Cryptocurrency trading is an intricate dance, where understanding and interpreting market imbalances can provide traders with a competitive edge. This comprehensive guide aims to demystify the art of trading imbalances, catering to both beginners and seasoned traders. Through a detailed exploration of strategies and considerations, we'll delve into the world of...
Within the realm of forex trading, price gaps emerge as a frequent and remarkable occurrence, distinguished by substantial disparities between an asset's closing and opening prices. These gaps materialize due to an array of factors, encompassing shifts in investor sentiment, alterations in market liquidity, and the dissemination of consequential news. Acquiring a...
In volatile markets, traders can benefit from large jumps in asset prices if they can be turned into opportunities. Gaps are areas on a chart where the price of a stock (or another financial instrument) moves sharply up or down, with little or no trading in between. As a result, the asset’s chart shows a gap in the normal price pattern. The enterprising trader can...
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O FGS! Dammit! They gapped it up overnight, what should I do?!? Well what gap is this? Three weeks ago we had Initiation Gap: These often do not fill, don't short them! It's suicide, lol! This has hallmarks of an Exhaustion Gap; it will fill intra-day or within a few sessions at most... a great short opportunity! See my related post on gaps FYI. But, when should...
The gap theory is short and simple. Not everything needs to be lengthy and laborious. "Everything should be simple as possible, but not any simpler" Break-Away Gap Once a new cycle has begun and you see a breakaway gap in the STARTING of a move, you get confirmation of this new cycle. HOLD. Run-Away Gap Once the trend is continuing for some time and...
Introduction In this post, I explain how I utilized the Gap and Crap principles to trade SPY on February 26th, 2021. Recently, I made a post titled "Granolabar's Gap Down Guide (my own style)." The post is linked below. In it, I outlined my strategy for trading gap downs. I highly recommend you read that post before this one to understand the references I am...
Introduction Within the past week, AMEX:SPY has become increasingly volatile, with massive gap ups and downs followed by all day runs extending more than 3% in either direction. This is apparent with a cursory glance at the following chart. With this volatility comes uncertainty, especially for those who are swing trading on the timeframe of a few days...
1- Notice something, or read about it (patterns, rsi), and just go look. Lazy people will lose their money to those that put the hours in. Some efforts are actually required at some point. No avoiding the grind. No "assisted comfort" instant gratification in real life. 2- Starting backtesting. One has to actually know what works and how it works...
I know of a lot of traders who only trade gaps due to their high predictability. Whether the move is up or down, the emotions of trapped traders are the same. If you are part of the range that is trapped, you are only thinking about one thing, how do I exit this trade with as little loss as possible? The graph above shows that there are too many people trapped...
if it breaks 333 level it can fall upto 308 levels, it may fill gap. moreover we can see lengthy falling candles with high volumes, indicating further downfall.
An update on the Turkey Day gapfill idea posted last month! We achieved 64% gapfill which made for some great gains! When looking for Gapfills, its important to not set your expectations too high! Often times a gap will only be partially filled because a gap us USUALLY an overreaction... Strip off the "over" part and its just a REACTION, which means when...
The DXY should come down to fill the gap over the weekend, and down to my zone.
I have recently had a lot of success trading the weekend market gaps forming on a few major FX currency pairs so I thought I would show you another example and explain it in more detail. Market gaps most commonly occur when price moves quicker than the market or, in the case of weekends, when the market is closed. Things happen in the market over the weekend so...