybe right on that.CHK does look weak; i remember Carl Ichan...
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    Understanding Candlestick Charts

    %% Best to trade a % of your real estate profits\ put market makers + specialists in profitable companies. Then/ most of millionaires in stock markets are investors, not traders. Certain exceptions apply/ but no wonder Paul Tudor[Paul trader] Jones bought a farm + shoots ducks for food:D:D Some...
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    Val's Discretionary Trading Journal

    %% I seldom say this\ but i'm sure SPY has not seen\hit the bottom,2023; why?? I did not put a time limit on it+ 200dma more than OCT 2020 low$ As far as 2023. DIA/DOW could easy have put in a bottom. Its above 200dma IF SPY has a positive% close in JAN; SPY may have a uptrend bull market...
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    How can I be a discipline Trader???

    %% STUDY the market prices much more \that will help; also, most anybody has done stuff like that.:D:D Also you are looking @ it wrong .How so?? Oversize male ego [or female ego] is 100% wrong; a loss is business expense. No body in business that makes money for long or much money/ confuses...
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    Some art related to trading/investing

    %% Plus some things may never happen but once?? DO i think i will ever see, [even though it was an obvious mistake] weekly gain of more than 888.777% ??:D:D.[Correct % was under 10%, ETF split ]Maybe, maybe not , but i dont try to even predict mistakes. I saw a sign one time on a hiway...
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    Understanding Candlestick Charts

    %% YES\ your logic is exactly correct\ but have to consider this also. NOT many funds do that or even day trade all the time/ a few do. But since you are not a market maker or specialist [i figure]\ most market millionaires are investors, so word to the wise. Also Don Bright daytrading did...
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    Goodbye 2022 -- and good riddance. Markets close out their worst year since 2008

    %% Actually i enjoy a small good puppet show, the ones targeted for kids, not dc fakes :D:D\ Good year for bank interest/ metals business. Local guns + ammo dealer + grocery did= very well also. Dave ramsey never did like bonds./ a key for 100% sure of NEVER losing money with bonds.LOL [...
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    How to deal with burnout?

    %% ACTUALLY good advice\ + best to do that early:caution::caution:I KNEW by a teen[MCD workers average age] i did not want to work for some else:D:D:D:D:D:D,:caution::caution::caution: Some stranger stopped once + said , in a hurray he needed a rush job\ sorry i told him i cant do it by...
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    Binance Loses $12 Billion! - Is Binance Safe

    %% IF one likes the excitement of cons or bit cons\ i dont regret spending time watching the movie ''The Sting'' But i would not keep wasting time + money on that but, that movie seller did fine:caution::caution: I don't get too close to hornet's nests, but its a free country\ well it's not a...
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    What game is Blackrock playing?

    %% Another good thing about Black rock\ they invest in black rocks like coal + fossil fuels. And whine about ESG\LoL:D:D They actually have a lot of fossil fuel ETFs....................................................:caution::caution:
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