Idealized Trades for May 2014
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Each day includes a description of some of the lessons and concepts discussed as well as the trade set-ups or examples that occurred that day.
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May 1, 2014 Download May 1 2014
Rounded Reversal or Range Day Hybrid, Stick-Save Manipulation of the Market (5th or so day in a row), Kick-off Reversal, Breakout into First Reaction
May 2, 2014 Download May 2 2014
REPEAT DAY, V-Spike Reversal, Reversal/Range Day Hybrid, Breakdown on Jobs Report, Breakout into First Reaction
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May 5, 2014 Download May 5 2014
V-Spike Gap into Stick-Save Manipulation, Mid-Day Reversal halted with a Stick-Save, Lesson on adaptation and thesis planning (what a Stick Save means about how we should adapt)
May 6, 2014 Download May 6 2014
T3 Trend Day, Dominant Thesis Played all day, Retracements and one Breakdown (clear examples)
May 7, 2014 Download May 7 2014
Stick-Save Lessons, V-Spike Reversal, Range Continuation, Popped Stops/Stick-Save discussion (failed bear flag into popped stops pathway)
May 8, 2014 Download May 8 2014
Initial Alternate Breakout Thesis into 1,890 Target, divergences into Clear Rounded Reversal and Breakdown
May 9, 2014 Download May 9 2014
Triple Bottom, TWO Stick-Save Events (lesson), Two Popped Stops Setups (lessons)
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May 12, 2014 Download May 12 2014
Breakout, T3 Trend Day, Alternate Thesis Trigger, Predictable short-squeeze developed (trade retracements ONLY – simple)
May 13, 2014 Download May 13 2014
Continuation of the Breakout, Flags into mid-day reversal. Flat Range into Close
May 14, 2014 Download May 14 2014
Reversal, bearish gap into triangle, afternoon breakout and collapse impulse (lesson – triangle break)
May 15, 2014 Download May 15 2014
Collapse into Bull Trap Outcome, Retracements into Kick-off and Rounded Reversal
May 16, 2014 Download May 16 2014
Bounce off Support into Range Day with Afternoon Triangle and Breakout
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May 19, 2014 Download May 19 2014
Weak T3 Trend Day and reminder lesson on trend days and retracements (no fades allowed – none).
May 20, 2014 Download May 20 2014
STRONG T3 Trend Day and reminder lesson on trend days and retracements (no fades allowed – none) – applying the lessons of yesterday to today.
May 21, 2014 Download May 21 2014
STRONG T3 Trend Day (continuation), two retracement/flag trades, an aggressive ‘fade’ sale into $189 (discussion)
May 22, 2014 Download May 22 2014
STRONG T3 Trend Day (continuation), three retracement/flag trades, an aggressive ‘fade’ sale into $190 (stronger trend day than yesterday)
May 23, 2014 Download May 23 2014
FIFTH TREND DAY IN A ROW (all days this week were Trend Days). You know what to do (if you don’t, that’s fine but read the reports all week).
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May 27, 2014 Download May 27 2014
SIXTH TREND DAY IN A ROW (all days last week were Trend Days). You know what to do (if you don’t, that’s fine but read the reports all week).
May 28, 2014 Download May 28 2014
SEVENTH TREND DAY IN A ROW but much weaker/Rising Range with aggressive ‘fades’.
May 29, 2014 Download May 29 2014
EIGHTH TREND DAY IN A ROW with clear Alternate Thesis BIGGER MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION clear lesson.
May 30, 2014 Download May 30 2014
NINTH TREND DAY IN A ROW as the BIGGER MOVE IN THE ILLOGICAL DIRECTION continues. Strangely, there is plenty of precedent for this (six outcomes like this since mid-2013). THIS IS NOW NORMAL – not abnormal.