Long Day Candlestick

What do you like to do after a long day? Kick your feet up at home? Go for a run to de-stress? Head out on the town for a dinner with friends? Relax in bed with a good book and a glass of wine? Whatever your preference, I would be willing to bet that you would do something different if a Long Day candlestick appeared on your Japanese candlestick chart. One of the simplest signals around, much like a Doji, the Long Day candlestick is not particularly influential until you combine it with other candles to form a larger pattern. Nevertheless, in the right context, it can pack a punch. So today, we’re exploring its formation and meaning . . .
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Swing Trade Ideas February 10, 2016

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GLUU/Long (Gaming and Multimedia)  GLUU has produced a bull kicker gap, closing up over the 50-SMA creating a rounded bottom breakout.  With a couple of bars of consolidation followed by solid bullishness yesterday and the beginning of a T-Line run™, GLUU has great profit potential for the swing trader.

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Risk Reward 17:1 depending on entry/exit/stop

SPY Attitude:  (Price will Attempt a Relief Rally) And it looks as if price will attempt a relief today, or, in another way to put it, price will try to sneak through a bearish feeding ground.  Everybody knows that the SPY is in a downtrend.  Where it gets fuzzy is how many ways can we paint an uptrend.  For each trader, the answer may be different.  For me, it’s simple; first, what is

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Swing Trade Ideas February 9, 2016

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ICON/Long (Apparel)  ICON above $7.50, this RBB setup has a high probability to pay off; however, it will need the help of the market.
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ICON Plan your trade & trade your plan  February 9, 2016
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Risk Reward 5:1 depending on entry/exit/stop

SPY Attitude:  (The bear is in Charge! – Timing is everything.) 
The Bulls were able to defend $184.75 printing a dragonfly/hammer candle, and it is possible that this candle and the bull action yesterday could cause a very small relief rally, maybe to $189.05, but I doubt seriously the bear is ready to give in.  With nothing

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Swing Trade Ideas February 8, 2016

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INTU/Short (Software)  Price action has demonstrated a clear blue ice failure on the daily chart.  Price is also close back below the 34–EMA and the T-Line™

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INTU/ Plan your trade & trade your plan  February 8, 2016
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SPY Attitude:  (The bear is running free)
$184.75 is a number the bulls need to defend and it looks like that area may be a battleground today.  Friday the sellers were able to wake the bear up with a negative close in the morning, and futures are suggesting the bear may be hungry for the $184.75 support area.  Taking price out of the picture all of our decision-making lines are in agreement with the bear.
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