{"id":7451,"date":"2010-10-03T12:17:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T16:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2010-10-03T12:17:33","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T16:17:33","slug":"from-bad-to-great-a-trader%e2%80%99s-steps-to-improve-performance-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/from-bad-to-great-a-trader%e2%80%99s-steps-to-improve-performance-examples","title":{"rendered":"From Bad to Great- A Trader\u2019s Steps to Improve Performance (Examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">Yesterday we blogged how one of our underperforming traders<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ch5x0g\"> improved his results<\/a>. \u00a0Some of our Readers asked for examples and our trader obliged:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">Hey Bella,<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">I\u2019ve attached 2 charts \u2013 one breakout trade of SLB on 9\/29 (10min candle chart) and one breakdown trade of AEM on 9\/21(15min candle chart). The line on both charts indicates high\/low for previous day. The moving average used is the 5ema. Below are what my thoughts would be on what I am seeing on the charts prior to taking the trade<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\"><strong>1. SLB Breakout<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>first candle strong, closes near high, and clearly above previous days high<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>second candle pulls back leaving upper tail\/wick indicating possible reversal but in relation to overall morning range pullback is only about 20% off highs<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>third candle nearly erases the upper tail\/wick of second candle, closes at high, and is an inside bar indicating consolidation near highs of the morning opening range<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>third candle literally sitting on the rising 5ema moving ave providing support<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>would look to get long above third candle\/morning high<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>watch the tape for confirmation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/example1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7452\" title=\"example1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/example1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/example1.png 583w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/example1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\"><strong>2. AEM Breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0px;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>first candle trades down through previous day low and even though it leaves a long lower wick\/tail the pullback looks to be standard 50% retracement off lows of the morning range and candle closes below previous days low<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>second candle leaves long upper wick\/tail and closes at low indicating weakness<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>third candle bounces off the low again and leaves long lower wick\/tail but is unable to trade back above 50% of morning range or close back above previous days low (possible resistance now)<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>fourth and fifth candles close near lows with fifth candle closing on the low; also both candles are inside bars indicating consolidation near the morning range low<\/li>\n<li><span><span style=\"font: normal normal normal 7pt\/normal 'Times New Roman';\"> <\/span><\/span>fifth candle near downsloping 5ema providing resistance<\/li>\n<li>would look to get short below fifth candle\/low of day<\/li>\n<li>watch tape for confirmation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ex2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7453\" title=\"ex2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ex2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ex2.png 439w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ex2-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we blogged how one of our underperforming traders improved his results. \u00a0Some of our Readers asked for examples and our trader obliged: Hey Bella, I\u2019ve attached 2 charts \u2013 one breakout trade of SLB on 9\/29 (10min candle chart) and one breakdown trade of AEM on 9\/21(15min candle chart). 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