{"id":11534,"date":"2011-05-12T20:35:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T00:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=11534"},"modified":"2021-05-06T15:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:52:29","slug":"off-the-beaten-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/off-the-beaten-path","title":{"rendered":"Off the Beaten Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\">If you are trading a stock \u201cOff the Beaten Path\u201d, without the overriding order flow what in the tape is important? With these types of plays there are opportunities to be found\u00a0everyday. These plays though require a tape reading skill that has some differences from\u00a0the skills employed in trading the fresh news, overriding order flow, type plays.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of\u00a0the main reasons I like operating in this arena is because I can limit the chance of rippers!\u00a0Rippers, those trades where you want to risk 10-20 cents only to get gouged for 50 cents\u00a0or more. With the confidence in my ability to bypass the rippers it\u2019s easier to hold trades\u00a0longer and with better size.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What about tape reading is different in these plays? I would\u00a0love to hear from you what you think the difference is in tape reading these plays. Let me know how your tape reading differs in operating \u201cOff the Beaten Path\u201d. I will give you\u00a0my thoughts in the next post.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><\/div>\n<div>Jeff Davis<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">@Shaq48_Trading<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">shaq48@gmail.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are trading a stock \u201cOff the Beaten Path\u201d, without the overriding order flow what in the tape is important? With these types of plays there are opportunities to be found\u00a0everyday. These plays though require a tape reading skill that has some differences from\u00a0the skills employed in trading the fresh news, overriding order flow, type plays. One of\u00a0the main &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/off-the-beaten-path\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1532],"tags":[261,81,1193,653],"class_list":["post-11534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blog","tag-smb-trading","tag-smb-training","tag-trader-education","tag-trader-training","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Off the Beaten Path | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/off-the-beaten-path\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Off the Beaten Path | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you are trading a stock \u201cOff the Beaten Path\u201d, without the overriding order flow what in the tape is important? 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