Please remember those alerts ae really just alarms - they are not direct buy and sell triggers sent by Steve and myself. It's the exact same thing is if you had a list of 10 trade ideas that you placed into a quote screen to monitor at your broker, and you set alerts at various prices, such as near the highs or where you see a trendline that you think is important - the alerts are to 'alert' you that price is nearing that are you identified as important - and is a trigger for you to go and look at the chart and and price action and see if it looks good to buy.  Quotes here are delayed by 15 to 20 min, as I always say, those alerts on the website alarms should not be a substitute for you setting alarms on your own quote list - I do this every day in IB and Trading View - I add our trade ideas and set audio alerts to go off when they are hit so I can be alerted to go look at the chart. 

    DVN and VET look fine technically - most trade ideas are placed here with a swing trade approach of several days to several weeks or longer and you have to decide what time frame you wish to trade those; swing or shorter term, and if swing the stops need to be wide enough to account for noise  CAVA was a monster and had a much better pattern than VET or DVN as it was a nice coil. BTBT, DADA, EYPT and NKLA and GRFS were nice momo plays. NINE has a nice chart. Most people here can't or shouldn't attempt to play all the ideas - best to focus on 2 or 3, pick your favorites and go with those. My favorite setups are the coils and flags

    the vast majority of our trade ideas end up playing out, I don't have stats, but I'd say 7 or 8 out of 10 most of the time have produced nice swings. 

    For you and others when trading the watchlist - the most successful members spend 10 - 20 min at night doing prepwork homework on the setups by placing the symbols in their broker quote list and setting their own alarms (that are real time) vs waiting for an alarm on the website to trigger that is from delayed quotes, and also good to have a trading notebook on your desk and write down the setups you like with levels, and a plan for the next day - that gives you the most chances of success at this.  Folks who don't do some 10/15 min of prep time at night or pre market - and come in during the day and randomly see an alert go off on  couple of the setups, without that prep work those individuals will be less successful.   The most successful traders do their prep work at night or early morning and have a notebook with some written notes of the setups they like coming into that day and also some market comments

    got it. thank you for

    Posted by curranjohn on 1st of Aug 2023 at 08:49 am

    got it. thank you for that info. 

    curranjohn - read my past

    Posted by matt on 1st of Aug 2023 at 09:57 am

    curranjohn - read my past writeup on trading: Baseball approach is a good analogy to trading:  here's a writeup on this from the past

    https://breakpointtrades.com/blog/post/385467/  

    thanks for the book recommendation.

    Posted by curranjohn on 1st of Aug 2023 at 11:24 am

    thanks for the book recommendation. I will read it.  And thanks again for clarifying how to use the alerts. I missed the memo before apparently.  That explained why I didn't understand their efficacy.

    Curranjohn = This is what

    Posted by steve on 1st of Aug 2023 at 11:32 am

    Curranjohn = This is what is stated in the trade idea section.  Click on the Newsletters Tab above and a drop down menu will show a link to trade ideas with the explanation below. 

    One piece of advice:  Take time to formlate a trading methodology that suits YOUR objectives and risk tolerance.  Avoid trading until firmly in place.

    Trade Ideas:

    Please Note:The list of tables below are ported directly from the nightly newsletters.  This section is simply meant as a condensed list where you can see all the trade ideas in a simple tabular form from all the recent newsletters.

    There are two tabs, one for ‘New Ideas’ and one for follow up on recently trade ideas. When you click on the stock symbol, you will be brought to a page for that particular stock where you can play our recent audio comments and additional information.

    Remember these ideas are simply a list of trade ideas for you to choose from if they meet your risk tolerance and preferences. They are not buy and sell recommendations.

    Also the alarm pop up windows are simply alert prices that we set near the ‘breakpoint’ areas of the stock, they are simply alarm prices and not direct buy and sell signals.

    Matt, you mention the CAVA

    Posted by curriden01 on 1st of Aug 2023 at 07:46 am

    Matt, you mention the CAVA trade had a much better pattern than VET. Could you tell me what you liked better about the CAVA setup? I also took the VET trade. I've been loving the trade ideas, just wondering what reasoning I should have used to take CAVA over VET.

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