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New traders think they need:
Gurus
Monitors
Indicators
Big winners
What they really need:
Mastery of one setup
Patience to wait for it to show up
Discipline to execute it consistently
Persistence to keep going when its hard
Desire to always learn and improve
You don't have to predict the trajectory of the whole world's economy.
🔹Find a trade idea
🔹Write your game plan
🔹Execute
🔹Manage risk
🔹Repeat
That's it. That's the whole system.
@TrendSpider
We don't have to predict the trajectory of the whole world's economy.
• Find a trade.
• Write your game plan.
• Execute.
• Manage risk.
• Repeat.
That's it. That's the whole system.
$IWM closed today with a 14-period RSI above 80.
This has only happened three other times in history.
🔹Oct. 3, 2017 RSI = 85.69
🔹June 5, 2003 RSI = 84.35
🔹June 21, 2000 RSI = 80.85
The most recent two occurrences were followed by a mild pullback in the short-term: -4% in
Warning: Proud Dad post 📸
This girl has had a big week.
Thursday she was indicted into the National Honor Society.
Today she scored the go-ahead goal as a defender in her first tournament with a new club.
Go Lily Go! 💪📚⚽️
“Work on your patience, confidence, and discipline outside of trading and you'll see everything fall into place!“—
Great advice from
@PerceptivTrader
#patience
"If you don’t have daily, weekly, monthly, and
yearly goals for your trading, it will be very difficult
for you to visualize your success."
-
@TraderDivergent
- The Blueprint to Trading Psychology
What trading goals have you set for yourself?
Another nugget from The Blueprint to Trading Psychology by Alan Edward
@TraderDivergent
The very foundation of confidence is simply having a plan.....It should be as easy as;
If A happens then I will do B.
If B doesn’t happen then I will do C.
On dealing with drawdowns:
Ask yourself these 2 questions -
🟢Am I following the plan?
🟢Am I managing risk?
If you can answer yes to both then you have nothing to worry about. Keep going.
-
@TraderDivergent
Good morning ☕️
Today my oldest son graduates college with a BS in Biology.
How am I old enough for this? 🤔
9:00 am ceremony so, no Weekly Charts this morning.
Happy Saturday to all! 🧑🎓
"...you can only reach new heights when you improve your mindfulness as a person.
We live in a world that fights for our attention; we feel overwhelmed by so much information outside.
The answer, though, is always inside."
@PerceptivTrader
#2023Goals
$IWM - 🙄Let's talk about the small-caps.
The Russell 2000 first hit the $200 area quagmire in Jan. '22. Since then, it has tried repeatedly to get back above - about 7 times. The best attempt yet was this past April. Now, it has tried, and been rejected again, putting in a
On dealing with drawdowns:
Ask yourself these 2 questions -
🟢Am I following the plan?
🟢Am I managing risk?
If you can answer yes to both then you have nothing to worry about. Keep going.
-
@TraderDivergent
Practice, prep, and paper trades are fine.
But don't get stuck.
Books, backtests, and study are a form of procrastination.
You have to DO!
You'll never learn as much as when you have real skin in the game.
Especially in trading.
Good morning all. ☕️
It’s time for the
📈 Weekend Weekly Charts 📉
But first, please help me in wishing my beautiful, funny, hardworking, fun having wife Emily, a very
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎁
Good morning☕️
Weekly charts?
Yes📈Weekly Charts📉 At least a few.
$SPX with a strong move up to a new weekly closing high. RSI is >70 and shows a divergence.
"If you don’t have daily, weekly, monthly, and
yearly goals for your trading, it will be very difficult
for you to visualize your success."
-
@TraderDivergent
- The Blueprint to Trading Psychology
What trading goals have you set for yourself?
Sometimes your stop gets hit and then the stock turns right around and goes on without you.
It happens to all of us.
Get over it and move on to the next trade.
A couple of charts for your Saturday evening before I head out to a birthday dinner.
$AMD and $TSLA are probably two of the tightest large-cap charts you'll find right now. When they finally pick a direction, the moves should be significant.
Set your alerts at the boundaries.
Another trip around the sun is in the books.☀️
It’s been a great and challenging year, capped off with a fun weekend hanging out w/ the kids, seeing some live music, and finished a deck rebuild project.
I’m a lucky man.😎
Really good stuff in
#5bulletfriday
from
@tferriss
today.
“The road to hell is not paved with good intentions. It is paved with lack of intention.”
— Dr. Gabor Maté
Some exciting news:
A couple weeks ago
@Benzinga
invited me to join them as a contributing author.
I'm happy to share that my first article with is live on the site.
Some potentially good news for stock bulls--
$DXY put in an afternoon high near resistance and then reversed, printing a DeMark 9 sell setup.
If this gets follow-through and confirms lower tomorrow it should give stocks a boost.
You don't have to predict. Moves only become clear after the fact.
🔍Just find the next good setup
🚫Don’t focus on the outcome
✅Focus on low-risk entry w/ suitable reward potential
🎯Then execute without error
✍️Journal the process & results
👀Look for improvements
🔁Repeat
Good morning ☕️
🫵You know what time it is. Time for a quick run through the 📈Weekly Charts📉
$SPX added more to the bounce, moving back over the 10-week MA, and is now inches away from the all-time high.
The volume was a little light but not concerning. There is nothing
$BTC Bitcoin $27,000-$27,500 range has been very robust support for weeks.
The pattern was tight, then it expanded, and now it's tightening again.
A move above this pattern could have big implications.
Before you enter a trade, make sure you have a written plan that includes:
✅Entry signal
✅Stop loss
✅Profit targets
✅Position size
Think like an algorithm. If this happens, then I will ______.
$TSLA - potential inverse head & shoulders with the Dec. pivot high AVWAP on the neckline while the RSI stays in the bullish zone.
Getting above and staying above ~$190 is the first step needed for a bigger move up. 📈
$NVDA Day 3 testing the 21-day MA.
"The more times a level is tested, the more likely it is to break."
Next potential support is the earnings AVWAP 🟠 near $870, followed by a pivot near $824.
What You Think About, You Get More Of --
...have your goals written out in front of you.
Rehearse and repeat them daily in your mind as if you have accomplished them.
Say affirmations out loud like ''I am ____ and am so thankful.''
@TraderDivergent
#2023Goals
$SPY 65m chart looking better
🔸Bull flag breakout
🔸Falling wedge breakout
🔸8/21 EMA cross
🔸Bullish RSI divergence
AVWAPs overhead for reference
Let's see if it can stay up now.
Good morning ☕️
What a day!
🎓 Graduation in the morning.
💃Prom in the evening.
So many photos throughout the day and barely any time to celebrate.
That happens today. 🎉🎁
We are blessed.
$NVDA vs. $SMCI YTD
$NVDA is above all key MAs and just off the all-time high. The BBands are wide and heading higher. It will trade 'post-split' tomorrow.
$SMCI is up more for the year but below all but the 200-day MA and could potentially make another lower low. Its BBands
Sometimes your stop gets hit and then the stock turns right around goes on without you.
It happens to all of us.
Get over it and move on to the next trade.
I just got an alert that the Kindle version of
@BearBullTraders
's book, "How to Daytrade for a Living" for FREE!
No affiliation, I just saw the deal and thought I'd share.
What You Think About, You Get More Of --
...have your goals written out in front of you.
Rehearse and repeat them daily in your mind as if you have accomplished them.
Say affirmations out loud like ''I am ____ and am so thankful.''
@TraderDivergent
#2023Goals
If the moment you enter a trade, your ❤️ heart rate 🩺 and adrenaline surge ⚡, you:
A) are not at peace with the outcome - win or lose
B) do not have confidence in your trading plan
C) are not in the right mindset for trading
D) have way too much size
E) All of the above
$NFLX What a move!
This one felt like it was getting ready for a week.
The Inner Circle crew nailed the gameplan this morning and bot calls in the $2s. Some were out and happy at 5x. Some held longer.
Prices topped out at $26. 😳
Good morning ☕️
Time for some 📈Weekly Charts📉
$SPX, after a weekly RSI reading of > 77 last week, hit the 1.618 extension level and promptly turned lower.