Triple Top Pattern (5/24/2012)

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by lwlee, May 24, 2012.

  1. one more.

    3 sisters.

    new short pendings filled and then blown out.

    retail breakout guys have no clue what is going on.

    s
     
    #11     May 24, 2012
  2. lwlee

    lwlee

    Too vague. Can't trade off that.


     
    #12     May 24, 2012
  3. lwlee

    lwlee

    Don't know about this one. Last spike on the 3rd head doesn't make it too clean.

     
    #13     May 24, 2012
  4. lwlee

    lwlee

    Again, not very clean. Looks more lower low, lower high pattern, then finally breaking out.

     
    #14     May 24, 2012
  5. you don't get it..............

    each trip up / down the mm's are accumulating new pendings that are filled.

    new retail puts even more pendings up , then these are triggered

    last trip up or down, more are filled then they yank the rug out and go the other way.

    all the stops are blown and price runs even faster.......

    retail does not move the price.

    the mm's do.

    forget clean. clean is for newbs.

    s
     
    #15     May 24, 2012
  6. lwlee

    lwlee

    Hmmmm, mm controlling that up/down action huh?

    Should ask one of them to give a course in how they go about doing this.

     
    #16     May 24, 2012
  7. mm pit.

    get onside with their methods.

    playing thru.

    s
     
    #17     May 24, 2012
  8. Maverick74

    Maverick74

    A famous technician once said, there are double tops but not triple tops. If price trades back a third time, it's probably eventually going to go through.
     
    #18     May 24, 2012
  9. I took TF long trade when ES was trading back to 1315.50 in last rally of the day. I think ES 1323 pricing will get traded through this evening (breakout higher) and I want to be long in the TF. I will start scaling out of TF long trade when ES is trading through 1325 and higher.
     
    #19     May 24, 2012
  10. lwlee

    lwlee

    Well this was clearly a case where the bulls wanted it more than the bears.

    While the technical pattern yielded some (depending on where you shorted) gains after the triple top, the extreme oversold conditions were a buying opportunity. I had an inkling that big afternoon spike move might occur again today, since the same thing happened yesterday. But the triple top was a conflicting signal so probably better to be cautious and stay on the sideline.

    McMillan believes we rally to the 20 EMA. With a move like today, looks like it's quite possible. It's a good bet there are a lot of traders thinking the same thing.
    McMillan: Stocks are severely oversold

    This was a clear case where you need to have good money management when trading TA. If you shorted and had some gains, it was good idea to have your (mental/real) stoploss in place, either for breakeven or a small loss (or small gain, depending on good a trader you are)
     
    #20     May 24, 2012