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[10:39] <brandon> AKAM is still looking nice if it can break above that 3.26 [10:39] <brandon> it has continued to hold up very well

This is what a "bad" gap against you looks like. :D

Unfortunately not all gaps are favorable. When a gap occurs that is not favorable you need a plan in place that will help you to deal with this situation. One of the dangers of holding overnight is the gap that blows your stop on the very first trade and there is nothing you can do about this...

A trading Range occurs when a stock is trading between established points. This type of trading indicates either accumulation or distribution of a stock. A lot of traders manage to really hurt themselves in ranges by getting extremely bullish near the top of a range (only to see it come back...

[09:59] <brandon> 09:59:00 STOCK DAY TRADE UPDATE: KLAC look to get out in here with a small loss. OUr trend is broken. trading 39.59

An uptrend occurs when a stock is making a series of higher highs and higher lows. It will consist of rallies interrupted by short term sell-offs, generally profit taking, which should stop the down move at or near the area of the last low. In the strongest of uptrends however, this sell-off...

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[09:43] <brandon> 09:43:48 STOCK DAY TRADE: BUY SETUP KLAC above 39.65. Stops under 39.50.

A downtrend occurs when a stock makes a series of lower lows and lower highs. It will consist of sell-offs interrupted by short term rallies. The rallies will occur over the span of up to several days. Then a sell-off will again occur and the cycle repeats itself until a fundamental event...

Ok, who slipped the everclear in the markets punch bowl this morning :p

congratulations to everyone who has been trading the swingtrades the last week since I started posting them. They have done very well and you likely have as well. I did not get much time to scan this evening due to Internet problems but a few things look nice as Oops buys to me including...

I want to thank everyone who took the time to post their thoughts about me, both good and bad (I especially appreciate the good :D ) But a lot of this thread has gotten taken up with my personality and I don't want that to happen as it really does distract from the learning process that can...

I was just checking my email and had one in the box from the Online Trading Expo which had a link to an article by my friend Chris Schumacher who is with Realitytrader. I think that the article is very good and definatly worth your time to read...

https://www.lbrgroup.com/index.asp?page=ArticlesTrenddays

All freely traded markets are trending at all times. There are four major trend timelines in effect at all times. The first is the the long term time frame. It lasts from months to years and is the domain of the investor. The second is the intermediate term time frame, this exists in a period of...

Each evening members of the Live Trading Room recieve a more detailed version of the nightly swingtrade letter. It includes the specific entry points of the trades given for free, plus an expanded list of stocks of interest. In addition to AMGN LTR members were alerted to shorting opportunities...

Probably not, its easier to bitch and moan.

Im getting there, but I can only cover so much at a time :D brandon

Take your gains off in AMGN. Monster move.

[08:34] <brandon> 08:34:35 SWING TRADE: SHORT SETUP ALL under 36.45. Stops above 36.85