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Feb 3 12 tweets 2 min read
Here are 10 great technical trading rules that will help you build a systematic approach to trading: 👇

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Start with the weekly price chart to establish the long term trend, and then work down through the daily and hourly charts to trade in the direction of that trend. The odds are better if you are trading in the direction of the charts trend.
In uptrends, the best strategy is to buy the dips. In downtrends, the best strategy is to sell short into each rally. Always go with the path of least resistance.
Support and resistance levels can hold for long periods of time; the first few breakout attempts usually fail.
The more times a support or resistance level is tested, the greater the odds that it will be broken. Old resistance can become the new support, and the old support may become the new resistance.
Trend lines are the easiest way to measure trends by connecting higher highs or lower lows, and they must always go from left to right.
Chart patterns are visible representations of the price ranges that buyers and sellers are creating. Chart Patterns are connected trend lines that signal a possible breakout buy point if one line is broken.
Moving averages quantify trends and create signals for entries, exits, and trailing stops.
Moving averages are great tools for a trader to use, but they are best used along with an overbought/oversold oscillator like the RSI. This maximizes exit profitability on extensions from a moving average.
52 week highs are bullish, and 52 week lows are bearish. All-time highs are more bullish, and all-time lows are more bearish. Bull markets have no long term resistance, and bear markets have no long term support.
Above the 200 day moving average is where bulls create uptrends. Bad things happen below the 200 day moving average: downtrends, distribution, bear markets, crashes, and company bankruptcies.
What technical trading rule would you add?

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May 9, 2020
A good trade is taken with complete confidence, and follows your trading method. A bad trade is taken on an opinion.
A good trade is taken with a disciplined entry and position size. A bad trade is taken to win back losses the market owes you.
A good trade is taken when your entry parameters line up. A bad trade is taken out of fear of missing a move.
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