Terminology II Flashcards
A ___ is a trend bar in the opposite direction of the trend. When a bear leg is reversing up, a bull _(same)_ is a bull trend bar, and the classic description includes a tail at the bottom and a close above the open and near the top. A bear _(same)_ is a bear trend bar in a bull leg, and the traditional description includes a tail at the top and a close below the open and near the bottom.
- Reversal Bar;
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In the Trader’s Equation, the ___ is number of ticks that a trader expects to make from a trade. For example, if the trader exits with a limit order at a profit target, it is the number of ticks between the entry price and the profit target.
- Reward;
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- In the Traders Equation, ___ is the number of ticks from a trader’s entry price to a protective stop. It is the minimum that the trader will lose if a trade goes against him (slippage and other factors can make the actual _(same)_ greater than the theoretical _(same)_).
- Risk;
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When traders think that the stock market is strong, they are willing to take more risks and invest in stocks that tend to rise faster than the overall market, and invest in more volatile currencies, like the Australian dollar or the Swedish krona. This sentiment is known as ___.
- Risk On;
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- When traders think that the stock market will fall, they become risk averse, sell out of volatile stocks and currencies, and transition into safe-haven investments, like Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Procter & Gamble (PG), the U.S. dollar, and the Swiss franc. This sentiment is known as ___.
- Risk Off;
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- When the Trader’s Equation is unclear or barely favorable for a trade, it may be termed _(adjective)_. It can also mean that the probability of success for a trade is 50 percent or less, regardless of the risk and potential reward.
- Risky;
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- A ___ is a trade that is exited with a small profit, usually before there are any pullbacks. In the Emini, when the average range is about 10 to 15 points, a scalp trade is usually any trade where the goal is less than four points. For the SPY or stocks, it might be 10 to 30 cents. For more expensive stocks, it can be $1 to $2. Since the profit is often smaller than the risk, a trader has to win at least ___ percent of the time, which is an unrealistic goal for most traders. Traders should take trades only where the potential reward is at least as great as the risk unless they are extremely skilled.
- Scalp;
- 70;
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- A ___ is a trader who primarily scalps for small profits, usually using a tight stop.
- Scalper;
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- A ___ is the typical amount of profit that a scalper would be targeting.
- Scalper’s Profit;
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- A ___ is a trade that is close to breakeven with either a small profit or a loss.
- Scratch;
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- A ___ is the second time within a few bars of the first entry where there is an entry bar based on the same logic as the first entry. For example, if a breakout above a wedge bull flag fails and pulls back to a double bottom bull flag, this pullback sets up a second buy signal for the wedge bull flag.
- Second Entry;
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- If there is a first moving average gap bar and a reversal toward the moving average does not reach the moving average, and instead the move away from the moving average continues, the next reversal in the direction of the moving average is known as a ___.
- Second Moving Average Gap Bar Setup;
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- A ___ is characterized by the second time within a few bars of the first signal where there is a setup based on the same logic as the first signal.
- Second Signal;
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- A ___ is a series of two or more bear trend bars closing near their lows. If the context is good for a selloff, many bears will sell the close of the bars or above their highs.
- Sell the Close Bear Trend;
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- ___ is characterized by strong bears asserting themselves; their selling creates bear trend bars, bars with tails at the tops, and two-bar bear reversals. The effect is cumulative and usually is eventually followed by lower prices.
- Selling Pressure;
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- A ___ is a pattern of one or more bars used by traders as the basis to place entry orders. It is composed of context, which is all of the bars to the left, and a signal bar. If an entry order is filled, the last bar of the _(same)_ becomes the signal bar.
- Setup;
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- A candle with a ___ is one with no tail at one or both ends.
- A ___ has no tail at the top and a 3. ___ has no tail at the bottom.
- Shaved Body;
- Shaved Top;
- Shaved Bottom;
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- As a verb, to ___ is to sell a stock or futures contract to initiate a new position (not to exit a prior purchase). As a noun, it is a person who sells something short, or the actual position itself.
- Short;
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- ___ is a stairs pattern where the most recent breakout is smaller than the previous one. It is a series of three or more trending highs in a bull trend or lows in a bear trend where each breakout to a new extreme is by fewer ticks than the prior breakout, indicating waning momentum. It can be a three-push pattern, but it does not have to resemble a wedge and can be any series of broad swings in a trend.
- Shrinking Stairs;
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- A ___ is a bar immediately before the bar in which an entry order is filled (the entry bar). It is the final bar of a setup.
- Signal Bar;
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- A ___ is a time frame that has more bars per hour than the current chart. If the chart is based on time, each bar contains less time (e.g., a three minute chart is a smaller time frame for all charts that have bars of four minutes or longer). A tick chart with each bar being only a single tick is the smallest time frame.
- Smaller Time Frame (STF);
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- A ___ is a strong bear trend where pullbacks (bounces) are small and brief (1 – 3 bars up). Sometimes a pullback can be a tight trading range and last more than 10 bars as long as it does not bounce high (it does not pull back much).
- Small Pullback Bear Trend;
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- A ___ is a strong bull trend where pullbacks are small and brief (1 – 3 bars down). Sometimes a pullback can be a tight trading range and last more than 10 bars as long as it does not drop far (it does not pull back much).
- Small Pullback Bull Trend;
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- The term ___ refers to consistently profitable traders who are usually trading large positions and are generally on the right side of the market.
- Smart Traders;
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- A ___ is characterized by a breakout into a trend in which the follow-through is in the form of a channel where the momentum is less and there is two-sided trading taking place.
- Spike and Channel;
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- A ___ is a push to a new extreme in a trending trading range trend or a broad channel trend where there is a series of three or more trending swings that resembles a sloping trading range and is roughly contained in a channel. After the breakout, there is a breakout pullback that retraces at least slightly into the prior trading range, which is not a requirement of other trending trading ranges. Two-way trading is taking place but one side is in slightly more control, accounting for the slope.
- Stair;
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- Institutional traders and their cumulative buying and selling determine the direction of the market. These traders are termed ___.
- Strong Bulls and Bears;
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- The term ___ refers to traders achieving their objective. Their profit target was reached before their protective stop was hit.
- Success;
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- A ___ is a surprisingly big trend bar. It usually leads to at least a small 2nd leg. It is a minor pattern that typically affects only the next 5 – 20 bars.
- A ___ is a huge _(same as 1.)_. It tends to dominate the rest of the day. For example, if there is a huge bull bar, the day will usually be in a bull trend or trading range for the remainder of the day. Its affect sometimes lasts for many days.
- Surprise Bar;
- Dominant Feature;
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- A ___ is a smaller trend that breaks a trend line of any size; the term is used only when there are at least two on the chart. They can occur within a larger trend or in a sideways market.
- Swing;
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- A ___ is a bar that looks like a spike up on the chart and extends up beyond the neighboring bars. Its high is at or above that of the bar before it and that of the bar after it.
- Swing High;
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- The term ___ refers to either a swing high or a swing low.
- Swing High / Low;
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- A ___ is a bar that looks like a spike down on the chart and extends down beyond the neighboring bars. Its low is at or below that of the bar before it and that of the bar after it.
- Swing Low;
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- A ___ represents either a swing high or a swing low.
- Swing Point;
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- For a day trader using a short-term intraday chart like the 5 minute, a ___ is any trade that lasts longer than a scalp and that the trader will hold through one or more pullbacks. For a trader using higher time frame charts, it is a trade that lasts for hours to several days. Typically, at least part of the trade is held without a profit target, since the trader is hoping for an extended move. The potential reward is usually at least twice as large as the risk, and the probability is usually only 40 – 50%. In strong breakouts, the probability is often 60% or more, but then the risk is usually large, and traders often take profits once the reward has grown as large as the risk. Small _(same)_ are called scalps by many traders. In the Emini, when the average range is about 10 to 15 points, a _(same)_ is usually any trade where the goal is four or more points.
- Swing Trade;
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- A ___ is said to occur when the market approaches a prior price of significance and can overshoot or undershoot the target.
- The term ___ is used to mean opposite things by different traders. Most traders believe that if the market then reverses, the _(same as 1.)_ was successful, and if it does not and the move continues beyond the _(same as 1.)_ area, the _(same as 1.)_ failed and a breakout has occurred.
- Test;
- Failed Test;
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- A ___ is the smallest unit of price movement. For most stocks, it is one penny; for 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures, it is 1/64 of a point; and for Eminis, it is 0.25 points. On t_(same)_ charts and on time and sales tables, a _(same)_ is every trade that takes place no matter the size and even if there is no price change. If you look at a time and sales table, every trade is counted as one _(same)_ when TradeStation charting software creates a _(same)_ chart.
- Tick;
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