Hi Sterling,
Yes, I did. I'd say, they aren't any better or worse than other, so called "promising" patterns.
I made money on about 60% of those trades. Which is not any better than my ususal average.
A good thing is clearly :
You make your screening on EOD Data and have your list ready for the coming trading day. You are prepared and you have a plan what to do if x happens.
If a stocks doesn't hit the trigger-price, you're not in the trade - so you can't loose any money.
However, JC's strategies are working best with illiquid stocks - or say stocks who make large moves on little volume. JC himself emphasizes in his books, to use this strategies with stocks trading on daily volumes below 400K on average.
It happened quite often, that the trigger-price was reached on the open the other trading day. You wanted to buy but the next price levels were a 1/4 , 1/2 or even more than 1 point away from the ideal JC entry.
You may take the trade anyway and set your stop. But all of a sudden, the next quote is 1/2 point or more against your trade, with nothing in between.
Now what to do ? wait for the next full point against you ?
In many cases, I decided to pull the trigger and got out of the trade at a small loss. In some cases, I could have made money by staying in the trade, in most others, it was the better decision.
How JC's screens work with more liquid issues ? Well, I'll post some lists for trading later today on this board. Have a look yourself.
I am going to post only long trades !