Like humans , stocks too have different nature and if you are trading every stock the same way then this thread may be for you.
A thread on Nature of stocks and how it can help you to improve your trading results.
First start with what is the nature of stocks ?
I broadly categorize stocks in two categories-
1. The momentum stocks-
These are the stocks where most of the moves are swift in nature, or we can say that the pullbacks in a trend are smaller.
2. The AKBC stocks-
These are the stocks where most of the trending moves comes with deep pullbacks.
Examples-
So the purpose of categorizing these stocks, is that we Trade those stocks/instruments which are more suited to our style.
Say if you are a mean reversion player and you are trading in the momentum stocks category then you are more bound to lose over large number of trades.
But if you do the same in the AKBC stocks then you will have more winners then losers.
Likewise If you trade with Tight stop losses in AKBC stocks then your stops will hit more often even when you get the direction right.
So you got the point, that we have to trade those stocks which suits to our strategy.
// when you meet an unknown person for the first time you will not be able to know there nature , there habits fully, you will know these things over time.
Likewise, there are few qualities of stocks which you will only see if you observe closely.
For example-
1. The Metals pack, and specifically Tata steel is a stocks which has a tendency to go from top gainer to top loser intraday and vice versa.
2. Few stocks Perform when the market falls or when fear in markets.
3. Trend following works better in commodities then Stocks.
These are few examples and you will find many more when you track your stocks closely under different market conditions.
I got confidence in this idea of knowing nature of stocks from @Trendmyfriends though our trading style is different.
These are only my views and not necessarily be yours.
Cheers
Trader knight
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FEAR - It’s the re-experience of failure in advance.
Many traders face the issue of Not entering in trades because of fear.
A thread on How to pull the trigger when the opportunity knocks.
Lets First start from knowing the cause of this "FEAR" of pulling the trigger.
A traders goes through many phases before becoming Profitable.
The first phase is the " APUN HI BHAGWAN HAI" phase-
When we first begin Trading, we don’t know any concepts, we don’t know about the risks , the dangers.
So we start trading, and like most guys by beginners luck we start making good, we start to calculate how much money we will make in next 1yr, 5 yrs, Greed start to Hop in.
1. Scaling in is adding on to the positions when they move in our favor (Pyramiding).
2. Scaling - out is exiting the portion of the position when the trade moves in our favor.
I have explained about pyramiding in previous tweets.
// Why use scaling out instead of exiting all position at once ?
When you are using ALL - out method where you exit positions at once, mostly you use wider Trail SL as you want to capture big moves and exit all when trail sl hits.
Trend-lines are support and resistance lines which are formed by connecting Important swing points.
The beauty of using them is that We can use them when stock is not Respecting the Horizontal S&R zones, they can indicate us when the trend may change.
// Things To consider while Making trendlines?
• A trendline formed by using 3 Major-Swing points is a potential trendline, But we will also use 2 points to form a trendline, will discuss how, as you read further.
Normally I use this method for placing sl, In this method we use swing point for placing the SL.
As normally the stock would not try to go below previous swing point if it is to go in our direction.
2. ATR method-
Sometimes the Stock do not have any nearest pivot at time of buy, So we use this method as it gives us a level on basis of current volatility of the stock.
I use 1.5 ATR away sl , say the ATR at point of entry is 30, so I place sl 1.5 X, or 45 rs away from entry