Idealized Trades for March 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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March 3, 2014 Download March 3 2014
POWERFUL T3 Trend Day “Collapse” – Dominant Thesis played out on trigger-break under 1,770 (best lesson). Simple strategies for power trend days.
March 4, 2014 Download March 4 2014
POWERFUL T3 Trend Day “Demise of the Bears” – Gap UP into all-time highs and T3 Continuity all day long (at least three ‘flag’ retracements)
March 5, 2014 Download March 5 2014
Expected Stall/Pause into the 1,875 target, Tight Range Day, Range Day Fade Trade refresher lesson
March 6, 2014 Download March 6 2014
Buyers Holding the Market at the Highs, Alternate Upside Break leads to easy and predictable bullish real-time profits, end-of-day reversal
March 7, 2014 Download March 7 2014
Buyers Holding the Market at the Highs (collapse prevented), Alternate Upside Break, Jobs Report, Bullish Support and Stick-Save Trades (they simply keep working)
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March 10, 2014 Download March 10 2014
Semi-Repeat Day, Morning Sell-off (as expected), Stick-Save off $187, Bullish Play into Range Day (like Friday)
March 11, 2014 Download March 11 2014
Semi-Repeat Day, Morning Sell-off (as expected), Stick-Save off $187, Bullish Play into Range Day (like Friday)
March 12, 2014 Download March 12 2014
Dominant Thesis sell into support, V-Spike Reversal off support, bullish trades from there on (adaptation)
March 13, 2014 Download March 13 2014
Alternate “Collapse/Breakdown” Thesis leads to Bull Trap and T3 Trend Day Down. Lesson in adaptation and Trend Day tactics.
March 14, 2014 Download March 14 2014
Dominant Range/Bounce Thesis, Falling Range Day, Lesson in stop-loss strategy, breakdown and retracements
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March 17, 2014 Download March 17 2014
Dominant Bullish Reversal (or Alternate Thesis Breakout), T3 Trend Day, Retracement/flag trades ONLY (no fades at all – lesson)
March 18, 2014 Download March 18 2014
Bullish Breakout Continuation, Repeat Day, T3 Trend Day UP (just like yesterday)
March 19, 2014 Download March 19 2014
Fed Day, Range into Breakdown
March 20, 2014 Download March 20 2014
Dominant Thesis bounce plays out with two breakout trades and two retracements
March 21, 2014 Download March 21 2014
Bull Trap, Possible Market Top, Afternoon Collapse/Breakdown, Range into Breakdown
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March 24, 2014 Download March 24 2014
Continuation Sell-Swing (dominant thesis), Clear Rounded Reversal with Divergences and Kick-off (great example)
March 25, 2014 Download March 25 2014
Semi-Repeat Day, Discussion on Day Structure (Range Day interpretation vs. “Repeat” of yesterday’s textbook Rounded Reversal).
March 26, 2014 Download March 26 2014
Beginning of a Repeat Day that broke into the Dominant Thesis Bearish Breakdown play (breakdown and retracement trades in the afternoon)
March 27, 2014 Download March 27 2014
More dominant/expected thesis real-time outcome into $184 support – aggressive reversal up off support with divergences
March 28, 2014 Download March 28 2014
More dominant/expected thesis real-time outcome (bounce up continues off $184), retracement then afternoon breakdown
March 31, 2014 Download March 31 2014
More dominant/expected thesis real-time outcome (bounce up continues off $184), retracement trades (pay attention to narrative)


