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There is NOTHING better than an awesome W bottom. The downtrend halts with a seies of smaller range days as the volume profile shifts and price gets ready to take off. Bulls are nervouse to come in, and late bears get trapped. It's a great place to look for a trade.
Continuations after an initial thrust and a lower volume consolidation are a great place to look for trades. They offer great entry, understandable risk/reward and the moves are quick. Keep your eyes peeled for these bad boys.
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We like W bottoms and Head and Shoulders bottoms.
Dream of all dreams. Breakouts look simply beautiful after the fact. Look at this amazing runs. Moves like this happen about 10 - 20% of the time after a breakout so they're not east to find, but when you wind a long base breakout like this you'll be glad you did.
I love these trades. They're typically found after the first thrust of a W bottom. 'll be honest with you, you'll find no mention of The Dragon in classical charting books -- but hey -- that doesn't mean I can't discover it. Go ahead, ltell me you don't see a dragon. :-)
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Nothing better than a solid breakout with strong volume and no looking back.
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Run baby, run! Nice break from the lows. Watch the 50 day MA.Poppin bottles with Jones Soda! Text book pullback. Will it hold.American Apparel also sliding back. Pullbacks to breakout areas make great trade opps.Still holding at resistance.Creeping up slowly.Coming soon. The Retail Brand Value report. Each quarter I look at the fundamental value of each of the 200 stocks in my big brand watchlist. I'll be creating a report for sale starting next quarter.
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Sears Follows Netflix Off Lows
Last week I mentioned that the market (SPY) closed above the 50 week moving average -- and that, with all three trends going positive, it was time to look for longs again.  That turned out to be true. 

I aslo profiled a few stocks that had been decimated lately that might make like Netflix and run from their lows.  Sears SHLD certainly did that -- and had an awesome 40% run. 

Right now it looks like it's run smack dab into the 50 day MA and it will be interesting to see where it goes from here.

Other names worth mentioning from The Retail Brand Report, Netflix looks like it wants to start a second leg up as it really tests that $100.00 level.  Jones Soda JSDA has pulled back perfectly and is sitting right on a 50% retracement of its recent move and could see a significant return to form.

APP also pulling back after recent breakouts back to the breakout zone for what could be an awesome buying opp right at support. 

CROX is also worth a mention as it's sitting right at resistance after the recent move higher.  Sellers not finding traction to push this lower.  If it breaks resistance it could really move.

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We trade chart patterns for one reason -- they work for us! They give us the information, the outlook and the framework we need to make the right decisions at the right time.

There's a reason why most of the great retail traders like Darvas, O'Neil and Sykes use chart patterns in one form or another.
       SHLD    JSDA       APP                     CROX                     SPY                Coming Soon!