Idealized Trades for May 2013
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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, 2013 Download May 1 2013
Fed Day (not a typical one), T3 Trend Day, Retracements and a Breakout
May 2, 2013 Download May 2 2013
“Surprise” or alternate thesis T3 (great example in planning), three clean pro-trend flag/retracements
May 3, 2013 Download May 3 2013
Big Breakout Day, T2 Trend Day (stall in afternoon), Jobs Report, Breakthrough and 18 point rally (popped stops/squeeze) above 1,600, flag trades
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May 6, 2013 Download May 6 2013
Rising Range or Weak Trend Day, Divergent Reversal into HTF Target, Two-Entry (and stop-loss logic) Retracement Trades
May 7, 2013 Download May 7 2013
Power T3 Trend Day, Breakout and Retracement Trades, Lesson in our strategy (chart for how we use Narrative, Game-Plan, and real-time actions)
May 8, 2013 Download May 8 2013
Continuation/Breakout, Powerful T3 Trend Day, Blatant Manipulation of the Market (Stick Save with Popped Stops Trade), Breakouts and a Failed Divergence + Kick-off Pattern (lesson)
May 9, 2013 Download May 9 2013
Initial Trend Continuation, New High on terrible internals, breakouts and retracements (1-min), failed flag into breakdown/reversal and ‘first reaction’
May 10, 2013 Download May 10 2013
HTF Game-Plan Alignment (great example of caution between a range), bullish support buys, range day behavior
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May 13, 2013 Download May 13 2013
Semi-Repeat of Friday’s action, reminder on game-planning and broader narrative, rising range day with bullish trades
May 14, 2013 Download May 14 2013
Big Breakout, T3 Day, Big Lesson in HTF Planning (alternate thesis) and real-time adaptation (trend and retracements – bigger move in the ‘opposite’ direction than widely expected)
May 15, 2013 Download May 15 2013
Breakout/Feedback Loop Continuation, T3 Day, Big Lesson in HTF Planning and Narrative integration, Bullish Breakout/Retracement Trades, Stick-Save breaks Valid Reversal (reference the narrative)
May 16, 2013 Download May 16 2013
Afternoon Breakdown/Reversal (surprise!), pro-trend retracement trades until the breakdown (50 EMA), flag and support plays
May 17, 2013 Download May 17 2013
“True to Form” Options Expiration Friday (lesson in ‘pinning’), morning retracement, afternoon breakout, ‘first reaction’ play, Trend Day
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May 20, 2013 Download May 20 2013
Clean Rounded Reversal, Trend-up opening to $167.50 target, visual divergences and kick-off signals into target for rounded reversal/breakdown
May 21, 2013 Download May 21 2013
Morning bullish reversal (off hourly retracement), three ‘flag’ trades in the morning, another divergent kick-off reversal lower into the close
May 22, 2013 Download May 22 2013
Morning Breakout (Housing), Bernanke Testimony (mid-day reversal), afternoon collapse/breakdown (FOMC minutes release), Daily Bearish Engulfing (Lesson on “Technical Damage”)
May 23, 2013 Download May 23 2013
Morning Gap into HTF Support, Lesson on Gaps into Game-Plan Targets, Stick-Save (lesson on failed bear flags and intraday reversals)
May 24, 2013 Download May 24 2013
REPEAT DAY, great example, failed morning bear flag forecasts intraday reversal, bullish game-plan off $164 target
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May 28, 2013 Download May 28 2013
Mirror Image Day (Repeat of May 23 and 24 yet in the opposite direction), Morning strength, retracement, failed bull flag retracement, intraday reversal (breakdown) event
May 29, 2013 Download May 29 2013
FOURTH Semi-Repeat Day in a Row, Gap and Trend/Retracement, Failed Trade leads to Intraday Reversal, Popped Stops/Breakout and retracement
May 30, 2013 Download May 30 2013
Pro-trend T3 day, excellent integration of Narrative plus Game-Plan, retracement trades all day
May 31, 2013 Download May 31 2013
Bearish Bias off the Open, Failed bullish breakout (sets up intraday downside reversal), breakdown under support, literal collapse into the close