2. A candle outside of the Bollinger bands is also going to interest me.
3. Finally, seeing five to ten consecutive candles ending with an indecision candle or a Doji is
definitely going to catch my interest. These candles usually show that sellers are losing
their control while buyers are becoming more powerful, and that indicates the end of a
trend.
I will add a caveat to that final point: there will be times when you will have five to ten
consecutive candles without much price action. They may be drifting down slowly, but not
quickly enough for you to sense that it’s a good reversal. You must look for a combination of
these indicators all occurring at the same time. Never sell short just because the prices are too
high. You should never argue with the crowd’s decision, even if it doesn’t make sense to you.
You do not have to run with the crowd - but you should not run against it.
Utilizing all of these different factors will create the strategy that has been extremely successful
for me due to its incredible profit-to-loss ratio. Your profit-to-loss ratio is your average winners
versus your average losers. Many new traders end up trading with a very poor profit-to-loss
ratio because they sell their winners too soon and they hold their losers too long. This is an
extremely common habit among new traders. The Reversal Strategy, however, lends itself to
having a larger profit-to-loss ratio. To return to the rubber band analogy, by following such a
strategy you will always buy stocks when the rubber band is stretched as far as it can go. When
you time this right, you’re in as the rubber band snaps back and you can then ride the
momentum right back up.
To summarize my trading strategy for the Bottom Reversal Strategy:
1. I set up a scanner that show me stocks with four or more consecutive candlesticks going
downward. When I see a stock hit my scanner, I quickly review the volume and level of
resistance or support near the stock to see if it is a good trade or not.
2. I wait for confirmation of a Reversal Strategy: (1) formation of a bearish Doji or
indecision candle, (2) candlesticks being very close or outside of the Bollinger Bands, and
(3) the RSI must be lower than 10.
3. When I see the stock make a new 5-minute high, I buy the stock.
4. My stop loss is the low of the previous red candlestick or the low of the day.
5. My profit target is (1) the next level of support or (2) VWAP (Volume Weighted Average
Price, described later in this chapter) or moving averages or (3) the stock makes a new 5-
minute high, which means that the buyers are once again gaining control.
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