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Featured Trader of the Week: TechnicalsbyBinsoydgreat

We would like to congratulate our featured trader for this week: TechnicalsbyBinsoydgreat a.k.a @puretechnicalsbybinsoy!

Despite frustrations in current market conditions, Binsoy still remains patient, diligently sharing stock updates in his stock picks: $PSE:BSC, $PSE:PHA, $PSE:APL, $PSE:ACEN, and $PSE:PPC . Unlike many traders in the community who have fallen silent during the market’s trip to Chinatown, Binsoy still continues to share his sentiments and expected scenarios.

Binsoy is currently looking at $PSE:MRC, plotting historical support and resistance levels and fibonacci retracement levels, waiting for the perfect time for a re-entry. Binsoy applies the Elliott Wave Theory in his trades. And with $PSE:MRC invalidating the corrective waves, Binsoy changes the game plan and braces for the dip. At present, Binsoy is waiting for a catalyst for MRC and hints at possible consolidation due to decreasing volume.

Binsoy also shared his insights with $PSE:MM after it broke out from the Trendline support and the Darvas box around the 7 peso level down to the 6.6 peso level. Binsoy plotted a key support level around the 6.48 to 6.31 levels, with the price close to hugging the support level. The last candle, which formed an inverted hammer, indicates a possible bounce on the support line. Decreasing volume suggests that the stock is resting from last week’s bullish movement.

ACENatics are covered by Binsoy in his $PSE:ACEN stock update. Binsoy looks at the current pattern as promising, with the Elliott Wave count being obeyed as expected. The bounce on the 5.8 levels after the C wave is very favorable for ACENatics in the community as the price movement, backed with strong volume, shows signs of high demand. A possible Bullish Engulfing pattern can shoot $ACEN up to Binsoy’s resistance 1 at 6.62 or even up to resistance 2 at 7.05 next week should strong demand continue.

Patience to those waiting for re-entry and kudos once more to TechnicalsbyBinsoydgreat a.k.a @puretechnicalsbybinsoy for constantly sharing stock updates and highlighting the available opportunities during these times. And as appreciation to your relentless contribution to our trading community, your 1-Month InvestaPRO is on its way!


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However, that crash wasn’t the end-all-be-all. Little did we know that once in a lifetime opportunities were about to arise, we just needed to be prepared and patient. Those who quit and decided not to persevere early on were most likely unable to take advantage of the several opportunities later in the year. But to those who continued to dedicate their best efforts to trading, they were handsomely rewarded. 

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How to Trade Even with a Busy Schedule

Trading is a time-consuming job that demands having to check the market for good entries and exits. Unfortunately, not all of us have the luxury of time. Some of us may be preoccupied with other things, such as day jobs, school work, chores, etc. The easy answer here is to go for the long term and to invest instead of trade. However, trading can still be feasible even with a busy schedule as long as you keep the following habits in mind.

Know your own time

As a first step, it’s important to know your own time, when you’re at your busiest, and when your free times are. This entails for you to plot when should you plan for the week’s investments and possibly analyze the market for the time being. 

For example, weekdays are busy days and often are non-negotiable, however, weekends are free. Then you should allow a few hours of your day and look into the market!

Create a Plan

Now that you’ve set a time, create a plan. This includes analyzing and predicting your market. Given that you barely have the time, it’s important to already anticipate both the best and worst-case scenarios. Knowing at what price your entry and exit points are, as well as your cut loss, and scheduling it beforehand through your online broker is an easy way to do this. 

Plotting all these in your notes or better yet, in an excel sheet could keep these organized and give you easy access to the plan you’ve made.

Download Apps (like Investa)

Lastly, maximize all the resources available to you and use an app to monitor your stocks! Investa has a watcher feature that could give you alerts every time a significant indicator is triggered or a certain price level is hit. This lessens the amount of time you constantly have to allot to trading while still getting its perks.

Time is indeed a trade-off, however, a few simple habits and techniques are the key to including trading in your schedules. After all, allotting just a few hours of your day and getting the returns that you expected are what make all the difference.

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Featured Trader of the Week: The Data Scientist

We would like to congratulate our featured trader for this week: The Data Scientist a.k.a @datascience!

Despite the PSE visiting Chinatown last week, The Data Scientist was still an active and helpful member of the Investa community. The bears weren’t strong enough to pull The Data Scientist down as he is continuing to uplift members of the community, especially those who have red portfolios. 

The Data Scientist supplements his uplifting attitude by sharing his insightful observations to the community.  The Data Scientist is very proficient at identifying key support levels using Fibonacci Extensions, spotting potential price corrections, tracking oscillator movements, and extracting crucial information from indicators. 

What sets The Data Scientist apart from other members is that his observations are newbie friendly, incorporating terminology lessons on every observation post. The Data Scientist also helped out @mattdoesntstop ‘s Sagip Trader Program by sharing his free lessons on his timeline. The program was held last weekend, aimed to aid those who have been caught in the dip last week by giving out free lessons on his discord channel.

The Data Scientist’s quick lessons about terminologies such as Book Value vs Market Value, and Cash Dividends and Stock Dividends, really help the members of the community eliminate confusion and be better traders. All of these help the community to stay optimistic and continue trading their way out of the rat race.

Stay strong to those who have been caught in the dip, and kudos to The Data Scientist a.k.a @datascience for sharing his observations, informative lessons, and motivational quotes. Your FREE 1-Month InvestaPRO is on its way!


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Top 5 Tips for Day Traders

People with a stable and good internet connection tends to work from home rather than working from the office. These are some people who want to work for some side hustle so that they will achieve their financial goals anytime in the future.

One thing they have discovered is that in the stock market, there are the living “Day Traders” where they trade in the market for a day from the opening of the market until the market closed. With the right amount of capital and side hustle scheduled, they can already trade in the market. But the real question is, are they really ready? 

It is not easy to day trade without any system and discipline on yourself. With that let’s take a look with the 5 tips to become a successful Day Trader.

Risk Management

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing – Warren Buffet

In trading, we all know that you can’t control the market and you can’t control the number of participants who will participate in the market every day. You can’t even control the volatility that will happen on the market. To avoid being whipsawed by the market, you must control your risk in every trade. You must set for yourself a risk appetite that you are willing to risk per trade.

Control your psychological state so that when the market goes against you, you won’t be emotional because the market is just being abusive to you. Know your timing of entry and exit before trading the market so that you won’t get stopped out easily. When it comes to the risk reward ratio, always get a good risk reward ratio that will help you to be profitable in the long run. Always and always put a stop loss and follow that stop loss plan so that you won’t be dragged by the market. 

Cut your emotions

When you get your profits, avoid being too happy and when you take your losses, avoid being too sad that will force you to quit trading. A good trader will always be a robot because they trade without the emotions and stay neutral as long as they are in the zone of trading the market. The only rule in emotions is to control it and think properly while trading the market.

It is not about the gains

In the market, it is not always about gains, it is about being consistent in your trading plan that will help you to survive in the market. Once you are in the mindset of focusing on the money not the trading plan. I imagine that you will be affected by the greed that will lead you to terrible decisions when trading. That is why always focus on your trading strategy, stick to it and follow it no matter what because you created it.

Follow your Plan

“He who fails to plan is planning to fail” -Winston Churchill

Now that you have a trading system then always follow it. All you need to do is to follow your plan and nothing else. Always have an entry and exit, control your psychological state and know your risk management techniques. This will help you to survive in the market as a day trader in the long run. In the end, if you follow your trading plan, you will be a profitable trader in the future. 

Stay Disciplined

When you wake up in the morning what do you always do? Open your phone? Take a bath? Eat? Meditate? Or sleep again? The next action will help you to stay focused on the course for the entire day OR will make you do nothing for the whole day. Choose your decision well and stay disciplined on your routine. This also applies in the stock market.

Do you follow your trading plan consistently or do you break your rules when the market goes against you? It is your choice if you will stay consistent with your plan and become a successful person one day or trade and trade and trade like a machine gun without stop loss until your capital will become 0. Again, choose your decision well.


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Do I Need a Trading Break?

When we want to do things for a prolonged period of time, it is necessary that we take the appropriate amount of breaks at the appropriate times. But how exactly would a trader determine when to take a break when the markets trade for 5 days a week? Before we move on to the “when”, let us first discuss the “why”. 

For starters, taking trading breaks is necessary for the long term sustainability of your trading. Let’s say that you are on a losing streak  and you are trying to decide whether to take a break or not. On the one hand, taking a break for one week will let you evaluate your system.

On the other hand, continuing to trade despite your losing streak might be what you need in order to end the streak. Although continuing to trade might sound like a compelling option, there is a possibility that you’ll end up with more losses thereby by lowering your spirits which eventually leads to the end of your trading journey.

Journaling

Now that we have established the importance of taking breaks, let us discuss exactly when you should take breaks. It is worth noting that these tips are only possible through journaling or the act of recording your trades. You can use anything from Investajournal to simply using a notebook to record your trades as long as the journal contains your entry and exit prices as well as your entry and exit reasons. Now that we have our journal, we must discuss two important metrics: VAR (Value at Risk) and Exit Notes.

Value at Risk

Value at Risk (VAR) is actually a statistical measure used by financial institutions in order to determine the risk involved in a certain portfolio. However, in the context of retail trading, VAR pertains to the amount that you are risking relative to the size of our portfolio. So lets say that you have PHP 100,000 in your portfolio, 1 VAR is equal to PHP 1000. This means that if a trade involves the risk of losing PHP 1000, then you are risking 1 VAR. 

So how can we use VAR to determine when to take a break? Well, it can be as easy as taking a break when you are down 10 VAR. This means that if your initial capital of PHP 100,000 has turned to PHP 90,000. This is the perfect time to take a break because it shows us that there is something wrong with our system. Losing 10% of your portfolio is not something that you should take lightly. This requires an evaluation of your system that usually entails virtual trading and continuous learning. 

Another metric that you can use is if you lose 5 VAR in consecutive trades. So if your capital is PHP 100,000 and you raise it to PHP 120,000 but lost PHP 5000 in consecutive trades (net PHP 115,000), then maybe there’s something happening to the market that requires you to adjust your system. In summary, you can either take a break when you’re down a certain number of VAR from your capital (regardless of win/loss ratio)  or you can take a break when you lose a certain number of VAR to consecutive trades. 

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Exit Notes

Aside from the amount that we gain/lose, we also have to look at WHY we lost/gained money. Basically, if you are losing for the same reasons (e.g. failed breakout, whipsaw) then maybe you need to adjust your system in relation to that.

An example is adding Average True Range (ATR) to your system to avoid further whipsaws. It’s easy to say that you don’t need to take a break to adjust your system but in reality, you cannot be objective with your trading setup if you have open positions.

Conclusion

It does not matter if you are a beginner or an experienced trader, everyone goes through losing streaks. In the end, we have to remember that bouncing back from losing builds character which is the primary tool that we need in order to find success. However, you do not need (nor should you)  bounce back right away. Oftentimes, a break is necessary in order in order to avoid making the same mistakes that brought us to our downfall in the first place.

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Featured Trader of the Week: Sherlon

We would like to congratulate our featured trader for this week: Sherlon a.k.a Sherlo2075

It is indeed a Happy New Year for Sherlon who showed position entry masterclass with his $ACEN forecast 29 days ago. Sherlon caught an entry in the support levels at 6 pesos and eyed $ACEN’s bull run to its all time high at 10 pesos.

This is no lucky feat as Sherlon caught a retracement 5 days after his forecast, entering another position at 6.15. Sherlon hit his target earlier than expected, initially predicting that $ACEN will reach the 10 peso levels by mid January.

Sherlon’s mastery of the Fibonacci Retracement tool makes him a very lethal position trader and helpful contributor to the Investa community. He further demonstrates his mastery with his trades in $DITO and $MM, entering $DITO initially at 6.2 and buying additional stocks at 6.31 after waiting for its retracement from 6.48. Currently, $DITO is at 13.12, earning him roughly 111% gain in 1 month from a single trade.

For $MM, Sherlon was able to catch a lower wick at 5.33 before the stock shot up to 6.25 where he intended to take profit. Sherlon really has an eye for entries, going into trades with extreme precision and always hitting the bottom of dips.

The nice thing about Sherlon’s trading style is that he always enters the bottom of the dip, levels where the price is unlikely to go further downwards. Of course, for the purpose of protecting against bear runs, Sherlon sets his stop loss right below the support level or fibonacci retracement level that he entered. This is why Sherlon rarely gets his stop loss triggered.

Sherlon is a patient trader, always waiting for the next entry in his charts. He is an excellent model trader especially for beginners, focusing on foundations of risk management and positioning. Besides the Fibonacci Retracement, Sherlon is also adept at using EMA 20, 50, and 200.

Using the EMA 200 as long term support and an indicator for a potential entry. There is not much to say about his trading style as he is a straightforward trader who likes to keep it simple, buy the dip and sell the rip. 

Congratulations to those who were able to profit from breakouts of $ACEN, $DITO, and $MM, it’s a nice way to start your year. Kudos to Sherlon a.k.a Sherlo2075 for sharing his analysis. Your FREE 1-Month InvestaPRO is on its way. 


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