"Art Of Chart Reading" Posts

Secrets In Applying Chart Reading Correctly To Day Trading

By Lawrence
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Due to the many limitations day trading has, a day trader cannot apply chart reading the same way like a swing trader whose primary timeframe is daily or weekly level. Many beginner day traders make the mistake of analyzing their charts using all kinds of tools provided by their trading platforms which pushes themselves towards […]

From Chart Reading To Trading

By Lawrence
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Many people confuse the analysis of the price charts and the projections on the potential outcomes with the act of trading or investing. Chart reading is just a tool to assist us in making our trading decisions. However, chart reading itself is inadequate for a trader in making proper trading decisions. To be able to […]

Advanced Chart Lesson: Emini S&P Jan 17 to Jan 31, 2014 Waterfall Formation (Part 3)

By Lawrence
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Overview Actual engagement on Jan 22, 2014 was pretty easy. Execution of the battle plan is just a matter of reacting to the possible outcomes and paying attentions to the development of the price actions. Positive expectancy is built implicitly into the approach hence you know that as long as you follow the plan you […]

Advanced Chart Lesson: Emini S&P Jan 17 to Jan 31, 2014 Waterfall Formation (Part 2)

By Lawrence
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Overview Before we engage the market in real-time, we have to be aware of the various potential scenarios. Daily chart analysis from Part 1 provides us the big picture setups while day-to-day trading do not often trigger these powerful setups. Hence homework on the intraday timeframes has to be done so that we can engage […]

Advanced Chart Lesson: Emini S&P Jan 17 to Jan 31, 2014 Waterfall Formation (Part 1)

By Lawrence
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Overview Half of the battle in trading successfully is developing good trading habit. What happened to Emini S&P during Jan 17 to Jan 31, 2013 is an excellent case study on what proper chart reading can do for you. Chart readers often find it difficult to find good trading opportunities as they fail to utilize […]

Trade As A Chart Trader

By Lawrence
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Part of Art of Chart Reading Many people need an identity to anchor their minds. There is also a practical need because of social pressure. Pretty much like the security blanket Linus has in Peanuts (the comic strip), identity is not necessary but comforting to be able to lean on one. If you want an […]

Can I Still Make Money Trading When Markets Are So Manipulated

By Lawrence
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Part of Art of Chart Reading One of the most common beliefs among non-traders is that due to the excessive amount of corruptions and manipulations at the top it is not possible to make money trading the financial markets. There are also traders with beginners’ luck winning who made some money during easier market environment […]

Differences Between Intraday and End-of-Day Charts

By Lawrence
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Part of Art of Chart Reading Price movements from different markets do not behave the same way. They all have different characteristics. The lesser known fact, however, is that price movements for a single market can behave totally different from one timeframe to another. There are many reasons why that happens. Once you put that […]

Multiple Timeframes Bootstrapping Technique

By Lawrence
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Part of Art of Chart Reading Being able to read your charts proficiently using multiple timeframes to improve your decision making is similar to graduating from secondary school (or middle school). After completing secondary school, you are supposed to have acquired all the basic knowledge of our world that is sufficient for you to handle […]

Price Discovery Cycle

By Lawrence
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Part of Art of Chart Reading Price discovery is the process of buyers and sellers interacting at the marketplace to determine the price of an asset. If this sounds like ancient Greek or Latin to you, don’t worry it is absolutely normal because it is obscure. My preferred definition for price discovery is that it […]