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Category Archives: General Info
Performance Analysis
At the end of every month I take a look at my journal entries and analyse my trading performance. This month my performance was poor. The main reason was that I failed to sell short. I noted in my journal both last week and the week before that selling short was clearly the trade but failed to do so. Continue reading
Posted in General Info, Trade Analysis, Trade Entries, Trade Planning, What to Write in a Journal
Tagged journaling, stocks, Trade Analysis, trading, trading journal
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Moving Averages, Crossing and Other Observations.
Many stocks I monitor that had been trading above their 20 and 50 DMAs are now trading below these averages. Also, I am seeing these two averages cross on some charts. Since the price actions is below these averages, the odds that they will serve as resistance is high in my opinion. Continue reading
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Change in the game?
I have been noticing a change in the game. The flag, wedge and other consolidation patterns on momentum stocks are begining to fail and reverse quickly after attempting to break out. What is more, I have noticed large sell orders coming in to several of the momentum stocks I watch. Continue reading
The power of writing
There is very strong scientific evidence of the power of writing as a psychological tool. Writing about an experience in detail and how it relates to others across past, present and future has valuable therapeutic effects that can improve your trading performance. Continue reading
Setups That Keep On Giving
I continue to have success playing break outs on a handful of stocks. I want to share with you what I learned from trading VISN and how I traded SNIC this week. Continue reading
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Tagged journaling, stocks, Trading Strategy
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Use your journal to reprogram yourself for success
How keeping a thought journal can help you reprogram yourself for success is explained in an article by Dr. “Woody” Johnson. Continue reading
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Tagged stock market, stock trading journal, stocks, trading journal
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Choosing What to Trade
Choosing the stronges instrument to trade is key to profits. Using the Advance – Decline and the Tick can be of use to determine what stock or ETF offer the best Risk / Reward. Continue reading
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Tagged advance, decline, etf, iwm, qqqq, spy, stock, stocks, tick, trading
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Hello world!
Let me introduce myself. My name is Jaime Valenzuela and I live in Southern California. I have been trading stocks since the late nineties with some success and a lot of luck!! I am not a great trader yet, but … Continue reading
