To answer your question, I usually focus on
the strength of the pullback down.
The strength of the pullback down is of course judged with respect to the previous spike (for e.g. retracement %), and other factors like number of bear trend bars and number of consecutive bearish bars.
Not exact matches
Its sharp
pullback could set up a near - term bounce, but Maley says to avoid those alluring shows
of strength.
However, astute traders will be building a watchlist
of ETFs that were exhibiting relative
strength to the broad market before the
pullback began, as these will likely be the first ETFs to surge back to their prior highs when the stock market stabilizes and finds substantial support.
«Whenever we're buying any sort
of investment — whether it be a stock, commodity, bond or currency — we want its trend to be positive, for it to exhibit
strength versus the market and relatable assets, and for it to ideally be in the midst
of a
pullback within the prevailing uptrend.
Recall this is actually a re-entry into $ SOXS because we already locked in a nice profit at the beginning
of this month (bought the
pullback to the 20 / 50 - day MA convergence, then quickly sold into
strength a few days later).
Our rule - based swing trading system is designed to profit from three different types
of technical trade setups: Breakouts (Combo, Relative
Strength, and Blast Off),
Pullbacks, and Trend Reversals.
When an ETF or stock with relative
strength breaks out
of a base, the first subsequent
pullback to the 50 - day MA typically presents a low - risk buying opportunity because it is this level where institutions often step back in to buy.
Though advancers and decliners were roughly equal for most
of the morning,
strength from large - cap stocks has kept the averages in positive territory for the morning, offsetting a general
pullback amongst the mid - and small - cap sectors.
While at the expo, he was interviewed by MoneyShow.com regarding these three main types
of swing trade setups he takes (relative
strength breakout,
pullbacks, and trend reversals).
While at the expo, he was interviewed by MoneyShow.com regarding the three main types
of trade setups he takes (relative
strength breakout,
pullbacks, and trend reversals).
In our swing trading newsletter, we typically inform subscribers whether we are planning to sell the winning trades into
strength of the first move up (often with a predefined price target), or if we were planning to hold through a
pullback in anticipation
of capturing a larger gain.
2/5/16 Consolidation in the Short Term Downtrend 1/29/16 Short Term Reversal Higher 1/22/16 Bounce in the Downtrend 1/15/16 Continued Downtrend 1/8/16 Continued Downtrend 12/31/15 Short Term Downward Bias in the Long Term Consolidation 12/24/15 Short Term Upward Bias in the Intermediate Downward Move 12/18/15 Continued Move Lower 12/11/15 Short Term Downward Bias in Consolidation 12/4/15 Consolidation in the Long Term Uptrend 11/27/15 Consolidation in Short Term Uptrend 11/20/15 Continued Short Term Uptrend 11/13/15 More Downside Short Term 11/6/15 Continued Uptrend 10/30/15 Possible
Pullback or Consolidation in the Uptrend 10/23/15 Uptrend Continues 10/16/15 Continued Short Term Uptrend 10/9/15 Continued Upward Price Action 10/2/15 Short Term
Strength in Consolidation
of the Down Move 9/25/15 Short Term and Intermediate Term Downward Bias 9/18/15 Consolidation
of the August Plunge with a Downward Bias 9/11/15 Continued Tightening Consolidation with a Short Term Upward Bias 9/4/15 Consolidation in the
Pullback, Watching for Direction
of Break 8/28/15 Short Term Bounce Continues Watching for Reversal if no Follow Through 8/21/15 Continued Downside with Possible Oversold Bounce
I anticipated the emerging downtrend with razor - sharp precision, the
pullback of it and riding the stops
of trapped traders, then a small halt at lower SR level and based on previous
strength, it's breakout, then very weak
pullback and breakout continuation...
Bitcoin is showing some signs
of strength again after having its deepest
pullback in the last few years.