CNB,
I do not distinguish my positional trades into days or weeks holding. The way I go about this is
- Have a selection of about 50 stocks where I am more comfortable with levels/resistance. Am now looking at a few more these days just because of exposure to them through Savant's triggers.
- Normally, because of my regular work, I cannot track the progess of a stock too much intraday but can look at daily charts at EOD. So, on the daily charts, if I see a stock breaking out of EMA 20 levels, it is on my buy list next day as long as at the time of buying, it remains above the EMA 20.
- As long as the closing price remains above EMA 20, it is a hold for me. If it closes below EMA20, it is a sell next day if the price continues to be below EMA20 at the time of selling.
You can adopt variations like waiting for a confirmation of a breakout for a day. This is a basic simple system. You can always tweak this later if you want to add to existing positions or want to lighten positions without fully exiting. I prefer daily to weekly because if I am seeing charts daily, why not act on them immediately instead of waiting for weekly. Also when stocks are in a range, sometimes weekly chart might give you more whipsaws.
I do not follow this for any intraday trades. For that, i normally trade NF or BNF and use BBs alongwith pivot levels alongwith a huge amount of TMA normally on a 10 min TF.
For intraday, I know that people have adapted Savant's system of 5/6 crossover, you might want to check that out.
Regards,
Enygma.
I do not distinguish my positional trades into days or weeks holding. The way I go about this is
- Have a selection of about 50 stocks where I am more comfortable with levels/resistance. Am now looking at a few more these days just because of exposure to them through Savant's triggers.
- Normally, because of my regular work, I cannot track the progess of a stock too much intraday but can look at daily charts at EOD. So, on the daily charts, if I see a stock breaking out of EMA 20 levels, it is on my buy list next day as long as at the time of buying, it remains above the EMA 20.
- As long as the closing price remains above EMA 20, it is a hold for me. If it closes below EMA20, it is a sell next day if the price continues to be below EMA20 at the time of selling.
You can adopt variations like waiting for a confirmation of a breakout for a day. This is a basic simple system. You can always tweak this later if you want to add to existing positions or want to lighten positions without fully exiting. I prefer daily to weekly because if I am seeing charts daily, why not act on them immediately instead of waiting for weekly. Also when stocks are in a range, sometimes weekly chart might give you more whipsaws.
I do not follow this for any intraday trades. For that, i normally trade NF or BNF and use BBs alongwith pivot levels alongwith a huge amount of TMA normally on a 10 min TF.
For intraday, I know that people have adapted Savant's system of 5/6 crossover, you might want to check that out.
Regards,
Enygma.
Enygma,
Thanks a lot for unfolding this 20EMA trading strategy. This is one of the simplest I came across so far !
Thanks by all means to you,
God bless you.
CNB