ES Journal - 2023/2024

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Made a few trades anticipating the reverse I thought would come and stopped out every time only to miss the final capitulation and move up. Can anyone relate? I reckon I'll limp on back home.
 
Made a few trades anticipating the reverse I thought would come and stopped out every time only to miss the final capitulation and move up. Can anyone relate? I reckon I'll limp on back home.

It’s brutal. i was poised to go long 200dma, but apparently it was front run per usual
 
" Can anyone relate?"

I think one concept that may help is the notion of a crowded trade. If you were to try a long today, it was best to buy when the sellers were "spent". To me than means you have to wait for a break down below a support level. That way, all those who are going to sell have done so, and there is a greater chance of Buyers taking over the bid/ask.

Put another way, if there is a S/R level, buying or selling at that level is "crowded", but buy/sell after the break out is less crowded. That being said, watch carefully the pre breakout action for clues on it is a range test and fail or a true breakout.

About 11:50 PT is the example. In that range is was crowded and the Vol low.
Other times 10:20; 10:40, 11:08 DB*, 11:31 DB. The 8:05 "test" was AM trading and therefore a different animal.

*Double Bottom

PS: Of course, all this is from the "master of after the fact" trading.;)
 
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