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What are the market cycle phases?

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BO

Tight Channel / Broad Bull Channel

Trading Range

*Each pattern might be 1-2 bars or 20+ bars

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What market cycle phase is this?

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Bull BO

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What market cycle phase is this?

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Tight Bull Channel

  • AIL
  • Stop is far so big risk
  • Probability of higher prices likely
  • Best to buy for swing, but scalp is ok
  • DO NOT SELL
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What market cycle phase is this?

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Broad Bull Channel

  • Sometimes has bear legs, strong enough to reverse to AIS for some traders
  • If PB reaches about 2/3rds probability for new high is about the same for new LL
  • Ok to sell new high for scalp, if bull rally is weak
  • Best to Buy PBs
  • On smaller TF contains TR
  • On higher TF, can be part of Tight Channel or BO
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What market cycle phase is this?

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Trading Range (TR)

  • Bulls Buy Low (in Bottom 3rd) - Bears Sell High (in Top 3rd) - BLSHS - this is were the risk is low and reward high
  • Probability better for bulls near bottom and top for bears
  • On higher TF, can be part of Channel or BO
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What market cycle phase is this?

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Bear BO

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What market cycle phase is this?

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Tight Bear Channel

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What market cycle phase is this?

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Broad Bear Channel

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When there is a PB after a Strong BO to start a Trend what is it a start of in the market cycle?

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Once there is a PB in the trend after a BO the market cycle has now entered a channel.

As soon as it pulls back the BO Phase has ended

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Does the market cycle ever end?

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No, it does not

It is in a Never-Ending Cycle

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When a BO to a new high occurs to start a Trend then Pulls back …

What phase of the market cycle would this be?

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It is the start of a channel

As soon as it pulls back the BO phase of the trend has ended

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What does a Trend begin with?

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A trend begins with a BO

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What defines a Momentum Trader?

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They Buy high, expecting higher

Buy Strong BOs, expecting to be able to exit higher

High probability, but big risk (stop far below)

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What defines a Value Trader?

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Buys Low (PBs) to Reduce Risk - put stop below HL, especially after a new High

Sells High (PBs) to Reduce Risk - put stop above LH, especially after a new Low

Have lower risk and lower probability

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What does a channel evolve into?

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into a Trading Range

the channel eventually weakens and evolves into a TR

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What is important to PAY attention to in a Bull Channel?

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It is can the BEARS make money (and vice versa for a Bear Channel)

And if it is easy enough for the Bears to make money in the Bull Channel the Channel is likely to transition into a TR

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The Channel eventually weakens and evolves into what?

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TR

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a Trend begins with what?

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a BO

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as soon as there is a PB after the start of Trend BO

what phase in the trend has ended?

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The BO Phase has now ended

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What is the PB a start of in the market cycle?

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Start of a Channel

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What does the channel phase lead to?

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a Trading Range

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What are Bear momentum Traders expecting?

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Expecting Lower prices so they sell at lows

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What are Bear Value Traders expecting?

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Lower Prices but the Sell High to reduce risk

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What does a Channel Evolve into?

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a TR

a channel eventually weakens and evolves into a TR

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75% of Bear Channels have a what?
a Bull BO
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Only 25% of Bear Channels have a successful what?
Bear BO
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Anytime I see a Bear Channel I should assume what?
It is going to transition into a TR which it does more than 75% of the time
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What should I be asking myself in a Bear Trend/Channel?
Can the Bulls make money? And when I see clearly that they are it is a 1st sign that the Bears are weakening (Vice versa in a Bull Trend/Channel
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Value Trading = ?
Value Trading = Channel Trading still looking to short, Buying PBs Evolving to Trading Range Trading = Buying Reversals
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Momentum Trading = ?
Momentum Trading = BO, Buying at the Market, any good clear reason to trade the huge PRESSURE momentum
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Once you get a stop order from a STOP ENTRY BULL chances are the market has transitioned to a what?
Trading Range
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Every chart is a _____ or a _____?
Trend or a TR
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Every Bar is a _____ or a _____?
Trend Bar or TR Bar
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Markets have inertia, in a TR what is the 80% Rule?
Markets tend to continue doing what they've been doing In a TR the markets are constantly trying to BO The BOs will fail 80% of the time
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Markets have inertia, in a Trend what is the 80% Rule?
Markets tend to continue doing what they've been doing In a Trend, the markets are constantly trying to Reverse The Reversals will fail 80% of the time Here, in Bear Trend Reversals lead to LHs and Bears flags
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Define Inertia and 80% Rule
Inertia = an object tends to continue doing what it has been doing and tends to resist change Therefore markets tend to continue doing what it has been doing If in a TREND 80% of REVERSALS will fail If in a TR 80% of BOs will fail
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PBs on higher timeframes are what on lower time frames?
Trading Ranges on lower time frames
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Is this a Trend Resumption or Reversal?
Trend Reversal When a TR lasts 20+ Bars, the prior trend is so far back that it loses influence and market loses direction Probability for trend resumption fails to equal of a probability of a trend reversal Therefore BO MODE is ACTIVATED and expect a Measured Move up or down (MM could be the height of the TR initially and evolve to the height of the BO)
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Is this a Trend Resumption or Reversal?
Trend Resumption When a TR lasts 20+ Bars, the prior trend is so far back that it loses influence and market loses direction Probability for trend resumption fails to equal of a probability of a trend reversal Therefore BO MODE is ACTIVATED and expect a Measured Move up or down (MM could be the height of the TR initially and evolve to the height of the BO)
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What defines a BULL Trend?
Bull trend needs Major HLs
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Do minor Higher Lows usually lead to BOs and create a new Major HL in a Bull Trend?
No they do not, Minor HLs is usually a leg in TR or PB usually weak, and usually follows weak rally. They do not lead to stong BOs
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What is meant by High 1 or High 2 or High 3 in a Trend?
The amount of PBs that create a high above the Previous HL but have yet to break above it
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Can there be a Bear Leg or Bear Swing in a Bull Trend?
Yes there can
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Can a Bull leg be part of a swing in a Bear Trend of part of the Trend?
Yes it can be both
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what is an endless PB?
When a PB grows into a trend reversal (falls below the bottom of bull BO) No longer bull trend Either TR or bear trend
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Can a TR be as small as one bar?
Yes a TR can be one bar
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Strong reversal after sell Climax, 2 Bar PB, how long will the Bears wait before potentially selling again?
Ten Bars Two Legs \*It may also be the start of a TR
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After how many bars of sideways movement does the prior trend lose its influence?
After 20 bars \*Neutral market now \*Market is in BOM
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Identify different parts of the market cycle on this chart
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Knowing the cycle that the market is currently in gives me the best opportunity to make the best trades as every BAR is a trade What percentage of the bars on every chart are either in a TR or a Channel?
90% of the bars on every chart are in either in a TR or a CHANNEL
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Decisions are easier when we create only two choices (binary decision) List market cycle binary decisions
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Binary Decision making BO or Channel?
Unclear \*If unclear, assume BO Only look to buy Tight Channel is BO on higher TF
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Tight or Broad Channel?
Tight Channel \*When unclear, assume tight Only trade in direction of the trend - SELL
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Major or Minor Reversal?
Minor Reversal Generally, when there is a tight channel follow by a reversal they tend to be minor as the bears had complete control, the bulls will need to do some more for before a MTR occurs
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Identify some binary trading decisions on this chart Binary = Two choices (This or That)

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