Below is a snapshot of
the daily chart pattern as it looked the day before our swing trade buy entry:
However, it's actually
the daily chart pattern that makes this trade setup enticing.
The daily chart pattern below details our exact entries and exit prices for the $ IBB swing trade.
However, although such price action is bullish,
the daily chart pattern presently does not yet provide us with a clearly defined buy entry point and level for setting a stop price.
The PowerShares QQQ Trust ($ QQQ), an ETF trading proxy for the Nasdaq 100 index, has a very similar
daily chart pattern:
We'll tell you why it does not matter later in this article, but let's first take a quick look at
the daily chart pattern of the S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY), a popular ETF trading proxy for the benchmark S&P 500 Index:
Let's jump right in and give an actual example of how market timing works by looking at
the daily chart pattern of the NASDAQ Composite Index ($ COMPQ) below.
HOWEVER, with our market timing model now in «sell» mode and
the daily chart pattern starting to look at bit ominous, this does not mean swing traders should be looking to step in and start buying stocks.
Based on the weekly and
daily chart patterns above, we have officially added $ IBB to our watchlist as a potential swing trade setup on the short side.
So, let's take a closer look at
the daily chart patterns of the Nasdaq 100 Index ETF ($ QQQ) and S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY), two popular ETF proxies for the broad market.
Surprisingly, the tool is utilized by simply comparing
the daily chart patterns of any stock or ETF versus the S&P 500 Index.
As swing traders, we base most of our detailed entry and exit points on
the daily chart patterns, but we always assess the longer - term weekly chart patterns to look for confirmation of trend.
Not exact matches
The ugly
pattern in $ QQQ is shown on the
daily chart below:
For the sake of brevity, we will skip analysis of the Dow Jones SPDR ETF ($ DIA) because both its
daily and weekly
chart patterns are quite similar to SPY above (broke down firmly below its 50 - day moving average yesterday, and is also coming into support of its year - long uptrend line).
The following
daily chart of Tesaro ($ TSRO) clearly shows a tightening of the right hand side of the basing
pattern:
Scanning for reliable
chart patterns is obviously one of the most important factors that determines which stocks and ETFs we buy in the model portfolio of The Wagner
Daily newsletter.
In addition to scanning hundreds of
daily ETF
chart patterns every night, we also use percentage change
charts to compare the performance of numerous industry sectors with the benchmark S&P 500 and / or Nasdaq Composite indices.
The first winning trade of this month period was an interesting fakey
pattern that formed on the
daily chart of the S&P 500 within the recent runaway trend this market was in just before all the recent volatility set in.
Nevertheless, there is a clearly defined area of horizontal price support and
daily chart, and the ETF is also formed a
pattern that is similar to an inverse head and shoulders.
This is necessary because the
daily and weekly
chart patterns of various ETF families can vary greatly, depending on the underlying stock portfolio that comprises each ETF.
Drilling down to the short - term
daily chart interval, the cup and handle
pattern can be more easily seen.
On the
daily chart, the CNYUSD has been trading in a triangle
pattern since early October, and a break - out in price either up or down from this level can be expected in the next few days.
This bearish
pattern can be clearly seen on the
daily chart of PowerShares QQQ Trust ($ QQQ), a popular ETF proxy for trading the Nasdaq 100 Index:
On the
daily chart, we find that the stock has formed a bullish inverse head and shoulders
pattern.
In the best, most promising stock trading setups, all three
chart time frames (
daily, weekly, monthly) will confirm the
patterns of one another.
This is healthy price action and has led to the formation of a «bull flag» type
pattern on its
daily chart.
Since a weekly
chart is a longer - term interval than a
daily chart, the formation of this shooting star
pattern on the weekly
chart is more important than if the the same
pattern occurred on a
daily chart:
The
daily chart of $ AMD below shows the bull flag pattern that enabled us to list the stock as a Wagner Daily buy s
daily chart of $ AMD below shows the bull flag
pattern that enabled us to list the stock as a Wagner
Daily buy s
Daily buy setup:
Just few days ago stock.nu published a post with
charts showing that empirical distribution of
daily lows follows a U-shaped
pattern, i.e.
daily low is not equally likely to happen at any time during the trading day, rather low is more likely to occur near the open or the close.
# 2 Bullish Candle: The latest candlestick
pattern in the
daily chart is a hammer.
# 4 Double Bottom
Pattern: From the daily chart of SAGE, we can see that the stock is currently forming a Double Bottom p
Pattern: From the
daily chart of SAGE, we can see that the stock is currently forming a Double Bottom
patternpattern.
The price action triggered the rounding bottom reversal
pattern on the
daily chart.
# 1 Falling Wedge
Pattern: As you can see from the daily chart, SAGE has been trading within a falling wedge pattern during the past few
Pattern: As you can see from the
daily chart, SAGE has been trading within a falling wedge
pattern during the past few
pattern during the past few months.
# 1 Falling Wedge Support: ABT's
daily chart shows that the stock has currently taken support at the bottom of a falling wedge
pattern.
This triggered the large cup and handle reversal
pattern on the
daily chart.
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences: «
Charting of
daily weight
pattern reinforces maintenance of weight reduction in moderately obese patients.»
Clearly, the price
patterns on a 30 - second
chart look different from those on a
daily chart.
So while day traders will look at 4 hourly and
daily charts, the swing trader will be more concerned with multi-day
charts and candlestick
patterns.
Daily chart — Price action has broke off key level with a head and shoulder
pattern.
Technical trading
patterns should be used on
daily, weekly and monthly time frames: A head and shoulders
pattern on an intraday five minute
chart does not carry the same weight as a head and shoulders
pattern on a weekly
chart.
In the
chart image below, notice we had an existing up trend before the inside bar (s)
pattern formed, and we typically like to trade inside bars with the
daily chart trend, so we were looking good.
An inside bar is best traded as a trend - continuation
pattern on the
daily chart, they can be thought of as «breakout» plays and can provide very good risk reward potential to jump aboard a trending market as it resumes its movement after a brief pause or consolidation.
However, one price action
pattern that I ONLY trade on the
daily chart time frame, is the inside bar
pattern.
# 2 Ascending triangle
pattern support: NGS
daily chart shows that the stock has currently taken support at the bottom of the Ascending Triangle
pattern.
I understand that, if I see in the H4
chart and I found a
pattern, but take profit point need 4 - > 5 candles (Ex) I will calculate number of pips and then I check out to
Daily chart and trading with calculate of entry pips above.
# 4 Triple Bottom
Pattern Breakout: From the daily chart of PZZA, we can see that the stock had recently broken out of a Triple Bottom p
Pattern Breakout: From the
daily chart of PZZA, we can see that the stock had recently broken out of a Triple Bottom
patternpattern.
Reason: That price action would form a bullish double - bottom reversal
pattern on the
daily bar
chart.
Engulfing
patterns that occur on the monthly
chart are stronger than those which occur on the weekly
chart, which are stronger than those that occur on the
daily chart, and so on..., with the significance being less and less as you go to lower and lower time frames.
I trade the 15 - minute to
daily charts when I'm trading candlestick
patterns.
The late - week price action has formed a bearish pennant
pattern on the
daily chart.