Bonus Video 02: Trading Patterns on the open Flashcards
Measured Move: How to measure
One measured move Al likes is based upon (From the open) The first series of bars, then there’s a pause bar (a bull bar in bear trend). he expects a measured move down from the open of the first bar in the series to the close or low of the final bar in the series.
80% of Opens have reversals
The reversal will usually take place at support or resistance. Within the 1st 90 minutes.
Only 20% of the days have a Trend from the open
Opening reversal is usually….
Double top
Double Bottom
Wedge Top
Wedge Bottom
Double Bottom (DB) Bull Flag at EMA and yesterday’s close.
A protective stop is just beyond the reversal or bottom of the rally
Even if I bought higher. When selling, opposite is true.
Beginning Traders should only be looking for swing trades and they should mostly swing trade.
That means that they will typically take 1-3 trades per day.
No matter how strong an opening tend is, it will reverse __% of the time
50%. Then 50% of the time the reversal will fail and the trend will resume.
“ii” are signal bars.
I think. Trade the breakout
Whenever you have a reversal and a Bull Flag, it is a ____________ Pattern
Cup and Handle Pattern
You can also call it a Higher Low major Trend Reversal HL MTR
Traders are always looking for the market to test the previous days High or Low and then ____________
Reverse
__% of the time a Trend from the Open will continue down to the end of the day. __% of the time it will reverse and turn into some type of trading range.
20%
80%
When you get a big reversal, it becomes the dominant feature of the day and most likely won’t go back down. it will go sideways or up.