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Follow on to TraderLion conference, this Wednesday’s Long Island talk; Examples of black dot signals; GMI=6 (of 6)

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I ran out of time yesterday to show some charts with my new black dot signals. Black dot signals appear on my daily charts when a stock’s daily 10.1 stochastic was <=25 in any of the past 3 days,  has a current price >prior day’s price, and is currently above either its 30 day average or its exp 21 day average. This is what the formula looks like for TC2000 to put the black dot on the chart. My co-instructor has posted a tutorial video (see below) showing how to  put green dot signals on a chart and it can be modified with this formula to place the black dot.

 

Black and green dot signals only work on stocks that are in an up-trend. You can see how I define and search for up-trends by watching the recording of yesterday’s, June 12, presentation on the TraderLion YouTube site. Green and black dots help me to find stocks that are bouncing from oversold conditions. I prefer to use these indicators as part of a scan I created that identifies stocks that hit an ATH (all-time-high) recently and then became oversold and started to rise. I like this set-up because I am looking for rocket stocks that have rested on the way up and I can place my stop loss just below the bounce and get out with a minimal loss if the stock fails to hold the bounce. Here are several examples. Below, the  chart for PGNY shows the 3 stochastic indicators I use (daily 10.1, 10.4 and 10.4.4). The black dot is based on the daily 10.1 stochastic shown by the gray line. When it is 25 or below, it represents oversold and a good place for me to consider buying only if the stock starts to turn back up. Note that a black dot appears only if the stock has regained its 30 day average or the 21 exp average. Note also the support often found simultaneously at the lower daily 15.2 Bollinger Band.

 

This black dot  on ALLY happened Friday and showed up in a TC2000 scan I use to find stocks in a yellow band up-trend that have just bounced from oversold. Will this bounce hold?

I love a black dot that occurs  after a GLB (green line break-out). Note the black dot followed by a green dot.

 

These set-ups work best in a rising market and I monitor market trend each day by my General Market Index (GMI). I post this GMI table each weekend but I update the GMI and T2108 after the close every time I post. The GMI is 6 (of 6) and on a Green signal. When it closes <3 for two consecutive days, it triggers a Red signal and I become more defensive. A GMI=0 is a very bearish signal for me. I also list in the table my short term QQQ trend count, currently indicating the 12th day (U-12)of an up-trend. I use this short term indicator to guide my buying of TQQQ or SQQQ, as discussed yesterday. The 3x leveraged ETF moves fast and requires one to be very nimble. The GMI2 is just a collection of indicators I want to monitor. Note also T2108, which is a pendulum of the market. As I showed in my presentation yesterday, when T2108 registers <10 one should be looking for a major market bottom and consider slowly buying a market index ETF. I tweet signals intraday @WishingWealth. Please follow me,  but understand that you have to evaluate for yourself any break-out or set-up I tweet or post about. I will post on this blog when/if I will offer a not for credit university based course open to the public.

 

 

 

Blog post: GLB (green line break-out) explained; Some stocks having a GLB last week: $MEC $OMP $TGLS $FLNG $CUBI

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One of the most important innovations I developed was the GLB or green line break-out. I like to buy stocks that have advanced to an all-time-high (ATH), consolidated for at least 3 months, and then break out to close at a new ATH. I use TC2000 to draw in the green line on a monthly chart at an ATH and alert me the moment the stock trades above the line. A green line can only be drawn after 3 months (3 monthly bars) have passed since a peak price bar that has not been surpassed (see monthly chart below). I make an exception for recent IPOs when the green line may be drawn after consolidating a few weeks after reaching a peak ATH.

Last December, I posted a weekly chart showing that PGNY had had a GLB at 36.50 and a weekly green bar (WGB). PGNY closed Friday at $64.04,  75% above its GLB.

Here is its monthly chart showing where the green line was drawn.

 

If I buy a stock after a GLB I sell it immediately  if it closes back below its green line. A failed set-up on which I base my purchase must always be sold. It is preferable for the GLB to occur on above average weekly trading volume. This weekend I identified a few stocks that have met the above criteria last week or a few weeks before. Here are their charts.

It is impossible to tell if any of these stocks’ GLB will fail or if it will rocket higher. I did look up their fundamentals on MarketSmith.  Their IBD Composite scores are MEC (78) OMP (94) TGLS (99) FLNG (98) CUBI (99). All have floats of <30 million shares.

The GMI is 6 (of 6), flashed a Green signal, and the new QQQ short term up-trend has now reached 3 days (U-3). I have begun to purchase TQQQ, the 3X leveraged bullish ETF for QQQ. If this up-trend persists I believe this is where I will likely make the most $$$$. Note that QQQ has now closed back above its 10 week average while SPY has closed above its 10 week average for 17 straight weeks.

 

Blog post: There were 469 new highs among US stocks, the most since March 18, so many stocks are doing well; $FDX had a cup and handle break-out; $CHUY, $FB moving up after retesting GLB; GLB defined

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I would have liked to see higher volume on this break-out, but FDX broke out after re-testing its last green line break-out (GLB). There is a new green line peak at 305.69 where one would expect some resistance. So this rise could continue to that level. I would then wait to see if it can have a new GLB. I tweeted about FDX intraday. You may follow my tweets @wishingwealth.

Another stock that is advancing after a retest of its GLB is $CHUY. Not sure of its fundamentals though.

$FB has also retaken its green line. Understanding the GLB can lead to some large gains. From my glossary:

Green Line Breakout (GLB)

I draw a green line on a monthly stock chart at a bar at an all-time high that has not been penetrated (or closed above) for three straight months (or 3 bars).  It basically is  a strong stock breaking out to an all-time high (ATH) after at least a 3-month consolidation.  Green line breakout stocks, in my experience, often go on to make a series of new highs as they rocket toward the moon. Most stocks I purchase are near or above their last green line top.

Here are the monthly and daily charts for FB.