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October 1, 2013 Download October 1 2013

Congress Fails; Market Rallies (dominant thesis rally off the chart), T3 Trend Day (retracements) into lengthy divergence, Kick-off, and Rounded Reversal with Breakout into First Reaction two-step play

October 2, 2013 Download October 2 2013

Downside Gap, Aggressive Support plus Divergence Reversal Play, Stick-Save into Breakout with flag retracements.  Failed afternoon breakdown.

October 3, 2013 Download October 3 2013

Semi-Repeat Day with numerous news events.  V-Spike.  Downside Gap, Aggressive Support plus Divergence Reversal Play, Stick-Save into Breakout with flag retracements.

October 4, 2013 Download October 4 2013

T3 Trend Day, Flag/Retracement Trades, reminder in stop-loss management

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October 7, 2013 Download October 7 2013

T2 Trend Day (almost T3), Flag/Retracements, semi-Rounded Reversal due to failed afternoon breakout

October 8, 2013 Download October 8 2013

T3 Trend Day Down, Alternate Thesis Breakdown – and lesson on why we have an Alternate Thesis – T3 Trend Day retracement tactics (despite divergences and kick-offs)

October 9, 2013 Download October 9 2013

Clear V-Spike Reversal (great lessons), Retracement into Divergence with Kick-off, Breakout into First Reaction

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October 14, 2013 Download October 14 2013

Third T3 Trend Day, Gap-down (filled) into breakout above 1,700 then pro-trend day ‘flag’ retracements (breakout into first reaction)

October 15, 2013 Download October 15 2013

Range Day into end-of-day Breakout with “first reaction” two-step play.  Lesson on Range Day Fade Trades with an adaptation (Trade #3 failed ahead of a future successful breakout event for #4)

October 16, 2013 Download October 16 2013

T3 Trend Day (three morning flag/retracements), Congressional Deal/Solution (boosted the market), divergence into kick-off (but no reversal trades)

October 17, 2013 Download October 17 2013

T3 Trend Day despite morning gap, extended feedback loop/impulse environment (narrative plus chart pattern planning) retracement and breakout trades, lesson in stop-loss/trade management (Trade #3)

October 18, 2013 Download October 18 2013

T3 Trend Day WITH expected morning gap, extended feedback loop/impulse environment (narrative plus chart pattern planning) retracement and breakout trades, lesson in T3 Trend Day tactics (don’t fight them!)

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October 21, 2013 Download October 21 2013

Range Day (finally!), Range Day Fade Day tactics, divergences into Bollinger/Trendlines

October 22, 2013 Download October 22 2013

Alternate Bullish Thesis Breakout, T3 Trend Day, Bullish Support and Retracement Trades (lesson in planning and adapting)

October 23, 2013 Download October 23 2013

Bearish Trend into Range Session, Bearish ‘flag’ trades, failed breakout (failed rounded reversal)

October 24, 2013 Download October 24 2013

Bullish T3 Trend Day, Breakout, Retracement/Flag Trades

October 25, 2013 Download October 25 2013

Bullish T3 Trend Day, Breakout, Retracement/Flag Trades (yes, again)

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October 28, 2013 Download October 28 2013

Bullish T3 Trend Day, Breakout, Retracement/Flag Trades (the feedback loop continues), end-of-day bearish reversal

October 29, 2013 Download October 29 2013

Bullish T3 Trend Day,  Retracement/Flag Trades (the feedback loop continues), stable T3 Trend Day

October 30, 2013 Download October 30 2013

FED DAY, Retracement and two breakdown trades

October 31, 2013 Download October 31 2013

Bearish Opening, Bullish Stick Save Breakout, Retracements into Afternoon Breakdown