{"id":9958,"date":"2011-02-15T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=9958"},"modified":"2011-02-15T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:22:11","slug":"if-1-why-not-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/if-1-why-not-2","title":{"rendered":"If 1 Why Not 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ceph-1-and-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9960\" title=\"ceph 1 and 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ceph-1-and-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ceph-1-and-21.png 596w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ceph-1-and-21-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of our traders, The Original Jersey Shore, was long big at support in CEPH at 58.50 (Trade 1). \u00a0He got stopped out. \u00a0After the close he stopped into my office to discuss. \u00a0He did not get long above the top of the range after consolidation above 58.57 (Trade 2). \u00a0If you are in 1 why not 2?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MAR-1-and-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9961\" title=\"MAR 1 and 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MAR-1-and-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MAR-1-and-2.png 597w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MAR-1-and-2-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shark was loving his longs and the 42 level in MAR (Trade 1). \u00a0MAR disappointed above 42.20 and did not trade above 42.30. \u00a0 It finally breached the intraday low of 41.98ish. \u00a0Before that it failed to hold 42.02 which MAR had done impressively. \u00a0I asked during a Tradecast if he got short below 41.98 (Trade 2). \u00a0Answer&#8230;.No. \u00a0 If you are in 1 then why not 2?<\/p>\n<p>Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n<p>Author, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Good-Trade-Competitive-Proprietary\/dp\/0470529407\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1297800160&amp;sr=1-1\">One Good Trade<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our traders, The Original Jersey Shore, was long big at support in CEPH at 58.50 (Trade 1). \u00a0He got stopped out. \u00a0After the close he stopped into my office to discuss. \u00a0He did not get long above the top of the range after consolidation above 58.57 (Trade 2). \u00a0If you are in 1 why not 2? 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