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The Gap Between What Is and What Will Be

Shane Blankenship

There are 5 basic ways to trade a Gap or any line. In this video, I discuss two ways to enter the market using a Gap. The Gap entry techniques by themselves are of little … READ MORE

Gaps and How Markets Move In Contraction and Expansion

Shane Blankenship

There are several ways to trade gaps but first, there should be a solid understanding of what Gaps are and how they show up. Markets aren’t that hard to read if we have some simple … READ MORE

Tracking The Footprints of WRB Gaps

Shane Blankenship

This is the first in a series of posts on Gaps. Gaps are the expansion that comes after a contraction. It’s a sudden supply/demand imbalance that shows up in the price bars of a chart. … READ MORE

Median Lines and Finding The Right Path

Shane Blankenship

When it comes to learning about markets and trading, finding the right path and committing to it is the hardest part. The right path has little to do with any technical analysis method. It has … READ MORE

Defining Target for Risk Reward: Maybe you shouldn’t?

Shane Blankenship

The trade plan is broken up into parts. We have an objective and consistent entry, stop, and exit plan. Here I will be talking about the exit plan and setting targets that will give you … READ MORE

What Is an Expanding Swing?

Shane Blankenship

Markets move in contraction/expansion. Small swings can be thought of as a form of contraction and the bigger swing is a form of expansion. An Expanded Swing is simply a reaction leg that is bigger … READ MORE

Review: Did You Make a Clear Plan? Did You Follow That Plan?

Shane Blankenship

We can break up the review section of the trading into several distinct sections. 1. Review for discipline and personal insight2. Review for performance (statistics)3. Review for market insight4. Review for method development I’m going … READ MORE

Position Sizing: Learning to Lose

Shane Blankenship

Position sizing is one of the components of a trading plan, and it’s important to be just as disciplined and consistent with this as with all other parts of the plan. Position sizing is defining … READ MORE

Market Structure: Seeing In Swings

Shane Blankenship

Market Structure is simply making distinctions in price flow. its putting structure around what looks like chaos so that we have a way to measure and orient ourselves to any market in any timeframe. When … READ MORE

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