Swing Trading

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Swing Trading

• DAVID H. LINTON
• dhlinton_at_sympatico.ca

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• how I got here
• investor - trader
• swing trading - key elements
• swing trading - tools
• swing trading - signals
• swing trading - scanning
• swing trading - recent examples

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IT TAKES TIME

• RRSP - mutual funds
• Retired - golf
• Computer
• Various web sites
• Chartsmart
• Metastock - Reuters data
• The search began

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INVESTING - TRADING
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SWING TRADING

• RECOGNIZE THE TREND
• BUY AFTER PULL BACKS
• BUY BREAKOUTS
• SELL AS MOMENTUM DIES

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SWING TRADING

• RECOGNIZE THE TREND
• BUY AFTER PULL BACKS
• BUY BREAKOUTS
• SELL AS MOMENTUM DIES

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SWING TRADING

• RECOGNIZE THE TREND
• SHORT AFTER RALLIES
• SHORT BREAKDOWNS
• COVER AS MOMENTUM DIES

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SWING TRADING

• RECOGNIZE THE TREND
• BUY AFTER PULL BACKS
• BUY BREAKOUTS
• SELL AS MOMENTUM DIES
• SHORT AFTER RALLIES
• SHORT BREAKDOWNS
• COVER AS MOMENTUM DIES

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SWING TRADING TOOLS

• CANDLESTICKS
• COLOUR CODED VOLUME
• 20, 40, 200 SMA

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OHLC WESTERN - CANDLESTICKS

• THE OHLC WESTERN BAR PLACES THE EMPHASIS ON THE
  RELATIONSHIP OF TODAYS CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS
  CLOSE
• JAPANEESECANDLESTICKS PLACE THE EMPHASIS ON THE
  RELATIONSHIP OF TODAYS OPEN TO TODAYS CLOSE

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OHLC WESTERN
TOMORROW?
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OHLC WESTERN
CANDLESTICKS
TOMORROW?
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COLOURED VOLUME

• Volume green on up day, If(CgtO,V,0)
• Volume red on down day, If(CltO,V,0)
• Volume blue on neutral day, If(CO,V,0)
• use default (thin) line weight

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TRENDING OR NOT ?????

• Aroon
• Directional Movement System
• Linear Regression
• Moving Averages
• Various Bands Channels
• Vertical Horizontal Filter

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TRENDING OR NOT ?????

• Aroon
• Directional Movement System
• Linear Regression
• Moving Averages
• Various Bands Channels
• Vertical Horizontal Filter
• Your Eyes

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SWING TRADING TOOLS

• CANDLESTICKS
• COLOUR CODED VOLUME
• 20 40 SMA

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SWING TRADING SIGNALS

• Pristine Buy Set-up
• bar story - range, body, tails
• colour change - changing of the guard
• volume increase
• divergences - price to volume
• support and resistance
• indicators

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SWING TRADING SIGNALS

• Pristine Buy Set-up

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SWING TRADING SIGNALS

• Pristine Buy Set-up
• bar story - range, body, tails

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SWING TRADING SIGNALS

• Pristine Buy Set-up
• bar story - range, body, tails
• colour change - changing of the guard

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SWING TRADING SIGNALS

• Pristine Buy Set-up
• bar story - range, body, tails
• colour change - changing of the guard
• volume increase
• divergences - price to volume
• support and resistance
• indicators

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SCANNING FOR BUYS

• UNIVERSE (Mar 21st) 11,518
• 2 lt C lt 50 7,210
• V gt 1,000,000 556
• DSMA, 20 gt 40 gt 200 57
• H lt H-1 lt H-2 lt H-3 1
• COG, BT, CV, WD, NRB, S/R EYES

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Swing Trading

• DAVID H. LINTON
• dhlinton_at_sympatico.ca

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