Trading Review for 2/17/2000

Even on a mixed day, there are always many profitable bright spots if you knew where to look for them and when to enter the trades.

Successful trading is about knowing where to look for opportunities, knowing when to seize the opportunity (or not), and managing their risk to maximize their profits.  To that end, let's take a quick look at today's trading action relative to the top Trade Prospector signals:

Volatility - Volatility Compressions, Trading Range Patterns, and Multiday Patterns

GSPN Spiked through the 211.1 boundary for 4 points before selling off the rest of the day - a reversal of 13
VERT Briefly triggered longs within 1/2 point of the 212.4 boundary for 3 points and then sold off for a 5 point reversal
VIGN Popped through the 208.5 upper boundary for 11 points
TERN Slowly moved through the 140.2 upper breakpoint and then screamed a phenomenal 70 points
ALGX Triggered longs at the 130.5 upper boundary for 3 points
WCII Popped through its 76.3 upper boundary for 3 points
VECO Slowly traded through its 73.4 upper boundary for 1 1/2 points
GMST Gapped more than 1/2 point above its 77.9 upper boundary and then sold off only to reverse near its 74.4 lower boundary and run back through 77.9 by 3 points
VTSS Gapped open just above its 68.7 upper boundary but quickly stopped out traders - it then fell and finally reversed short of its 65.2 lower boundary and ran back through 68.7 for 1 point - the reversal was worth 4
MERQ Gapped open just beyond the 79.9 boundary but sold off enough to hit 1 point stops.  When it again charged through the upper boundary it ran 3 points

Momentum - Breakthrough Momentum and Momentum Intersections

CKFR Had wild day but remained within its trading boundaries - no trade
ENZN Ran through its 45.9 momentum contination boundary for 9 points
KING Gapped open and bounced within its trading boundaries - no trade
CCU Gapped open still short of its downward momentum failure boundary and then sold off the rest of the day touching its momentum contunation boundayr at 80
CPTH Crashed through its 72.8 momentum continuation boundary for almost 3 points and then reversed finally popping through the 74.1 failure boundary at the end of the day for almost 1 point

Trading Channel - Channel Breach, Near Trading Channel, and Near/Narrow Channel

ITWO Remained within its breakpoint boundaries
MLNM Charged through its 271.9 upper breakpoint boundary for 44 points
TQNT Gapped above its 250.5 upper breakpoint and immediately sold off crashing through its 233.4 lower breakpoint (and even its 218.8 lower trading channel boundary) for 18 points
BOBJ Traded through its 119.3 upper channel boundary for 10 points
ADAP Fell through its 109.7 lower channel boundary for 6 points
QLGC Gapped well beyond its 101.6 upper channel boundary, but ultimately fell back for a while and gave a good long entry for 5 points
AMCC Was on a roller coaster, gapping above its 228.5 upper channel boundary and then selling off to almost 217 before reversing direction and blowing through the upper channel boundary for 4 points
SONE Gapped beyond its trading channel and then began selling off ultimately crashing through the 118.1 lower boundary - the reversal was worth 9 points and the breakdown was worth 2
AAPL Gapped above its channel and then sold off, finally recovering back through its upper channel at 114.4 for a fractional gain

Envelope - Breakout Patterns and Envelope Patterns

NTAP Gapped beyond its envelope continuation boundary at 175.9 and then sold off, later in the day it recovered back through the upper boundary for three different long entries worth about 5 points
CCL Reversed near its 33.5 downward failure boundary and then sold off through its 31.4 downward continuation boundary for 1/2 point
CEGE Gapped way beyond its 29.1 upward continuation boundary and ran all the way to almost 42
INHL Gapped beyond its 89.9 upward continuation boundary and ran to 104
AMES Fell through its 19.4 downward continuation boundary for about 1 points

Of interest to trend traders - from the 20% pullback group, GSPN (4 points + 13 points on reversal), SIFY (6 points), IMNR (4 points), TERN (70 points) - from the pullbacks to support group, UN (1 point), VLNC (1 point), CHA (2 1/2 points + 4 points on reversal)

Of note to daytraders using the trading index feature - All - AMCC (4 points), VITR (7 points),   Under $100 - SIFY (6 points), HYSQ (12 points), LWIN (1 1/2 points),  Under $50 - ENZN (9 points), GENE (5 points)

Knowing where to expect, and capitalizing on, reversals is a key profit making tool in the daytrader's arsenal.

Whipsaws can happen in choppy markets and traders should always step away from the trade or give themselves more distance from the original entry boundary when a reversal occurs (such as adding one point to the reversal side of the trade entry boundary) to reduce the effect.  Losses are a fact of life, but they can be easily kept to a minimum while maximizing your profits with proper stop management.

Recognizing that a mere one point per day profit when trading 500 shares (or 5 option contracts) is $120,000 per year, you  begin to understand the potential for profit in applying Trade Prospector's information.

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Disclaimer: Third Millennium Trading does not recommend the purchase or short sale of any stocks.  Trading should be based on your own understanding of market conditions, price patterns and risk.  The information presented here is designed to contribute to your understanding. Controlling risk through the use of protective stops is critical (more).