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Price Channels and Wedges, Drawing Trend Lines and Using These to Make Trading Opportunities
– Trading with trend lines; wedges and channels
o Open your chart and zoom all the way out
Control + up/down arrow
o Drawing trend lines
o Defining different patterns
Wedge
• Sell the highs
• Buy the lows
• Avoid the middle
• Don’t be afraid to trade wedges inside of wedges
Channel
• Sell the highs
• Buy the lows
• Avoid the middle
• Don’t be afraid to trade channels inside of channels
24-hour chart, not the OHLC
• 12am open
• 12am close
• 24-hour charts
How do I use this to make money?
• Avoid higher risk trades by avoiding
o Trading in the middle
o Avoid Buying the highs
o Avoid Selling the lows
• Beware of channels and wedges on slower timeframes, they will be very important to your day trading results.
– Does the Dollar Index Correlation apply to ALL the markets?
o Yes, but some more than others
Commodities and Currencies are effected the most
E-mini’s have not seen the strong correlation that other markets enjoy.
The correlation should show you instant feedback
If the markets DON’T react in a very fast manner, something is wrong and we wait for the ‘correction’
o What timeframe do I use?
21-range and 13-range charts
90 days of data
– Tape Reading
o Looking for entry long when I see…
Momentum up
Nothing overhead to keep this trade from moving
Big buyers on the tape
• ‘Above the ask’ is preferred
– Easiest ways to find your patterns
– Fast Track Trading Method
o 2 weeks to learn: patterns, entry rules, setting up charts and workspace
o 2 weeks of practice
Doesn’t have to be 2 weeks, but this is what I recommend
Just had 2 members today go live after only 5 days (1 week)
o Then you’re learning and earning at the same time!
– Chasing Trades
o Don’t do it!
o Wait for the next pattern
o Our trap entry technique seeks to identify the worse-case scenario to ensure that I’m always away of how far I can chase.
– What type of stop loss am I using?
– How often do we use the 5-second rule
o Used for scalping
o Slower timeframe day traders will not use this
– What do I mean when I say ‘big buyers’?
o Buyers on my filtered time and sales window
o Filtered for 5-10 contracts
– Auto Trader will be ready this week
o Fully automated
o Take the trades, enter, exit, trade management, it does it all.
– What is Average true range
– What is the 1030 e-mini reversal?
– How many trades each day do we take from our 4-range chart
o 10-20 trades per day
– 13-range and 21-range
o 3-10 trades per day