A thread on Price action and how to identify stocks showing strong price action.
For me price action is when you answer the What,When,Why,How and Where of price movement of any underlying.
Its a language you use to communicate with the underlying.
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Short term price action is judged when the underlying is crossing precious day high or low. Why last day action is important?Because there are enough short term traders who act at these levels,especially if that day had lots of activities showcased by volume and delivery.
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Monthly high, low, close are again important as the stocks are typically evaluated on monthly basis for mid term performance. Operator building large positions will react when market breaches these critical levels.
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Just like monthly, 52 week i.e yearly data is also critical as a symbolic performance of an underlying for long term actions.
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VWAP literally helps you to judge the behavior of operator. Typically that the price at which operator has build positions. If you combine VWAP with closing, you will be able to judge the probable demand and supply zone of any underlying.
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Then relative performance of a stock visavis market benchmark. An outperforming stock will show momentum for immediate swing movements and underperforming stock should never be bought. Best tool to implement exit rules.
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My proprietary RS55 model which measures the outperformance and underperformance over 55 days for normalisation. 55 days is almost 3 month of trading and fibonacci number.
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1. Most of them have no idea why they are partcipating in the market? They start with trading and if loss in position, become investor or they start with investing and seeing the small profit they become trader.
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a. Co-owner of Kredent Trading, one of the largest prop trading firms in Kolkata with over 150 full-time traders. Other co-owners are my amazing brothers.
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b. Co-owner of Irage, one of the largest algo trading firms in India with over 50 technocrats trading using technology. Other co-owners are my amazing partners like @graizada@niteshkh and other three low profile gentlemen Rajib, Sameer, Anil.
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In my 15 years plus career in markets, I have witnessed multiple regulatory changes. Some good, some bad. Stock market is one of the most regulated businesses. Reason ? It's about money, honey. If not done the right way, the entire structure could collapse as house of cards.
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Every 4 to 5 years we have seen some major changes in market microstructure in India. Be it STT then removal of income tax rebate on STT,then algo trading,then additional margins on stock futures, then CTT,then introduction of currency cost, then uniform stamp duty etc.
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As markets evolve the regulatory changes becomes inevitable.Infact sometimes, these regulatory changes lead to change in market behavior. It's not about retail vs. institutions.Finally everyone looses if market looses genuine liquidity.I have always moved on at every stage.
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