by Don Vialoux, Timing the Market
Apr 24
Interesting Charts
Blow out results by Facebook, Apple and Texas Instruments
after the close yesterday is expected to have a strong
positive impact on the Technology sector at the opening.
Apple gained 8.3%, Facebook added 4.4% and Texas Instruments
jumped 3.3%. ‘Tis the season for strength in the Technology
sector!
Technical Action by Individual Equities
Yesterday
Technical action by S&P 500 stocks was bullish yesterday
despite slight weakness by the S&P 500 Index and Dow
Jones Industrial Average. Another 17 S&P 500 stocks broke
resistance (led by Industrial sector stocks) and two stocks
broke support.
Technical action by TSX 60 stocks was neutral yesterday.
Surprise?
A surprising momentum spurt in the S&P/TSX Gold Index
yesterday! The Index bounced from near its 200 day moving
average. Yesterday, it moved above its 20 day moving average.
Short term momentum indicators have bottomed and are turning
higher. Strength relative to the S&P 500 Index is turning
positive. A move above 190.99 will change trend from down to
neutral. Seasonal influences are mildly positive until the
end of May.
Yesterday’s Tweet
Industrials lead U.S. equities. Breakouts include $BA, $DAL,
$GD, $IR and $UPS. Seasonals: positive to May 2. See
http://charts.equityclock.com/industrials-sector-seasonal-chart
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In Hindsight
By Adrienne Toghraie, Trader’s Success
Coach
How many things in hindsight would you have not done had you
known the outcome? For traders, that can be a daily
occurrence. The fact is that you were right in not taking
many trades based upon the information you had at the time.
Let us look at the type of trading day where you should not
have traded or the types of trades that you should not have
taken.
Personal Issues
· You just had a fight with someone and you are out of sorts
· You are physically sick or mentally tired
· You have an issue that is disrupting your focus
· The environment in which you are working is distracting
· You are making a major change in your life (good or bad)
· You need to prove to yourself how smart you are
Trading Issues
· You took a trade that did not fit good risk parameters
· You traded based on someone else’s advice that you did not
think out for yourself
· You took a trade during breaking news where you knew it
could affect the market you were trading
· A trade that was against your rules
What would be the results if you only traded when your
personal issues were in check and you only traded your
rules?
Valerie the list maker
People in Valerie’s life would laugh about how she had a list
for everything. She was laughing in her penthouse apartment
in the middle of Manhattan when she became a trader. At the
end of every trading day Valerie would go over each trade and
make a list of what she would have done had she known the
outcome. As part of that list she did an analysis of herself
and the individual trades, and if they were in alignment with
her trading plan. By the fifth year of trading, Valerie was a
multimillion-dollar trader.
Your checklist
· How did I feel mentally and physically today?
· Was there anything that disrupted my focus today?
· Did I break any of my rules?
· What lessons did I learn?
Enjoy the process of becoming your best trading self.
ADRIENNE TOGHRAIE, a Trader’s Success Coach, is an
internationally recognized authority in the field of human
development for the financial community. Her 13 books on the
psychology of trading including, The Winning Edge1-4,
Traders’ Secrets, and Trading on Target have been
highly praised by financial magazines. Adrienne’s public
seminars and private coaching have achieved a wide level of
recognition and popularity, as well as her television
appearances and keynote addresses at major industry
conferences.
Adrienne’s Free Webinars
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Email Adrienne@TradingOnTarget.com
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