Trading Patterns on the Open Flashcards

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Gap Down and Bull Trend from the Open

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Gap Down and Bull Trend from the Open

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Trends from the open occur what percentage of trading days?

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20% of Trading Days

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Gap Down and Bear Trend from the Open (1st Bar)

Traders will begin to Sell The Close, bear Micro Channel

1st 2 Bars are Bear Bars, 2nd bar is closing Near its Low (Both have Good Size Bodies)

*Sell the close of the 2nd Bar or Below 2nd Bar

As long as Strong Bear Trend, Sell Below Bear Bars CLOSING Near their Lows

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Gap Down and Bear Trend from the Open (1st Bar)

Traders will begin to Sell The Close, bear Micro Channel

1st 2 Bars are Bear Bars, 2nd bar is closing Near its Low (Both have Good Size Bodies)

*Sell the close of the 2nd Bar or Below 2nd Bar

As long as Strong Bear Trend, Sell Below Bear Bars CLOSING Near their Lows

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What Percentage of Opens have Reversals?

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80% of Opens have Reversals; there is a 50% chance and open will Reverse (it typically takes place at S/R)

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BO on Open - 50% chance of a Reversal no matter how strong

  • Market looks for direction early in the day. Tries one way, but even strong BO fails 50% of the time
  • Test of S/R can be very strong, still will reverse 50% of the time
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BO on Open - 50% chance of a Reversal no matter how strong

  • Market looks for direction early in the day. Tries one way, but even strong BO fails 50% of the time
  • Test of S/R can be very strong, still will reverse 50% of the time
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Opening Reversal: Early Reversal @ S/R

  • 80% of Days test S/R in 1st 90Minutes the Reversal often becomes the High or Low of the Day
  • Reversal is usually a DT, DB, Wedge Top or Wedge Bottoms
  • Therefore on the Open Look for … DTs, DBs, Wedge Tops, Wedge Bottoms; sometimes the 1st Reversal will Fail and I will get an opposite Reversal
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Opening Reversal: Early Reversal @ S/R

  • 80% of Days test S/R in 1st 90Minutes the Reversal often becomes the High or Low of the Day
  • Reversal is usually a DT, DB, Wedge Top or Wedge Bottoms
  • Therefore on the Open Look for … DTs, DBs, Wedge Tops, Wedge Bottoms; sometimes the 1st Reversal will Fail and I will get an opposite Reversal
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How to enter, place stop, and exit - Traders should enter most trades using STOP ORDERS

  • To increase the probability of a profit, wait for a strong signal bar
  • When selling, wait to sell below a bear bar closing near its low
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How to enter, place stop, and exit - Traders should enter most trades using STOP ORDERS

  • To increase the probability of a profit, wait for a strong signal bar
  • When selling, wait to sell below a bear bar closing near its low
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Wait for Strong Signal Bar, Use appropriate Protective Stop

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Wait for Strong Signal Bar, Use appropriate Protective Stop

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When Starting Out I should be taking mostly Swing Trades and this equates to 2-3 Trades per day.

And when I gain more experience I can take 3-10 Trades a day with Scalps & Swings

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When Starting Out I should be taking mostly Swing Trades and this equates to 2-3 Trades per day.

And when I gain more experience I can take 3-10 Trades a day with Scalps & Swings

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Buy Climax: Any Strong Open Reverses 50% of the Time (2nd Leg Bull Trap and Micro DT)

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Buy Climax: Any Strong Open Reverses 50% of the Time (2nd Leg Bull Trap and Micro DT)

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Buy Climax: Failed BO above Yesterdays High

*Always pay attention to Yesterdays High & Low as the Market often Tests it and Reverses

*Note after a Trend/Micro Channel etc has occur then followed by a HUGE CLIMATIC Trend Bar it usually leads to profit taking so entering below that bar for a trade is not always ideal(see Bear Exhaustion Bar on chart below)

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Buy Climax: Failed BO above Yesterdays High

*Always pay attention to Yesterdays High & Low as the Market often Tests it and Reverses

*Note after a Trend/Micro Channel etc has occur then followed by a HUGE CLIMATIC Trend Bar it usually leads to profit taking so entering below that bar for a trade is not always ideal(see Bear Exhaustion Bar on chart below)

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Gap Down: Bull Trend From The Open

*Remember no matter how strong an opening trend is, it will reverse 50% of the time and than a 50% chance it will resume!

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Pattern 1 to Trade on the Open - Gap Down: Bull Trend From The Open

*Remember no matter how strong an opening trend is, it will reverse 50% of the time and than a 50% chance it will resume!

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Keep in mind on the OPEN everything that looks good only has a 50% chance of success

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Keep in mind on the OPEN everything that looks good only has a 50% chance of success

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Sell Climax: Reversal Day after ii (Consecutive Inside Bars) [Reasonable to Buy above the Bear Bar in this ii pattern because it is a triangle BO pattern on a smaller TF]

*Exit on this chart equates to TBTL & another entry presented itself “HL MTR”

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Sell Climax: Reversal Day after ii (Consecutive Inside Bars) [Reasonable to Buy above the Bear Bar in this ii pattern because it is a triangle BO pattern on a smaller TF]

*Exit on this chart equates to TBTL & another entry presented itself “HL MTR”

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after Micro DB

*With this Sell Climax on the Open I have to be thinking there is a 50% chance of a Reversal Up

*After the Climatic Bar there was a Doji Follow-Through which failed to Breach the low & than a Bull Bar followed by another Bear Bar that Failed to Break Yesterdays low resulting in a Micro DB leading to the Reversal Up

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after Micro DB

*With this Sell Climax on the Open I have to be thinking there is a 50% chance of a Reversal Up

*After the Climatic Bar there was a Doji Follow-Through which failed to Breach the low & than a Bull Bar followed by another Bear Bar that Failed to Break Yesterdays low resulting in a Micro DB leading to the Reversal Up

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after Micro DB

*Parabolic Bull Wedge Climax warrants a Great Exit for Profits after the Bear Bar Closes near its low

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after Micro DB

*Parabolic Bull Wedge Climax warrants a Great Exit for Profits after the Bear Bar Closes near its low

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after 2nd Leg Bear Trap

*2nd Leg Tested last weeks low (Everyday likes to test something on the Open; today its last weeks low, it could be yesterdays low, etc.)

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Sell Climax: Reversal Up after 2nd Leg Bear Trap

*2nd Leg Tested last weeks low (Everyday likes to test something on the Open; today its last weeks low, it could be yesterdays low, etc.)

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Sell Climax: Failed BO below Yesterday’s Low

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Sell Climax: Failed BO below Yesterday’s Low

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Sell Climax on the Open (No Gap Down) there was then a Reversal up from Parabolic Wedge Bottom as there were several attempts at the market attempting to Bottom out.

*Reasonable to take the 1st reversal trade up even though the first one is usually minor

*Failed BO attempt at the Low increasing the odds of a TR or maybe MTR. It is a LL MTR and a reasonable Buy above a Bull Bar (also in the bottom third of the TR)

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Sell Climax on the Open (No Gap Down) there was then a Reversal up from Parabolic Wedge Bottom as there were several attempts at the market attempting to Bottom out.

*Reasonable to take the 1st reversal trade up even though the first one is usually minor

*Failed BO attempt at the Low increasing the odds of a TR or maybe MTR. It is a LL MTR and a reasonable Buy above a Bull Bar (also in the bottom third of the TR)

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Parabolic Wedge Sell Climax - Micro DB (The Micro DB Represents a test of the bottom of the Bear Trend)

*Micro DB Buy with Stop above the Bull Bar

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Parabolic Wedge Sell Climax - Micro DB (The Micro DB Represents a test of the bottom of the Bear Trend)

*Micro DB Buy with Stop above the Bull Bar

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Trend From the Open Bear Trend: Sell Climax

*Became TR DAY (Big Up Big Down = Big Confusion aka TR)

*50% chance of a Reversal on the Open BO

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Trend From the Open Bear Trend: Sell Climax

*Became TR DAY (Big Up Big Down = Big Confusion aka TR)

*50% chance of a Reversal on the Open BO

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Gap Down: Sell Climax

* A lot of Bulls wait for 2nd Entry Buy with a Bull Bar Closing Near their Highs for MTR after Parabolic Wedge Bottom

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Gap Down: Sell Climax

* A lot of Bulls wait for 2nd Entry Buy with a Bull Bar Closing Near their Highs for MTR after Parabolic Wedge Bottom

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Big Gap Down: Trend From the Open Bear Trend

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Big Gap Down: Trend From the Open Bear Trend

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Big Gap Down: Sell Climax and Wedge Bottom - Big Gap down & Bear Trend from the open (consecutive sell climaxes)

*Failed BO below Wedge Bottom, became an even bigger Wedge

*Buy above Bull Bar Closing Near its High

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Big Gap Down: Sell Climax and Wedge Bottom - Big Gap down & Bear Trend from the open (consecutive sell climaxes)

*Failed BO below Wedge Bottom, became an even bigger Wedge

*Buy above Bull Bar Closing Near its High

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Gap Down: Sell Climax - 2nd Leg Bear Trap (a Sell Climax that Reversed)

*Look for a Reversal into a Bull Trend or Reversal into a TR

*Either way I should be looking for a Reversal up and Bull above Bull Bars

*Usually a Reversal like this is the HIGHLIGHT of the Day

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Gap Down: Sell Climax - 2nd Leg Bear Trap (a Sell Climax that Reversed)

*Look for a Reversal into a Bull Trend or Reversal into a TR

*Either way I should be looking for a Reversal up and Bull above Bull Bars

*Usually a Reversal like this is the HIGHLIGHT of the Day

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Gap Down: Consecutive Sell Climaxes - Failed BO Below Parabolic Wedge Bottom

*Buy above Bull Bar closing near its High; Remember the first reversal up is USUALLY MINOR

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Gap Down: Consecutive Sell Climaxes - Failed BO Below Parabolic Wedge Bottom

*Buy above Bull Bar closing near its High; Remember the first reversal up is USUALLY MINOR

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Failed BO Low of Yesterday: 2nd Reversal Up

*Gap Down on open and a Rally to MA & the Bear Trend Resumed with a climax

*The Sell Climax lead to an exhaustive move

*Traders will that the sell and then the Buy

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Failed BO Low of Yesterday: 2nd Reversal Up

*Gap Down on open and a Rally to MA & the Bear Trend Resumed with a climax

*The Sell Climax lead to an exhaustive move

*Traders will that the sell and then the Buy

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Gap Down: Sell Climaxes, buy CONTINUED LOWER

*The Bulls hoped for a Parabolic Wedge and the 1st Reversal up is usually Minor, which it was on this chart which it was but there was Bad Follow-Through resulting in the Minor Reversal up becoming a Bear Flag and the Bear Trend Resumed

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Gap Down: Sell Climaxes, buy CONTINUED LOWER

*The Bulls hoped for a Parabolic Wedge and the 1st Reversal up is usually Minor, which it was on this chart which it was but there was Bad Follow-Through resulting in the Minor Reversal up becoming a Bear Flag and the Bear Trend Resumed

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Most Patterns work 40-60% of the time

That means they fail 40-60% of the time !

So anytime you see a Pattern no matter how good it is always be prepared for it to fail and prepared to take a trade in the opposite direction when the original pattern fails

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Most Patterns work 40-60% of the time

That means they fail 40-60% of the time !

So anytime you see a Pattern no matter how good it is always be prepared for it to fail and prepared to take a trade in the opposite direction when the original pattern fails