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Best 3 Flag and Pennant Trading Strategies

Al Hill : July 30, 2015
Last Updated: October 22, 2023

Flags and pennants are foundational chart patterns of technical analysis. What I mean by this is most technical traders have heard of the patterns,...

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7 Ways to Prevent Overtrading

Al Hill : July 30, 2015
Last Updated: October 22, 2023

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5 Examples of Keltner Channels versus Bollinger Bands

Al Hill : July 29, 2015
Last Updated: December 3, 2023

I am a self-proclaimed ATR fanatic, yet I have not explored Keltner Channels. The Keltner Channel is a lagging on-chart indicator that uses a...

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How to Successfully Swing Trade for a Living

Al Hill : July 28, 2015
Last Updated: October 22, 2023

For those fans of the Tradingsim blog, you know that we focus heavily on day trading. However, I want to take some time to start discussing swing...

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Best Day Trading Chart Patterns

Al Hill : July 27, 2015
Last Updated: November 9, 2024

Don’t you just love the word “best” as it applies to anything in life? Well, wait until we walk through the best day trading chart patterns, and you...

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Stop Limit Orders – How to Execute and Why Traders Use Them

Al Hill : July 24, 2015
Last Updated: October 22, 2023

I exclusively use stop limit orders to enter day trades.  This is because I trade breakout strategies and I like to wait for the price to exceed the...

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3 Simple Cup and Handle Trading Strategies

Al Hill : July 24, 2015
Last Updated: October 15, 2023

The cup and handle pattern is one of the oldest chart patterns you will find in technical analysis. In my experience, it’s also one of the more...