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May 2018 Trade Coaching Boot Camp in Dominican Republic

May 2018 Trade Coaching Boot Camp in Dominican Republic

April 17, 2018April 22, 2018 Curt MelonopolyLead Trader Blog Post, Learn to Trade, Trade Coachingcoaching, Learn, Trade, Trading

 

Welcome to the Details of Your Next Trading Boot Camp!

We only have two spots left – book now. 10 student maximum for in person attendance. To attend click here

Learn how to trade or take your trading to the next level with our lead trader at our newest trade coaching residence at Boca Chica beach in the Dominican Republic.

If you can’t attend in person you can attend the class online virtually and take part in question and answer as if you were in the boot camp live.

About the ocean side drive residence our traders will be learning at:

The house for our next Trade Coaching session in May 4 – 6, 2018 is located in the beach side community of Boca Chica also called “The Gateway of the Caribbean.”

The house is a 2 floor 4 bedroom architectural designed 80’s style home with a beautiful sea views (the sea is across the street) and yard with numerous gardens front and back where you can enjoy the BBQ, tea for two areas, surround sun patios and the Jacuzzi. The property is fully secure with property walls, electric fence, house alarms, cameras, security personnel and of course our Bull Dog Monkey. And best of all for the traders… you can count on super fast internet trading with a state of the art direct line fiber connection.
Literally 1-5 minute walk (depending on the chosen destination) from the Trade Coaching property we have what Boca Chica offers as the best restaurants and lounge bars, casino, spas, night clubs, beaches, excursions and various hotel residence options (if you prefer to stay near but not in our home) – many with the best internet of the area provided by optical fiber.

Below is a video of your neighborhood while in attendance to the Trade Coaching Boot Camp. All locations are on our street along the ocean.

Restaurants:

Boca Marina, a 1 min walk is one of our favorite hang-outs (also has fiber) http://www.bocamarina.com.do

Neptunos Oyster Bar has a fantastic menu and service and is a 3 minute walk (wifi) http://neptunos.com.do/

and

St Tropez (a 3 minute walk, really good fiber 24h) 

Hotels:

Vista Marina Residence (next door to us) is a 1 minute walk from our home (really good fiber service) and offers single room and double rooms at a nightly, weekly or monthly rate http://vistamarinaresidence.com-bocachica.info/en/

Be Live Hamaca Garden/Beach/All Inclusive Suites (regular wifi) and is a 5 minute walk from our residence.

Spa and Hairdresser:

Spa Bay Be Live Hamaca Resort (open to public)

Disco:

Be LIve Hamaca Disco (open to public)

For those that want a more controlled atmosphere, the Hamaca Resort has their own disco.  It is all-inclusive so guests entering pay one price (US$10) and that includes all domestic drinks once inside.  Imported drinks are extra. This is a typical carpet, chrome, and mirror disco with a modern lighting and sound system.  The dress code here is “nice”, and on some of the crowded nights during high season, entrance becomes restricted to hotel guests only.  Hotel guests are admitted free as part of their all-inclusive package. This is the best place for couples or visitors that prefer not to venture out into the main street.  This bar has the nicest decor of any place in Boca Chica and non-guests of the hotel are admitted at the management’s discretion.

Casino:

Kviar Casino Be Live Hamaca Resort (open to public)

Boca Chica Hotels:

Boca Beach http://www.bocabeachresidence.com/

BelleVue Dominican Bay All Inclusive: http://www.bellevuedominicanbay.com/

World Class Golfing 20 minutes from the Bootcamp House:

Casa Del Lago Guavaberry Golf and Country Club Residences and Vacation homes https://www.casadellagolf.com/

with Golf and a Wellness center.

The Golf is open to the non-client all the days from 8am to 5pm at the cost of 70$/pers (can be less with promotion)

Various Other Excursions While You are Here:

You may or may not know, but our lead trader is an avid diver, deep sea fisherman and he partakes in many ocean related activities. If you have specific excursion requests he knows the Island very well and can assist with custom packages as needed.

This google drive folder link will provide you all the information to the different places listed and more (taxi, rent a car, activities like water sports, golf, spa,etc):

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxLlfnZ9cDHTSYhYHg9Dz1LDwn7xOJro?usp=sharing

Curriculum Outline

  • What is a trading plan?
  • Trader Vocabulary
  • Risk Management: Sizing, Risk-Reward Calculations
  • Stock Evaluation: Fundamental versus Technical Analysis
    • Basic Technical Analysis Tools: Price Action, Catalysts, Indicators, Pre-Market/After-Market, Earnings, and others
    • Keyword and News Analysis
  • Putting a trading plan into action
  • Risk Management: Time dimensions, scaling in and out of trades
  • Technical Analysis: Time/Price Cycles, Fibonacci, Elliot Wave, Charting, and others
  • Bringing it all together: simulated trading
  • Real-time trade planning for intraday and swing traders
  • Technical Analysis: Combining multiple analytic tools, inverses, algorithmic and black box modeling, third-party scripting and widgets
  • Open Q/A. You trade your own account in a live environment
    • Availability of team trading pending on group sizes

Third party professional authority profile of our lead trader.

To attend click here

The pricing is 2999.00 for the 3 days (you pay travel and meals). We currently are running a 30% discount for this session, use code coach30 at checkout.

Link for preparation needed in advance of attending: https://compoundtrading.com/preparation-for-trade-coaching-boot-camp-for-in-person-online-attendees-freedomtraders/

We also have a June session schedule coming out soon – the May session is expected to book out soon:)

Any questions let me know!

Curt

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How I Develop a Trading Plan Watchlist (Swing Trading and Day Trading). Part 7 a) “Freedom Traders” Series.

How I Develop a Trading Plan Watchlist (Swing Trading and Day Trading). Part 7 a) “Freedom Traders” Series.

June 25, 2017 Curt MelonopolyFreedom Traders, Lead Trader Blog PostAlgorithms, Compound, Day-trading, Freedom, How To, Learn, Plan, Swing Trading, Traders, Trading, Watchlist

Part Seven a) of the “Freedom Traders” Series: Trading Plans. How I Build my Personal Trading Plan and Watch List for Swing Trading and Day Trading.

Introduction.

Below is a quick post about how to develop your own trading plan watch list for both day trading and swing trading. I’ve also done a quick 23 minute video for you on the topic. I keep my method simple so its quick and efficient. Once I’ve found a stock that meets my set-up criteria then the real work begins (refer to part 6 for trading set-ups or our daily mid day review videos to understand more of my methods).

The Purpose.

The purpose of a trading plan is to provide you (the trader) with a focused target list for the day (for day traders) or a watch list for swing trading. It is a short list, or I like to look at it as my journal. From there you can build out your specific chart set up criteria for each possible trade.

How to Build a Trading Plan Watch List: Video Number One.

Topics in How I Build a Trading Plan Watch List Video 1:

The primary focus in building your plan in my opinion is to keep it easy.

I use my hot list on Trading View charting software. My hot list are momentum stocks on each day that have liquidity.

I look at each momentum stock to see if each is setting up in accordance to the trade set-ups that I am looking for (refer to our mid day review chart trade set ups videos on You Tube to understand my set ups).

When I find a stock that it developing as a great set up I then chart the set up and set the alarms for Swing Trading first and the for Day Trading on tighter time frames.

And that is as simple as it gets and then I don’t have to listen to the noise on CNBC, on social media etc.

It works time and time again. Simple and effective. Check my results:)

Click here for the link to sign on to any of our services. https://compoundtrading.com/shop/

Message me anytime with your story or questions. And if you follow me on Twitter and I don’t follow back so you can DM then send us an email to info@compoundtrading.com with your Twitter handle.

Cheers!

Curtis

Previous Freedom Trader Post Links: 

Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and then Learned How to Trade.

Part 2: Trading Checklist (Rules) I Follow Before Triggering a Stock Trade.

Part 3: Now I’m Inspired. A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change. 

Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station.

Part 5: Learn How to Trade Stocks (Build a Small Account) Following my Journey. 

Part 6 a: Trading Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process.

Part 6 b: Trading Set-ups. Video Explains Predictable Winning Process.

Article Topics; Compound, Trading, Plan, Watch List, Freedom, Traders, Learn, How to, Day Trading, Swing Trading

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Trading Set-ups. Video Explains Predictable Winning Process. Part 6 b) “Freedom Traders” Series.

May 29, 2017May 29, 2017 Curt MelonopolyFreedom Traders, Lead Trader Blog Post, Learn to TradeCompound, Day-trading, Fibonacci, Freedom, How To, Indicators, Learn, MACD, Moving Averages, process, Set-Ups, Swing Trading, Traders, Trading, Video

Part Six b) of the “Freedom Traders” Series:  Trading Set-ups. Video Explains Predictable Winning Process.

This post is the video / blog companion to “Trading Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process. Part 6 a) “Freedom Traders” Series”. It is a $STUDY for Traders Endeavoring to Trade With a High Degree of Probability.

Introduction.

The video below will provide overview explanations of the various trade set-ups I use with different types of trading I do (Swing Trading, Day Trading and Algorithmic Model Trading).

I endeavor in this series of posts to first provide an overview of my trading systems and through subsequent posts I will break-out the details of each trade set-up I use.

Check back to the posts in this section (section 6 of the Freedom Traders series) because 6 a. and 6 b. will be updated regularly with new set-ups added to the overview lists and the subsequent posts in section 6 will have more and more specific trade set-up videos and blog posts included in the series.

The Purpose.

As explained in the introduction to this series (in Part 6 a), the purpose of this part of the series is to assist traders in developing their own predictable trading systems.

A large part of a successful trading plan is having a predictable trading system that you can rely on – a “rules-based trading process”.

Finding at least one trading system that will work the majority of the time, that is easy to use, fits your personality, is predictable and easily reproducible is key.

Trading Set-Ups Overview: Overview Video Number One.

This video touches on a number of chart set-ups / indicators / disciplines specific to day trading and swing trading and not so much algorithmic chart modeling. It is approximately 30 minutes in length and it provides a working foundation (overview) of the type of trading I execute.

You won’t find high flying ideas, hot new stocks of the week or some other high flying idea here.

You will however find systematic trading principles that will return 80% + win rates. Very predictable set-ups that can be duplicated with a high degree of success. Below the video are some itemized notes reflecting the content of the video.

Topics in Trade Set-ups Video 1:

  • Description of types of trading I do.
    • Day Trading, Swing Trading, Algorithmic Model Trading.
  • Chart Example Used for Video.
    • $FSLR.
  • Indicators Used on Video.
    • Wide Time Frame Moving Averages: 20 MA, 50 MA, 100 MA, 200 MA.
    • Stochastic RSI.
    • MACD.
    • Squeeze Momentum Indicator.
    • Short Time Frames I Use 8 ema, 21 ema, VWAP.
  • Explanation of Mid Day Chart Reviews and Trade Set Ups in Trading Room.
    • Provides repetition for our traders in executing trade set-ups.
    • Provides new chart and trade set-up ideas daily to members.
    • Provides opportunity for members to ask questions about their own chart and trade set-ups.
  • Trading Set-Up # 1 – Price Breach of 200 MA on Daily Chart.
    • The predictable trade is at the breach of the 200 MA.
    • The 20 MA breaches the 50 MA, the 20 MA breaches the 100 MA, the 20 MA breaches the 200 MA.
    • Entering long based on the daily chart and taking sell triggers on lower chart time-frames (opposite action of moving averages with price below instead of price above).
    • Trading the bowl and break-out above the 200 MA.
    • Confirming the bottom play with the early indicator of MACD.
    • I rely heavily on MACD for swing trading platform.
    • Stoch RSI started to rise at same time MACD started to signal bottom.
    • Stoch RSI helps time trade.
    • Increasing volume is critical.
    • SQZMOM confirmed bottom with trend up.
  • Trading Set-up # 2 – Bottom Play Prior to Breach of 200 MA on Daily Chart.
    • MACD crosses, Stoch RSI crosses up, SQZMOM trends up.
    • Test of price to 20 MA and indicators cross back up then test of 50 MA etc.
    • Trading and testing through the moving averages until trade gets above 200 MA and then you’re in to trading set-up #1.
  • Chart Time-Frames and MA Action are Critical for Trading the Stock (Timing entries and exits).
    • Confirming your trade bias through looking at the different time frames including weekly, daily, hourly, 30 minute, 15 minute, 5 minute, 3 minute and 1 minute charts depending on your time-frame.
    • Fibonacci should confirm the moving averages as support and resistance points on the chart.
    • Moving averages are a modern representation of the tape.
    • Timing entries and exits based on indicators.
    • Price above MA’s is critical in bullish bias trade and opposite is true for bearish outlook on various time frames and exits can be timed in trade.
    • Example Long Set-Up at 52.05 on chart culminating in sell signal at 70.35 – a 40% increase before you get sell signal on chart.
    • Trading through the MA’s before the 200 MA breach is possible (bottom play – trade set-up #2).
  • Chart Resistance and Support Levels.
    • Fibonacci, Natural Horizontal Chart Resistance and Moving Averages.
  • Trading Earnings.
    • I rarely hold through earnings. I sell in to and re-enter after earnings.
    • Low risk trading is my goal.
  • Algorithmic Modeling and Fibonacci.
    • Basic algorithm quadrants and diagonal resistance.
  • $FSLR Chart Examined for a Day-Trade.
    • Moving through the time-frames and various places to enter your trade – what quantifies bullish and bearish and timing your trade.
    • A day trade hopefully becomes a swing or trend trade. 14% ROI on monthly trade example.
    • Enter on tight time-frame (after confirming your wide time-frames set-up).
    • Confirming your entry with “power”. Avoiding getting cut up with fast exits. Timing trades with power.
    • Price, Trigger, Power, Trade, Risk, Reward. PTPTRR. Being ready for the power trade with the moving average set-ups.
    • Legging in 20% at a time. Five leg principle in a move.
    • Knowing where your most likely resistance is in the move and exiting the trade.

Closing.

That concludes the video / blog portion of the trade set ups overview that accompanies “Trading Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process. Part 6 a) “Freedom Traders” Series. Hopefully this series will assist you in building a rules based trading process.

As I mentioned at the outset, I will next post a series of articles to explain the fine details of each trade set-up I use. The videos will also detail many other indicators I use. I will also be explaining more in future about how our algorithmic model trading indicators are used.

Remember to check back to this specific post and part a because the list of indicators and the overview of each will grow with time.

As mentioned in Part A I also highly recommend taking in our regular trading webinars and most specifically the mid day trade and chart set-up reviews.

Repetition breads success. Repetition provides laser focused trading skills that only comes from practice, practice, practice.

Our team time in the mid day chart and trade set-ups is a training ground for success through repetition and fresh trade ideas.

Click here for the link to sign on to any of our services. https://compoundtrading.com/shop/

Message me anytime with your story or questions. And if you follow me on Twitter and I don’t follow back so you can DM then send us an email to info@compoundtrading.com with your Twitter handle.

Also in closing, I will mention again that I have had a number of people message me to get involved in our various launch initiatives – with moderating, coding and various other levels of interest. I will be writing back to those inquiries early June (in advance of our 24 Hour Oil Trading Room Launch).

Cheers!

Curtis

Previous Freedom Trader Post Links: 

Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and then Learned How to Trade.

Part 2: Trading Checklist (Rules) I Follow Before Triggering a Stock Trade.

Part 3: Now I’m Inspired. A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change. 

Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station.

Part 5: Learn How to Trade Stocks (Build a Small Account) Following my Journey. 

Part 6 a: Trading Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process.

 

Article Topics; Compound, Trading, Freedom, Traders, Learn, How to, Set-Ups, Process, Moving Averages, Fibonacci, MACD, Video, Indicators, Day Trading, Swing Trading.

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May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 Curt MelonopolyFreedom Traders, Lead Trader Blog Post, Learn to TradeCompound, Freedom, How To, Learn, process, Set-Ups, Traders, Trading

After a Trader Learns to Limit Losses (with radical discipline), Obtaining a Systematic Trading Process is Critical to Long Term Success. Below I Begin Explaining My Personal Trading Process.

Part Six a. of the “Freedom Traders” Series: Trade Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process. 

Provided at the bottom of this article are Parts 1 – 5 of this series. Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and Then Learned How to Trade, Part 2 : Trading Checklist – Rules I Follow Before Triggering, Part 3: Now I’m Inspired!.A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change, Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station, Part 5: New Trading Challenge 10k to 1M, Part 6 b: Trading Set-ups. Video Explains Predictable Winning Process (companion to part 6 a).

Introduction:

This article is an overview list of the various trade set-ups I use with different types of trading I am involved in.

I will endeavor in this series of posts to first explain my trading system and then through subsequent posts I will break-out the details of each trade set-up I use.

Please note, this is part 6 of the Freedom Trader’s series and because this topic will be extensive I am going to number them 6 a, b, c and so on and other sub topics in the series will continue onward with part 7. I suspect that I will be updating part 6 and its sub posts for many years to come.

The purpose of this part of the series is to assist trader’s in developing their own predictable trading systems (a rules based trading process).

A large part of a successful trading plan is having a predictable trading system that you can rely on. Finding at least one trading system that will work the majority of the time, that is easy to use, fits your personality, is predictable and easily reproducible is key.

Perfect a trading system that works the majority of time, is easy to use, fits your personality, is predictable & easily reproducible.

My Personal Objectives.

I believe the bar to my success is directly tied to what percentage of the traders in our trading group are successful on a regular and consistent basis. Not whether I can dazzle with home-run trades like some genie that comes out of the bottle daily.

But rather how well the traders in our group can reproduce methods / components of my trading systems for their own predictable gains and how well I can assist our traders in their trading success no matter where the system is found and then duplicated.

The bar (test) of my success is directly attached to what percentage of the traders in our group are successful on a regular and consistent basis.

How Good Can a Trading System Be?

Before I explain how good a trading system can be, I will tell you there are developments in the trading industry (specifically toward algorithmic trading) that very few in retail trading and even at the professional level understand. I won’t get in to detail here, but I can tell you frankly that if you peel back the layers of the onion you will find scientific evidence of trading models that are winning near 100%.

With that considered,  I discuss a system of trading in this series that provides trade set-ups with 80% to near 100% win rate (scientifically, mathematically back-tested and proven).

BUT, a near 100% win rate requires perfect trade execution in accordance with trade set-up rules AND I do not execute trades perfectly, so my win rate floats between 65% – 90%.

I would be best described as a trader that is “base hitting to wealth”. I use my base hitting skills and add the compounding affect to my portfolio (more on compound trading discipline here) and this is my way of building my portfolio.

I do not execute trades perfectly, so my win rate floats between 65% – 90%.

Once you have a winning system, then your success rate is completely determined by emotional intelligence and discipline.

Three Categories of Trading I Can Offer Set-ups For.

I utilize three categories of trading; day trading, swing trading and algorithmic model trading – each has its own disciplines (set-ups). I was for years also an investor – I do not invest anymore because the other methods of trade listed provide me higher returns.

I utilize three categories of trading; day trading, swing trading and algorithmic model trading – each has its own disciplines.

I swing trade and day trade simply because day trading or swing trading can experience periods of lull (where returns can be limited). And if I require at minimum 100% ROI per year, I cannot have periods of lull. I do not invest anymore because the best returns I was able to garner (on average) was 10% – 14% per year (all holdings considered).

I am now also involved intensely in algorithmic model trading. What is that? I am not trading with “bots” to be clear. I am trading algorthmic chart set-ups that are human executed (with the goal of concluding our development with a digital dashboard for traders – or a sophisticated “intelligent assistant” for traders).

Algorithmic charts (in our instance) are charts that use historical data to provide the highest probability of trade success for the trader.

Read about our algorithmic development process and Why Our Algorithms are Different than Most for more information.

A List of Trade Set-Ups (Systematic Processes) I Use for Day Trading, Swing Trading and Algorithmic Chart Trading.

Day Trading Set-Ups I Use:

Day trading is by far the most difficult of the three categories of trading. It requires a skill-set and emotional discipline and intelligence that goes far beyond swing trading and even more so with algorithmic chart trading.

I use a number of day trading set-ups, here are a few:

  • Intra-day Halts. By far the most profitable set-up for my style are intra-day halts. Intra-day halts provide my style exceptional opportunity for return.
  • Extended Hours News. Pre-market and after-market news are second most profitable, but because I don’t have a lot of extra time (specifically to trade pre-market or post market) my returns lately in these methods are limited. But when I am trading full-time and not running a number of businesses these are highly profitable for me.
  • Market Open Momentum Trades. Gap and go style trades along with others at market open provide significant opportunity for profit. I will caution new trades to stay away from these for a significant amount of time when they first start trading. Too many GURU’s in my opinion sell this wayyyy to much to new traders.
  • Technical Chart Set-Ups. Chart set-ups are my favorite, least stressful, highest probability of success way to day-trade. Not my highest ROI category but definitely my favorite. I bring over swing trade set-ups from my swing trading discipline (that are based on weekly and daily charts) to my day trading discipline – I just trade them on tighter time frames (hourly, 30 min, 15 min, 5 min, 3 min).
  • And of course there are many others I day trade such as break-outs on the daily or 52 week chart, bottom plays, wash-outs with snap-backs and many other types.

Swing Trading Set-Ups I Use:

Swing trading (or power swing trading in my instances) is less stressful than day trading and it has a more predictable return on investment than day trading. All things equal, if you execute both with skill swing trading cannot match the return on investment of day trading – but day trading with consistency and not blowing up your account is radically difficult to master.

Swing trading comes down to technical and/ or fundamental set-ups. I am a technical trader so I lean on technical set-ups (on the weekly or daily charts) and use fundamental research to support my trade set up bias only.

Below are a few technical and fundamental indicators I use for swing trading:

  • MACD – I rely on the MACD heavily as one of my primary indicators in swing trading entries and exits.
  • Moving averages – Second to MACD I utilize moving average disciplines for my trade entries and exits.
  • Fibonacci – I rely heavily on Fibonacci to confirm my bias (I do however use Fibs in a way most are unfamiliar with because of our algorthm chart modeling component).
  • Squeeze Momentum Indicator – This is a custom indicator available on Trading View. I use it to confirm my trades.
  • Trade Volume – Volume is an important indicator in my trade considerations.
  • Stochastic RSI – I use the Stoch RSI to try and refine any given entry or exit.
  • Earnings Dates – I rarely hold a trade through earnings. I recently held Google and Amazon and a few others with success, but that is rare for me.
  • Insider Buying and Selling – I almost always have an eye to insider trades before taking a trade.
  • Short Positions – Short positioning is important.
  • Fundamental Research – Instead of doing my own research I have specific experts I defer to prior to trading (it saves time and they are the experts. They consider me a technical expert so they bounce their trade considerations off me first also – it works back and forth well).

Algorithmic Chart Model Trading Set-Ups I Use:

Algorithmic chart model trading is by far the most predictable, least stressful trading method I use – and if the models are good it can be the most profitable (in our case the models have been exceptional).

We have six models we use (Oil, Gold, Silver, SPY, VIX and the USD) – our Oil algorithmic charting is the first and farthest along in development.

Our oil algorithm is returning well over 300% consistently and has indications of being able to achieve 1200% (the profit and loss statements will be released to the world within 30 days). That far outperforms the 40% – 120% my swing trading profit/loss provides and the 80% – 240% my day trading profit/loss provides.per annum. And even better, there is zero fundamental research required and the chart set-ups are provided to the trader.

The question then is why don’t you simply trade algorithm charts? Well… we have a vision for democratizing the algorithmic trading discipline. Not the easiest path I could have chosen (democratizing our models).

If you research the topic (under the everyday thin later of research), you will find that our models are competing with the world’s best – and the world’s best are not available to the retail public. I have yet to find a high performance algorithm platform that is available to the retail public.

If the public decided or decides they don’t want our models, I will simply go dark and contract our models to dark pools – that option is presented daily. But that is not our mission. Heck I could just trade them in my own dark pool.

Below are a few of the chart set-ups I use in algorithmic chart trading:

  • Primary Trading Range Support and Resistance. Our algorithm charting provides clear support and resistance for the wide / broad trading range (wide quadrant range) prior to trade even getting to the date. In other words, it is future forward charting (unlike conventional charting which is charting what has already occurred).
  • Channel Support and Resistance. As with all other algorithmic chart models, our algorithms provide trading channels to our traders in advance of trade creating a channel. I trade support and resistance.
  • Time Price Cycle. Time price cycles are critical in our models and trading. Huge opportunities exist as time / price cycle come to conclusion.
  • Algorithm Targets. Our algorithms have specific targets for time and price future forward. This is something I consider but don’t trade heavily against.
  • Conventional support and resistance in channels and more. I refer to conventional charting simply to be aware of when conventional charting is in agreement with our algorithm models – it increases my bias toward a trade.
  • And of course in our work their are many other set-ups at work.

Closing.

That concludes my overview with reference to the various trade set-ups I use with the various types of trading I am involved in.

As I mentioned at the outset, I will next post a series of articles to explain the fine details of each trade set-up I use and noted above.

I also highly recommend taking in our regular trading webinars and most specifically the mid day trade and chart set-up reviews.

Repetition breads success. Repetition provides laser focused trading skills that only comes from practice, practice, practice.

Our team time in the mid day chart and trade set-ups is a training ground for success through repetition and fresh trade ideas.

Click here for the link to sign on to any of our services. https://compoundtrading.com/shop/

Message me anytime with your story or questions. And if you follow me on Twitter and I don’t follow back so you can DM then send us an email to info@compoundtrading.com with your Twitter handle.

Also in closing, I have had a number of people message me to get involved in our various launch initiatives – with moderating, coding and various other levels of interest. I will be writing back to those inquiries early June (in advance of our 24 Hour Oil Trading Room Launch).

Cheers!

Curtis

Previous Freedom Trader Post Links: 

Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and then Learned How to Trade.

Part 2: Trading Checklist (Rules) I Follow Before Triggering a Stock Trade.

Part 3: Now I’m Inspired. A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change. 

Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station.

Part 5: Learn How to Trade Stocks (Build a Small Account) Following my Journey.

Part 6 b: Trading Set-ups. Video Explains Predictable Winning Process (companion to part 6 a).

Article Topics; Compound, Trading, Freedom, Traders, Trading, Learn, How to, Set-Ups, Process.

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Learn How to Trade Stocks (Build a Small Account) Following my Journey. Part 5 “Freedom Traders” Series.

May 13, 2017May 29, 2017 Curt MelonopolyFreedom Traders, Lead Trader Blog Post, Trading ChallengeBuild Small Account, Compound trading, Freedom, How To, Learn, Stocks, Trade, Trader, Trading, Trading Challenge

The two week trading challenge is over and I failed. My goal was a two week double up. But the 34% I did hit IF done every two weeks is 1M 1,000,000.00 in 6 mos. That’s my new trading challenge and I explain how these trading challenges can help you learn how-to trade stocks and build a small account.

This is Part FIve of the “Freedom Traders” Series – How I Learned to Get Over the Wall and What May Help You.

There are links at the bottom of this post to Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and Then Learned How to Trade, Part 2 : Trading Checklist – Rules I Follow Before Triggering, and Part 3: Now I’m Inspired!.A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change, Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station.

Introduction:

This post is about my journey in challenging myself to become a better trader and how that might help you learn how to trade stocks.

There are many ways to become a better trader that I can administer in my discipline, but one thing that happens when you trade day in and day out is that focus gets easily lost in the noise. The noise of the markets, this thing called life and the noise in running businesses and more.

Hopefully this method of focus (trading challenges) assists you in your focus, helps you be a better trader, and for those that need – it may also help you with building a small account. You can use the same methods involved here Swing Trading as well as Day Trading.

So lets get started and I will explain below how to take advantage of our documentation of my journey to your benefit.

The Two Week Trading Challenge is Complete

So yesterday, Friday, was the last day of my two week trading challenge. The goal was to double a small account and I didn’t – I accomplished a 34% increase on the trade account balance. Is started with 20,000.00 and ended up with 26,772.00.

Here’s the tweet:

Likely it now for two week 20k double small account trading challenge +6772.00. No double but 30%+ is okay ROI #tradingchallenge

Likely it now for two week 20k double small account trading challenge +6772.00. No double but 30%+ is okay ROI #tradingchallenge

— Melonopoly (@curtmelonopoly) May 12, 2017

We video recorded the challenge daily in the room and have posted the daily trading room videos to our You Tube channel.

My New Trading Challenge

The new challenge will start Monday. The challenge is to meet the same return (34%) every two weeks and compound that amount every two weeks (compound trading) for six months. And after six months, if I succeed, that small trading account will have one million dollars in it. We will as always, trade live and record the process in the trading room and post it to You Tube.

If I fail then hopefully I come close. Either way, it is a great way to stay sharp and focused on winning. Turn off the noise and trade what is important.

I should be able to do it because in past trading challenges I usually did much better than this most recent one.

I failed. My goal was a two week double up. BUT 34% I did hit IF done every two weeks is 1M 1,000,000.00 in 6 mos. That's my new challenge. pic.twitter.com/2fzD5nzRl0

— Melonopoly (@curtmelonopoly) May 13, 2017

How my Trading Challenges Can Help You Learn How To Trade Stocks and Build a Small Account

We are documenting the process in various ways. It takes loads of time to document this process, but we’re slowly getting things up on You Tube and our blog is full of daily reports and analysis of trades etc.

And it seems to be helping! Getting a lot of feedback from people – really, really nice to see – it feels great!

"Best week in trading journey". 👊🎯 Now that my busy day is over, I re-read this in my study time. Importance of that statement is humbling. https://t.co/VqS0jobmUe

— Melonopoly (@curtmelonopoly) May 13, 2017

Below is a quick guide of how to access this documentation for your personal trade study;

Pre Market Trade Set Up Review. Every morning at 9 AM in the trading room I review with trading room members the set ups on momentum stocks for the morning. When we have time we post this specific half hour session to our You Tube channel. If we don’t have time to take that snippet there is always on our You Tube channel the complete raw trading room footage posted.

How does the premarket prep help you learn to trade? You need to know what you are looking for if you are going to trade momentum stocks. It is critical to success.

Market Open – Momentum Stocks. When the market opens (as with premarket) we endeavor to snip that and post it separate to You Tube. Same as above however, if we don’t it is still on the raw trading room video that is posted daily.

How does watching the market open momentum trade videos help you learn to trade? Often when I’m in a trade I explain what indicators I am looking at and why. Momentum stocks are more predictable than most realize, but you do need to know how to trade them properly or you will blow up your account.

Trading Room Raw Video Coverage. As I mentioned above, we record the whole session. When you review the raw video there are a few things to know. The video is turned on in premarket, which can be an hour or so before open. The time you see at the bottom right of screen is my local time. The more recent videos are done will have that time in mountain time so you have to add 2 hours for New York time. This is important because if you are looking for premarket comments, market open trades, mid day reviews or you want to correspond the time that may be noted on the transcript (more on transcripts below) with the raw video coverage you need to add two hours to the time you see on the screen that you see in the video. The transcript times noted are Eastern, the video time in bottom right corner (at least for now) is Mountain time. So that’s important when trying to correlate the transcript to the video.

Mid Day Chart Set Up Review. This is one of the most important parts of the day in our trading room to review if you are wanting to get swing trading ideas, learn how to trade stocks and the indicators / disciplines therein and for many other reasons. We do a mid day chart review everyday from 12 noon – 1 PM. You will find that if you review the last two weeks (during the trading challenge) that those videos are full of stock set-ups and trading knowledge. I am one step at a time taking the traders through the steps of trading with various indicators and trading disciplines. Here again, if we don’t post the one hour snippet you can still access it by reviewing the raw footage for the day (most days there are two videos of raw trading room footage by the way).

The last two weeks we dealt with what I would call chapter one of how to use indicators for trading (daytrading and swingtrading) and how to find the proper chart set-ups. So every day at lunch we’ve been reviewing chart picks, chart set-ups, and I have been training on charting indicators and how to trade through the set-ups.

Our members can even ask for specific charts to be brought up on the trading room board and I will review their charts, give them my take on the set-up and my take on when I would enter or exit the trade on daytrading and swing trading time-frames. Our members can even send me their trading plans and as I have time I review them and send back any comments.

Also, we just started what I would call Chapter Two of trading chart set-ups in the room on Friday, we are now getting in to more Fibonacci work, risk reward, and how to trade out of bottom set-ups with moving averages and fib extensions.

Premarket Trading Plan Newsletters. Our pre market newsletters explain what I am looking at in the market for the day. They include various tickers on watch and why. Live trading room newsletters and live trading room access, alerts, and newsletters option.

Post Market Trading Results Report. The post market reports are one of the best learning tools we have for traders. The complete transcript from the trading room for the day is in the report, the various trade set ups for day and swing trading are discussed, my trades for the day are reviews, the trading room raw footage is embedded and there are various other things a trader can use. You can take the trades in the transcripts and see what was discussed in the room (chat) and also review the trade on video feed to see what I had to say about the set up and more. As we get time we are also snipping individual trades and putting them up on You Tube.

There are also many other ways you can access our documentation to learn, I do regular one on one trade coaching, we hold trading academy sessions, we have a swing trading platform and many other ways for a learning trader to dive in and get at it – view this link.

I’ve Heard It All Over the Years from The Naysayers – Transparency is Key & Challenges with Building a Small Account

I’ll just say it quick, we endeavor to be the most transparent traders on Wall Street. Why? Because it deals with the trolls and naysayers fast. If every call, every trade, everything we do is documented on video and in various blog posts etc then that deals with the naysayer. Now, there are very real and considerable challenges to building a small account – especially as you scale.

You will find if you attend our trading room that there are not a bunch of wild west cowboys blowing their brains out. We win, we all win a high percentage of the time. And for those that don’t believe that the majority of our members win most of the time – review the daily transcripts and tell me I’m wrong. Why do we win? Because we respect the disciplines of a process in trading. We don’t gamble.

The bottom line is I take a small amount (in this case a 20k piece) and start a small account and go about building that.

Now, specific to building a small account as it relates to trading… there are challenges. There are things (risk) such as blowing your account up. Or, for example, as you scale there is the issue of sizing in and chipping out large entries and how exactly that is done and what type of instruments you can or should be trading at various levels in the build of your account. Some of things are dealt with here on our website also (see the last section of that page about the compound trading discipline).

Nonetheless, ALL OF THOSE concerns will be dealt with as I build my small account (this post would turn in to a book if I explained each here). How will these concerns be dealt with as I build my small account? I will be of course training and working with our members in the trading room all day long on the various disciplines therein. How does this help you if you are not in the room? In two ways; one; if you are not a member you can access the information I pointed out above and two; if you are a member we will be compiling slowly polished video series that will deal with each trading set-up and discipline / challenge you will encounter in building a small account.

How to Get Involved

Swing Trading – If you have a day job and you’re a swing trader we have services for you – visit the website. You can get swing trading newsletters with set-ups regularly and you can view trading room videos in your personal down time at home when you are not at work. This trading challenge and the disciplines therein apply to swing trading also (as I mentioned above). You can even on your day off come in to the trading room on occasion over the lunch hour chart review and ask me to review charts you are considering. Or, you can send me your charts.

Day Trading – If you are a daytrader you can get in to our trading room and trade along with us. You can even take that up a notch and join the challenge with me. Send me a note and tell me you’re ready to do that and I’ll work with ya and you’ll be part of that team. You may shoot for 1% every two weeks or even 34% like myself, or whatever, it doesn’t matter.

Casual Observers – Our post market trading results reports are published to our blog daily and they are not locked. You can review those and the publicly available videos anytime on You Tube.

What’s My Plan Going Forward?

My plan going forward is to have a trading room with winners. That’s it. I don’t care how big the trading room is – we do very well with our algorithmic model charting services and the trading room subscribers could never match that or even come close as it relates to my financial benefit. So I’m not doing this for that. I’m doing this because its a passion. I love trading and I love seeing new traders get out of the muck and mire the industry noise has them in. It’s brutal – very, very brutal and I’d like to be a part of the solution.

"Learning to trade for profit (a predictable process) is largely about deprogramming the noise that works against us."#freedomtraders

— Melonopoly (@curtmelonopoly) May 13, 2017

In January I want to hold a Freedom Traders summit where we can all meet, somewhere on a beach and finally meet face to face. Have a few days to unwind, celebrate in our success, take in some leisure events and maybe have some guest speakers. Basically I would like to award us with a job well done.

Let me know if any of this appeals to you and lets get you involved.

My challenge starts Monday and I hope to have you along for the flight!

"Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude."

Zig Ziglar#attitude #billionaire pic.twitter.com/ZmHimzwRxj

— BILLIONAIRE MAGAZINE ® (@BillionMagazine) April 27, 2017

Enjoy your day off!

Also, I’ll do my best to get the “How to Write a Trading Plan” out sooner than later.

Click here for the link to sign on to any of our services. https://compoundtrading.com/shop/

Message me anytime with your story or questions. And if you follow me on Twitter and I don’t follow back so you can DM then send us an email to info@compoundtrading.com with your Twitter handle.

I have had a number of people message me to get involved in our launch – with moderating, coding and at various other levels! I will be writing back to those inquiries soon – as soon as we’re done initial set-up of services, which should be within two weeks.

Cheers!

Curtis

Part 1 : My Personal Stock Trading Story. How I Blew up Two Accounts and then Learned How to Trade.

Part 2: Trading Checklist (Rules) I Follow Before Triggering a Stock Trade.

Part 3: Now I’m Inspired. A Struggling Trader That Inspired Change. 

Part 4: We Want (Need) You! Apply to Nearest Recruiting Station.

Part 5: Learn How to Trade Stocks (Build a Small Account) Following my Journey. 

Part 6 a: Trading Set-ups. How-To Develop a Systematic – Predictable Process.

 

 

 

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