All youtube traders All the time - Post em Up

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by easymon1, Sep 22, 2022.

  1. Tokenz

    Tokenz

    No keep trying, I said use your brain, you can do it. 2 + 2 = 4.
     
    #31     Oct 1, 2022
  2. see,..all you can do is say simple things. Simple things from a simple minded bag holder. Oh and we are awaiting more of your "predictions"..LOL your a joke. You try to act as if you know something about markets. just another douche bag :)


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    #32     Oct 1, 2022
  3. Tokenz

    Tokenz

    You're the one that fell for my joke, it's not my fault you just made an ass out of yourself. No need for the name calling now. No offense but you sound like a big baby. Man up and own your mistake.
     
    #33     Oct 1, 2022
  4. yep, spud,..yep..i fell for it there spud...im a baby...but your still a douche bag :)
     
    #34     Oct 2, 2022
  5. KCalhoun

    KCalhoun

    what's evil is, some of the young savvy trading youtubers Sound like they know what they're talking about but they are FULL OF SHIT. Like one video i saw where a woman was talking about what indicators to use when daytrading scalping. No pro uses squiggly lines/mas to scalp; wtf (we use L2/tape reading). then unknowing viewers follow that bs and blow up.

    they're so damn friendly, smart-sounding and convincing. but they're marketers not traders, and make videos full of misinformation and total bullshit. caveat emptor
     
    #35     Oct 2, 2022
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  6. Finally, the voice of reason speaks.....sadly most of the folks in this forum have no clue what you just said. Sadder yet, is that they never will.
     
    #36     Oct 2, 2022
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  7. Shax

    Shax

    Here is a list of blocked scams and someone even already convicted:

    https://www.tradingschools.org/?s=fraud+busted

    The pattern is always the same:

    get rich quick, with an algorithm or secret techniques finally revealed, fancy sports cars and beautiful women.....but there is yet another trick:
    after the scammers have....disappeared, sometimes...they come back and appear as lawyers from law firms promising to be able to recover lost money and instead...they are still the same scammers....
    The cat and the fox :D
     
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    #37     Nov 6, 2022
  8. easymon1

    easymon1

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    Abbreviation Description

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    100M 100 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    100MA 100 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    100MD 100 day simple moving average

    10M Middle third of the day from 9:30 or 10 am PST to 11:30 often enters tight trading range

    13T 13 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 14 ticks to make 3 points. Stopping at 13 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    150M 150 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    150MA 150 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    150MD 150 day simple moving average

    15M 15 Minute bar or chart

    15MA 15 minute 20 bar moving average plotted on 5 minute chart

    16T 16 Ticks, which can be a trap for limit order entries

    17T 17 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 18 ticks to make 4 points. Stopping at 17 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    18B 18 Bar range

    18BD Breakout Below 18 bar range so 80% chance will not rally to new high of day, and 90% chance of range is big

    18BO Breakout of range of 1st 18 bars

    18BOD Breakout Below 18 bar range so 80% chance will not rally to new high of day, and 90% chance of range is big

    18BODF Failed breakout below the low of the 1st 18 bars, Always In bears should exit, but probably only minor reversal up, only 20% chance of new high of day

    18BOU BreakOut Above 18 bar range so 80% chance will not fall to new low of day, and 90% chance of range is big

    18BOUF Failed breakout above the high of the 1st 18 bars, Always In Bulls should exit, but probably only minor reversal down, only 20% chance of new low of day

    18BU Breakout Above 18 bar range so 80% chance will not fall to new low of day, and 90% chance of range is big

    18T 18 Ticks

    1BFF One Bar Final Flag

    1H 1 Hour

    1LD First Leg Down

    1LU First Leg Up

    1MLD strong enough bear breakout for at least One More small Leg Down

    1MLU strong enough bull breakout for at least One More small Leg Up

    1P First Pause or Pullback in a strong trend

    1T 1 Tick

    200M 200 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    200MA 200 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    200MD 200 day simple moving average

    20DM 20 day exp moving average

    20DMA 20 day exp moving average

    20GB Twenty Gap Bars, about 20 consecutive bars that have not touched the moving average

    20GB50BL No pullback to EMA in 1st 50 bars so expect at least 3 bars will low below EMA by around 11 am PST and then test of high of day

    20GB50BR No pullback to EMA in 1st 50 bars so expect at least 3 bars will high above EMA by around 11 am PST and then test of low of day

    20GBB 20 Gap Bar Buy setup. After about 20 or more bars above the exponential moving average, bulls will look to buy a pullback to the exponential moving average

    20GBS 20 Gap Bar Sell setup. After about 20 or more bars below the exponential moving average bears will look to sell a pullback to the exponential moving average

    20MM 20 month exp moving average

    20MMA 20 month exp moving average

    20WM 20 week exp moving average

    20WMA 20 week exp moving average

    21T 21 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 22 ticks to make 5 points. Stopping at 21 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    2BR Two Bar Reversal

    2E Second Entry

    2EB Second buy signal or strong Enough bull to breakout to Buy

    2ES Second sell signal or strong Enough bear to breakout to Sell

    2FMA When both 5 and 60 min mov averages are flat and near one another, then trading range and possibly limit order market

    2H 2 Hour

    2HM Two hours from moving average

    2LBLTP Second Leg Bull Trap is big bull breakout that quickly reverses down, trapping bulls who hoped for bull trend, but now either trading range or bear trend reversal

    2LBRTP Second Leg Bear Trap is big bear breakout that quickly reverses up, trapping bears who hoped for bear trend, but now either trading range or bull trend reversal

    2LD Two Legs Down or Second Leg Down

    2LS 2nd leg was sideways

    2LSD Two Legs Sideways or Down

    2LSU Two Legs Sideways or Up

    2LSW 2nd leg was sideways

    2LT Second Leg Trap so possible failed breakout and reversal

    2LTP Second Leg Trap so possible failed breakout and reversal

    2LU Two Legs Up or Second Leg Up

    2MA 5 min EMA and 60 min EMA

    2MAF moving averages on 5 min and 60 min charts are flat and near one another so sideways market and increased chance of more sideways

    2S Second Signal

    2SB Second Signal Buy

    2SS Second Signal Sell

    2T 2 Ticks

    3EB Third Entry Buy

    3ES Third Entry Sell

    3H 3 Hour

    3LD Third Leg Down so possible wedge bottom

    3LU Third Leg Up so possible wedge top

    3T 3 Ticks

    40M Bars 40 and 41 are middle of day and there is often a reversal or a breakout around 40 or 41

    40R Bars 40 and 41 are middle of day and there is often a reversal or a breakout around 40 or 41

    41M Bars 40 and 41 are middle of day and there is often a reversal or a breakout around 40 or 41

    41R Bars 40 and 41 are middle of day and there is often a reversal or a breakout around 40 or 41

    41T 41 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 42 ticks to make 10 points. Stopping at 41 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    4D Four consecutive bear bars and is therefore too strong for a long

    4H 4 Hour

    4T 4 Ticks

    4U Four consecutive bull bars and is therefore too strong for a short

    50M 50 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    50MA 50 bar simple moving average, institutions watch 50, 100, 150, and 200 day and week simple moving averages

    50MD 50 day simple moving average

    50P 50% Pullback

    5H 5 Hour

    5T 5 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 6 ticks to make 1 point. Stopping at 5 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    60M 60 minute bar or chart

    60MA 60 minute 20 bar Exponential Moving Average

    60MC 60 Minute Chart

    6H 6 Hour

    6T 6 Ticks

    99BL 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with low at least 1 tick below Moving Average at some point today, and then usually soon afterwards get buy signal and new high of day

    99BR 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with high at least 1 tick above Moving Average at some point today, and then usually soon afterwards get sell signal and new low of day

    9T 9 Tick Trap. Trader entering with stop order usually needs 10 ticks to make 2 points. Stopping at 9 ticks traps traders just shy of goal. Many will exit, sometimes creating reversal.

    ? Possible

    A1D At least One more small leg Down

    A1U At least One more small leg Up

    A2 A two legged PullBack to the Exponential Moving Average in a trend

    A22 A second entry in a two legged Pullback to the Exponential Moving Average in a trend

    AI Always In

    AIA Always In Aggressive trader, takes every reversal, about 10 per day

    AIBL Always In long Bulls

    AIBLB Always In Bulls Buy again above bull bar closing near its high

    AIBLBA Always In Bulls Buy again above bull bar closing near its high

    AIBLE Always In Bulls can Exit below bear bar closing below its midpoint, if they are concerned about risk, and buy again above bull bar

    AIBLE4 Always In Bulls can Exit about 4 ticks or half an average bar range below any bar or 1 tick below bear bar closing below its midpoint if concerned about risk. Can always buy again above next bull bar closing near its high.

    AIBR Always In short Bears

    AIBRE Always In Bears can Exit above bull bar closing above its midpoint, if they are concerned about risk, and sell again below bear bar

    AIBRE4 Always In Bears can Exit about 4 ticks or half of an average bar range above any bar or 1 tick above bull bar closing above its midpoint if concerned about risk. Can always sell again below next bear bar closing near its low.

    AIBRS Always In Bears Sell again below bear bar closing near its low

    AIBRSA Always In Bears Sell again below bear bar closing near its low

    AIC Always In Conservative trader, only takes the strongest reversals, about 2-5 per day

    AIL Always In Long

    AIS Always In Short

    AMPT am Pacific Time Zone

    AODD Almost Outside Down Day is a reversal down from above yesterday's high and a sell climax to just above yesterday's low and a reversal up

    AOUD Almost Outside Up Day is a reversal up from below yesterday's low and a buy climax to just below yesterday's high and a reversal down

    APSBL Average entry Price for Scale in BuLls

    APSBR Average entry Price for Scale in BeaRs

    AR Actual Risk

    ASPT At Some Point Today

    ATH All Time High

    ATM At the Money option strike price

    ATRI Apex of Triangle or trading range so Breakout Mode

    ATRIMA Apex of triangle is magnet above

    ATRIMB Apex of triangle is magnet below

    AV Average

    AVR Average range of approximately past 10 bars

    AVRD Average range on daily chart of approximately past 10 days

    AVRM Average range on monthly chart of approximately past 10 months

    AVRW Average range on weekly chart of approximately past 10 weeks

    B Buy or Long, depending on context

    B18 Often get Breakout or reversal between bars 16 to 18

    B2 Weak Trader's Equation so most should wait for higher probability, like 2nd buy signal or a couple consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs. Else need big reward to offset low probability. Some will use wide stop and scale in.

    BA Buy Above or probably buyers at the high of the bar

    BAG Breakaway Gap, the first gap of any kind after a trend reversal, only certain in hindsight

    BB Buy Below, or probably buyers at the low of the bar and scaling in lower

    BB2 Weak Trader's Equation so higher probability to wait for a 2nd buy signal or for a strong bull breakout, which means 2 or 3 bull bars closing near their highs; or, need wide stop and better if can scale in.

    BBBL Better to Buy above Bull bar closing near its high

    BBBR Big Bar or Bars so Big Risk. If you take the trade, trade small enough position size so that the risk of the trade is no bigger than on any other trade. If in Tight TR, better to wait for breakout or 2nd signal since low probability, bad for stop entries.

    BBE Breakeven, which means exiting around entry price with small profit or loss

    BBL Big Bull bar

    BBLB Big Bull Bar

    BBLB20 Biggest Bull bar or bars in over 20 bars so possible bull exhaustion gap. 60% chance of either end of rally or one more brief leg up and then end of rally.

    BBLBC Big Bull Bar Closing near its high

    BBLBD Big bull body or bodies on daily chart

    BBLBIR Big Bull Bar so Increased Risk

    BBLBL Bull Surprise Bar or Bars Late in bull trend so possible exhaustion gap. 60% chance this is end of buy climax, but 60% chance one more brief leg up before 2 legs down. Many bulls will take profits and some bears will sell the close for a scalp.

    BBLBM Big bull body or bodies on monthly chart

    BBLBW Big bear body or bodies on daily chart

    BBLC Big Bull Bar Closing near its high

    BBLCH Broad Bull Channel

    BBLD Big bull day

    BBLDC Big Bull Day Closing near its high.

    BBLL Bull Surprise Bar or Bars Late in bull trend so possible exhaustion gap. 60% chance this is end of buy climax, but 60% chance one more brief leg up before 2 legs down. Many bulls will take profits and some bears will sell the close for a scalp.

    BBLMC Bar Bull Micro Channel

    BBLO Better to Buy with Limit Orders below bars than stop orders above

    BBLPT Bigger bull bar after about 4 Buy the Close bars will attract profit taking soon, so better to buy pullback instead of buying the close, else need wide stop

    BBLT Big Bull bar so big risk, top of Tight trading range so lower probability and possibly sellers above

    BBLTD Big Bull Trend Day

    BBP Better to Buy PullBack than to buy at the high since not strong bull trend. Or, need wide stop and trade small, and possibly scale in.

    BBPB Better to Buy PullBack than to buy at the high since not strong bull trend. Or, need wide stop and trade small, and possibly scale in.

    BBR Big Bear bar

    BBRB Big Bear Bar

    BBRB20 Biggest Bear bar or bars in over 20 bars so possible bear exhaustion gap. 60% chance of either end of selloff or one more brief leg down and then end of selloff.

    BBRBC Big Bear Bar Closing near its low

    BBRBD Big bear body or bodies on daily chart

    BBRBIR Big Bear Bar so increased risk

    BBRBL Bear Surprise Bar or Bars Late in bear trend so possible exhaustion gap. 60% chance this is end of sell climax, but 60% chance one more brief leg down before 2 legs up. Many bears will take profits and some bulls will buy the close for a scalp.

    BBRBM Big bear body or bodies on monthly chart

    BBRBW Big bear body or bodies on weekly chart

    BBRC Big Bear Bar Closing near its low

    BBRCH Broad Bear Channel

    BBRD Big bear day

    BBRDC Big Bear Day Closing near its low

    BBRL Bear Surprise Bar or Bars Late in bear trend so possible exhaustion gap. 60% chance this is end of sell climax, but 60% chance one more brief leg down before 2 legs up. Many bears will take profits and some bulls will buy the close for a scalp.

    BBRMC Bar Bear Micro Channel

    BBRPT Bigger bear bar after about 4 Sell the Close bars will attract profit taking soon so better to sell pullback instead of selling the close, else need wide stop

    BBRT Big Bear bar so big risk, bottom of Tight trading range so lower probability and possibly buyers below

    BBRTD Big Bear Trend Day

    BBS Bulls will scale in lower, bears will scale in higher

    BBSA Buyers Below, Sellers Above

    BBSB Bad Buy Signal Bar, so some bears scale in higher, expecting pullback to below high of bar, which is magnet. Test of high can come hours later.

    BBSBH Bad Buy Signal Bar High is a magnet. Some bears who sold the high will scale in higher and expect a test back to high of bar later in day.

    BC Broad Channel

    BD Bars Down

    BDBU Big Down, Big Up creates big confusion and usually leads to trading range

    BDBUC Big Down, Big Up, big Confusion so trading range likely

    BDBUTR Big down + big up = big confusion = TradingRange likely

    BDG Body Gap, less reliable than true gap but still reasonable Measuring Gap

    BDGD Body Gap Down, Gap above highest body of this pullback and lowest body of the breakout point

    BDGDC The body of this reversal up bar overlaps the body of the lowest body of the breakout point. The body gap down is now closed. The bear trend has probably ended and the chart is now either in a trading range or a bull trend.

    BDGU Body Gap Up, Gap below lowest body of this pullback and highest body of the breakout point

    BDGUC The body of this reversal down bar overlaps the body of the highest body of the breakout point. The body gap up is now closed. The bull trend has probably ended and the chart is now either in a trading range or a bear trend.

    BDU Big Down, Big Up creates big confusion and usually leads to trading range

    BDUC Big Down, big Up, big Confusion so trading range likely

    BDUDC Big Down, big Up, big Confusion so trading range likely

    BE Breakeven, which means exiting around entry price with small profit or loss

    BELO Better to Enter with Limit Order

    BFD Strong Bear Breakout and Follow-through so more Down

    BFF Bar Final Flag

    BFT Bad Follow-through means the bar or bars after a breakout do not continue strongly in the direction of the breakout. Disappointment increases chance of trading range.

    BFTD Bull bar after big bear bar so bad follow-through and reduced chance of bear trend

    BFTU Bear bar after big bull bar so bad follow-through and reduced chance of bull trend

    BFU Strong Bull Breakout and Follow-through so more Up

    BG Buying

    BGD Big Gap Down so 80% chance of at least one reversal in first hour. The bears want a double top or wedge top on a pullback to near the EMA. The bulls want a double bottom or wedge bottom for an early low of the day.

    BGDC Body Gap Down Closed. The body of this reversal up bar overlaps the body of the lowest body of the breakout point. The body gap down is now closed. The bear trend has probably ended and the chart is now either in a trading range or a bull trend.

    BGP Buying Pressure

    BGU Big Gap Up so 80% chance of at least one reversal in the first hour. The bulls want a double bottom or wedge bottom on a pullback to near the EMA. The bears want a double top or wedge top for an early high of the day.

    BGUC Body Gap Up Closed. The body of this reversal down bar overlaps the body of the highest body of the breakout point. The body gap up is now closed. The bull trend has probably ended and the chart is now either in a trading range or a bear trend.

    BIGBSB Big Buy Signal Bar so big bar and big risk. Trade small or wait to buy 50% pullback or reversal up from 50% pullback.

    BIGSBS Big Sell Signal Bar so big bar and big risk. Trade small or wait to sell 50% pullback or reversal down from 50% pullback.

    BKE Breakeven, which means exiting around entry price with small profit or loss

    BL Bull or Bulls

    BL2 Bulls can Exit about half an average bar's range below any bar, or 1 tick below bear bar closing below its midpoint if disappointed. Can always buy again above next bull bar closing near its high.

    BLB Bull Body

    BLBC Bull Bar Closing near its high

    BLBCH Bull Bar Closing near its High

    BLBCHMA Bull bar closing near its high and above exp mov av, but need follow-through bull bar to confirm breakout above exp mov av

    BLBD Bull bar on daily chart, which means close of day above open of day

    BLBM Bull bar on monthly chart, which means close of month above open of month

    BLBO Bull Breakout

    BLBOM Bull breakout but probably minor, which means probably a scalp lasting 1 - 5 bars

    BLBS Bull Bars

    BLBW Bull bar on weekly chart, which means close of week above open of week

    BLC Bull Channel, which is a weaker bull trend and it has at least a couple higher lows and higher highs

    BLCH Bull Channel, which is a weaker bull trend and it has at least a couple higher lows and higher highs

    BLCHM Bull bar closing near its high and above exp mov av, but need follow-through bull bar to confirm breakout above exp mov av

    BLCHMA Bull bar closing near its high and above exp mov av, but need follow-through bull bar to confirm breakout above exp mov av

    BLD Bull Doji

    BLDD Bull Day, which means close above open on daily chart

    BLE Bulls exit below bar, even if not a strong sell signal

    BLE2 Bulls can Exit about half an average bar's range below any bar, or 1 tick below bear bar closing below its midpoint if disappointed. Can always buy again above next bull bar closing near its high.

    BLE4 Bulls can Exit about half an average bar's range below any bar, or 1 tick below bear bar closing below its midpoint if disappointed. Can always buy again above next bull bar closing near its high.

    BLEB Bulls exit below, but not a strong sell signal

    BLEH Bulls can Exit about half an average bar's range below any bar, or 1 tick below bear bar closing below its midpoint if concerned about risk. Can always buy again above next bull bar closing near its high.

    BLF Bull Flag

    BLFT Bull Follow-Through means no bear body. The minimum is a perfect doji, but a big bull bar closing near its high significantly increases the chance of higher prices.

    BLGU Bear Surprise Bar, bulls giving up, possible spike in Spike and Channel Bear Trend, but need follow-through bear bars

    BLMC Bull Micro Channel, every low at or above low of prior bar

    BLN1 Bulls need 1 more bull bar closing near its high for Always In Long so bears might sell the close to prevent confirmed bull breakout

    BLNM Bulls Not Making Money so better to only look to sell and wait to buy

    BLNMM Bulls Not Making Money so better to only look to sell and wait to buy

    BLO In tight trading range or tight channel, Better to enter with Limit Orders

    BLR Bull Reversal

    BLRB Bull Reversal Bar

    BLRVD Bull Reversal Day, which is a day that sold off and then reversed up and closed near its high

    BLSC Bull Scalpers

    BLSH Buy Low Sell High

    BLSHS Buy Low, Sell High, and Scalp

    BLT Bull Trend

    BLTD Bull Trend Day

    BLTL Bull Trend Line

    BLTP Bull Trap, failed bull breakout

    BLTR Probably Bull leg in Trading Range and not in bull trend

    BLTRV Bull trend reversal

    BNFB Probably buyers not far below

    BO Breakout means close beyond support or resistance, like high or low of prior bar or bars, or EMA. Bulls want big bull bar closing on its high and far above resistance. Bears want big bear bar closing on its low and far below support.

    BOA Breakout Above a resistance level, like high of prior bar or a recent high or the EMA. Bulls want follow-through bull bar for next bar to increase chance of swing up. If bear follow-through bar, then possible failed breakout.

    BOB Breakout Below a support level, like low of prior bar or a recent low or the EMA. Bears want follow-through bear bar for next bar to increase chance of swing down. If bull follow-through bar, then possible failed breakout.

    BOF strong Break Out with good Follow-through

    BOM Breakout Mode means trading range. About 50% chance successful breakout up or down, and then about a measured move based on the height of trading range. 50% chance 1st breakout up or down will reverse.

    BOP Break Out Point, which is the price that the current breakout broke beyond

    BOPBL Breakout Point for the current rally. The current rally had a bull breakout. That means it broke above a prior high, which is the breakout point. It often gets tested and is therefore a magnet below

    BOPBR Breakout Point for the current selloff. The current selloff had a bear breakout. That means it broke below a prior low, which is the breakout point. It often gets tested and is therefore a magnet above

    BOT BreakOut Test, which is a pullback testing the breakout point, and traders are deciding if the breakout will succeed or fail

    BOUD Breakout Up or Down

    BP Breakout Pullback

    BPS Breakout Pullbacks

    BR Bear or Bears

    BRA Probably buyers above

    BRB Bear Body

    BRBC Bear Bar Closing near its low

    BRBCL Bear Bar Closing near its Low

    BRBCLMA Bear bar closing near its low and below exp mov av, but need follow-through bear bar to confirm breakout below exp mov av

    BRBD Bear bar on daily chart, which means close of day below open of day

    BRBM Bear bar on monthly chart, which means close of month below open of month

    BRBO Bear Breakout

    BRBOM Bear breakout but probably minor, which means probably a scalp lasting 1 - 5 bars

    BRBS Bear Bars

    BRBW Bear bar on weekly chart, which means close of week below open of Week

    BRC Bear Channel, which is a weaker bear trend and it has at least a couple lower lows and lower highs

    BRCH Bear Channel, which is a weaker bear trend and it has at least a couple lower lows and lower highs

    BRCLM Bear bar closing near its low and below exp mov av, but need follow-through bear bar to confirm breakout below exp mov av

    BRCLMA Bear bar closing near its low and below exp mov av, but need follow-through bear bar to confirm breakout below exp mov av

    BRD Bear Doji

    BRDD Bear Day, which means close below open on daily chart

    BRE Bears exit above bar, even if not strong buy signal

    BRE2 Bears can Exit about half of an average bar's range above any bar, or 1 tick above bull bar closing above its midpoint if disappointed. Can always sell again below next bear bar closing near its low.

    BRE4 Bears can Exit about half of an average bar's range above any bar, or 1 tick above bull bar closing above its midpoint if disappointed. Can always sell again below next bear bar closing near its low.

    BREA Bears exit above, but not strong buy signal

    BREH Bears can Exit about half of an average bar's range above any bar, or 1 tick above bull bar closing above its midpoint if concerned about risk. Can always sell again below next bear bar closing near its low.

    BRF Bear Flag

    BRFT Bear Follow-Through means no bull body. The minimum is a perfect doji, but a big bear bar closing near its low significantly increases the chance of lower prices.

    BRGU Bull Surprise Bar, bears giving up, possible spike in Spike and Channel Bull Trend, but need follow-through bull bars

    BRMC Bear Micro Channel, every high at or below high of prior bar

    BRN Big Round Number like 2100, 2200

    BRN1 Bears need 1 more bear bar closing near its low for Always In short so bulls might buy the close to prevent confirmed bear breakout

    BRNM Bears Not Making Money so better to only look to buy and wait to sell

    BRNMM Bears Not Making Money so better to only look to buy and wait to sell

    BRR Bear Reversal

    BRRB Bear Reversal Bar

    BRRVD Bear Reversal Day, which is a day that rallied, but sold off and closed bear its low

    BRS Buyers

    BRSC Bear Scalpers

    BRT Bear Trend

    BRTD Bear Trend Day

    BRTL Bear Trend Line

    BRTP Bear Trap, failed bear breakout

    BRTR Probably Bear leg in Trading Range and not in bear trend

    BRTRV Bear trend reversal

    BRVD Big Reversal Down so at least small 2nd leg down likely

    BRVU Big Reversal UP so at least small 2nd leg up likely

    BS Buy Signal

    BSA Weak buy setup, but okay to buy small position and add to position if continues up

    BSB Buy Signal Bar

    BSBC Buy Signal Bar closing near its high

    BSBD Buy Signal Bar on Daily chart

    BSBM Buy Signal Bar on Monthly chart

    BSBR Better to Sell below Bear bar closing near its low

    BSBSL Bad Sell Signal Bar Low is a magnet. Some bulls who bought the low will scale in lower and expect a test back to low of bar later in day.

    BSBW Buy Signal Bar on Weekly chart

    BSLO Better to Sell with Limit Orders above bars than stop orders below

    BSP Better to Sell PullBack, which means a bounce, than to sell at the low since not strong bear trend. Or, need wide stop and trade small, and possibly scale in.

    BSPB Better to Sell PullBack, which means a bounce, than to sell at the low since not strong bear trend. Or, need wide stop and trade small, and possibly scale in.

    BSSB Bad Sell Signal Bar, so some bulls scale in lower, expecting pullback to above low of bar, which is magnet. Test of low can come hours later.

    BT Breakout Test or Bought, depending on context

    BTC Buy The Close bull trend so traders will buy the close of bull bar closing near its high or buy above bull bar that closes near its high

    BTCBL Buy The Close Bulls

    BTCE Buy the Close rally until the End of day

    BTH Buy The High bull trend is a series of bull bars closing near their highs, and bulls will buy with a stop 1 tick above the high of the prior bar, and exit below a bear bar closing below its midpoint or 1 - 2 points below any bar

    BTM Buy The Market, strong bull trend so many bulls will buy with market orders as well as with stop orders above bull bars closing near their highs

    BTs Breakout Tests

    BTTR Bar Tight Trading Range

    BTW Better To Wait for better combination of probability, risk, and reward

    BU Bars Up

    BUBD Big Up, Big Down creates big confusion and usually leads to trading range

    BUBDC Big Up, Big Down, big Confusion so trading range likely

    BUBDTR Big up + big down = big confusion = TradingRange likely

    BUD Big Up, Big Down creates big confusion and usually leads to trading range

    BUDC Big Up, big Down, big Confusion so trading range likely

    BV Buy Vacuum test of resistance

    BVT Buy Vacuum test of resistance

    BW Barb Wire

    BWB Better to Wait for a Breakout

    BWBLB Bar streak without bull bodies so strong bears and wait to buy

    BWBOUD Better to wait for a breakout up or down

    BWBRB Bar streak without bear bodies so strong bulls and wait to sell

    BWSS Only B if using a Wide Stop, and better if can scale in lower

    BWT Better Wait for Tomorrow

    BX Buy Climax, one or more big bull bars closing near their highs

    BXH Buy Climax High, high of buy climax bar or bars

    BXL Buy Climax Low, Low of buy climax bar or bars

    BXS Buy Climaxes

    BZ Buy Zone, an area where traders will look to buy

    C Close

    CAM Close Above Midpoint of the bar

    CAMP Close Above Midpoint of the bar

    CBM Close Below Midpoint of the bar

    CBMP Close Below Midpoint of the bar

    CC consecutive

    CCAMA Consecutive closes above EMA, but bulls need big bull bars closing near their highs to significantly increase the chance of much higher prices.

    CCB Consecutive Bottoms

    CCBBLB Consecutive Big Bull Bodies so higher probability for bears to wait for 2nd sell signal

    CCBBLBC Consecutive Big Bull Bars Closing near their highs makes at least a small 2nd leg up likely

    CCBBLBCM Consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs and far above EMA. Higher prices likely. Always In Long and Buy The Close bull trend

    CCBBLBCMA Consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs and far above EMA. Higher prices likely. Always In Long and Buy The Close bull trend

    CCBBLC Consecutive Big Bull Bars Closing near their highs makes at least a small 2nd leg up likely

    CCBBRB Consecutive Big Bear Bodies so higher probability for bulls to wait for 2nd buy signal

    CCBBRBC Consecutive Big Bear Bars Closing near their lows makes at least a small 2nd leg down likely

    CCBBRBCM Consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows and far below EMA. Lower prices likely. Always In Short and Sell The Close bear trend.

    CCBBRBCMA Consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows and far below EMA. Lower prices likely. Always In Short and Sell The Close bear trend.

    CCBBRC Consecutive Big Bear Bars Closing near their lows makes at least a small 2nd leg down likely

    CCBL Consecutive Bull Bars

    CCBL1C Consecutive Bull bars with one closing near its high and with a big bull body so probably Buy The Close and Always In Long

    CCBLB Consecutive Bull Bars

    CCBLB1C Consecutive Bull bars with one closing near its high and with a big bull body so probably Buy The Close and Always In Long

    CCBLBC Consecutive Bull Bars Closing near their highs makes at least a small 2nd leg up likely

    CCBLBCH Consecutive Bull Bars Closing near their highs makes at least a small 2nd leg up likely

    CCBLBCM Consecutive bull bars closing above EMA and closing near their highs so probably will go higher and possible Buy The Close

    CCBLBCMA Consecutive bull bars closing above EMA and closing near their highs so probably will go higher and possible Buy The Close

    CCBLC Consecutive Bull Bars Closing near their highs makes at least a small 2nd leg up likely

    CCBLCMA Consecutive bull bars closing above EMA and closing near their highs so probably will go higher and possible Buy The Close

    CCBLCMA2 Consecutive big bull bars closing above mov. av. with both closing near their highs and 2nd body completely above mov. av. so higher prices likely

    CCBMA Consecutive closes below EMA, but bears need big bear bars closing near their lows to significantly increase the chance of much lower prices.

    CCBR Consecutive Bear Bars

    CCBR1C Consecutive Bear bars with one closing near its low and with a big bear body so probably Sell The Close and Always In Short

    CCBRB Consecutive Bear Bars

    CCBRB1C Consecutive Bear bars with one closing near its low and with a big bear body so probably Sell The Close and Always In Short

    CCBRBC Consecutive Bear Bars Closing near their lows makes at least a small 2nd leg down likely

    CCBRBCL Consecutive Bear Bars Closing near their lows makes at least a small 2nd leg down likely

    CCBRBCM Consecutive bear bars closing below EMA and closing near their lows so probably will go lower and possible Sell The Close

    CCBRBCMA Consecutive bear bars closing below EMA and closing near their lows so probably will go lower and possible Sell The Close

    CCBRBCMA2 Consecutive big bear bars closing below mov. av. with both closing near their lows and 2nd body completely below mov. av. so lower prices likely

    CCBRC Consecutive Bear Bars Closing near their lows makes at least a small 2nd leg down likely

    CCBRCMA Consecutive bear bars closing below EMA and closing near their lows so probably will go lower and possible Sell The Close

    CCBWBLB Consecutive bar streak without bull body so strong bears and wait to buy

    CCBWBRB Consecutive bar streak without bear body means strong bulls so wait to sell

    CCBX Consecutive Buy Climax

    CCBXS Consecutive Buy Climaxes

    CCCAMA Consecutive closes above EMA

    CCCB Consecutive Complex Bottoms, which is a pair of bottoms where both have 2 or 3 legs down

    CCCBMA Consecutive bars closing below EMA

    CCCT Consecutive Complex Tops, which is a pair of tops where both have 2 or 3 legs up

    CCSX Consecutive Sell Climax

    CCSXS Consecutive Sell Climaxes

    CCT Consecutive Tops

    CCW Consecutive wedges have a higher probability of a 2 legged reversal

    CCWB Consecutive wedge bottoms have higher probability of leading to a couple legs up

    CCWD Consecutive wedge bottoms have higher probability of leading to a couple legs up

    CCWT Consecutive wedge tops have higher probability of leading to a couple legs down

    CCWU Consecutive wedge tops have higher probability of leading to a couple legs down

    CD Closed

    CH Channel

    CHB Cup and Handle Bottom. Cup is strong reversal up after sell climax. Should form higher low pullback for handle and get 2nd leg sideways to up.

    CHD Cup and Handle Top. Cup is strong reversal down after buy climax. Should form lower high pullback for handle and get 2nd leg sideways to down.

    CHT Cup and Handle Top. Cup is strong reversal down after buy climax. Should form lower high pullback for handle and get 2nd leg sideways to down.

    CHU Cup and Handle Bottom. Cup is strong reversal up after sell climax. Should form higher low pullback for handle and get 2nd leg sideways to up.

    CLM Close of Last Month

    CLW Close of Last Week

    CLY Close of Last Year

    CM Close of Month

    CMB Confusion comes from there being both a reasonable reason to buy and to sell. Traders need more information, which means more bars so at least small trading range. Better to wait for 2nd signal up or down or for strong breakout.

    CNH Close Near High of bar, which means the upper third of range of bar

    CNL Close Near Low of bar, which means lower third of range of bar

    COD Close of Day

    COH Close On or near High of bar

    COL Close On or near Low of bar

    COLM Close of Last Month

    COLW Close of Last Week

    COM Close of Month

    Context All of the bars to the left showing buying and selling pressure, support and resistance

    COT Close of Today

    COW Close of Week

    COY Close of Yesterday

    CS Closes

    CSX Consecutive sell climaxes means several big bear bars closing near their lows with one or more pauses, and it usually leads to profit taking and about 2 legs sideways to up

    CT Countertrend, against the trend of the past several bars or even of the entire day

    CUPD Cup and Handle Bear Flag, which is a pullback after bear reversal

    CUPH Cup and Handle is a reversal and then a pullback

    CUPHD Cup and Handle Bear Flag, which is a pullback after bear reversal

    CUPHU Cup and Handle Bull Flag, which is a pullback after bull reversal

    CUPU Cup and Handle Bull Flag, which is a pullback after bull reversal

    CW Close of Week

    CY Close of Yesterday

    DB Double Bottom, or two consecutive bars with identical lows

    DBBF Double Bottom Bull Flag, so when bull buy signal bar, there is a 40% chance of a breakout above the recent swing high, which is the neck line of the DB, and a measured move up

    DBBLF Double Bottom Bull Flag, so when bull buy signal bar, there is a 40% chance of a breakout above the recent swing high, which is the neck line of the DB, and a measured move up

    DBHL Double Bottom Higher Low is a double bottom where the 2nd low is higher

    DBL Disappointed Bulls bought within past few bars and are now disappointed by bars since their entry. Many will try to exit around their entry price. If enough bulls sell out of longs, there could be another leg down.

    DBLE Bulls who bought are disappointed by the bar not closing near its high and might exit below

    DBLGU Disappointed bulls are giving up and that created this Bear Surprise Bar

    DBLL Double Bottom Lower Low is a double bottom where the 2nd low is lower

    DBMTR Double Bottom Major Trend Reversal

    DBPB Double Bottom Pullback means there is a pullback from a reversal up from a double bottom and bulls will buy above the pullback bar, especially if it closes near its high

    DBR Disappointed Bears sold within past few bars and are now disappointed by bars since their entry. Many will try to exit around their entry price. If enough bears buy back their shorts, there could be another leg up.

    DBRE Bears who sold are disappointed that the bar did not close near its low and might exit above

    DBRGU Disappointed bears are giving up and that created this Bull Surprise Bar

    DBS Double Bottoms, or two consecutive bars with identical lows

    DBTC Disappointed Buy The Close Bulls

    DBTCBE Disappointed Buy The Close Bulls might sell their longs around the highest close to exit around breakeven

    DBTCBL Disappointed Buy The Close Bulls

    DBTCBLBE Disappointed Buy The Close Bulls might sell their longs around the highest close to exit around breakeven

    DBTCBLE Disappointed Buy The Close Bulls might sell their longs around the highest close to exit around breakeven

    DD Doji, which is a bar with a small body and a close near the open

    DDD Doji Day, which is a bar on the daily chart with a small body and a close near the open

    DDIV Double Divergence

    DDM Doji Month, which is a bar on the monthly chart with a small body and a close near the open

    DDW Doji Week, which is a bar on the weekly chart with a small body and a close near the open

    DFD Dominant Feature Down is exceptionally strong selloff. I replaced the term with Major Bear Surprise. It will usually prevent a bull trend, even if there is a new high. It increases the chance of sideways to down for the rest of the day.

    DFT Disappointing Follow-through so possible Trading range

    DFU Dominant Feature Up is exceptionally strong rally. I replaced the term with Major Bull Surprise. It will usually prevent a bear trend, even if there is a new low. It increases the chance of sideways to up for the rest of the day.

    DIV Divergence

    DL Dueling Lines

    DP Double Top Pullback or Double Bottom Pull Back

    DPS Double Top Pull Backs or Double Bottom Pull Backs

    DSTC Disappointed Sell The Close Bears

    DSTCBE Disappointed Sell The Close Bears might buy back their shorts around the lowest close to exit around breakeven

    DSTCBR Disappointed Sell The Close Bears

    DSTCBRBE Disappointed Sell The Close Bears might buy back their shorts around the lowest close to exit around breakeven

    DSTCBRE Disappointed Sell The Close Bears might buy back their shorts around the lowest close to exit around breakeven

    DT Double Top, or two consecutive bars with identical highs

    DTBF Double Top Bear Flag, so when bear sell signal bar, there is a 40% chance of a breakout below the recent swing low, which is the neck line of the double top, and a measured move down.

    DTBRF Double Top Bear Flag, so when bear sell signal bar, there is a 40% chance of a breakout below the recent swing low, which is the neck line of the double top, and a measured move down.

    DTHH Double Top Higher High is a double top where the 2nd top is higher

    DTLH Double Top Lower High is a double top where the 2nd top is lower

    DTMTR Double Top Major Trend Reversal

    DTPB Double Top Pullback means there is a reversal down from a double top and the bears will sell below the pullback bar, especially if it closes near its low

    DTR Day Trading Range

    DTS Double Tops

    DTTR Day tight trading range

    EB Entry Bar

    EBL Exhausted Bulls will probably take profits and wait for a couple legs sideways to down before buying again. Trading range likely soon. Bear trend reversal less likely.

    EBLT End of day Bull Trap

    EBR Exhausted Bears will probably take profits and wait for a couple legs sideways to up before buying again. Trading range likely soon. Bull trend reversal less likely.

    EBRT End of day Bear Trap

    EBS Entry Bars

    EBTC End of day Buy The Close bull trend

    EBX Exhaustive Buy Climax means the market went too far and too fast up to a resistance area so increased chance of end of strong bull trend and increased chance of trading range or reversal

    EG Exhaustion Gap, a gap at any kind at the end of a trend, just before a reversal. Only certain in hindsight.

    EGD Exhaustion Gap Down so likely profit taking and end of bear trend for at least 10 bars

    EGU Exhaustion Gap Up so likely profit taking and end of bull trend for at least 10 bars

    ELOM End of day Limit Order Market

    EMA 20 bar Exponential Moving Average

    EOD End of Day

    EOM End of Month

    EOQ End of Quarter

    EOW End of Week

    EOY End Of Year

    EP Endless Pullback

    EPB Endless PullBack

    EPBD Endless Pullback in a bull trend is a tight bear channel that becomes a Small Pullback Bear Trend, which never looks very bearish but can continue for hours. If there are consecutive big bear bars, there is often a measured move down.

    EPBU Endless Pullback in a bear trend is a tight bull channel that becomes a Small Pullback Bull Trend, which never looks very bullish but can continue for hours. If there are consecutive big bull bars, there is often a measured move up.

    EPD Endless Pullback in a bull trend is a tight bear channel that never looks very bearish but can continue for hours

    EPTG End of day Profit Taking so possible reversal

    EPU Endless Pullback in a bear trend is a tight bull channel that never looks very bullish but can continue for hours

    ES Emini

    ESP especially

    ESTC End of day Sell the Close bear trend

    ESX Exhaustive Sell Climax means the market went too far and too fast down to a support area so increased chance of end of strong bear trend and increased chance of trading range or reversal

    ET Expanding Triangle

    ETS Expanding Triangles

    F Fail, Failure, Failed

    FBLF Final Bull Flag is a trading range or triangle late is a bull trend, and a bull breakout has an increased chance of reversing back down into the trading range, or of starting a bear trend.

    FBO Failed BreakOut

    FBRF Final Bear Flag is a trading range or triangle late is a bear trend, and a bear breakout has an increased chance of reversing back up into the trading range, or of starting a bull trend.

    FD Failed

    FDM First trading day of the month

    FDW First trading day of the week

    FDY First trading day of the year

    FF Final Flag, usually a horizontal pattern after a trend. The breakout often fails and reverses

    FFS Final Flags

    FG Failing

    FOMC Federal Open Market Committee meeting and announcement

    FOMCD There is an FOMC announcement at 11 am PST today. Day traders should exit positions before the report and wait until at least 10 minutes after the report before trading again to allow for a trend to begin.

    FOMCM Federal Open Market Committee minutes from most recent meeting

    FRD For Rest of the Day

    FS Fails or Failures

    FT Follow Through

    FTCL Failed Trend Channel Line

    FTD Follow-Through Down, not bull bar, so lower prices likely

    FTU Follow-Through Up, not bear bar, so higher prices likely

    FWSR Today is Friday so weekly support and resistance can be important, especially in the final hour

    G Gap

    G2 A second entry on a gap setup

    GB Gap Bar

    GBS Gap Bars

    GD Gap Down

    GDD Gap down on the daily chart, which means today's open is below yesterday's low.

    GDM Gap down on the monthly chart, which means this month's open is below last month's low.

    GDP Gross Domestic Product rate of change

    GDW Gap down on the weekly chart, which means this week's open is below last week's low.

    GS Gaps

    GT Gap Test

    GU Gap Up

    GUB Give Up Bar, breakout that often leads to a swing

    GUD Gap up on the daily chart, which means today's open is above yesterday's high.

    GUM Gap up on the monthly chart, which means this month's open is above last month's high.

    GUW Gap up on the weekly chart, which means this week's open is above last week's high.

    GX Globex Session

    GX10 10 percent of days do not break out of Globex range. Traders look for reversal up from at or just above Globex low and reversal down from at or just below Globex high.

    GXH Globex High

    GXL Globex Low

    GXR Globex Range

    H High or High of Day

    H1 One legged pullback in a bull leg so bull flag. Usually Always In Long, but can be in strong minor reversal up in bear trend.

    H2 Two legged pullback in a bull move, but it can also be a 2nd reversal up from a selloff, so variation of a double bottom

    H3 Three legged pullback in a bull move, which usually means a wedge bull flag or a wedge bottom

    H4 High 4 bottom or bull flag, 4 legged bear channel, often consecutive High 2 pullbacks

    HB2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Buy signal or a strong bull breakout, like a couple consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs, else need wide stop and better if can scale in lower

    HBLC Higher Probability to Wait to buy above Bull bar closing near its high

    HBRC Higher Probability to Wait to sell below Bear bar closing near its low

    HC Highest Close of the day or of swing up

    HCMA Highest close is magnet above since Buy The Close bulls who bought that close could not avoid a loss and expect test of highest close

    HD High of Day

    HH Higher High

    HHDT Higher High Double Top is a double top where the 2nd high is higher

    HHMTR Higher High Major Trend Reversal

    HHS Higher Highs

    HL Higher Low

    HLDB Higher Low Double Bottom is a double bottom where the 2nd low is higher

    HLH High of the last 60 minute bar

    HLM High of Last Month

    HLMTR Higher Low Major Trend Reversal

    HLS Higher Lows

    HLW High of Last Week

    HLY High of Last Year

    HM High of Month

    HOD High of the Day

    HOLM High of Last Month

    HOLW High of Last Week

    HOO High of opening range

    HOT High of Today so far

    HOW High of Week

    HOY High of Yesterday

    HOYR High of Year

    HP High Probability

    HPW Higher Probability to Wait for a breakout or better setup or a 2nd buy or sell signal

    HPW2B Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Buy signal or a strong bull breakout, like a couple consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs

    HPW2S Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Sell signal or a strong bear breakout, like a couple consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows

    HPWB2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Buy signal or a strong bull breakout, like a couple consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs

    HPWBB2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Buy signal or a strong bull breakout, like a couple consecutive big bull bars closing near their highs

    HPWBH2 Higher Probability to Wait to Buy High 2 or High 3 Pullback since at least small 2nd leg sideways to down likely

    HPWBL Higher Probability to Wait to buy above Bull bar closing near its high

    HPWBLC Higher Probability to Wait to buy above Bull bar closing near its high

    HPWBPB Higher Probability to Wait to Buy pullback than to continue to buy closes

    HPWBR Higher Probability to Wait to sell below Bear bar closing near its low

    HPWBRC Higher Probability to Wait to sell below Bear bar closing near its low

    HPWF Higher Probability to Wait for a breakout and Follow-through

    HPWFT Higher Probability to Wait for a breakout and Follow-through

    HPWS2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Sell signal or a strong bear breakout, like a couple consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows

    HPWSL2 Higher Probability to Wait to Sell Low 2 or Low 3 since at least small 2nd leg sideways to up likely

    HPWSPB Higher Probability to Wait to Sell pullback (bounce) than to continue to sell closes

    HPWSS Higher Probability if you can use a Wide Stop and Scale in, whether you swing or scalp

    HPWSS2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Sell signal or a strong bear breakout, like a couple consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows

    HR Higher

    HRP Higher Probability

    HRTR Higher trading range in Trending Trading Range Day

    HS Highs

    HS2 Higher Probability to Wait for 2nd Sell signal or a strong bear breakout, like a couple consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows, else need wide stop and better if can scale in higher

    HSB Head and Shoulders Bottom, a continuation pattern in both bull and bear markets that sometimes is a reversal pattern

    HSBS Head and Shoulder Bottoms, continuation patterns in both bull and bear markets that sometimes are reversal patterns

    HST Head and Shoulders Top, a bull continuation pattern in both bull and bear markets that sometimes is a reversal pattern

    HSTS Head and Shoulder Tops, bull continuation patterns in both bull and bear markets that sometimes are reversal patterns

    HTF Higher Time Frame, for example, a 60 min chart compared to a 5 min

    HTFS Higher Time Frames, for example, a 60 min chart compared to a 5 min

    HTY High of This Year

    HW High of Week

    HWPFT Higher Probability to Wait for a breakout and Follow-through

    HY High of Yesterday

    HYR High of Year

    IB Inside bar, the high of the bar is at or below the high of the prior bar and the low is at or above the low of the prior bar

    IBD Inside bar on daily chart, the high of the bar is at or below the high of the prior bar and the low is at or above the low of the prior bar

    IBM Inside bar on monthly chart, the high of the bar is at or below the high of the prior bar and the low is at or above the low of the prior bar

    IBW Inside bar on weekly chart, the high of the bar is at or below the high of the prior bar and the low is at or above the low of the prior bar

    ID Inside Day, its low is above low of prior bar and its high is below high of prior bar

    IDD Inside Day, its low is above low of prior bar and its high is below high of prior bar

    ii Consecutive inside bars, Breakout Mode, so both buy and sell signal

    iii Three inside bars in a row, Breakout Mode, so both buy and sell signal

    iiii Four consecutive inside bars, Breakout Mode, so both buy and sell signal

    IMP Important

    ioi Outside bar surrounded by Inside bars

    IOII Consecutive inside bars after an outside bar, Breakout Mode setup so both buy and sell signal bar

    IR Initial Risk

    L Low or Low of Day

    L1 One legged pullback in a bear leg so bear flag. Usually Always In Short, but can be in strong minor reversal down in bull trend.

    L1=2 Leg 1 equals Leg 2 Measureed Move

    L2 Two legged PullBack in a bear move, but it can also be a 2nd reversal down from a rally, so variation of a double top

    L3 Three legged PullBack in a bear move, which usually means a wedge bear flag or a wedge top

    L4 Low 4 top or bear flag, 4 legged bull channel, often consecutive Low 2 pullbacks

    LBL Limit order Bull scalpers

    LBLB Limit order Bulls will buy Below and scale in lower

    LBLBB Limit order Bulls will buy Below and scale in lower

    LBLM Limit order Bull scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LBLMM Limit order Bull scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LBLNM Limit order Bull scalpers have Not been making Money and therefore selling is low probability and better to only look to sell

    LBR Limit order Bear scalpers

    LBRA Limit order Bears will sell Above and scale in higher

    LBRM Limit order Bear scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LBRMM Limit order Bear scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LBRNM Limit order Bear scalpers have Not been making Money and therefore selling is low probability and better to only buy

    LBRSA Limit order Bears will sell Above and scale in higher

    LC Lowest Close of the day or of swing down

    LCMB Highest close is magnet above since Sell The Close bears who sold that close could not avoid a loss and expect test of lowest close

    LD Low of Day

    LDL Low of Limit Down move

    LDM Last trading day of the month. In final hour, algorithms for test of monthly support or resistance can take control and create big move up or down, ignoring everything from earlier in day.

    LDQ Last trading day of quarter. Increased chance of bull trend from institutional window dressing. In final hour, algorithms for test of monthly support or resistance can take control and create big move up or down, ignoring everything from earlier in day.

    LDW Last trading day of the week. In final hour, algorithms for test of weekly support or resistance can take control and create big move up or down, ignoring everything from earlier in day.

    LDY Last trading day of the year. In final hour, algorithms for test of yearly support or resistance can take control and create big move up or down, ignoring everything from earlier in day.

    LGB Ledge Bottom is 4 or more bars in tight trading range with the same low. 80% chance of breakout below and 80% chance of pullback above bottom of ledge.

    LGT Ledge Top is 4 or more bars in tight trading range with the same high. 80% chance of breakout above and 80% chance of pullback below top.

    LH Lower High

    LHDT Lower High Double Top is a double top where the 2nd top is lower

    LHMTR Lower High Major Trend Reversal

    LHS Lower Highs

    LHST Left shoulder of a Head and Shoulders Top

    LIM limit order

    LL Lower Low

    LLD Locked Limit Down, trading is halted, currently for 15 minutes. This makes the bar numbering off by 2

    LLDB Lower Low Double Bottom is a double bottom where the 2nd low is lower

    LLH Low of the last 60 minute bar

    LLM Low of Last Month

    LLMTR Lower Low Major Trend Reversal

    LLS Lower Lows

    LLU Locked Limit Up, trading is halted, currently for 15 minutes. This makes the bar numbering off by 2

    LLW Low of Last Week

    LLY Low of last year

    LM Low of Month

    LMY Last Month of the Year

    LO Limit order or orders

    LOA Sell with Limit Order Above bars

    LOB Buy with Limit Order Below bars

    LOBL Limit Order Bulls, which means buys buying with limit orders, betting on a reversal up instead of a bear breakout

    LOBLM Limit order Bull scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LOBLNM Limit order Bull scalpers have not been making Money and therefore selling is low probability and better to only sell

    LOBR Limit Order Bears, which means bears selling with limit orders, betting on a reversal down instead of a bull breakout

    LOBRM Limit order Bear scalpers have been making Money, which increases chance of trading range

    LOBRNM Limit order Bear scalpers have not been making Money and therefore selling is low probability and better to only buy

    LOD Low of the Day

    LOLM Low of Last Month

    LOLW Low of Last Week

    LOM Limit Order Market so easier to make money with limit orders than with stop orders. Bears will probably sell above and many will scale in higher, and bulls will buy below and many will scale in lower. Both expect small moves and will mostly scalp.

    LOME Limit Order Market until End of day

    LOO Limit Order Open so early trading range likely

    LOPTM Lots of Overlap and Prominent Tails so only Minor reversal likely

    LOS Limit Order Scalpers

    LOT Low of Today so far

    LOY Low of Yesterday

    LOYR Low of Year

    LP Low Probability so swing only or wait

    LPB Low Probability Buy, probably sellers above, and sideways more likely than up

    LPBSH Low probability buy so buy small position and buy more higher

    LPS Low Probability Short, probably buyers below, and sideways more likely than down

    LPSSL Low probability sell so sell small position and sell more lower

    LR Lower

    LRB Lower risk to buy pullback or wait for Buy The Close and use stop about 1 point below prior bar

    LRP Lower Probability

    LRPB Lower probability buy

    LRPS Lower probability sell

    LRS Lower risk to sell pullback (a bounce) or wait for Sell The Close and use stop about 1 point above prior bar

    LRTR Lower trading range in Trending Trading Range Day

    LS Lows

    LTR Lower Trading Range

    LTRTTRD Lower trading range in Trending Trading Range Day

    LTY Low of This Year

    LW Low of Week

    LWM Last Week of the Month

    LWY Last Week of the Year

    LY Low of Yesterday

    LYR Low of Year

    MA Moving Average. Assume 20 bar EMA unless I say otherwise.

    MABL99 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with low at least 1 tick below Moving Average at some point today

    MABL99.5 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with low at least 1 tick below Moving Average at some point today

    MABR99 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with high at least 1 tick above Moving Average at some point today

    MABR99.5 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with high at least 1 tick above Moving Average at some point today

    MAG Moving Average Gap Bar

    MAGB Moving Average Gap bar Buy signal, which means there is a gap between the high of the bar and the exponential moving average in a bull trend

    MAGS Moving Average Gap bar Sell signal, which means there is a gap between the low of the bar and the exponential moving average in a bear trend

    MBLS Major Bull Surprise Bar or Bars is exceptionally strong rally. It will usually prevent a bear trend, even if there is a new low. It will dominate the rest of the day and it increases the chance of sideways to up for the rest of the day

    MBO Minor Breakout, probably a scalp that lasts only 1-5 bars

    MBOD Minor Breakout Down, probably a scalp that lasts only 1-5 bars

    MBOU Minor Breakout Up, probably a scalp that lasts only 1-5 bars

    MBRS Major Bear Surprise Bar or Bars is exceptionally strong selloff. It will usually prevent a bull trend, even if there is a new high. It will dominate the rest of the day and it increases the chance of sideways to down for the rest of the day

    MC Microchannel

    MCH MicroChannel

    MD Middle third of the day from 9:30 or 10 am PST to 11:30 often enters tight trading range and becomes Limit Order Market so failed breakouts are common

    MDB Micro Double Bottom

    MDBS Micro Double Bottoms

    MDR Midday reversal is a reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to opposite trend for rest of day

    MDRD Midday reversal down is a bear trend reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to bear trend for rest of day

    MDRU Midday reversal up is a bull trend reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to bull trend for rest of day

    MDRV Midday reversal is a reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to opposite trend for rest of day

    MDRVD Midday reversal down is a bear trend reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to bear trend for rest of day

    MDRVU Midday reversal up is a bull trend reversal in the middle of the day, sometimes exactly at bar 40 or 41, and sometimes leads to bull trend for rest of day

    MDT Micro Double Top

    MDTS Micro Double Tops

    MG Measuring Gap, a gap of any kind that can lead to a measured move. Only certain in hindsight.

    MGA Magnet Above

    MGB Magnet Below

    MGN Magnet

    MGS Measuring Gaps, gaps of any kind that can lead to measured moves. Only certain in hindsight.

    MHH Major Higher High

    MHL Major Higher Low

    MIN Minimum or Minutes

    MKT market

    MLH Major Lower High

    MLL Major Lower Low

    MM Measured Move

    MMD Measured Move Down

    MMS Measured Moves

    MMT Measured Move Target

    MMTA Measured Move Target or Targets Above

    MMTB Measured Move Target or Targets Below

    MMTG Measured Move Target

    MMTGA Measured Move Target or Targets Above

    MMTGB Measured Move Target or Targets Below

    MMTS Measured Move Targets

    MMU Measured Move Up

    MMUD Measured Move Up or Down

    MNHL Minor Higher Low

    MNLH Minor Lower High

    MO momentum

    MP Midpoint

    MPD Midpoint of the day's range is often a magnet, especially at the end of the day

    MPM Midpoint of the month's range is often a magnet at the end of the month

    MPW Midpoint of the week's range is often a magnet at the end of the week

    MRD Minor Reversal Down so bull flag or bear leg in trading range more likely than bear trend. Switch to scalp if disappointed by weak reversal.

    MRLD Most Recent Leg Down

    MRLU Most Recent Leg Up

    MRU Minor Reversal Up so bear flag or bull leg in trading range more likely than bull trend. Wait or swing trade. Switch to scalp if disappointed by weak reversal.

    MRV Minor Trend Reversal so trading range or pullback more likely than opposite trend. Wait or swing trade. Switch to scalp if disappointed by weak reversal.

    MRVD Minor Reversal Down so bull flag or bear leg in trading range more likely than bear trend. Wait or swing trade. Switch to scalp if disappointed by weak reversal.

    MRVU Minor Reversal Up so bear flag or bull leg in trading range more likely than bull trend. Wait or swing trade. Switch to scalp if disappointed buy weak reversal.

    MTB Micro Triple Bottom

    MTCL Micro Trend Channel Line

    MTD Middle third of the day from 9:30 or 10 am PST to 11:30 often enters tight trading range and becomes Limit Order Market so failed breakouts are common

    MTL Micro Trend Line

    MTR Major Trend Reversal

    MTRS Major Trend Reversals

    MTT Micro Triple Top

    MTTR Month tight trading range

    MW MicroWedge, a wedge formed by only 3 - 4 bars

    NDB Nested Double Bottom

    NDT Nested Double Top

    NEBM Not Enough Bars for Major Trend Reversal so Trading Range likely

    NEBP Not Enough Buying Pressure

    NESP Not Enough Selling Pressure

    NFTD Bar after bear breakout is the follow through bar and if it is bear bar then lower prices likely, but if bull bar closing on its high, then possible failed breakout and bear trap

    NFTU Bar after bull breakout is the follow through bar and if it is bull bar then higher prices likely, but if bear bar closing near its low, then possible failed breakout and bull trap

    NG Negative Gap, pullback overlaps the breakout point but still can get measured move

    NH2 Nested High 2 buy signal means that the 2nd leg down subdivided into a smaller High 2 buy signal, which increases the probability of a reversal up if the buy signal bar is a bull bar closing near its high

    NHEP Not High Enough Probability unless swing stop and scale in

    NHP Not High Probability

    NHSB Nested Head and Shoulders Bottom means right shoulder is smaller head and shoulders bottom

    NHST Nested Head and Shoulders Top means right shoulder is smaller head and shoulders top

    NL NeckLine

    NL2 Nested Low 2 sell signal means that the 2nd leg up subdivided into a smaller Low 2 sell signal, which increases the probability of a reversal down if the sell signal bar is a bear bar closing near its low

    NMI Need More Information because both bulls and bears are balanced. The probability is about 50-50 and the risk-reward might not be good because of possible trading range. More information means more bars.

    NPS Not high enough Probability for a Scalp using a stop entry because risk is too big compared to reward

    NS Not high enough probability for stop entry traders to scalp, but reward can be big enough compared to risk to offset low probability so ok swing trade. Most often will not get strong move, and disappointed traders will scalp out.

    NSBSB Need Strong Buy Signal Bar, which means a body that is more than 2 ticks and a close near the high of the bar

    NSS Not high enough probability for Scalp, not enough time or room for Swing, better to wait

    NSSSB Need Strong Sell Signal Bar, which means a body that is more than 2 ticks and a close near the low of the bar

    NTMABL 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with low at least 1 tick below Moving Average at some point today

    NTMABR 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with high at least 1 tick above Moving Average at some point today

    NTS Not enough time to swing or to scale in with limit orders

    NW Nested Wedge, 3rd leg is smaller wedge

    NWS Need Wide Stop, which requires a smaller position size, or wait for a 2nd signal or a strong breakout. Some experienced traders scale in, allowing for one or two more legs against them.

    NWSS Need Wide Stop, which requires a smaller position size, or wait for a 2nd signal or a strong breakout. Experienced traders often scale in.

    O Open

    OB Outside bar, the high is at or above the high of the prior bar and the low is at or below the low

    OBSS Okay Buy if Swing Stop

    OBSSS Only Buy if Swing Stop and Scale in Lower

    OBT Overbought

    OD Outside down bar, which means its high is at or above the high of the prior bar and its low is at or below the low of the prior bar and its close is below the open

    ODC Outside down bar that closed near its low and at or below low of prior bar, which increases chance of lower prices

    ODD Outside Down Day, which means a reversal down from above yesterdays high to below yesterdays low

    ODM Outside Down Month, which means a reversal down from above last months high to below last months low

    ODW Outside Down Week, which means a reversal down from above last weeks high to below last week low

    ODY Outside Down Year, which means a reversal down from above last years high to below last years low

    OEL Ok for always In bulls to Exit Long and buy again above bull bar

    OES Ok for always In bears to Exit Short and Sell again below bear bar

    OK Okay

    OKW Okay to wait for higher probability or better risk-reward

    OL OverLap

    OLB Overlapping Bars, when several bars are sideways and mostly overlap each other, there is a tight trading range and traders prefer to enter on pullbacks or with limit orders; those who enter with stops need wide protective stops and many will scale in

    OLM Open of Last Month

    OLW Open of Last Week

    OLY Open of Last Year

    OM Open of Month

    OO Consecutive outside bars, Breakout Mode, so both Buy and Sell signal. In a bull trend, it can be top or bull flag. In a bear trend, it can be bottom or bear flag

    OOD Open of Day

    OODM Open Of Day in Middle 3rd of range, and it is magnet in trading range day

    OOH Open of the hour

    OOM Open of Month

    OOO 3 consecutive outside bars, Breakout Mode. In a bull trend, may be a top if the 3rd bar is a bear bar or a bull flag if the 3rd bar is a bull bar. In a bear trend, it can be a bottom if the 3rd bar is a bull bar or a bear flag if the 3rd bars a bear bar.

    OOOO 4 consecutive outside bars, Breakout Mode. In a bull trend, may be a top if the 4th bar is a bear bar or a bull flag if the 4th bar is a bull bar. In a bear trend, it can be a bottom if the 4th bar is a bull bar or a bear flag if the 4th bars a bear bar.

    OOT Open of Today

    OOW Open of Week

    OOY Open of Yesterday

    ORD Opening Reversal Down

    ORG Opening Range

    ORU Opening Reversal Up

    ORV Opening Reversal

    ORVD Opening Reversal Down

    ORVU Opening Reversal Up

    OSC Oscillating or oscillate, which means reverse several times around an important price

    OSD Oversold

    OSS Only Scalp if wide Stop and Scale in

    OSSS Okay Sell if Swing Stop

    OSSSS Only Sell if Swing Stop and Scale in Higher

    OTM Out of the Money option strike price

    OU Outside up bar, which means its high is at or above the high of the prior bar and its low is at or below the low of the prior bar and its close is above the open

    OUC Outside up bar that closed near its high and at or above high of prior bar, which increases chance of higher prices

    OUD Outside Up Day, which means a reversal up from below yesterdays low to above yesterdays high

    OUM Outside Up Month, which means a reversal up from below last months low to above last months high

    OUW Outside Up Week, which means a reversal up from below last weeks low to above last weeks high

    OUY Outside Up Year, which means a reversal up from below last years low to above last years high

    OW Open of Week

    OY Open of Yesterday

    P Probability

    PA Price Action

    PB Pullback

    PBA Probably Buyers Above

    PBB Probably Buyers Below

    PBNFB Probably buyers not far below bar and low of leg since weak sell setup

    PBS Pullbacks

    PBX Parabolic Buy Climax

    PH Possible High of day or swing high, reasonable sell setup. Since it is a reversal trade, it is not high probability so it is a swing setup

    PL Possible Low of day or swing low, reasonable buy setup. Since it is a reversal trade, it is not high probability so it is a swing setup

    PMBRTSR Possible more buyers than sellers below

    PMPT pm Pacific Time Zone

    PMSRTBR Possibly more sellers than buyers above

    PNMH Probably not much higher before stops going up for 10 or more bars

    PNML Probably not much lower before stops going down for 10 or more bars

    POMLDW Possibly one more leg down to a wedge bottom

    POMLUW Possibly one more leg up to a wedge top

    POSS Possibly or possible

    PP Probably or probable

    PPH PPH is Pre Pandemic High from Feb 2020 at around 3300

    PPL PPL is Pre Pandemic Low from March 2020 at around 2100

    PROB Probably or probable

    PS Possibly or possible

    PSA Probably Sellers Above

    PSB Probably Sellers Below

    PSNFA Probably sellers not far above bar and high of leg since weak buy setup

    PST Pacific Standard Time

    PSX Parabolic Sell Climax

    PT Profit Target

    PTG Profit Taking

    PTR Profit Takers

    PTRS Profit Takers

    PTS points

    PTZ Profit Taking Zone so trend might pause or have minor reversal here or soon

    PW Parabolic Wedge

    R1AR Reward 1 Times Actual Risk

    R1IR Reward 1 Times Initial Risk

    R1R Reward 1 Times Risk

    R2AR Reward 2 Times Actual Risk

    R2IR Reward 2 Times Initial Risk

    R2R Reward 2 Times Risk

    RB Reversal Bar. A bar with tail on top and close below midpoint is bear reversal bar. A bar with tail below and close above midpoint is bull reversal bar.

    RBMGA Reasonable Buy signal so it is a Magnet. When there is a reasonable buy signal, bulls who buy lower usually get a test of first buy and make money on lower buy

    RBS Reversal Bars

    RBTC Reasonable to buy the close and it is a magnet because many bulls who bought will buy more lower, expecting to exit breakeven on 1st buy and with a profit on lower buy.

    RD Reversal Day

    RDU Reversal Down and Up after first bar so breakout mode

    REV Reversal or reversals

    REVD Reversal Down

    REVDU Reversal or Reversals Down and Up

    REVS Reversals

    REVU Reversal Up

    REVUD Reversal or Reversals Up and Down

    RHSB Right shoulder of a Head and Shoulders Bottom

    RHST Right shoulder of a Head and Shoulders Top

    RLOB Reasonable Limit Order Buy so its low is a magnet after any selloff

    RLOS Reasonable Limit Order Sell so its high is a magnet after any rally

    RN Round Number like 2110, 2120

    RR Risk Reward, or Risk Reward Ratio, most easily thought of as the size of your stop compared to the size of your profit target

    RRR Risk Reward Ratio

    RS Resistance

    RSA Resistance above

    RSMGB Reasonable Sell signal so it is a Magnet. When there is a reasonable sell signal, bears who sell higher usually get a test of first sell and make money on higher sell

    RSTC Reasonable to sell the close and it is a magnet because many bears who sold will sell more higher, expecting to exit breakeven on 1st sell and with a profit on higher sell.

    RSZ Resistance Zone is a area where there are 2 or more resistance levels near one another. Traders often start to take profits, which can create a pullback or reversal.

    RUD Reversal Up and Down after first bar so breakout mode

    RV Reversal

    RVBD Reversal Bar with tail on top and close below midpoint so sell signal bar if context is good.

    RVBU Reversal Bar with tail on bottom and close above midpoint so buy signal bar if context is good.

    RVD Reversal Down

    RVDU Reversal or Reversals Down and Up

    RVS Reversals

    RVU Reversal Up

    RVUD Reversal or Reversals Up and Down

    S Sell or Short, depending on context

    S2 Weak Trader's Equation so most should wait for higher probability, like 2nd sell signal or a couple consecutive big bear bars closing near their lows. Else need big reward to offset low probability. Some will use wide stop and scale in.

    SA Sellers Above, or probably sellers at the high of the bar and scaling in higher

    SABB Sellers Above, Buyers Below

    SB Sellers Below or probably sellers at the low of the bar

    SBD Surprisingly big bear bar or bars closing near their lows, so probably will get at least small a 2nd leg sideways to down

    SBDM Bear Major Surprise Bar or Bars is exceptionally strong selloff. It will usually prevent a bull trend, even if there is a new high. It will dominate the rest of the day and it increases the chance of sideways to down for the rest of the day

    SBL Scale in Bulls

    SBLB Strong Bull Bar, which means big bull body and close near high

    SBLBO Small Bull Breakout, at least small second leg up is likely after 1-3 bar pullback, which are attempts to reverse down

    SBLBOF Small Bull Breakout might fail since follow-through bar is bear bar closing near its low, so possible bull trap and reversal down

    SBLM Stop order Bulls making Money in bear leg so sideways to up soon

    SBLMP Average entry price for scale in bulls who bought the highest close, held long despite the pullback, and bought more with a stop order above a bull bar closing near its high. Some with exit here breakeven, so resistance.

    SBNS Ok Swing Buy, but Not high enough probability for a Scalp

    SBO2 Small breakout of a small breakout

    SBR Scale in Bears

    SBRB Strong Bear Bar, which means big bear body and close near low

    SBRBO Small Bear Breakout, at least small second leg down is likely after 1-3 bar pullback (bounce). The bounce is attempt to reverse up

    SBRBOF Small Bear Breakout might fail since follow-through bar is bull bar closing near its high so possible bear trap and reversal up

    SBRM Stop order Bears making Money in bull leg so sideways to down soon

    SBRMP Average entry price for scale in bears who sold the lowest close, held short despite the bounce, and sold more with a stop order below a bear bar closing near its low. Some with exit breakeven here, so support.

    SBS Signal Bars

    SBSB Small Buy Signal Bar means small risk, which means low probability, so need wide stop that is at least a measured move below based on the height of the bar.

    SBU Surprisingly big bull bar or bars closing near their highs, so probably will get at least a small 2nd leg sideways to up

    SBUM Bull Major Surprise Bar or Bars is exceptionally strong rally. It will usually prevent a bear trend, even if there is a new low. It will dominate the rest of the day and it increases the chance of sideways to up for the rest of the day

    SC Spike and Channel, bull or bear

    SCBL Spike and Channel Bull Trend, which is a bull breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs up, often in a wedge top

    SCBR Spike and Channel Bear Trend, which is a bear breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs down, often in a wedge bottom

    SCD Spike and Channel Bear Trend, which is a bear breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs down, often in a wedge bottom

    SCS Swing stop, but scale in, then scalp or swing

    SCT Spike and Channel Trend is a breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 more legs in a channel, which often has a wedge shape

    SCTD Spike and Channel Trend Down, which is a bear breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs down, often in a wedge bottom

    SCTU Spike and Channel Trend Down, which is a bull breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs up, often in a wedge top

    SCU Spike and Channel Bull Trend, which is a bull breakout followed by a pullback and then at least 2 additional legs up, often in a wedge top

    SCX Spike and climax type of spike and channel

    SD Sideways to Down, or Sold, depending on context

    SG Selling

    SGD Small Gap Down usually closes in 1st hour

    SGP Selling Pressure

    SGU Small Gap Up usually closes in 1st hour

    SH Swing High

    SHORTDAY I will stop talking and typing at 9 am today, but I will return at 1 pm for a summary and questions

    SHS Swing Highs

    SIBL Scale In Bulls buy and buy more lower with stop orders and limit orders, and usually scalp

    SIBR Scale In Bears sell and sell more higher with stop orders and limit orders, and usually scalp

    SL Swing Low

    SLS Swing Lows

    SMD Small Day

    SNFA Probably sellers not far above

    SOBL Stop Order Bulls, which means bulls buying with stop orders

    SOBLM Stop Order Bulls making Money

    SOBLNM Stop Order Bulls Not making Money

    SOBLP Stop Order Buy is Low Probability

    SOBR Stop Order Bears, which means bears selling with stop order

    SOBRM Stop Order Bears making Money

    SOBRNM Stop Order Bears Not making Money

    SOLP Entering with Stop Orders is Low Probability so only enter if swing trading

    SOSLP Stop Order Sell is Low Probability

    SP Support

    SPB Small Pullback or Support Below, depending on context

    SPBL Small PullBack Bull trend. Most pullbacks are small and only last 1 or 2 bars. Probably buyers below prior bar.

    SPBLM 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with low at least 1 tick below Moving Average at some point today. Can get there by going sideways or down. Usually then get attempt at new high.

    SPBLNBO Small Pullback Bull Trend but lacks strong bull breakouts so probably will have at least an hour of sideways to down trading at some point.

    SPBLT Small PullBack Bull trend. Most pullbacks are small and only last 1 or 2 bars. Probably buyers below prior bar.

    SPBR Small PullBack Bear trend. Most pullbacks are small and only last 1 or 2 bars. Probably sellers above prior bar.

    SPBRM 99.5% chance of at least 3 bars with high at least 1 tick above Moving Average at some point today. Can get there by going sideways or up. Usually then get attempt at new low.

    SPBRNBO Small Pullback Bear Trend but lacks strong bear breakouts so probably will have at least an hour of sideways to up trading at some point.

    SPBRT Small PullBack Bear trend. Most pullbacks are small and only last 1 or 2 bars. Probably sellers above prior bar.

    SPBTD Small PullBack Trend Day

    SPWCHD Spike and parabolic wedge down so probably bounce soon

    SPWCHU Spike and parabolic wedge up so probably PB soon

    SPWD Spike and parabolic wedge down so probably bounce soon

    SPWU Spike and parabolic wedge up so probably PB soon

    SPZ Support Zone is a area where there are 2 or more support levels near one another. Traders often start to take profits, which can create a pullback (bounce) or reversal.

    SR Support and-or Resistance, depending on context

    SRB Probably sellers below

    SRS Sellers

    SS Sell Signal

    SS2 Weak Trader's Equation so higher probability to wait for a 2nd sell signal or for a strong bear breakout, which means 2 or 3 bear bars closing near their lows; or, need wide stop and better if can scale in.

    SSA Weak sell setup, but okay to sell small position and add to position if continues down

    SSB Sell Signal Bar

    SSBC Sell Signal Bar Closing Near Its L

    SSBD Sell Signal Bar on Daily chart

    SSBM Sell Signal Bar on Monthly chart

    SSBW Sell Signal Bar on Weekly chart

    SSNS Ok Swing Sell, but Not high enough probability for a Scalp

    SSS Swing Stop even if Scalping

    SSSB Small Sell Signal Bar means small risk, which means low probability, so need wide stop that is at least a measured move above based on the height of the bar.

    STC Sell The Close bear trend so traders will sell the close of bear bar closing near its low or sell below bear bar that closes near its low

    STCBR Sell The Close Bears

    STCE Sell the Close selloff until the End of day

    STE Strong Traders Equation

    STF Shorter Time Frame, for example, a 1 min chart compared to a 5 min

    STFS Shorter Time Frames, for example, a 1 min chart compared to a 5 min

    STL Sell The Low bear trend is a series of bear bars closing near their lows, and bears will sell with a stop 1 tick below the low of the prior bar, and exit above a bull bar closing above its midpoint or 1 - 2 points above any bar

    STM Sell The Market, strong bear trend so many bears will sell with market orders as well as with stop orders below bear bars closing near their lows

    SU Sideways to Up

    SV Sell Vacuum test of support

    SVT Sell Vacuum test of support

    SW SideWays

    SWD SideWays more likely than Down

    SWSS Only S if using a Wide Stop, and better if can scale in higher

    SWU SideWays more likely than Up

    SX Sell Climax, one or more big bear bars closing near their lows

    SXH Sell Climax High, high of sell climax bar or bars

    SXL Sell Climax Low, Low of sell climax bar or bars

    SXS Sell Climaxes

    SZ Sell Zone, an area where traders will look to sell

    T Today or Tick (e.g., 5t = 5 tick move) depending on context

    T1 1st Trend

    T1B Trend from the first bar or so of the day

    T1BD Trend From The Open Bear Trend

    T1BL Trend From The Open Bull Trend

    T1BR Trend From The Open Bear Trend

    T1BU Trend From The Open Bull Trend

    T2 2nd Trend

    T3 3rd Trend

    TB Trend Bar

    TBL Trapped bulls, they will have to sell to minimize their loss, increasing chance of lower prices

    TBLB Tick Bull Body

    TBLC Tight Bull Channel

    TBLCH Tight Bull Channel

    TBR Trapped bears, they will have to buy to minimize their loss, increasing chance of higher prices

    TBRB Tick Bear Body

    TBRC Tight Bear Channel

    TBRCH Tight Bear Channel

    TBS Trend Bars

    TBTL approximately Ten Bar correction with at least Two Legs

    TBTLSD Ten Bars and Two Legs Sideways to Down

    TBTLSU Ten Bars and Two Legs Sideways to Up

    TC Tight Channel

    TCBL Trending Bull Closes, every close at or above close of prior bar so higher prices likely

    TCBR Trending Bear Closes, every close at or below close of prior bar so lower prices likely

    TCH Tight Channel

    TCHD Tight bear channel

    TCHU Tight bull channel

    TCL Trend Channel Line

    TCLR Trend Channel Line overshoot and reversal

    TCLS Trend Channel Lines

    TCOL Tight channel but lots of overlapping bars, reversals, and prominent tails so more limit order trading, despite trend

    TD Trend Day or Days

    TDDIV Tick Double Divergence on one minute chart

    TDIV Tick Divergence on one minute chart

    TE Traders Equation, which means need chance of success times the reward greater than chance of loss times the risk

    TF Time Frame

    TFB Too Few Bars for major trend reversal so probably minor reversal

    TFS Time Frames

    TFTFD Too Far, Too Fast Down means at least a couple legs down with unusually big bear bars closing near their lows. This often is a race to support and often leads to exhausted bears and a trading range, and sometimes a parabolic wedge bottom and reversal.

    TFTFU Too Far, Too Fast Up means at least a couple legs up with unusually big bull bars closing near their highs. This often is a race to resistance an often leads to exhausted bulls and a trading range, and sometimes a parabolic wedge top and reversal.

    TFWSR Today is Friday so weekly support and resistance can be important, especially in the final hour

    TG Target

    TGA Target Above

    TGB Target Below

    TGS Targets

    TGT Target

    TGTA Target Above

    TGTB Target Below

    TGTS Targets

    TL Trendline

    TLOS Trend Tine OverShoot and reversal

    TLS Trendlines

    TM Tomorrow

    TMBP Too Much Buying Pressure

    TMSP Too Much Selling Pressure

    TOD Time of Day

    TR Trading Range

    TRB Target above since it was a reasonable Buy

    TRD Trading Range Day

    TRDS Trading Range Days

    TRE Trend Resumption

    TRES Trend Resumption

    TRESD Trend Resumption Down

    TRESU Trend Resumption Up

    TREV Trend Reversal

    TREVD Trend Reversal Down

    TREVU Trend Reversal Up

    TRI Triangle means trading range with 5 or more reversals with either 2 higher lows and 1 lower high or 1 higher low and 2 lower highs. 50% chance breakout up or down, and 50% chance 1st breakout fails, Breakout Mode

    TRIE Expanding triangle means 5 or more reversals in a trading range with either 2 higher highs and 1 lower low or 1 lower high and 2 lower lows

    TRL Trading Range Likely

    TRO Trading Range Open means 2 or more reversals in 1st hour. Usually mostly a limit order market and Breakout Mode. The bulls will look for a double bottom or wedge bottom and then a swing up. The bears want a double top or wedge top and then a swing down.

    TRP Trap, which is a breakout that abruptly reverses, trapping trend traders into a bad trade.

    TRPA Trading Range Price Action, which means lots of reversals, prominent tails, and limit order entries

    TRS Trading Ranges

    TRSD Trend Resumption Down

    TRSU Trend Resumption Up

    TRSV Trend Resumption or Trend Reversal

    TRTR Tight Trading Range, BreakOut will probably lead to either trend resumption or trend reversal

    TRVD Trend Reversal Down

    TRVU Trend Reversal Up

    TS TradeStation

    TSC Today is a short chat day, with me stopping talking and typing at 9 am Pacific Time, and resuming with my end of the day talk at 1 pm

    TST Two-Sided Trading

    TT Triple Top

    TTR Tight Trading Range, limit order market, which means probably buyers below and sellers above, and both are entering with limit orders and scalping. That means bad for stop orders and swing traders.

    TTRD Trending Trading Range Day

    TTRDS Trending Trading Range Days

    TTRL Tight Trading Range, limit order market, bulls scaling in below and bears above

    TTRLP Tight Trading Range and therefore buying with a stop above or selling with a stop below is a Lower Probability trade. There might be more sellers above and buyers below, leading to a continuation of the tight trading range

    TTRNS Tight Trading Range, limit order market, bad for scalping with stop entries unless using swing stop

    TTRTE Tight Trading Range Trumps Everything

    TTS Too Tight to Scalp, even with limit orders

    TW Truncated Wedge

    TWB Truncated Wedge Bottom, third leg down did not fall below second

    TWD Truncated Wedge Down, third leg down did not fall below second

    TWT Truncated Wedge top, third leg up did not go above second

    TWU Truncated Wedge Up, third leg up did not go above second

    TY 10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

    UD Up and or Down

    UTR Upper Trading Range

    UTRTTRD Upper range in Trending Trading Range Day.

    VB V Bottom which means a strong reversal up from a sell climax without first forming some kind of a double bottom

    VOL Volume

    VT V Top which means a strong reversal down from a buy climax without first forming some kind of a double top

    VTR Vacuum Test of Resistance

    VTS Vacuum Test of Support

    VTTR Very Tight Trading Range so difficult to make money even with limit orders. Most traders should wait.

    W Wedge or anything similar, like any 3 push pattern

    W2 Wedge2, Wedge 2nd entry or a Failed Failed Wedge

    WB Wedge Bottom

    WB2 Wait for breakout or second entry

    WBLF Wedge Bull Flag

    WBRF Wedge Bear Flag

    WFB Okay swing but higher probability if Wait For Breakout

    WFT Better to wait for tomorrow

    WGB Wedge Bottom

    WGT Wedge Top

    WS Wedges or anything similar, like any 3 push patterns

    WSS Only take the trade if you can use a Wide Stop, and higher probability if can trade small and Scale in

    WT Wedge Top

    WTB Better to Wait to Buy

    WTE Weak Traders Equation

    WTS Better to Wait to Sell

    WTTR week tight trading range

    X Climax

    XA Bears exit above, but not strong buy signal

    XB Bulls exit below, but not a strong sell signal

    XBL Bulls exit below, but not a strong sell signal

    XBR Bears exit above, but not strong buy signal

    XS Climaxes

    Y Yesterday

    Y2 High of Yesterday or Low 2nd Entry

    YBX Yesterday ended with a buy climax so only 25% chance of strong bull trend today, but 50% chance of follow-through buying in 1st 2 hours. Then, 75% chance of at least 2 hours of sideways to down trading that starts by around end of 2nd hour

    YH Yesterday was a holiday. TradeStation often shows yesterday's shortened day trading on both the daily and 5 min charts for the 1st 2 hours, then removes it.

    YODD Yesterday was outside down day. Increased chance today will have a lot of overlap with yesterday's range, and often forms an inside day. That is ioi Breakout Mode pattern. Probably sellers around yesterday's high and buyers around yesterday's low.

    YOUD Yesterday was outside up day. Increased chance today will have a lot of overlap with yesterday's range, and often forms an inside day. That is ioi Breakout Mode pattern. Probably sellers around yesterday's high and buyers around yesterday's low.

    YR Yesterday's range

    YSX Yesterday ended with a sell climax so only 25% chance of strong bear trend today, but 50% chance of follow-through selling in 1st 2 hours. Then, 75% chance of at least 2 hours of sideways to up trading that starts by around end of 2nd hour

    YTR Yesterday's trading range

    YTRD Yesterday was a trading range day and today is opening within range of yesterday, increasing the chance of more trading range trading today.
     
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