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May 5th, 2012, 11:48 PM
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Thank you Itchymoku. These patterns seem to have...
Thank you Itchymoku. These patterns seem to have several different names.
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May 5th, 2012, 09:08 PM
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May 4, 2012 Update
Five open Pipe trades:
BBH
DNDN
HURC
NVDA
POL
Two Long and Three Short
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May 5th, 2012, 06:38 PM
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Thanks madLyfe. Food for thought. Right now I am...
Thanks madLyfe. Food for thought. Right now I am stopping-out if prices closes above the previous high (if short) or the previous low (if long).
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April 28th, 2012, 11:48 PM
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Correction
Stopped out of SPX at close of week, Friday, 13 April 2012.
Closed position on Monday, 16 April 2012.
Trade ROI: 8.73% Gain
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April 28th, 2012, 10:56 PM
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Two stocks were identified to have pipe bottom...
Two stocks were identified to have pipe bottom formations this week.
DNDN
BBH
Both have confirmed buy signals by closing abobe the trigger line (the highest high of the two pipes).
Buy at...
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April 28th, 2012, 10:53 PM
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Thanks kbit! Great point. I started this...
Thanks kbit!
Great point. I started this thread with the hope that I could work out a system to make pipes more profitable.
How would you define a "strong" setup as opposed to a "weak" setup?
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April 28th, 2012, 10:27 PM
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April 27, 2012 Update
Four pipetops sold short on April 17, 2012. Three are losing positions so far and one is winning.
Bought S&P 500 on December 26, 2011. Currently sitting on 11.36% Gain.
With all five positions...
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April 20th, 2012, 06:00 PM
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I agree with you madLyfe that this would be a...
I agree with you madLyfe that this would be a better way to trade the pattern. The problem is that I am not in a position to do so. My job keeps me away from being able to monitor the market.
I...
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April 19th, 2012, 05:23 PM
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Here is a chart of the last of the four pipetops...
Here is a chart of the last of the four pipetops identified this week (POL).
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April 19th, 2012, 05:11 PM
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According to Mr. Bulkowski these are pipes. That...
According to Mr. Bulkowski these are pipes. That is why I started this thread with the hope of making some sense of it all. The one on the S&P500 I came up with. I did not try to go back--just called...
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April 18th, 2012, 10:02 PM
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Good job on the trade MadLyfe and thanks for your...
Good job on the trade MadLyfe and thanks for your comments FatTails.
Here is a chart of OXM which also qualified as a pipetop this week and confirmed by closing below the trigger line.
Short...
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April 16th, 2012, 10:23 PM
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Here is the same pipebottom trade on the S&P 500...
Here is the same pipebottom trade on the S&P 500 I posted on Feb 19th (only updated to today).
Still a winning trade, but wavering.
Don
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April 16th, 2012, 10:13 PM
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FYI. I wanted to put on all four pipetop...
FYI.
I wanted to put on all four pipetop trades today but had techinical difficulties.
I hope to put them on at tomorrow's open.
They will be late by a day, but since I am using weekly...
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April 16th, 2012, 09:00 PM
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Here is the chart for the 2nd stock identified...
Here is the chart for the 2nd stock identified this week as a pipe top.
Because it confirmed, the trade would have been entered at today's open.
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April 16th, 2012, 08:54 PM
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Thanks Kbit. It's good to be back. Yes,...
Thanks Kbit. It's good to be back.
Yes, that is a very nice one!
I am noticing that it looks like when the 2nd pipe is in the direction you want to go (like you have a red candle on a pipe...
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April 14th, 2012, 05:58 PM
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Here is a chart of the 1st of 4 pipetop...
Here is a chart of the 1st of 4 pipetop formations identified this week.
The red horizontal line is the trigger line.
Since HURC closed below the trigger line this stock is a sell on the open...
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April 14th, 2012, 05:53 PM
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Thanks guys. The good news is that I still don't...
Thanks guys. The good news is that I still don't know any big words.
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April 13th, 2012, 11:37 PM
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I'm Back
Sorry for the long break.
I got very busy preparing to defend my dissertation and then actually defending it.
Once that was completed I had to prepare and print two copies of it for deposit...
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February 19th, 2012, 04:44 PM
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Here is an interesting look at the S&P 500 from a...
Here is an interesting look at the S&P 500 from a pipe bottoms perespective.
On a weekly chart, the S&P shows a nice pipe bottom set up on Nov 25, 2011 and Dec 2, 2011. The high of Dec 2 is the...
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February 14th, 2012, 08:55 PM
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GridKing: Thanks for the input and the links. I...
GridKing: Thanks for the input and the links. I read the Bulkowski article today. I have also been using Bulkowski's free software program "Patternz" I'm just trying to figure out a way to build it...
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February 13th, 2012, 11:12 PM
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Weekly Update: 13 February 2011
Hi All: I am remiss in updating last week's pipe bottoms market action. I am away at a conference this week and was travelling over the weekend. I don't have the time to go into every stock tonight...
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February 4th, 2012, 12:38 PM
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Hi madLyfe: There actually are pipe top...
Hi madLyfe: There actually are pipe top formations. I haven't much looked into them.
Here is a link to Bulkowski's website for them: http://thepatternsite.com/pipet.html
Maybe you could take...
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February 3rd, 2012, 10:10 PM
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Thank you kbit. I agree with you that some...
Thank you kbit.
I agree with you that some of the formations don't "stand out" the way I expect them to.
Like I said, I am working on a way to scan for these and select them myself. I'm...
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February 3rd, 2012, 07:44 PM
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Weekly Update: 3 February 2011
All trades that I have entered to date based on pipe bottom formations (knock on wood) continue to advance.
Right now, I'm not sure if it is from the strength of the pipe bottom formations or...
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January 29th, 2012, 06:08 PM
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kbit: I agree that they can work just as well on...
kbit: I agree that they can work just as well on lower time frames.
madLyfe: If you look at some of the earlier posts, I gave Bulkowski's definitions.
Also, I only used an option as a fluke....
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