tailieunhanh - Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader: Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading_10

Tham khảo tài liệu 'diary of a professional commodity trader: lessons from 21 weeks of real trading_10', tài chính - ngân hàng, tài chính doanh nghiệp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | April 1 the advance sliced through a possible four-week channel serving as the right shoulder of a four-month inverted H S bottom pattern. I established a long on April 1 of one mini contract per trading unit. The H S bottom was completed on April 7. I added to my position using the Last Day Rule at as the basis for the stop on my entire position. This four-month H S has a target of 1230 a test of the December high. FIGURE An H S Bottom in Gold Resolves Previous Uncertainty. The objective of 1350 remains from the October 2009 completion of the inverted weekly chart H S presented in the Case Study section . Time will tell if this will finally be the pattern that works or if this pattern too will become part of something bigger. I will report on the outcome of this trade in Chapter 12. GBP JPY A Small Triangle Established the Final High of a Larger Triangle Signal Type Major Anticipatory Signal Figure displays a textbook example of the type of signal for which I seek to become pre-positioned during the late stages of a major chart FIGURE A Possible Descending Triangle Forms in GBP JPY. pattern. Dating back to late September the GBP JPY had formed a possible right-angled descending triangle. On January 21 the market completed a three-week symmetrical triangle. As is often the case a small daily chart pattern formed at the tail end of a major weekly chart pattern. The target of the trade was the loWer boundary of the major descending triangle. I took profits at the target on February 4. March Copper A Small Horn and TrendLine Violation Are Quickly Reversed Signal Types Major Breakout Signal Miscellaneous Trade The decline on January 27 as seen in Figure completed a three-week horn or sloping top. While this was a relatively short pattern the decline also sliced through a 10-month channel boundary. This qualified the signal for consideration to the 2010 Best Dressed List. The risk was substantial so I traded only one contract per 400 000 of .