-5 Week ascending triangle reversal -Declining volume thoughout pattern poised for a break of volume trend -Overall market strength -Measured move at 40.341 A break above boundary would merit a long position however, stop placement could be a bit tricky with last H4 being a wide bodied bar
-6 Week ascending triangle -Break above 50SMA with volume and breakout of pattern within same day -Pattern retest with upside continuation -Measured move up to 0.44 Crypto markets have peaked my interest of late and am exploring the applicability of my classical charting approach to crypto markets. I am in the process of setting up Binfinex account and will add...
-3 Week flag -2 year+ parabolic advance indicating strong trend -Bollinger band squeeze on the daily -Measured move 56.32 for a solid risk reward -Similar characteristics to the RMD trade I had last month 30 basis points planned Happy to have a buy stop order in the market during the day
-66 Month Horizontal range primary pattern -Measured move up to 57.31 -8 Day pennant with horizontal boundary completion on friday close -50SMA peeling away from 200SMA 30 basis points Will enter only with limit order to retain a favorable R/R
-80 Week symmetrical triangle -7 Week falling wedge "launching pattern" -Weekly Bollinger band squeeze -Daily gap ups all week -Strong break of 200DMA which has been subduing price for a month and a half -Gold price at inflection point 60 basis points planned due to smaller pattern launching the breakout of a larger pattern Trend follow strategy
-30 Week, well defined continuation symmetrical triangle -Upper boundary closely following weekly 200SMA -Above weekly 50SMA -Found support daily 200SMA and is now back above 50SMA also 30 basis points planned Will monitor for a favourable risk/reward entry
-17 week rectangle -Forming just above trendline from 2008 low -200 DMA converging with upper boundary -Weekly Bollinger band squeeze My bias is to the upside as there are more tests of the upper boundary and the trend is still up but a break and close in either direction would be telling 30 basis points of risk planned Some further development needed before...
-28 Week Descending triangle -Weekly Bollinger bands expanding -Bearish 50/200 SMA cross on daily -4 consecutive days of Doji candles being posted below boundary represents indecision 30 basis points planned Will sell into session close if doji range is breached
-28 Week descending triangle -Weekly Bollinger band expansion -Bearish 50/200 DMA cross -Daily, has posted 4 consecutive Doji candles below the boundary line, representing indecision -Declining volume -Measured move 10.10 30 basis points planned
-34 Month ascending triangle (primary pattern) -Launching pattern 5 Month rectangle (launching pattern) -Weekly Bollinger band squeeze -Daily Bollinger band expansion -50/200 Weekly SMA crossover -Trending comfortably above 50 & 200 DMA As there is two patterns overlapping, I will double my risk. 60 basis points planned Am a buyer on a daily break and close above...
-10 Year+ Symmetrical triangle (dubious without a launching pattern) -Weekly 50/200 SMA pinch -Weekly volume confirmation on primary pattern breakout -7 Week symmetrical triangle launching pattern just outside the bounds of larger pattern -Daily Bollinger band squeeze and expansion 30 basis points Trend follow model for trade management I saw this and acted...
-No clear primary pattern but a retest of 6.50 handle which happens to coincide with the ATH before the GFC crash 2007 -Small 4 week ascending triangle 'launching pattern' (without this, I wouldn't even consider this trade) -Strong uptrend -Bollinger bands squeezing on the daily 30 basis points planned Buy on a break and daily close above 6.58 with an increase in...
-19 Week Ascending triangle -Weekly bollinger band squeeze -Daily bollinger band expansion -Breakout volume on the daily 30 basis points of risk Was not anticipating this trade as it was on my developing patterns list, not my breakout list but got an alert 10mins before the close A lot of good confirmatory signals
-7 Week pennant -30EMA support daily -Bollinger band squeeze daily 30 basis points of risk Am on the back foot with this one and would like to see it run further into the apex of pennant
I like to think I am a flexible trader and that I can change my opinion quickly enough to profit and prevent losses -42 Week Head and Shoulders failure (compound fulcrum) -Weekly 50 SMA tag -COT still consistent with uptrend -Bollinger band squeeze daily with expansion into breakout 30 basis points *credit to Factor weekly report
-42 Week Head and Shoulders -50/200 SMA cross daily -Bollinger band squeeze daily 30 basis points Daily break and close of neckline to consider short *credit to Factor weekly report
-Parabolic trend -Tight 3 week pennant continuation -Wide spread between 50 and 200 daily SMA indicates strong trend -Daily Bollinger band contraction with price sitting on 20 day median moving average -Good volume on fridays close -BATS Exchange issue sitting just off ATH above $100 30 basis points planned, will buy intraday break of pennant
-51 Week Head & Shoulders -Below 200SMA weekly -50SMA below 200 SMA daily -Measured move down to 30.61 -Would love a launching pattern right now -Otherwise, a 3% (of pattern size) break and close on the weekly whilst still having a favourable R/R will get me short -30 basis points planned