{"id":9931,"date":"2011-02-14T18:12:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=9931"},"modified":"2011-02-14T18:13:42","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T23:13:42","slug":"trade-review-ctxs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trade-review-ctxs","title":{"rendered":"Trade Review CTXS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new trader sent me his thoughts on his CTXS trading today (see chart below). \u00a0 Here is what I really like about his trading:<\/p>\n<p>a) He was in complete control of his trade.<\/p>\n<p>b) He does an excellent job of finding a way to be bigger for the next time he sees a similar set up.<\/p>\n<p>c) He is preparing his mind to be bigger and more profitable for that next opportunity. \u00a0This is excellent work.<\/p>\n<p>d) He pinpoints exactly where he did not have to get flat.<\/p>\n<p>I would add one more trade to this review. \u00a0Above 72.90 I am long\/longer for a momentum trade. \u00a0It appears CTXS gets squeezed here and this would have worked very well. \u00a0This was an excellent risk\/reward trading opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>This is a terrific trade review above and an example of the work that new and developing traders can do to improve their performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/trade-review-CTXS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9932\" title=\"trade review (CTXS)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/trade-review-CTXS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/trade-review-CTXS.png 882w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/trade-review-CTXS-300x214.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0470529407\/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=1J14T67S5BFFHKE5VRH3&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=470938631&amp;pf_rd_i=507846\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new trader sent me his thoughts on his CTXS trading today (see chart below). \u00a0 Here is what I really like about his trading: a) He was in complete control of his trade. b) He does an excellent job of finding a way to be bigger for the next time he sees a similar set up. c) He is &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/trade-review-ctxs\" 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":[1],"tags":[1619,4674,81,1618,1193,653,1354,1349],"class_list":["post-9931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-ctxs","tag-one-good-trade","tag-smb-training","tag-trade-review","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>Trade Review CTXS | 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\/trade-review-ctxs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trade Review CTXS | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new trader sent me his thoughts on his CTXS trading today (see chart below). \u00a0 Here is what I really like about his trading: a) He was in complete control of his trade. b) He does an excellent job of finding a way to be bigger for the next time he sees a similar set up. c) He is ... 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