REVERSAL DAYS(CONT)
MAY 12TH:A horrid day. . . . short below BAR 1 at 4954, covered at 4975 + 7=4982. . . . . Long at 4982, sold at 4930. . . . . . short at 4930, cover at 4977. . . . Long at 4977, add at 4997, sold at 5037. . . . . . . still day ends with losses. Few things:Not taking the reversals would have put you in great profits this one day. . . . . and led to great pain on other reversal days. We got a pivot on 15, and a reversal signal on 60. . . . . . . going through this day and "learning" from this day, and then never taking reversal points on the 60 is even more detrimental than taking the losses for this day. . . . . . . It is on these days that one hears wise crack statements taking into account this one day and forgetting that this one day is just one in many many many days.
Another thing:Look at the pattern on the 12th of May. . . . . a breakdown bar(BAR 6), a Wide Range Bar on high Volume, making new lows and then unable to close in new lows. . . a failed breakdown and an exhaustive last ditch bid by bears to push price downwards. Next bar is a bullish bar. Go long the high of that bar, in this case at 4970+7=4977