Quote from marketsurfer:
Huh? How about posting before the fact calls-- June 21 was nearly 2 months ago-- I don't get the above cherry picked pretty chart.
surf
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ITP.TO&p=D&b=5&g=0&id=p95125882978
Sure; here is a before the fact call.
A) The above chart shows an almost perfect trend where this stock has appreciated 10-20% per month for a while now.
B) In past observations, whenever there was a sell off, or a possible attack from shorters I observed the asks bought up by large bids. Ie: 1 million plus shares driving the stock to new highs.
C) I have entered this trend several times and earned an average of 12% per month or better.
D) average volume has steadily increased
E) my call is to enter the stock today on a simulated trade, at market, and watch this stock and your account appreciate by 10% without margin, more with, in the next 20 trading days.
D) common sense tells us this trend may fail therefore spread your trading stake over 2-3 such trends.
E) to me stop loss is an art, I'd exit if the behaviour changes. No physical stop.
Surf; are you a day trader using statistics to predict and trade noise?
Perhaps this is clouding your vision. Noise is definitely random.