Shock Bar Patterns – The Early Signal

Have you ever been shaken out of a trade, only to watch the stock move in the direction you originally expected?It has happened to every trader.The difference is that Master Traders study those situations instead of just getting frustrated by them. Some failed moves...

Memorial Day and the Trader’s Plan

On Memorial Day, we pause to honor and remember the military personnel who gave their lives while serving in the Armed Forces. Their sacrifice is beyond comparison. They paid the ultimate price for our country, and nothing in trading, money, or markets comes close to...

Opening Range Breakout – SPX – Poke Bars

Today’s Green Room discussion was a perfect example of what separates random trading from professional execution.We covered opening range breakouts, SPX credit spread strategies, pivots, support and resistance, “Poke Bars,” multiple time frame bias, and how traders...

Two Traders, Two Markets, and Two Strategies

In this Green Room trade review, we took a deeper look at two very different trades — Sam trading SPXL and Alex trading IWM.What made the discussion so valuable was that both traders made money, but their approaches, thought processes, and trade management strategies...

Candlestick Patterns and Big Picture Concepts

During a recent discussion in the Green Room, we reviewed several candlestick pattern variations while analyzing various stocks. Two of them stood out because, while the most recent candle formations looked similar, the structures leading into those patterns were very...