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HOW TO INDENTIFY THE END OF A TREND: CROSSING ENEMY LINES IN THE CROSSHAIRS

For anyone who has been trading for a fair amount of time you know that the market rarely provides trend trading opportunities like these but when they end the corrections can be steep and volatile. My indicators alert me to a possible trend reversal-or at least an extended consolidation- when there has been no crossing of enemy lines after 18 consecutive trading days. Combine this with a need to test a support level on the WEEKLY chart and you have a pullback level of between 945 and 880, with the strongest support around the 50 TANKS area on the WEEKLY chart at the 905 level (the CROSSHAIRS PULLBACK LINE-also known as the Battle Exit Line-ON THE DAILY).

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UNDERSTANDING STOCK MARKET MOVING AVERAGES WITH THE CROSSHAIRS TRADER and FORREST GUMP

In many of my more technical posts I discuss moving averages and refer to them as TANKS. I feel a more detailed discussion is in order than the one provided in THE CROSSHAIRS TRADER DICTIONARY.

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THE ACCESSIBLE BATTLEFIELD TERRAIN: TRADING STOCKS AND OPTIONS IN A TRENDING MARKET

This is PART ONE of our series on accessing THE BATTLEFIELD TERRAIN (the current market conditions) before entering a trade. ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN: According to SUN TZU, one of our 5 star generals, ACCESSIBLE TERRAIN is defined as ground that is traveled with relative ease, wherein the line of supplies is to be carefully guarded (see [...]

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