Trading Review for 3/20/2000

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

SIFY Congested for a couple of hours at its 83 directional swing SR and ultimately triggered short trades at its 81 lower breakpoint for up to 3 points
ANCR Sold through its 42.8 lower breakpoint triggering shorts for up to 5 points
LBRT Triggered shorts twice at its 78 lower breakpoint - first for up to 2 points and then for up to 10 points
CNXT Rallied through its 80.5 upper breakpoint and gave long trades up to 4 points
AXP Bounced off its 146.9 upper breakpoint and sold off for the rest of the day - but failed to break its lower breakpoint - if you didn't play the 6 point reversal, look for a trade entry tomorrow
AFFX Gave short entry at its 210.6 lower breakpoint for up to 25 points
INCY Triggered short trades at its 132.6 lower breakpoint for up to 26 points
AMCC Bounced around near its 272.4 upper breakpoint triggering traders long and then stopping them out for breakeven or partial losses - but when it fell off a cliff and sold through its 251.1 lower breakpoint, short traders were rewarded with up to 17 points

Momentum - Breakthrough Momentum and Momentum Intersections

AETH Remained within its boundaries - no trade
AVTC Remained within its boundaries - no trade
BCE Rallied but failed its momentum short of its 124.5 continuation boundary - no trade
NTRO Held above its 82.5 downward continuation boundary and finally reversed back through its 83.8 failure boundary for up to 2 points
ZIXI Remained within its boundaries - no trade
STT Triggered short trades at its 85.8 failure boundary for up to 5 points
AXTI Remained within its boundaries - no trade

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

ADAP Sold back into and through its trading channel - triggering shorts at its 159.2 lower channel boundary for up to 30 points
INSP Gapped below its lower breakpoint but pulled back enough to trigger a short at that boundary for up to 36 points
FDRY Gapped open below its lower breakpoint but pulled back an eventually triggered shorts at its 170.8 lower channel boundary for up to 14 points
RFMD Triggered shorts at its 140.8 lower breakpoint for up to 9 points
ENTU Triggered short trades at its 105.2 lower breakpoint for up to 10 points
RMBS Gapped below its 386.2 lower breakpoint but pulled back and ultimately triggered shorts at that boundary for up to 70 points
NSOL Triggered shorts at its 212.7 lower breakpoint for up to 17 points
HBCCA Triggered longs at its 107.9 upper channel boundary for up to 2 points
NVDA Sold off from the open, but held support at its 95.9 lower channel boundary and bounced short of its 107.1 upper breakpoint - no trade - look for a possible entry tomorrow

Envelope - Breakout Patterns and Envelope Patterns

DLJ Gapped open above its 62.4 continuation boundary and then sold off - it didn't hit its 58.6 failure boundary until shortly before market close - so no trade
OSSI Remained wthin its boundaries - no trade
CCL Reversed direction and triggered long trades at its 23.2 failure boundary for up to 1 points
MU On expectations of an upcoming stock split, it continued its rally and triggered buying at its 129.1 entry price for up to 13 points
JAKK Remained within its boundaries - no trade
IBP Failed to trigger a long entry at its 16.8 buy entry price and sold off just short of its 14.5 false breakout price - look for an entry tomorrow

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).