{"id":8100,"date":"2010-11-03T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T17:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=8100"},"modified":"2010-11-03T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T17:07:49","slug":"entering-higher-may-be-a-better-long-for-size-hig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/entering-higher-may-be-a-better-long-for-size-hig","title":{"rendered":"Entering Higher May Be a Better Long for Size (HIG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HIG was In Play. \u00a025 was an important level on our long term charts. \u00a0And HIG found 25. \u00a0You had a decision that\u00a0extenuates\u00a0trading in the HFT era. \u00a0Do you load up right when HIG gets above 25 or higher after it has clearly holds above this important technical level?<\/p>\n<p>One of our guys was All In right when HIG paraded above 25. \u00a0Four lots long. \u00a0Let&#8217;s hope for the best. \u00a0I sent him an email asking whether this was his best play. \u00a0He would have to deal with the potential above\/below movement near 25. Maybe it was.\u00a0But our question above is something to consider for the intraday trader.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative is to start a small position above 25, but then wait for a move away from 25 and buy a pullback, and then add some more above the big seller at 25.25 (See chart below). \u00a0Each of these acts made HIG more likely to trade higher intraday. \u00a0Waiting for HIG to offer more evidence it could clear 25 is a way to adjust in the HFT era.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HIG-buys.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8101\" title=\"HIG buys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HIG-buys-300x230.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HIG-buys-300x230.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/HIG-buys.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the buys are one lot above 25. \u00a0Another lot when HIG trades nicely up to 25.23 and then holds 25.10. \u00a0And then more above the resistance at 25.25.<\/p>\n<p>Hey you can be in All In if 25 is a huge level. \u00a0And there is another way to build your position that adjusts to this new era.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIG was In Play. \u00a025 was an important level on our long term charts. \u00a0And HIG found 25. \u00a0You had a decision that\u00a0extenuates\u00a0trading in the HFT era. \u00a0Do you load up right when HIG gets above 25 or higher after it has clearly holds above this important technical level? One of our guys was All In right when HIG paraded &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/entering-higher-may-be-a-better-long-for-size-hig\" 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":[10],"tags":[1461,18,1193,653,1354,1349],"class_list":["post-8100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mike-bellafiore-bellas-blogs","tag-hig","tag-smb-capital","tag-trader-education","tag-trader-training","tag-trading-coach","tag-trading-mentor","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>Entering Higher May Be a Better Long for Size (HIG) | 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\/entering-higher-may-be-a-better-long-for-size-hig\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Entering Higher May Be a Better Long for Size (HIG) | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HIG was In Play. \u00a025 was an important level on our long term charts. \u00a0And HIG found 25. \u00a0You had a decision that\u00a0extenuates\u00a0trading in the HFT era. \u00a0Do you load up right when HIG gets above 25 or higher after it has clearly holds above this important technical level? 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