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Monday, July 19th gap trade . The extended target was hit too. If I was trading more than 1 car I would have left 1 car for the extended target based on the gap guide setups which showed the extended target trade had a slightly higher profit factor than just going for gap fill .
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@ Shodson I like your work. I'm looking for automated systems.
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Tuesday, July 20th gap so I didn't take a gap trade . Yet, the gap filled quickly and nicely
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Wednesday, July 21st gap , which was a low probability zone, so no trade was taken. However, the gap filled within the first 15 minutes.
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Thursday, July 22nd gap , greater than 50% of the 5-day ATR , and I only allowed myself to trade that zone if it was 9pts or less, so no trade was taken. It would have been a losing trade as the market continued to move higher another 15+ points .
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Looks like this channel might be busted, what do you think? Would you go short here, or is resistance going to become support? This level is not just an impulse spike , it has been basing here for a while, so I tend to think it will become support to a new upside move, but I'd wait for a breakout above the consolidation to run the stops up there. What do you think?
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Looks like this channel might be busted, what do you think? Would you go short here, or is
resistance going to become support? This level is not just an impulse
spike , it has been basing here for a while, so I tend to think it will become support to a new upside move, but I'd wait for a
breakout above the consolidation to run the stops up there. What do you think?
bias just for fun, then I would say we will return to the channel, so bearish .
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bias just for fun, then I would say we will return to the channel, so
bearish .
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