How to Day Trade Reversals
Today, I made a solid trade in $CLVS that I want to talk to you about, as it provides a great lesson in how to day trade reversals. The stock has been running up for quite some time and has become increasingly extended. The first challenge with this type of trade is not getting in too early; every time you think a stock on a momentum run like this can’t possibly go any further, it will. You’ll get shaken out just in time for it to make the real reversal.
I like to look at the daily chart and think about magnets. When I say ‘magnets,’ I’m referring to price levels that will inexorably draw a stock upwards (or downwards). $CLVS had a powerful magnet drawing it upward – a major level of longterm price resistance around $38. Another ‘magnet’ was the huge gap just above the resistance level. While it was tempting to enter a stock like $CLVS before it hits that level, in my experience it’s usually a mistake. If there’s a major magnet, the stock will reach it. There might be a period of consolidation or a minor pullback along the way, but no major reversal.
This morning, $CLVS gapped up and ran to the long term resistance level, so I started looking for an intraday setup. That opportunity came when it failed to break through resistance, then put in a second, lower high. The red candle that followed the second high was my entry trigger. I put my stop above the second high and rode it lower for a nice return.
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