Trading Review for 3/22/2000

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

CNXT Traded within a tight range and only penetrated its 74.6 lower breakpoint at the end of the day, closing at 74 1/2 - no trade - but keep an eye on this one, volatility ahead
SPCT Triggered one point trades at its 26.4 upper breakpoint
ISSX Triggered long trades at its 111.1 upper breakpoint for up to 18 points
AXP Remained within its boundaries - watch this stock for an eventual breakout
CBS Triggered long trades at its 62.1 upper breakpoint boundary for up to 2 points
AVTC Gapped down and triggered shorts at its 12.3 lower breakpoint for fractional gains
INHL Triggered longs at its 79.6 upper breakpoint boundary for up to 18 points
HWP Traders were triggered long at its 143.9 upper breakpoint for up to 2 1/2 points

Momentum - Breakthrough Momentum and Momentum Intersections

PDLI Triggered long trades at its 107.6 failed momentum boundary for up to 12 points
INSP Gapped open and gave a long entry at its 169.8 failed momentum boundary for up to 15 points
AETH Triggered long entry at its 223.6 failed momentum boundary for up to 19 points
BBH Gapped open but ultimately gave a long entry at its 176 continuation boundary for up to 13 points
CRGN Triggered short trades at its 90.1 continuation boundary for up to 4 points and then it started to rally - triggering longs at its 106.6 failure boundary for up to 10 points
HGSI Gapped open and then after pulling back into the lunch hour, gave a long entry at its 99.7 continuation boundary for up to 11 points
GLGC Reversed course abruptly gapping open above its 41 failure boundary - no trade
QQQ Triggered long trades at its 113.1 continuation boundary for up to almost 3 points

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

GLW Gapped open and above its channel but ultimately pulled back to its 196 upper breakpoint giving a long entry for up to 8 points
MCRL Gapped open back into its channel and pulled back to its lower channel boundary before rallying - at the 105.1 upper breakpoint, traders were triggered long for up to 1 point and then later again long for up to almost 4 points
FNSR Remained stuck in its channel - no trade
MACR Triggered long trades at its 86.2 upper breakpoint for up to 4 points
DISH Triggered longs at its 123.8 upper breakpoint for up to 5 points
SWCM Remained within its boundaries - no trade

Envelope - Breakout Patterns and Envelope Patterns

AHP Failed its breakout short of its 56 continuation boundary, but bounced short of reaching its 53.2 failure boundary - no trade
APCC Failed its breakount below its 41.6 continuation boundary and remained range bound - no trade
IDX Shot all of its breakout strength on a gap open beyond the 32 continuation boundary and then sold off - no trade
VSH Gapped open beyond its 59.5 buy entry and then sold off - it triggered shorts at its 57.4 failed breakout boundary for up to 2 points
KSS Triggered a false breakout short at its 94.4 boundary for up to 3 points
CB Remained within its boundaries - no trade
WMT Triggered false breakout short trades at its 55.7 failure boundary for up to 1 1/2 points - it finished on a down bar - look for possible further selling and the 56 5/8 recent high to hold for a while

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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