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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

POT - Rounded Top

Started the day very bad with 3 losers, a total loss of ~3.5R. ACI - entered long on the break of the 2/15 candle which stopped me out right away. ABX - short and BIDU. I was very lethargic and just did not move my stops. I was patient with my POT trade and exited my entire position for 5R profit.

Also wanted to enter JOYG on the 16th bar which looked like a tower top setup (need to check the criteria again from Jamie's blog) but did not. These bad trades are really eclipsing the better trades/opportunities. I must be more active in moving my SL if I think the trades have high chances of moving against me after my entry. CUT THE LOSERS! CUT THE LOSERS! I have to remind myself all the time.


POT was weak in the morning and moved down, rebounded from 50EMA. At around noon, it formed a series of NRB. Entered short on the break of the low of those NRBs. Moved SL to BE after POT closes below daily pivot. Exited entire position on the orange 5-day MA.

Edited to add:

Jamie traded POT today based on ambush setup. Below is his chart and description of the trade copied from his blog.


After early weakness, POT retraced 62% from morning high/low. it printed 3 IBs, the last of which was NR7 with body in the shadow of the previous bar (red on red) - very bearish.

Normally on the ambush trade, we take half off when price approaches lower fib, but today the market was starting to rip lower, so hang on for 3 WRBs. Price carved out a hammer reversal stick at the 50% FE so I tightened stop. It ended up being just a pause, as price eventually tagged the 100% FE.