Category: Price Action

Did not manage to achieve much with machine learning, so I’m putting a pause on that first. Spent some time analysing the effects of varying lot sizes. Here are six strategies I tested: Here are the results: Stock 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NVDA Final $535,775.20 $519,712.67 $319,602.16 $444,114.22 $603,843.98 $495,345.77 $534,484.08 Lowest…

Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Exit Percentage Profit 4 Feb 16 Buy 1 9.04 7.77 7.83 -95.28% 23 Feb 16 Sell 1 6.91 9.39 6.49 16.94% 11 Apr 16 Buy 1 8.75 7.65 11.88 284.55% 26 May 16 Buy 1 13.33 11.38 13.69 18.46% 27 Jun 16 Sell 1 12.43 14.31 13.11 -36.17% 27…

Ticker: SWN Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Exit Percentage Profit Remarks 5 Feb 10 Sell 1 41.71 45.86 43.78 -49.88% 23 Feb 10 Sell 1 43.11 45.98 42.93 6.27% Stop loss was based on a recent high instead of the indicator 10 Mar 10 Buy 1 44.6 40.57 41.71 -71.71% 19 Mar 10 Sell…

SWN is a f*cking PITA stock to be trading using trend following strategies. It never makes any sustained move. It’s almost like it’s doing a Cha Cha, two steps forward, one step backwards. That one step backwards is enough to stop you out. Death by a thousand paper cuts. Could it be due to the…

Below are the screenshots of all the NVDA practice trades with a percentage profit of more than 200%. The signal bar is the rightmost bar in each of the charts below. Here are some observations: Here’s one possible way to identify compression followed by expansion. Use ATR(3). ATR should dip as the channel progresses and…

Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Exit Percentage Profit Remarks 2 Feb 17 Buy 1 28.63 26.67 28.5 -6.63% 24 Feb 17 Sell 1 24.87 27.54 25.71 -31.46% 11 Apr 17 Sell 1 24.35 25.59 25.16 -65.32% 6 Jun 17 Buy 1 37.2325 35.51 35.63 -93.03% 20 Jun 17 Buy 1 39.4825 36.41 38.31 -38.16%…

Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Exit Percentage Profit Remarks 26 Jan 10 Sell 1 4.07 4.45 4.18 -28.95% 28 Apr 10 Sell 1 4 4.29 3.3 241.38% 23 Jun 10 Sell 1 2.855 3.06 2.65 100.00% 11 Aug 10 Sell 1 2.2625 2.4 2.38 -85.45% 23 Sep 10 Buy 1 2.8875 2.61 2.86 -9.91%…

Ticker: KR Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Profit Target Result Remarks 20 Mar 19 Sell 1 24.14 25.347 22.3295 Loss after 17 days 30 May 19 Sell 1 22.88 24.024 21.164 Loss after 7 days 23 Jul 19 Sell 1 20.8 21.84 19.24 Loss after 9 days 7 Aug 19 Buy 1 22.49 21.3655…

Ticker: KR Date Trade Quantity Entry Stop Loss Profit Target Result Remarks 10 Jun 13 Buy 1 17.35 16.4825 18.65125 Loss after 9 days. Stopped out by 7 cents 11 Oct 13 Buy 1 20.445 19.42275 21.978375 Loss after 47 days. Miss take profit by 5 cents 16 Jan 14 Sell 1 19.03 19.9815 17.60275…