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Hybrid day/swing trading strategy. Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance. EDUCATIONAL THEORY ONLY! NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE! #trading #stocks #nasdaq

Joined November 2017
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Here is a quick 1 minute clip from "The Masters of Trading" Dan Zanger interview back in 2005. Dan highlights some very important points which still hold true today and even more so in this current 2025 market. - Not to be in the market all the time - Less trading - Limit exposure ( 3 - 4 positions max) - Stalk the market and let it set up - Anticipate 2 - 3 big trend moves per year. ( 8 - 12 weeks per move ) - Let it set up all over again. Trade less! A big part of my strategy is concentrated positions and to hit these positions when the deck is stacked in my favor. I talk about this a lot on here but I think this clip sums it up perfectly! @traderstewie @AOTtrades
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The nice thing about the "ghost" trendline on this chart is it actually gets back to a realistic short term price level and not 40% above or below like you usually see ;)
when was the last time the $QQQ dropped 6.5% high to low in 48 hours?
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All of the best traders I know have in one or another developed their own styles and strategies by taking bits and pieces from others and morphing it into something that makes the most sense them. @BornInvestor has done just that. It doesn't happen overnight and you need to put in the work yourself to accomplish it. He writes about it here in a new guest post on @traderstewie blog. Check it out when you have time. Its definitely worth the read and might spark some new ideas for yourself! artoftrading.net/post/simpli…
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$AAOI 60 minute Earlier in the week (Monday) I highlighted this one with a $80 - $90 target. Which ended up playing out yesterday. Now we're straight back to the scene of the crime. Might be able to take this one for a round 2 next week on a gap down Monday morning. Bounce back to the $73 - $77 more realistic for the second go though
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$QQQ speed running the 200d into the close. 60 mins to go.
$QQQ 200d SMA is $679.51
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$QQQ 200d SMA is $679.51
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$SOXL 60 minute Extreme oversold
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Lots of names zoinked tonight
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Trader Z retweeted
GOOGL down half an Elon
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There it goes... A good gap and go candidate for tomorrow. $SNDK
Beat and 8-1 stock split. See if it can trade back above $1330 level later this evening $SNDK
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Beat and 8-1 stock split. See if it can trade back above $1330 level later this evening $SNDK
SanDisk $SNDK with a significant beat:
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1 idea this week posted here $AAOI +20%. It doesn't matter the environment you're in. Whatever the environment, do what you need to do to stay focused and don't over trade it.
The market is efficient. Your process & focus needs to be too. You don't need 20 different ideas for the week. You need just a few. Naturally it helps with consistency because you won't have the tendency to just jump into a dozen different things after the first 5 didn't work.
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$AAOI 60 minute split in half inside 3 weeks here...
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$AAOI 60 minute update Another 7% today... +$10 off of yesterdays $67 level...
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$AAOI 60 minute update +20% off of Mondays post / low now... Neat next level of resistance sits at $85
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The first set of big names post ERs after the bell tonight. So far we're up 3 days in a row here. Positive reactions tonight could help $QQQ back through the $730 level for some continued momentum to the upside.
$VIX ended last week flat. Positive divergence there against last weeks action. A big week for earnings ahead. $GOOGL, $MSFT, $SNDK, $AMZN, $INTC, $RDDT all on the list. We could see some wild swings this week. Bias here is leaning higher by week end.
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Call? "I don't use phones for calls, thanks"
"hey can you hop on a quick call" hey can you hop off a large building
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The market is efficient. Your process & focus needs to be too. You don't need 20 different ideas for the week. You need just a few. Naturally it helps with consistency because you won't have the tendency to just jump into a dozen different things after the first 5 didn't work.
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And its bullet points like these, whether I agree or not that will always keep me coming back for more. I'll never delete this app. ahaha!
▪ Makes everything worse ▪ Loses money dick over fist ▪ Only people who like it have jobs at Autism Inc. ▪ Might kill all of us if it worked But yeah, I'm sure *I'm* the one who still just doesn't get it. Be sure to confidently comment on how ridiculous I'm being.
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