Trading Price 6: Entries Tactics Flashcards

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Base 4 things

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Don’t want to see huge wicks NRC can be either green or red can be 1 to several candles

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5 types of entries

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  1. Limit Entry 2. Zone Entry 3. Confirmation Entry 4. Scaling into a Supply/Demand zone 5. Set and forget
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Limit Entry

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Buy/Sell LIMIT ORDER placed when price reaches the proximal line, with a SELL/BUY STOP ORDER just below/above distal line

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3 advantage of limit entry?

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probability of meeting entry is the highest - don’t have any competition because you are buying from sellers. will get filled, won’t get slippage can set and forget

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3 drawbacks of limit entry

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Higher RISK than Zone entry Lower Reward than Zone Entry Greatest Unknown, increasing chance of stopping out - but you have to get over fear of getting stopped out and start trusting the zones should take #1 entry to get over fear.

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zone Entry

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- short/buy INSIDE of a SUPPLY/DEMAND ZONE	- use when have WIDE zone	- excellent for level on top of level because they are usually wide zones	use STOP MARKET/MARKET to get into trade
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2 zone entry rules for SHORT

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  1. once price comes into SUPPLY zone, track CLOSED LOWS (wick or body) of candles with BLUE LINE BLUE LINE - IS TRIGGER (SELL STOP MARKET ORDER) 2. once price crosses the BLUE LINE, then you are in the market 3. if price goes beyond stop, then you don’t get into market
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3 #2 Entry rules for LONG

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  1. once price comes into DEMAND zone, track CLOSED HIGHS (wick or body) of candles with BLUE LINE BLUE LINE - IS TRIGGER 2. once price crosses the BLUE LINE, then you are in the market 3. if price goes beyond stop, then you don’t get into market
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3 advantage of #2 zone entry

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Risk is LOWEST of entry types - more precision based entry - don't have to get into trade if goes past STOP	Reward is GREATEST of Entry types - more profit potential	Probability of meeting entry is higher than Confirmation Entry	
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3 drawback of zone entry

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Lower Probability of meeting entry - Non automated entry - harder for traders to learn

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  1. Confirmation Entry
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  • wait till price comes into zone - get into trade as it goes out of zone on the proximal line. can use market or stop market to buy into market
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3 advantage of Confirmation Entry

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RISK is same as LIMIT ENTRY	REWARD is same as LIMIT ENTRY	Less chance of stopping out
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3 drawbacks of comfirmation entry

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Have most amount of competition - will get slippage with entry - may not get price you want - may not get all of shares filled LOWEST probability of meeting entry need to babysit

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Stop limit vs Stop Market

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Stop limit, there is no guarantee that you will get out Stop market, there is a guarantee that you will get out

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15
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3 when to use Scaling in

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if have wide zone if have level on top of level if confidence is low, but want to still get in

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3 strategies examples of Scaling in

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If want to buy 1000 shares: 1. buy/short 250 at proximal 2. buy/short 250 at close before BASE 3.buy/short 250 at close of BASE 4.buy/short 250 at proximal line another strategy 3rd @ #1 entry 3rd @ #2 entry 3rd @ #3 entry another strategy 1/2 @ #1 or #2 entry 1/2 @ # 3 entry

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What is advantage of Scaling in

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if stopped out, then only lose half of what you were thinking about buying.

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2 of when to use set it and forget it

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time constraint psychological: struggling with being in trade, and not letting trade run/get out too soon

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2 steps to set it and forget it

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1 entry use BRACKET ORDER to set stops, and targets

20
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what is important when using Set and Forget?

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Need to use GTC, GOOD TILL CANCELED on ORDER STOP and TARGET have 90 days till expires or you cancel if you enter with a DAY order, then you will be in that trade without stop or target. So need to be in with GTC! Make GTC the default for all trades.

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Fill in with buy, sell, short, cover next, note if each one is a entry, target, both

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22
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stop market vs Limit order

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Limit order: will open trade at price or better. So even if you don’t want to open yet, if price is better, then will enter trade. Stop Market Order: will not open trade until price is met.