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A Trade NOT Taken

Posted on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 1:34 PM alphatrends Education
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In the Monday night video with trade ideas for today, it was suggested that ATI was a good long swingtrade candidate on strength above Monday’s high of 1922 REVIEW THE VIDEO HERE On Tuesday morning, the stock opened weak and continued to go … Read More

A Big Gap Lower

Posted on June 16, 2017June 21, 2017 10:36 AM alphatrends Education, Gold, Silver
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Risk Management Is Even More Important in a Choppy Market

Posted on January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 4:52 PM alphatrends Articles, Education
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This trade was NOT a big winner, but it shows how a consistent, disciplined approach can allow us to exit a trade profitably when others who took the same entry may still be holding with a loss of over 5%. We have our share of … Read More

Setting Stops, Risk Management is Job #1

Posted on January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 2:16 PM alphatrends Bronze, Education, Gold, Silver
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More About Breakouts

Posted on November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 6:32 PM alphatrends Education
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Two guiding principles of Alphatrends are to ask these questions before we enter any new trade – Where has the stock come from? – Where does the stock have the potential to go? Everyday these questions (along with other helpful reminders) are on our swing … Read More

Risk Management on A Trade

Posted on November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 7:30 PM alphatrends Bronze, Education, Gold, Premium Articles, Silver
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Risk Management

Posted on November 16, 2008November 19, 2014 9:59 PM alphatrends Articles, Education, General Blogs
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How many times do I say that it is the most important job? We are in a bear market, here are two disturbing emails I received this weekend. Well…I screwed up big time and I’m hoping you can give me some hope. Yesterday (Friday), I … Read More

Performance

Posted on January 4, 2008December 28, 2019 5:28 PM alphatrends Articles, Education, General Blogs
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Some joker has been making comments (see comment in post below from Andrew “can IWM turn here”) that I am not a “real trader” and that my performance sucks and that I am a fraud. I know I shouldn’t respond but I’m hoping this will … Read More

WHEN TO SELL

Posted on September 16, 2006November 19, 2014 12:52 PM alphatrends Articles, Education, General Blogs
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SEVEN WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE TO A TRADE By Brian Shannon In the July 2003 issue of SFO Magazine I wrote an article that explored the dynamics of a short squeeze and the factors that should be considered when entering a stock trade from the … Read More

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