{"id":10726,"date":"2011-04-05T15:58:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2011-04-05T15:58:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T19:58:43","slug":"kiss-gd-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/kiss-gd-trade","title":{"rendered":"KISS &#8211; GD Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My KISS job description of day trading: \u201cFigure out what they are buying or selling and then find an entry\u201d. \u00a0I come to the screen everyday with that thought firmly implanted and visualized. \u00a0Find something they are buying and get long; find something being sold and get short.. simple.<\/p>\n<p>I mean even Forrest Gump could understand that. \u00a0I don\u2019t allow myself to guess or try to be smarter than the next guy. I am looking for the obvious. That\u2019s my job pure and simple. When I stick to this I trade much better. Yes, you will have to acquire the skill to know where to enter and how to realistically calculate the risk reward but this simple job description should keep you focused on the task at hand. \u00a0Everyday this is my job!<\/p>\n<p>I will start to write on how exactly I go about figuring out what is being bought or sold in the days ahead. For a look at something that was being sold yesterday take a look and listen here <a href=\"http:\/\/chart.ly\/bj8jxnb\">http:\/\/chart.ly\/bj8jxnb<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/chart.ly\/bj8jxnb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10727\" title=\"GD trade\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/GD-trade.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/GD-trade.png 739w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/GD-trade-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Davis\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Shaq48_Trading\">@Shaq48_Trading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My KISS job description of day trading: \u201cFigure out what they are buying or selling and then find an entry\u201d. \u00a0I come to the screen everyday with that thought firmly implanted and visualized. \u00a0Find something they are buying and get long; find something being sold and get short.. simple. 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