{"id":7247,"date":"2010-09-21T22:28:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T02:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=7247"},"modified":"2010-09-21T22:28:28","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T02:28:28","slug":"my-radar-trade-in-jcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/my-radar-trade-in-jcg","title":{"rendered":"My Radar Trade In JCG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 9:45 I glanced over at the SMB Radar, our proprietary scanning tool, and saw JCG towards the top of the volatility spike column. \u00a0I punched it up on my platform and it appeared to be a pretty good short set up. \u00a0It had just a had a strong opening drive through the prior day&#8217;s two key support levels and was consolidating in a tight range by today&#8217;s low.<\/p>\n<p>I nibbled on the short. \u00a0I also called out to those on my desk that I was short and what the key levels in the stock were. 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