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I believe my math was correct- but in error on calculating a 300% gain-Still -better than the prior method. The account value is simply 3x the starting value (1,000.00) - a 100% gain = +1,000.00 a 200% account gain = net $3,000.00 acct value of $3,000.00

Chart study is interesting- Actual account- I had added to Cure position by 50% this week as it moved higher in the consolidation- I thought it looked promising- but now it looks weak- I'll review my stop-for Monday- Perhaps split the stops- PBE stopped out on weakness this week for a minor...

Any reader- note No considerations for commissions, slippage ete- Just comparing what making a single addition or modification can add or detract from a starting system. Chart 1 showed a great return of buy and hold with absolutely no stops- and a great present success to the present. Up some...

Thank You for your interest- Please feel free to comment - I'm open to constructive criticisms- and suggestions to study a method I overlook - interested in learning outside of my narrow focus. And thanks for pointing out what is now the obvious box I should have been posting in ! LOL-SD

THE NEXT CHART - LOOKS AT THE SAME MONTHLY TIME FRAME It tries to establish a set of simple rules regarding an entry and an exit- Rule 1 is the entry confirmation bar has to close above the prior bar. the assumption is the next bar would be entered at the closing price of the...

It is helpful to get a sense of trend direction on higher time frames- and I now believe one can target better entries if they are aware of where the larger time frame direction is headed- and also- could one adopt a present method on a faster time frame, to a slower time frame with success...

Why choose TA- Technical Analysis- chart interpretation- to make "Investing" decisions, or changes? Depending on the chart one views- One sees the consensus of the market at that point in time in that time frame. One can have a fundamental belief that may be accurate, -over the longer...

If anyone is interested in commission free trading- TDAmeritrade has 100+ ETF's listed that one can trade- in a retirement account- for no commissions- I think there is a 30 day holding period required - Vanguard.com- One can open a brokerage account for $3,000.00 and also trade any of their...

Common wisdom in the investing community is that it is impossible to Time the Market - successfully -over the long term- There may be some truth in that for most of us- Day traders attempt to exploit more minor moves for larger cumulative gains-over the course of multiple trades- Their Risk...

I'm trying to increase the chart- In this case, It's a weekly chart of DTN trades- I felt DTN- a dividend etf would be relatively smooth-and "safer" to put some monies into for the longer term. For some reason, my stockcharts chart does not reflect the initial prices I first bought and sold...

aLL THESE CHARTS LOOK ESSENTIALLY THE SAME- MARKET SOLD OFF ACROSS THE BOARDS- AND i WAS ABLE TO STEP IN- i HAVE A LARGER POSITION IN DTN OUTSIDE OF THE TRADING ACCOUNT- iT MAY NOT REPRESENT THE 'BEST' DIVIDEND FOCUSED- i ALSO HAVE A SMALLER POSITION IN VIG- THOUGHT i'D GIVE DTN A RUN FOR...

TDIV-Technology dividend 100- I believe this is a 2nd entry - caught an early entry off an oversold market-

As a 'trend trader'- my technical question is what stopped you from allowing trade 5 - entered at the low of the channel- took a smaller profit- why did you not allow the trade to run further? Or- Why not lock in profit on 1/2- allow remaining 1/2 to run with stops raised below each closing...

"Eccks that's a lot of reading, want to take this over to my thread in the Journals ??" I apologize- I expressed my thinking without thinking. -expressing - " constructive beliefs" and i am neither qualified to spew advice- Nor a successful trader-qualified to expound on what one should or...

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