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SEC
Statement
Day
traders
rapidly
buy
and
sell
stocks
throughout
the
day
in
the
hope
that
their
stocks
will
continue
climbing
or
falling
in
value
for
the
seconds
to
minutes
they
own
the
stock,
allowing
them
to
lock
in
quick
profits.
Day
trading
is
extremely
risky
and
can
result
in
substantial
financial
losses
in
a
very
short
period
of
time.
If
you
are
a
day
trader,
or
are
thinking
about
day
trading,
read
our
publication,
Day
Trading:
Your
Dollars
at
Risk.
We
also
have
warnings
and
tips
about
online
trading
and
day
trading.
For
more
information
on
day
trading
and
the
related
FINRA
margin
rules,
please
read
the
SEC
staff’s
investor
bulletin
“Margin
Rules
for
Day
Trading.”
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
2
Introduction:
So
you
want
to
be
a
day
trader?
You
are
about
to
enter
a
fascinating
world
of
fast
money,
huge
highs,
crushing
lows,
and
non-‐
stop
action.
It’s
a
mental
game
like
chess
that
takes
physical
endurance
and
incredible
self
control.
It’s
a
business
but
unlike
any
traditional
business
you
have
ever
practiced.
You
will
learn
a
tremendous
amount
about
yourself.
You
will
face
your
demons
directly
without
anyone
to
blame
for
your
failures
but
yourself.
This
makes
your
victories
all
the
sweeter
knowing
that
you
are
solely
responsible.
If
your
background
is
from
the
9
to
5
corporate
world,
the
freedom
day
trading
provides
will
be
a
breath
of
fresh
air.
If
you
ran
your
own
business,
never
having
to
deal
with
customers
or
clients
again
can
lift
a
huge
weight
from
your
shoulders.
No
matter
what
your
background,
day
trading
is
a
noble
profession
that
offers
tremendous
financial
rewards
as
well
as
numerous
other
benefits.
My Background
I
have
spoken
with
literally
100’s
of
day
traders
and
want
to
be
day
traders
over
the
course
of
my
career.
Attending
nearly
every
major
trading
conference
and
even
hosting
a
few
trading
summits
on
my
own,
I
think
I
am
well
qualified
to
talk
about
the
state
of
the
art
in
day
trading.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
3
This
is
on
top
of
my
having
day
traded
professionally
for
a
leading
proprietary
trading
firm
and
working
with
several
hedge
funds.
Not
to
mention
having
a
substantial
presence
on
investing
social
media
sites
that
I
scour
daily
for
the
latest
tips,
tricks
and
techniques
to
improve
my
day
trading
skills
for
my
personal
account.
I
wake
up
each
morning
thinking
about
the
markets
and
go
to
sleep
each
night
with
memories
of
what
happened
during
the
day.
I
guess
you
can
say
I
am
obsessed
with
day
trading
to
say
the
least!
Among
all
the
day
traders
and
those
who
aspire
to
be,
I
have
noted
certain
behaviors,
beliefs,
and
strategies
that
differentiate
winners
from
losers.
This
is
why
I
wrote
this
guide.
I
want
to
pass
along
my
hard
won
knowledge
so
that
you
can
get
started
in
the
day
trading
game
on
the
right
foot.
For
those
of
you
that
are
experience,
I
have
found
that
there
is
always
more
to
learn.
Another
way
of
looking
at
things
or
a
fresh
perspective
can
mean
the
difference
between
a
profit
or
loss.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
4
Chapter
One:
Winners
and
Losers
As
you
can
imagine
the
success
rate
in
the
day
trading
business
is
very
low.
It’s
said
that
less
than
5%
of
those
who
try
day
trading
are
successful
at
it.
The
following
will
explain
two
primary
reasons
why
so
many
lose
and
provide
you
with
actionable
ideas
to
be
among
the
winners.
This
is
truly
the
number
one
reason
most
traders
fail
at
day
trading.
Self
control,
following
rules,
and
the
ability
to
accept
losses
are
the
psychological
aspects
that
differentiates
winners
from
losers.
These
three
things
seem
easy
when
you
just
think
about
it.
When
real
money
is
on
the
line,
following
these
edicts
is
much
more
difficult.
The
key
to
controlling
your
psychology
is
to
realize
that
any
single
trade
is
meaningless
while
day
trading.
Every
trade
is
simply
part
of
a
process
that
when
successfully
implemented
will
shift
the
winning
odds
in
your
favor.
This works to remove the mental pressure of believing you have to be right on every trade.
Personally,
this
was
the
hardest
thing
I
had
to
learn
to
realize
success
at
day
trading.
I
am
a
major
type
A
personality
with
a
burning
desire
to
win
at
everything
I
do.
Realizing
that
losing
is
part
of
winning
was
the
revelation
that
helped
shift
my
fortune
to
being
a
winning
day
trader.
When
I
first
started
trading
the
dilemma
was
not
being
able
to
quickly
access
enough
information
to
make
profitable
day
trading
decisions.
I
remember
waiting
for
the
Wall
Street
Journal
and
Investor’s
Business
Daily
to
be
delivered
so
I
could
devour
these
papers
for
ideas.
While
an
excellent
education,
newspapers
just
were
not
fast
enough
to
provide
actionable
day
trading
ideas.
The
information
we
had
was
always
too
late
or
too
little.
Today,
with
the
advent
of
the
internet,
the
opposite
is
true.
We
are
awash
in
information.
The
problem
is
most
of
this
information
is
irrelevant
and
some
is
even
designed
to
deliberately
mislead
you.
The
key
today
is
to
know
how
to
filter
this
deluge
of
information
to
find
actionable
nuggets,
as
well
as,
know
how
to
indentify
misinformation.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
5
Here
Are
A
Few
Tricks
to
Finding
Profitable
Information
There
is
no
better
mentor
than
a
personal
friend
who
is
a
successful
day
trader
who
will
take
the
time
to
show
you
what
is
working
now
in
the
market.
I
was
fortunate
to
have
this
advantage
when
I
started
in
the
markets.
However,
I
realize
that
not
everyone
has
a
successful
day
trading
friend
or
even
knows
of
anyone
else
who
day
trades.
In
this
case,
an
internet
based
educational
service
like
First
Hour
Trading
will
provide
the
right
ideas
at
the
right
time
to
supply
you
with
actionable,
timely
ideas
that
have
passed
the
muster
of
experienced
and
successful
traders.
While entertaining and fun reading, don’t place much credence in stock market message boards.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
6
These
places
are
full
of
disinformation,
misinformation
and
outright
lies.
They
are
often
cess
pools
of
angry
losing
traders
trying
to
bring
you
down
to
their
level.
If
not
angry
traders,
its
people
talking
up
their
own
stocks
in
the
hope
of
attracting
buyers
to
push
the
price
higher.
No
matter
what,
the
amount
of
decent,
real
information
on
stock
market
message
boards
is
miniscule.
It
isn’t
worthwhile
to
dig
through
the
garbage
to
find
a
few
information
gems.
This
is
another
place
that
is
nothing
but
misinformation.
The
pink
sheet
or
OTCBB
stocks
are
companies
that
can’t
qualify
for
a
regular
listing
on
a
real
exchange.
This
adds
another
layer
of
risk
onto
an
already
risky
endeavor.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
7
Notice
I
didn’t
say
low
priced
or
even
penny
stocks.
There
are
many
opportunities
to
profit
from
low
priced
penny
stocks
that
are
traded
on
the
real
exchange.
It
just
doesn’t
make
sense
to
take
the
ridiculously
higher
risk
of
pink
sheet
stocks.
Penny
Stock
Guru
can
guide
you
to
profitable
low
priced
stocks
that
are
traded
on
real
stock
exchanges.
Now, there is an exception to the rule of never trading pink sheet stocks.
This
exception
is
for
stocks
that
were
forced
onto
the
OTCBB
or
pink
sheets
due
to
a
low
trading
price.
Stocks
that
were
once
on
the
regular
exchanges
but
are
now
trading
on
these
dubious
exchanges
can
be
considered
for
day
trading.
Fannie
Mae
(FNMA)
comes
to
mind
as
an
example
of
one
of
these
companies.
This is the dilemma of most start up day traders, how to find the right stocks for day trading.
Let’s
first
look
at
the
characteristics
of
good
day
trading
stocks.
Good
day
trading
stocks
generally
have
the
following
characteristics.
1. Solid Volume
Volume
is
the
number
of
shares
traded.
Good
day
trading
candidates
generally
have
at
least
an
average
3
month
daily
volume
of
100,000
shares.
Solid
volume
is
what
provides
the
liquidity
to
allow
you
to
buy
and
sell
quickly.
You
see,
if
the
stock
is
thinly
traded
with
low
volume,
it
makes
it
difficult
to
sell
or
buy
shares
at
your
chosen,
ideal
price.
One
of
the
only
constant
facts
in
day
trading
is
the
stock
needs
to
move
enough
for
you
to
make
a
profit.
The
wider
the
intraday
moves
are
the
better
for
the
day
trader.
The
only
stocks
that
a
directional
day
trader
can’t
make
money
on
are
those
stocks
that
don’t
move.
You
will
find
out
later
in
this
report
how
to
make
money
from
sharp
moves
even
if
you
don’t
know
the
direction!
Financial
professionals
refer
to
the
stocks
movement
as
the
average
true
range
or
ATR
for
short.
The
standard
setting
for
the
ATR
is
the
average
daily
range
over
14
trading
sessions.
Here’s
the
basic
calculation.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
8
Fortunately,
for
you
non
math
geeks,
most
brokers’
trading
platforms
have
the
ATR
formula
already
built
in.
You
can
see
from
this
chart
how
the
ATR
is
often
displayed
in
real
time
on
your
trading
platform:
An
even
easier
way
to
make
sure
that
the
stock
you
have
chosen
to
day
trade
has
enough
of
an
ATR
to
successfully
day
trade
is
to
just
look
at
the
daily
bars
or
candlesticks
on
a
chart.
The
longer
the
bar
or
candle,
the
wider
the
intraday
range.
Remember, you only want to day trade stocks that are on the move.
3. A Price Catalyst
Knowing
a
pending
price
catalyst
will
occur
during
the
day
is
another
key
to
narrowing
down
the
stock
universe.
These
known
price
catalysts
can
be
an
earnings
release,
both
bad
or
good
news,
company
announcements
and
a
host
of
other
price
moving
events.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
9
Now
that
we
know
the
characteristics
of
a
good
day
trading
stock,
how
are
these
stocks
located?
There
are
a
variety
of
ways
to
locate
profitable
day
trading
stocks.
Here
are
a
few
of
my
favorite
ways:
Watching
these
business
news
channels
during
the
day
will
tip
you
off
to
the
latest
stock
market
moving
news.
Take note of the stocks mentioned and in what context they are mentioned on the different shows.
Remember,
1000’s
of
other
traders
are
watching
the
same
information
and
will
often
act
upon
it
causing
the
stock
to
climb
higher
or
plunge
lower.
Some
trading
platforms
like
TDAmeritrade’s
Think
or
Swim
trading
platform
have
live
CNBC
built
into
the
software.
The
best
part
of
watching
CNBC
via
the
trading
platform
is
that
the
annoying
commercials
are
eliminated.
There
are
multiple
stock
screeners
available
that
can
be
set
for
a
multitude
of
criteria.
Some
trading
platforms
have
screeners
already
built
in.
Take
a
close
look
at
the
screen
shot
above
of
my
Think
of
Swim
trading
platform.
You
can
see
on
the
left
the
largest
percentage
gainers
in
the
Nasdaq.
This
screener
can
be
set
for
different
criteria
to
keep
you
appraised
as
to
what
is
happening
during
the
day.
Knowing
these
on
the
move
stocks
can
be
a
great
way
to
narrow
down
the
day
trading
stock
universe!
Another
excellent
free
screener
is
this
one
from
www.stockcharts.com.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
10
My
favorite
and
what
I
consider
to
be
the
best
screener
for
day
trading
is
www.trade-‐ideas.com
.
Here’s
an
example
of
a
real
time
day
trading
screen
from
trade-‐ideas:
While
listening
to
random
tips
is
a
sure
fire
way
to
fail
in
the
day
trading
game,
following
a
proven,
successful
service
to
help
locate
day
trading
candidates
makes
good
sense.
Remember,
a
premium
service
like
Wealthpire’s
Buy
Today,
Sell
Tomorrow
or
First
Hour
Trading
premium
advisories
is
operated
by
a
professional
trader
who
shares
his
knowledge
and
stock
picks
with
you.
In
other
words,
someone
else
does
the
heavy
lifting
of
identifying
stocks
about
to
take
off.
All
you
need
to
do
is
trade
the
stock.
Chapter
3:
Techniques
For
Day
Trading
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
11
Now
that
we
know
strategies
for
locating
the
best
stocks
for
day
trading,
how
do
successful
day
traders
trade
these
stocks?
Day
trading
is
like
riding
a
runaway
bull!
Prices
can
and
do
go
everywhere,
even
when
least
expected.
Fortunately,
day
traders
have
tools
and
techniques
to
time
their
entries
onto
the
wild
and
crazy
bull.
There
are
two
primary
techniques
day
traders
use
to
time
their
entries
and
exits.
They
are
tape
reading
and
Technical
Analysis.
Let’s
take
a
closer
look
at
each
of
these
techniques.
1. Tape Reading
In
the
early
days
of
trading,
tape
reading
was
the
preferred
method
of
timing
entries
and
exits.
As
far
back
as
the
great
speculator
Jesse
Livermore,
tape
reading
was
the
most
popular
day
trading
technique.
This
tactic
has
morphed
since
the
advent
of
the
PC
to
interpreting
the
time
and
sales
screen
along
with
Level
2.
The time and sales or TS screen shows the time and size of each transaction.
The
green
prints
are
buys
and
the
red
prints
are
sales.
The
right
hand
side
indicates
the
time
of
the
transaction,
the
middle
shows
the
price
and
the
left
indicates
the
number
of
shares
in
the
trade.
Level 2
Level
2
was
once
the
key
to
successful
day
trading.
It
allows
traders
to
see
the
depth
of
the
order
book,
what
firms
are
active,
and
how
fast
the
trading
action,
among
other
things.
Day
Trading:
Strategies
and
Techniques
to
Identify
the
Best
Trading
Stocks,
Options
and
How
to
Avoid
Bull
Traps
–
Wealthpire,
Inc.
12
Here’s
an
example
of
a
Level
2
screen:
Direct
access
day
trading
platforms
allow
you
to
place
orders
directly
onto
the
Level
2
screen.
This
means
you
can
target
bids
and
asks
based
on
a
variety
of
factors
with
your
orders.
Level
2
has
recently
fell
out
of
favor
with
today’s
day
traders.
High
frequency
trading
and
other
tape
spoofers
have
been
filling
the
screen
with
orders
that
are
not
intended
to
be
executed.
This
has
dramatically
hurt
the
effectiveness
of
tape
reading
techniques.
2. Technical Analysis
Technical
analysis
or
basing
day
trading
decisions
from
a
price
chart
is
the
technique
used
by
most
day
traders
today.
It
isn’t
as
fast
or
accurate
as
tape
reading.
However,
using
charts
helps
filter
out
the
fake
orders
and
other
chicanery
of
the
high
frequency
trading
crew.
There
are
two
primary
technical
analysis
techniques
of
using
charts
to
time
day
trades.
These
are
break
out
trades
and
break
down
trades.
Breakout
entries
are
exactly
what
the
name
says.
The
trader
enters
the
trade
when
a
predetermined
level
on
the
chart
is
broken
on
the
upside
by
a
price
bar.
This
level
is
usually
placed
at
what
is
considered
technical
resistance
on
the
particular
time
frame
being
traded.
I
like
using
the
5
minute
time
frame
when
using
charts
for
day
trading.
You
can
see
the
line
drawn
at
the
high
of
the
day
on
the
five
minute
chart
below.
The
day
trader
would
wait
for
this
line
to
be
pierced
by
a
price
bar
prior
to
entering
the
stock
long.
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Break
out
entries
depend
on
price
momentum
to
profit.
This
means
that
the
trader
is
betting
that
price
will
continue
in
the
same
direction
as
the
break
out.
Breakdown Entries
A
breakdown
entry
waits
for
price
to
pullback
to
support
before
entering.
The
idea
here
is
that
price
will
bounce
higher
from
the
support
level.
You
can
see
from
this
five
minute
chart
price
hitting
support
then
bouncing.
Savvy
day
traders
would
wait
until
the
bounce
higher
appears
solid
then
start
buying
shares.
Watching
the
volume
increase,
as
you
can
see
on
the
example,
is
a
smart
way
to
determine
if
the
bounce
from
resistance
will
be
profitable.
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Chapter
four:
Using
Options
for
Day
Trading
Stock
options
have
opened
up
the
stock
market
to
almost
everyone.
Even
if
your
trading
account
isn’t
very
large,
options
allow
you
to
benefit
from
intraday
moves
on
stocks
that
you
couldn’t
otherwise
afford.
For
example,
Apple
is
currently
trading
for
over
$600
per
share.
It
would
take
more
than
$60,000.00
to
buy
1000
shares
of
Apple.
However,
ten
call
options
which
control
1000
shares
of
Apple
and
participate
in
the
price
movement
costs
only
$9250.00.
The
issue
with
options
is
they
have
a
definitive
life
span.
Standard
options
expire
on
a
monthly
basis.
The
more
time
and
more
volatile
the
underlying
stock,
the
higher
the
price
of
the
option.
Buying
call
or
put
options
make
sense
when
you
know
there
is
a
big
announcement
coming
on
your
particular
stock.
For
instance,
when
blowout
positive
earnings
are
released,
the
subsequent
sharp
upward
movement
in
the
share
price
makes
earnings
day
a
great
time
to
buy
calls.
Remember,
generally
the
closer
the
expiration
date
and
the
strike
price,
the
sharper
the
option
will
move
in
relation
to
the
stocks
movement.
Should
you
bet
that
the
earnings
will
send
shares
higher,
but
the
opposite
occurs
and
share
prices
slump,
your
calls
will
quickly
lose
money.
The
day
trader
would
buy
puts
in
anticipation
of
bad
news.
Puts
increase
in
value
as
the
share
price
drops.
One of the cool things about options is that you can be both a buyer and a seller.
Call
sellers
are
betting
that
prices
will
drop
so
that
they
can
keep
the
profits
made
from
selling
the
call
when
it
expires
worthless.
The
opposite
is
true
for
put
sellers.
Put
sellers
hope
the
stock
price
climbs
higher
so
they
can
keep
the
premium
when
the
put
expires
worthless.
Another
great
way
to
use
options
is
when
you
don’t
know
the
direction
of
a
pending
move,
but
just
know
it’s
going
to
be
large
and
fast.
For
example,
you
know
the
company
is
about
to
make
a
big
announcement
on
a
certain
date.
However,
no
one
knows
if
it’s
going
to
be
good
or
bad
news.
There
is
a
day
trading
option
strategy
that
is
custom
made
for
this
situation.
It’s
called
a
spread.
Here’s
how
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Straddles
are
one
of
my
favorite
option
strategies.
It
is
a
trade
that
will
profit
if
a
large
move
occurs
regardless
of
direction.
A
straddle
is
buying
both
a
put
and
a
call
at
the
same
strike
price
and
the
same
expiration
month
on
the
same
stock.
The
design
being
that
a
sharp
move
in
either
direction
will
profit
enough
to
absorb
the
losses
in
the
opposite
direction
and
still
create
an
overall
profit.
You
know
that
XYZ
Company
will
announce
earnings
on
December,
10th.
Based
on
the
past
price
movements
of
the
company
during
earnings
announcements,
you
think
that
share
price
will
either
soar
or
collapse
after
the
December
10
announcement.
Let’s
say
the
stock
is
trading
at
$10
and
you
buy
one
$10
December
put
for
$2
and
one
$10
December
call
for
$2.
Earnings
are
released
and
it’s
a
surprise
to
the
downside.
The
stock
price
plunges
and
the
$2
call
quickly
become
worthless.
However,
the
$2
put
soars
to
$6
creating
$4
of
profit.
Remember,
you
need
to
subtract
your
losses
of
$2
from
the
call
side
of
the
trade
but
you
are
left
with
a
$2
profit
overall.
Other popular ways to use options for day trading is the selling of puts.
Selling
a
put
has
the
same
risk/profit
characteristics
as
the
popular
swing
trading
strategy
of
covered
calls.
In
option
talk,
selling
a
naked
put
is
simply
the
synthetic
of
a
covered
call.
The
good
thing
for
day
traders
is
that
you
don’t
have
to
own
to
underlying
to
sell
a
naked
put.
Yet
you
can
obtain
the
same
benefits!
Selling
puts
on
the
day
or
near
expiration
is
a
strategy
used
by
day
traders
to
collect
the
premium
paid
for
the
puts
by
other
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Here’s
an
excellent
diagram
from
Futures
Magazine
that
illustrates
how
a
covered
call
is
exactly
the
same
as
selling
a
naked
put.
Every
day
trader
knows
the
market
is
full
of
deceit,
treachery
and
danger.
It
is
these
risks
that
allow
the
process
of
day
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be
so
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One
of
the
most
insidious
tricks
the
stock
market
plays
on
day
traders
is
called
the
bull
trap.
The bull trap occurs when everything looks great for a break out trade, but things go terribly wrong.
The
trader
enters
the
trade
long
on
the
break
out
and
within
seconds
the
stock
gets
slammed
lower,
almost
on
cue
taking
the
traders
money.
Bull
traps
seem
to
happen
all
the
time.
The
reason
bull
traps
occur
is
simple.
You
see,
professional
traders
and
institutions
sell
into
strength.
This
is
because
the
big
money
needs
the
strength
of
an
up
move
to
dump
their
shares.
The
high
volume
is
a
must
for
large
orders
to
be
executed.
This
selling
into
strength
can
overwhelm
the
break
out,
pushing
shares
quickly
and
sharply
lower.
Here’s
an
example
of
what
a
bull
trap
looks
like
on
a
price
chart.
You
can
see
the
break
out
above
resistance
that
quickly
reverse
and
in
the
process
creates
losing
trades
for
break
out
traders.
The
facts
of
the
market
are
that
most
retail
day
traders
and
at
home
speculators
are
break
out
traders.
This
buying
strength
seems
to
make
sense
in
hindsight
when
looking
at
charts.
It
can
and
does
work
on
many
occasions.
However,
overall,
most
retail
day
traders
lose
money
over
time.
This
is
due
to
being
on
the
wrong
side
of
a
move
more
often
than
not.
However,
truth
be
told,
professional
big
money
traders
sell
break
outs
for
the
reasons
I
mentioned
earlier.
Day
traders
would
be
well
advised
to
“think
like
a
professional”
when
it
comes
to
break
out
trading.
I’ll
be
the
first
to
tell
you
it
isn’t
easy
psychologically
to
sell
into
a
break
out,
but
it
is
often
the
hardest
trades
to
take
that
are
the
most
profitable.
The
best
way
to
deal
with
bull
traps
is
to
wait
for
the
break
out
to
drop
back
below
the
resistance
line,
then
short
the
stock.
If
you
are
buying
the
break
out,
be
sure
to
use
stops.
I
like
to
place
the
stop
just
a
few
ticks
below
the
break
out
line
on
the
chart.
An
interesting
strategy
for
breakouts
is
to
be
ready
to
go
short
should
the
break
out
not
work
out.
This
is
my
favorite
strategy
for
dealing
with
bull
traps.
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Here’s
how
it
works.
I’ll
go
long
on
the
break
out
in
anticipation
that
it
will
continue
higher.
If
it
doesn’t
and
starts
to
fall
back,
I’ll
wait
for
my
stop
to
be
triggered,
and
then
short
the
same
stock.
Day
traders
can
place
certain
order
types
that
will
reverse
positions
automatically.
Check
your
particular
day
trading
platform
for
how
to
use
these
stop
and
reverse
order
types.
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