Update from Apr 08, 2022
PSA: Due to lack of time this weekend, I probably won’t be able to create a #SundaySwing issue.
This is the first time since Oct 21, but due to the better weather other projects around our house …
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Update from Apr 07, 2022
$SPY 15min 🤔 Broadening Formation drawn from 60min chart. #TheStrat
Update from Apr 06, 2022
$NQ_F 60min Liquidity Purge&Revert
The annotations on this chart were drawn 3 days ago, just updated the exact lows for each day since then. Seems to work :-) #ICT
$NQ_F paper trade 2022/4/5 - 1:17 R/R short #ICT
Trying to stick to the habit of journaling my papertrades and since today I found a good setup which I planned before ot happened, here is the journal and my thought process.
No hindsight this time, …
My #SundaySwing ideas for the week of 4/4 based on #TheStrat
New Month and a new quarter, so go lite and let the month open up and see how some of the tickers “open” their quarter, but there were a lot of inside Qtr, so this will get interesting for …
Update from Apr 02, 2022
I wanted to skip this weeks #SundaySwing issue for #TheStrat setups, but after scanning a bit through my @TrendSpider scanners on new monthly charts, I decided to post one :-)
Post and @buttondown …
Update from Apr 01, 2022
$NIO - possible 2d-2u Monthly Bullish Reversal above 23.86 #TheStrat
Watching for longer expiration 6/17 calls here PT: 26.40, 33.80
Possible #SundaySwing candidate as well…
$ES_F Backtesting 3/31 price action 1:7 Risk/Reward short #ICT
First, this is drawn all in hindsight after todays close on $ES_F. Those posts help me to learn all that #ICT stuff and getting better at spotting entries right when they happen during trading hours. …
Update from Mar 31, 2022
$PTON - possible #SSS50PercentRule Outside week? #TheStrat
FTFC down PT: 24.98
Update from Mar 31, 2022
$NQ_F 4min chart, squeezed inside of two orderblocks. I maybe overlooked the lower one today for an entry long. It looks not much, but would have been 50 handles! #ICT
Update from Mar 29, 2022
$MNQ_F 3min at high of day, took the short (paper!) because of an imbalance. Tight stops and overnight session is lower volatility, so lets see how this works out. #ICT
Update from Mar 28, 2022
Possible 2d-2u Bullish Reversals tomorrow #TheStrat
All have FTFC up!
$CVX $AMAT $NVDA $ABNB $PEP $JPM
Update from Mar 28, 2022
$IWM - possible 2d-2u Bullish Reversal Daily > 206.21
Hammer 2d green FTFC is up PT: 207.20, 208.79 (3-2u-2u Week), 209.05 (Month 2d-2u) #TheStrat
My #SundaySwing ideas for the week of 3/28 based on #TheStrat
Another green week in the books for the market. After the last couple of red weeks, the market ran back above some important levels with no stops in sight. I wrote last week, that I wasn’t sure …
Update from Mar 27, 2022
Finished my #SundaySwing ideas list for tomorrow, which was a bit difficult to find good setups, so I will sleep on it again if I still feel confident tomorrow before posting it.
Have a great rest of …
Update from Mar 25, 2022
$ES_F #ICT Pre-market 1:3 papertrade in 14 minutes :-)
When you spot this all live and it works out, feels so great! :-) @AlexsOptions
Science: 15min -> 5min -> 1min
Still paper, but I’m …
Update from Mar 24, 2022
No #SSS50PercentRule Weekly long setups for tomorrow on my #TheStrat scanners.
But, these are some possible 50% Rule outside Month tickers if we stay bullish:
$AAPL $ABNB $QQQ 👀 $BABA $MSFT $AMAT
Update from Mar 24, 2022
$MNQ_F - 60min Broadening Formations - 2 possible ones drawn.
The inner BF would be a nice run up to ~14700 🤞🐂 #TheStrat
Update from Mar 24, 2022
$NIO - Possible Outside Month #SSS50PercentRule #TheStrat 👀
22.56 -> Month green -> FTFC up back in weekly Broadening Formation 3-2u Week in-force Wait reversal on Daily to enter PT: 1st 26.40, …
Notes of $MNQ_F 3/22 #ICT for my reference 9.6:1 R/R trade
I couldn’t figure out yesterday why $NQ and $ES pumped so hard from the open and yesterday and thought it was just “bullish”.
That reason didn’t give me any peace. Here is the …
Update from Mar 22, 2022
$NVDA - 2u-2d Bearish Reversal Day < 260.72 ? #TheStrat
Bear pants back on 🐻
Top of a weekly broadening formation Outside month green, magnitude hit (BF theory, top) Below 265.07 turns week red, …
Update from Mar 22, 2022
$SPY - nearing at a top of an inner 60min Broadening Formation #TheStrat
Price Expansion or back down?
Update from Mar 22, 2022
$SBUX - Double Inside Day setup! #TheStrat
Shooter candle Day Eyeing on a 3-1-1-2d < 85.97 (pivot is yday low to break) Inside Week red (3-1) FTFC down if triggers PT: 84.98, gap 83.44
Update from Mar 21, 2022
Only papertraded $MNQ_F #ICT-style today, slowly getting it all right.
Last trade was just what I needed for my mindset, hit 14376 right after close :)
3min & 5min annotated chart of my thought …
My #SundaySwing ideas for the week of 3/21 based on #TheStrat and @Tradytics
I’m still unsure if last week was a bull run because of OPEX and Quad-Witch-Week or what caused this 4 massive green days in a row. Nearly 30 points straight up for SPY without a pause. Crazy!