Old Posts Tagged with "mean-reversion-play"

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Here you can find links to old content I had on the blog, prior to switching to our group pages. Have fun looking around... some of it is pretty good! If you are looking for the best of the best posts from both the old and new eras, then go to the Articles Page. If you want the newest material, browse the public group (and the google waves associated with it).

The Password Is: Mean Reversion

Posted on May 11th, 2009
Written by Richard

Today was a pretty sideways, go-nowhere day. So, I thought mean-reversion was the play to make. I put up charts on ES, YM, and NQ, and waited for extreme moves on low volume. Once they put in an appropriate turnaround candle formation, I tried to ride them back up or down.
Here’s [...]

An Example Paintbar Trade

Posted on August 2nd, 2007
Written by Richard

Here’s a trade I was watching set up, but had to leave before the third candle finished. I would have taken this trade for sure, and probably jumped out way too early! But, it shows how the paintbars are starting to come together a bit.

Not all examples are this nice, [...]

How I Have Been Selecting Trades, Lately

Posted on July 24th, 2007
Written by Richard

I wanted to show you how I’ve been selecting trades the last few weeks. It’s a multi-step process. The paintbars alert me to possible entries on my lowest level charts. Then, if I like what I see, I go from the top down and make sure all my higher-level charts agree. [...]

Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR) Trade

Posted on July 16th, 2007
Written by Richard

So, inspired by the kinds of indicators I’ve been seeing on the EOTpro.com videos, I played around and created some paintbar indicators this weekend. They aren’t the same strategy as in the videos, but I got ideas like color coding various signal ’strengths’ so I can differentiate the quality of the setups better. [...]