We espouse a belief that it’s not what you learn about successful trading, it’s HOW you LEARN it. In other words, until you’re actually trading stock or financial assets, all you’ve learned is theory.
As a new trader you read voraciously and start off thinking, a stock should do this or that, given a pattern or strategy. However, until you’ve actually put money to work, you’ll never really learn how to be a successful trader. While that might seem obvious, trust me, there’s more to trading than what you’ll learn in a book.
One of the most important rules I’ve learned in my 32 years of trading and investing has to do with price. Arguing that a stock price should do this or that, isn’t as important as what price actually does.
Price is king. Only price pays!
Considering the above, bullish traders or investors want “to see” price moving higher before getting into a long position. Therefore, if price action is above a bullish 9ema, or 21d moving average, we can be pretty comfortable with a bullish setup. We like buying pullbacks to the 9ema or 21d for initial entry.
Canopy Growth – Changing Trend
Canopy (CGC) appears to be changing trend as price action spends more time above the relatively flat 21d moving average. We also see a potential inverted head and shoulders reversal pattern, with the head defined by the November low. The neckline was pierced on Monday.
MACD and RSI give us a bit more edge as both are rising (as a function of price) while suggesting more potential. Since we have 50/50 odds at the point of entry, that a stock will do what we think it “should” do, we need to “see it” follow through first before adding to our position. So, with CGC we’ve seen numerous days where the stock is being bought along the 21d. Volume started increasing intraday, giving us a confirmation that the stock was “in play” as we took a tier-one entry. We’ll add if it rises.
Canopy Volume – Just Do It!
We started this blog post talking about learning and doing. Until you actually enter a trade and exercise what you’ve learned, you’ll always have questions. Did I enter at the right time? Why did my entry fail?
We’ve found paying attention to volume and price action between 11:00 AM and 2 PM is a good practice to get into. In other words, wait for price action to mature and for VWAP to confirm. Volume usually tapers off dramatically after 10:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM when a stock is NOT IN PLAY.
Note the “Relative Volume” (RVOL) on Monday compared to Thursday, and Friday. When we entered our position, we saw elevated RVOL. This gave us an “edge” as we could clearly “see it.” The stock was “in play.”
A few more points confirmed our decision.
- Price action remained above the bullish VWAP.
- Price action exploded out of a tight squeeze (Bollinger Bands).
Finally, consistency breeds success. Find a strategy that works and stick with it. If the strategy is a good one, it should be repeatable. Until you actually put that money to work, you’re just learning.
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