Here's my chart from yesterday, another losing day. But once again I did what I said I would do and limited my losses to $100. I figured they would run price up and take stops from people trying to pick the top and go short after that early uptrend which they did eventually, I was just too early and didn't let the correction play out first.
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I trade differently from many traders from ET.
so very few people like the way I analyze the trade.
anyway, this is how I'd analyze the chart.
The whole purpose of trading is to profit from that rising green channel.
and not to trade AFTER the rising green channel ;
It is the garbage zone because the movement is choppy.
again you entered rather late in that rising green channel.
and you traded in the garbage zone.
If your charting software has the PLAYBACK capability,
you should use that feature and practice
- how to enter early in the green rising channel /
how to determine it is an uptrend early
- detect garbage zone early
2 decades ago, I used the playback feature very heavily and every day.
practice and practice and
practice and practice and when such
a pattern happens again, you will know how to react wisely
if your charting s/w doesn't have that feature, go invest in a good s/w.