Scalping Flashcards

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Scalp Entry - Stop or Limit Orders? …

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Scalp Entry - Stop or Limit Orders? …

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When the market is clearly Trending most traders will consistently make more money swing trading

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When the market is clearly Trending most traders will consistently make more money swing trading

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When the market is Trending and Scalping in the direction of the strong trend with swing stops

Most scalpers in trends take very few entries and make much less profit in a trend than swing traders

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When the market is Trending and Scalping in the direction of the strong trend with swing stops

Most scalpers in trends take very few entries and make much less profit in a trend than swing traders

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Scalping is Best in TRs

These are times when scalping has the nest chance to be profitable and when swing traders are usually not making money

The Tighter the TR the less chance swing traders have to make money

If a swing trader continues to rely on his stop, often he has to wait 20+ bars to make a profit

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Scalping is Best in TRs

These are times when scalping has the nest chance to be profitable and when swing traders are usually not making money

The Tighter the TR the less chance swing traders have to make money

If a swing trader continues to rely on his stop, often he has to wait 20+ bars to make a profit

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Stairs - Scalpers will bet against BOs

This is a good environment for scalpers

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Stairs - Scalpers will bet against BOs

This is a good environment for scalpers

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Bear Stairs - Buy @ Prior Low and Scale In Lower

When you start getting stairs patterns you know the Bulls are making money in a Bear Trend and you know the market ill soon transition into a TR

Bull scalpers will buy at the prior low

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Bear Stairs - Buy @ Prior Low and Scale In Lower

When you start getting stairs patterns you know the Bulls are making money in a Bear Trend and you know the market ill soon transition into a TR

Bull scalpers will buy at the prior low

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Stairs - If Quick Profit, Take it and do not wait to Scale In

Exit with a Scalp betting the market will soon enter a TR

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Stairs - If Quick Profit, Take it and do not wait to Scale In

Exit with a Scalp betting the market will soon enter a TR

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Emini or EURUSD Scalping? Biggest Difference is Bar Size

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Emini or EURUSD Scalping? Biggest Difference is Bar Size

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Scalper’s Personality

Why some Experts Scalp

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Scalper’s Personality

Why some Experts Scalp

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Scalper’s Personality

Most Traders DO NOT ENJOY SCALPING

Trading HAS TO BE FUN! And if I want to do it forever I have to ensure I am having FUN, life has to be FUN! :)

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Scalper’s Personality

Most Traders DO NOT ENJOY SCALPING

Trading HAS TO BE FUN! And if I want to do it forever I have to ensure I am having FUN, life has to be FUN! :)

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Extreme Scalping - Manual HFTrading

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Extreme Scalping - Manual HFTrading

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Beginners should avoid scalping because it is just to easy to lose

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Beginners should avoid scalping because it is just to easy to lose

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Traders sometimes like to use 2 time frames

It rarely ever improves profitability but using a 60 min chart for context and basing my trades on a 5 minute Chart for entry can prove to be successful

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Traders sometimes like to use 2 time frames

It rarely ever improves profitability but using a 60 min chart for context and basing my trades on a 5 minute Chart for entry can prove to be successful

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Beginner always sees reversals and LOSES

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Beginner always sees reversals and LOSES

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1 Min Chart - Often Quick move in Final Seconds of a bar

Most Traders cannot consistently make money if the chart has more than 20 bars per hour

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1 Min Chart - Often Quick move in Final Seconds of a bar

Most Traders cannot consistently make money if the chart has more than 20 bars per hour

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1 Minute Chart - Most Traders should avoid since it yields many mistakes

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1 Minute Chart - Most Traders should avoid since it yields many mistakes

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Two Time Frames - Trend on Higher TF, Entry on Smaller TF

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Two Time Frames - Trend on Higher TF, Entry on Smaller TF

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TR - Make Money Buying or Selling at ANY TIME

Remember the 90% Rule: for 90% of the bars on the chart, I can make money buying or selling if managed correctly

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TR - Make Money Buying or Selling at ANY TIME

Remember the 90% Rule: for 90% of the bars on the chart, I can make money buying or selling if managed correctly

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Why do beginners scalp?

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Because it is the smallest risk per trade and so many other real life reasons that force beginners to only focus on risk.

And this drastically reduces a traders success in the markets

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Gap Bar = If the open of the current bar is above or below the close of the past bar this is a Gap Bar; this can either be a sign of strength and lead to a continuation or it can be a sign of a reversal

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Gap Bar = If the open of the current bar is above or below the close of the past bar this is a Gap Bar; this can either be a sign of strength and lead to a continuation or it can be a sign of a reversal

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If there is a tick divergence after a climax traders will look for a scalp in the opposite direction

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If there is a tick divergence after a climax traders will look for a scalp in the opposite direction

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Ticks are useful for traders looking for a Scalp wither with the trend or against the trend

Negative ticks traders look to sell

Positive ticks traders look to buy

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Ticks are useful for traders looking for a Scalp wither with the trend or against the trend

Negative ticks traders look to sell

Positive ticks traders look to buy

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Scalping - Tick Divergence Buy Climax

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Scalping - Tick Divergence Buy Climax

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Tick Divergence Buy Climax - Bears sometimes Sell

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Tick Divergence Buy Climax - Bears sometimes Sell

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Tick Divergence After SELL Climax

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Tick Divergence After SELL Climax

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Tick Divergence After Sell Climax, Bulls sometimes Buy

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Tick Divergence After Sell Climax, Bulls sometimes Buy

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Tick Resistance - SELL

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Tick Resistance - SELL

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Tick Support - BUY

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Tick Support - BUY

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Tick Support - If mostly above 0, increased chance of bull BO

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Tick Support - If mostly above 0, increased chance of bull BO

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap down after bear bar in STC trend

Sell @ the market for continuation down

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap down after bear bar in STC trend

Sell @ the market for continuation down

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap up and Bear Bar after a strong reversal

Buy @ low of Bar for Scalp

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap up and Bear Bar after a strong reversal

Buy @ low of Bar for Scalp

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap up but 50% PB

Weak Spike and Channel wedge rally, BO Test

Bears will begin to scale in

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Gap up but 50% PB

Weak Spike and Channel wedge rally, BO Test

Bears will begin to scale in

35
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2nd Signal - Higher Probability

2nd Entry @ bottom of the TR (Micro DB)

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2nd Signal - Higher Probability

2nd Entry @ bottom of the TR (Micro DB)

36
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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Sell Gap down after 3 bear bars

Buy gap up, Big High 2 HL MTR

Big Gap up late in the Day, DO NOT TRADE as it is the top of range and it is the end of the day unless you are entering for a scalp down

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Gap Open Bars - Continuation or Reversal

Sell Gap down after 3 bear bars

Buy gap up, Big High 2 HL MTR

Big Gap up late in the Day, DO NOT TRADE as it is the top of range and it is the end of the day unless you are entering for a scalp down

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Strong Signal Bar - Bad When Context is BAD

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Strong Signal Bar - Bad When Context is BAD

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Bear Flag - If Low Probability, then Buyers are Below

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Bear Flag - If Low Probability, then Buyers are Below

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When Buying - Higher Probability if Bars Close on their High

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When Buying - Higher Probability if Bars Close on their High

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BO - Need follow-through, or else it is a Trap and WILL REVERSE

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BO - Need follow-through, or else it is a Trap and WILL REVERSE

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Low 2 Bear Flag - Can be BIG and Complex

Use stop order to sell below bear bar

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Low 2 Bear Flag - Can be BIG and Complex

Use stop order to sell below bear bar

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Tight Channel - Reversals usually are minor and soon FAIL

High 2 Buy, DB

But, tight channel and big bear bar

Probably Sellers above

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Tight Channel - Reversals usually are minor and soon FAIL

High 2 Buy, DB

But, tight channel and big bear bar

Probably Sellers above

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Gap - Trapped Bulls @ bottom of the TR will have to SELL

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Gap - Trapped Bulls @ bottom of the TR will have to SELL

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Follow-Through - Increases probability of More DOWN BARS

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Follow-Through - Increases probability of More DOWN BARS

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STC - A Trader needs to make QUICK DECISIONS

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STC - A Trader needs to make QUICK DECISIONS

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STC Trend - Usually Ends after 3 - 6 Bars

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STC Trend - Usually Ends after 3 - 6 Bars

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S/R - ALL Trends END THERE

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S/R - ALL Trends END THERE

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Swing Trade - Some are high enough probability for a swing trade

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Swing Trade - Some are high enough probability for a swing trade

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Bad Bear Flag - Probably Buyers Below will MAKE MONEY

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Bad Bear Flag - Probably Buyers Below will MAKE MONEY

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90% of Bars - Bulls and Bears can MAKE MONEY

Remember to look to the left, even though Bulls and Bears can make money who has had slightly higher success in the recent context? Most likely they have a slight edge in the current market as the markets have inertia

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90% of Bars - Bulls and Bears can MAKE MONEY

Remember to look to the left, even though Bulls and Bears can make money who has had slightly higher success in the recent context? Most likely they have a slight edge in the current market as the markets have inertia

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2nd Leg Up sometimes is only 1 - 2 Bars

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2nd Leg Up sometimes is only 1 - 2 Bars

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TR - Bears bet against strong follow-through bars

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TR - Bears bet against strong follow-through bars

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TR swings often end with a 2nd Leg

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TR swings often end with a 2nd Leg

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Reversal Down often begins with 3 - 4 small Bear Bars

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Reversal Down often begins with 3 - 4 small Bear Bars

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TTR - LOM

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TTR - LOM

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DT BEAR FLAG is easy to OVERLOOK

When there is an OBVIOUS magnet and it is within a point or two away from the magnet the odds are the market has to get down/up to that magnet.

So on this chart for example that was near a magnet

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DT BEAR FLAG is easy to OVERLOOK

When there is an OBVIOUS magnet and it is within a point or two away from the magnet the odds are the market has to get down/up to that magnet.

So on this chart for example that was near a magnet

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When is it ok to still enter a STC trend?

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As long as there is ROOM TO SUPPORT

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Bear BO - Always think of a Measuring Gap

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Bear BO - Always think of a Measuring Gap

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STC as long as there is ROOM TO SUPPORT

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STC as long as there is ROOM TO SUPPORT

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STC - Big Tail @ Support so might be the end of the Trend

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STC - Big Tail @ Support so might be the end of the Trend

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TR even when Strong Bear Swing, DO NOT SELL @ the Bottom

Tail below low of the Day and lots of TR Price Action; DO NOT SELL @ BOTTOM OF TR

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TR even when Strong Bear Swing, DO NOT SELL @ the Bottom

Tail below low of the Day and lots of TR Price Action; DO NOT SELL @ BOTTOM OF TR

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Test of Prior Low - Look for MTR

LL MTR, Good size Bull Body & Close near its High

MM down target hit = a reversal up is probable

Wedge Bottom; Bulls buy above bull bar

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Test of Prior Low - Look for MTR

LL MTR, Good size Bull Body & Close near its High

MM down target hit = a reversal up is probable

Wedge Bottom; Bulls buy above bull bar

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Reversal - It often begins with 3 - 4 Small Bars

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Reversal - It often begins with 3 - 4 Small Bars