Buy high and sell higher and sell low and exit lower?

Currently I always buy low to try sell higher

its a good place to start

low-high are the relative terms, but eventually any trader wants to buy at the beginning of the trend and sell at its end

but because the market is fractal in its nature its often happens that we operate in up or down trend of the a larger time frame, in this case buy high and sell higher applies as well as sell low and sell lower..

the problem with the books you reading they are written by the people who never really traded for living, and never really understood the nature of what they try to teach

as a result: the blind one (them) guide the blind one( you)
 
buy high sell higher - then on low buy and on lower low buy and then sell higher. ;)

when you say "on lower buy and on lower low buy" are you suggesting to average down your first buy? Isn't averaging down something that all trader rule sets suggest you should never do?


nt
 
when you say "on lower buy and on lower low buy" are you suggesting to average down your first buy? Isn't averaging down something that all trader rule sets suggest you should never do?


nt

I think what he's saying is after you buy high sell high, and then on low buy on lower low, you then sell on the higher low while buying the lower high on the lowest low that went higher, while minding that you then have to lower sell the higher low and buy that high that was lower, later on...lower.

So easy a caveman can do it? ROFL.
 
when you say "on lower buy and on lower low buy" are you suggesting to average down your first buy? Isn't averaging down something that all trader rule sets suggest you should never do?


nt

i am just kinda joking that since the sp was trading 200 people been calling for a bear market. so it seems no matter where you in the market the right thing is to just buy. buy high, buy higher, buy low buy lower, buy in your sleep.

when buying highs you wait for the pullback then get in when your not sure if it will continue but make the stop a sar.

averaging down is very bad for most but if you have a momentum system that is longer term and you have a timing method to trade counter to it to enter yes i would average down up to 3 times beyond that it should exit or reverse. it works is all i know.
 
when you say "on lower buy and on lower low buy" are you suggesting to average down your first buy? Isn't averaging down something that all trader rule sets suggest you should never do?
nt

This strategy works great on ETF index trade especially in 2009. Since no one can tell when the market has bottom. This strategy needs the "balls of steel.":sneaky:
 
I had to re-read a few times...I get it..its all a gift....

It all depends how you trade...I try to catch reversals early, but the bulk of my profits is reversals that turn into breakouts / breakdowns, and building in while they're breaking to new highs / lows. So, I'll have a very small position early which will give about coin-flip odds, but then I build in pretty big when it starts going my way.

The problem is believing you bought the bottom is something quickly and frequently disproved, so you're likely to take losses as it initially goes against you. You won't be predisposed to this feeling if you're buying high because you already think you're paying a high price for something.
 
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