As of 11/01/2024
Indus: 42,052 +288.73 +0.7%
Trans: 16,351 +99.18 +0.6%
Utils: 1,019 -17.89 -1.7%
Nasdaq: 18,240 +144.77 +0.8%
S&P 500: 5,729 +23.35 +0.4%
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YTD
+11.6%
+2.8%
+15.6%
+21.5%
+20.1%
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43,100 or 41,250 by 11/15/2024
16,800 or 15,700 by 11/15/2024
1,075 or 1,000 by 11/15/2024
19,000 or 17,600 by 11/15/2024
5,900 or 5,600 by 11/15/2024
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As of 11/01/2024
Indus: 42,052 +288.73 +0.7%
Trans: 16,351 +99.18 +0.6%
Utils: 1,019 -17.89 -1.7%
Nasdaq: 18,240 +144.77 +0.8%
S&P 500: 5,729 +23.35 +0.4%
|
YTD
+11.6%
+2.8%
+15.6%
+21.5%
+20.1%
| |
43,100 or 41,250 by 11/15/2024
16,800 or 15,700 by 11/15/2024
1,075 or 1,000 by 11/15/2024
19,000 or 17,600 by 11/15/2024
5,900 or 5,600 by 11/15/2024
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This page discusses a day trading setup for stocks.
Here is what to look for.
You can place another shorter straight-line run trade when price reverses again, but doing this a third time risks a losing trade. In other words, the stock will be building a symmetrical triangle with converging tops and bottoms, so trading the swings becomes more risky because they are narrower. Do not swing trade consecutively more than twice unless the swings are excessively wide (and even that will be risky).
Pictured is KLAC (KLA-Tencor Corp.) stock on August 22, 2007, one-minute scale from the opening bell. Price gapped open higher from the prior day and peaked at 59.90 (point A), the first price bar. Price tumbled and I spotted the stock at around 9:40. At point D, price made a green bar but rarely does a straight-line run down reverse after just one bar, so I waited.
At E, 58.85, I bought the stock and notes from the trade say that the Nasdaq had turned up (viewing the 10-minute trend) and the stock looked to be forming a base. The thinking is that after a strong downtrend, price will bounce. I wanted to trade that bounce.
How far would the bounce take price? The high at A was 59.90 and the low at B was 58.77, for a difference of $1.13. Using a Fibonacci retrace of 38%, that would mean a bounce up to 59.20. That became my target price.
Price moved up to C and then stalled, so I sold at F (59.22). Notice that price bounced to the first Fibonacci retrace level (59.20) of the AB move. Notes from the trade say that the Nasdaq was turning down, and I expected price to follow.
I sat and watched price drop to G. Using the BC move up, I calculated that the 50% Fibonacci retrace would bottom at 59.25 - ((59.25 - 58.74) x 50%) or about 59.00. The stock reached a low of 58.98. I bought at G (59.00) and rode it up. My notes from the trade said "I think this will turn here. Market (Nasdaq 10 minute trend) just shot up after I bought. This is at the 50% Fibonacci retrace of the prior move down.
I assumed that price would double top, or at least attempt to make a second top before tumbling. Failure to make a new high is called a 2B pattern. The 59.20 price seemed like a good target, so that is what I used. When price climbed to H and the "Ticker (a running list of trades as they occur) stalled near the price of the old high at C, and I thought we'd get to 59.20. It didn't so I'm out at 59.19." The stock dropped from there.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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