SKS was a good example of buying near support last week instead
of waiting for a breakout.
We put a lot of stocks here on the trade ideas list with
'breakpoint' resistance trendlines, however most of the time Steve
and I prefer to buy inside the pattern at support such as near a
trendline or MA versus waiting for a breakout. Why? because
honestly most of our longs ideas end up breaking out anyway, so the
odds are in our favor and we can then have tighter stops and lower
risk entries vs waiting for the breakout
Posted by morton13 on 11th of Feb 2011 at 11:12 am
in this trade where did you end up buying and why? do you
use a particular indicator/cross over or ??? thanks. love
this site! its the one i've been looking for for years....! thanks
and keep up the great work.
hello
morton,I posted an
education piece about this a while back, do a blog
search.
But basically it's not a clear set set answer, Steve and I look
for a variety of things when buying the stocks early.
First off we don't just buy early willy nilly; we look for
support levels on the daily chart, is there a MA on the daily chart
that is acting as support like the 20 or 50 day? Also is
there an uptrend line (like there was on SKS). We look to buy near
support to have a tight stop.
Volume patterns are also important, if a stock pulled back off
resistance on light volume to a support, that is often golden, if
it sold off on heavy volume we would pass.
We also zoom down to 15 and 60 min charts and if we see things
like positive divergence or bull flag patterns, we can use that to
buy early.
SKS
Posted by onefourdroopy on 11th of Feb 2011 at 10:55 am
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SKS was a good example
Posted by matt on 11th of Feb 2011 at 10:59 am
SKS was a good example of buying near support last week instead of waiting for a breakout.
We put a lot of stocks here on the trade ideas list with 'breakpoint' resistance trendlines, however most of the time Steve and I prefer to buy inside the pattern at support such as near a trendline or MA versus waiting for a breakout. Why? because honestly most of our longs ideas end up breaking out anyway, so the odds are in our favor and we can then have tighter stops and lower risk entries vs waiting for the breakout
in this trade where did
Posted by morton13 on 11th of Feb 2011 at 11:12 am
in this trade where did you end up buying and why? do you use a particular indicator/cross over or ??? thanks. love this site! its the one i've been looking for for years....! thanks and keep up the great work.
hello morton,I posted an education piece
Posted by matt on 11th of Feb 2011 at 11:20 am
hello morton,I posted an education piece about this a while back, do a blog search.
But basically it's not a clear set set answer, Steve and I look for a variety of things when buying the stocks early.
First off we don't just buy early willy nilly; we look for support levels on the daily chart, is there a MA on the daily chart that is acting as support like the 20 or 50 day? Also is there an uptrend line (like there was on SKS). We look to buy near support to have a tight stop.
Volume patterns are also important, if a stock pulled back off resistance on light volume to a support, that is often golden, if it sold off on heavy volume we would pass.
We also zoom down to 15 and 60 min charts and if we see things like positive divergence or bull flag patterns, we can use that to buy early.
thanks I will search for
Posted by morton13 on 11th of Feb 2011 at 11:32 am
thanks I will search for the educational piece. I purchased LORL early and its on the verge of a breakout.