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Featured Trader for the Week: Hisuka (@b0yipit)

Even if the local index may look like it is consolidating from here given its current price structure, various names have emerged. Hisuka (@b0yipit) was able to depart the world of HunterxHunter to further solidify the use of his Nen to spot potential market leaders such as $CNPF or Century Pacific Food, Inc. Hisuka a.k.a. @b0yipit is an active member of the Investagrams community who endlessly spreads his knowledge on the local market with the use of Technical Analysis.

Even if this stock is quite illiquid, it still presented opportunities on the daily chart. Moreover, this stock is nearing all-time high levels. During its consolidation phase, the sideways movement was supported with dried-up volume. Upon its breakout of the underlying base, the move was supported with above-average volume. 

A breakout of the 15-peso area was an ideal buy point as it was the breakout of the parallel channel line supported with above-average volume. It is a low-risk, high-reward trade, as the stop loss levels for the said breakout point could be below 14.5 (-4%), and the take profit areas could be the structural resistance at 17.5 (17%). Another tranche opportunity also emerged when the stock formed a small base ranging from 16 to 16.5-peso area. The breakout of the said mini base was also a good opportunity to add to your position as the stop loss levels for the said pivot area could be below 15.8 (-4.5%).

Looking at the bigger picture, the monthly chart of this stock is also pleasing. The previous breakout of the 15-peso area proved to be significant as it broke out of the long-term parallel channel line along with immense volume. 

It is best for $CNPF to consolidate below the All-Time high levels with dried-up volume to form a constructive base. A break above the 19-peso area in confluence with massive volume is superlative for this stock to continue its dominance. 

As Hisuka (@b0yipit) stated in his post, everyone is indeed entitled to their own opinion. Everyone may view a chart differently from that of the latter. If you have formulated and followed your concise trading plan, then there should not be any problem. Take it with a grain of salt, the decision, in the end, must come from your own bias. Relying on the opinions of other individuals will lead you to financial ruin. Great traders such as Jesse Livermore and Nicolas Darvas have experienced this the hard way. 

Congratulations to those who were able to maximize the up move of $CNPF. Lastly, kudos again to Hisuka a.k.a. @b0yipit for sharing his trade analysis. Your FREE 1- Month InvestaPRO access is on its way!

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TEST YOUR LIMITS: Discover How Competitions Can Give You an Edge

With the increasing number of competitions available to the public, newbie traders might be wondering whether or not joining a competition may offer significant advantages as opposed to sticking to virtual trade. With Investagrams, the platforms for virtual trade and competitions offer similar features. They both offer a way to trade with virtual cash while using real time data which simulates real time scenarios without the risk of losing capital. Obviously, competitions give you the chance to win prizes. But the advantages of joining competitions extend beyond monetary value. 

Thinking Long Term

The advantages you can get from joining competitions mostly revolve around your discipline as a trader. When joining a competition, you are encouraged to look beyond short term gains and onto sustainable growth. This forces you to protect your capital through proper position sizing and appropriate exits. Although you can do this through virtual trade, it is very easy to just reset your account or to lose interest in your virtual trade portfolio if you get a losing streak. It is important to note that competitions are marathons, not sprints because local competitions usually last for around 4 months. This means that no matter how much gains you get with one trade, if you can’t sustain this growth then you’ll most probably get overtaken by your competitors. 

Beating the Market

Competitions also encourage you to push yourself beyond merely being profitable to actually being more profitable than the rest of the market. Of course, there are ways to do this through virtual trading such as setting a monthly goal or using the index to track your performance. However, these goals are not as dynamic as directly comparing yourself to similar traders at the same level. Having the ability to compare your performance to other traders in real time will have you constantly searching for high probability trades instead of passively riding on trending stocks. 

Being Part of a Community

Aside from prizes and technical benefits, you also get a better sense of community. For example, Investagrams’ group feature offers a way for Trading Cup 2020 participants to share their learnings and insights throughout the whole competition. Because competitions let people have the same initial capital as well as the same restrictions on the number of trades per day and lock in periods, all participants effectively start on the same level which makes it easier for participants to relate to each other. Ideally, this behaviour will spillover to the whole trading community even after the competitions end.   

Overall, joining a competition offers a good benchmark on whether or not your strategy is optimal. If you find yourself underperforming compared to your competitors, then you may want to realign your learnings and backtest your strategies in order to find the optimal system for you. However, if you find yourself performing better than others, then maybe you should think about transitioning to using a real portfolio with real cash or maybe even consider a career in professional fund managing. Joining a competition is truly a great opportunity that newbies and intermediate traders alike should not pass on. 

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Featured Trader of the Week: Petix and Chill

As the local index found support at the 5700 levels, the $PSEi presented numerous trade opportunities to select from. Petix and Chill (@petixandchill) was able to spot one of those potential leaders —  Greenergy Holdings, Inc., or $GREEN. This trader is an active member of the Investagrams community who endlessly provides his analysis and insights focusing on the local market. 

As seen in the technicals of the said stock, this name formed an ascending triangle pattern. This pattern resembles a triangle or flag that exhibits higher lows in price in confluence with a resistance level from a recent pivot high. While the stock was forming a base, it was supported with dried-up volume. Furthermore, it was also hovering above RSI (14) 50, which further solidified the creation of the said base.

A breakout of the 1.95 pivot area was an ideal buy point as it was the confirmation of the said bullish pattern accompanied with massive volume. It is a low-risk, high-reward trade, as the stop loss levels for the said breakout point is around 1.85 (-5%), and the take profit areas could be the structural resistance at 2.35 (20%) and near the 52-week high (28% to 30%). As of this writing, the stock ended the trading session with a loss. This could be an opportunity to wait for a pullback at the previous breakout point.

To further sustain its dominance, this stock should hover above the 1.9 to 1.95-peso area. In the bigger picture, the stock seems to be on the right track as the breakout of the said pivot was also in conjunction with the breach of the longer-term trend line resistance as seen in the weekly chart. 

The epitome of professional trading is the ability to be disciplined and patient when it comes to an emerging name. Waiting for the right moment to strike, whether it would take weeks or months, is an essential skill that we must incorporate in our trading arsenal. 

Congratulations to those who were able to maximize the technical swing of $GREEN. Lastly, kudos again to Petix and Chill a.k.a. @petixandchill for sharing his execution. Your FREE 1-Month InvestaPRO access is on its way!

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InvestaUniversity opens FREE Stock Market Classes for Everyone

Investagrams, the fastest growing social-financial platform, is opening the newest FREE Stock Market learning space named InvestaUniversity. The online university offers basic to advanced lessons about finances and investment to all. 

No matter the financial status, age, experience, and education — everyone can learn how to invest in the stock market. Everyone can improve their financial lives through wise investing.  Everyone is accepted into the InvestaUniversity. 

The mission is to create at least 10 Million investing Filipinos. And Investagrams saw that the only way to make this a reality is to help all Filipinos be educated about the unlimited opportunities in the stock market. Hence, the birth of InvestaUniversity. 

Investagrams pooled in a team of educators — JC Bisnar (CEO of Investagrams), Christian Silverio (Investagrams’ resident trader and private fund manager), and Paolo Tomacruz (Investagrams’ resident trader and private fund manager) who will break down the complex concepts of the financial markets to easy-to-learn and friendly weekly lessons. 

To further the students’ learning, InvestaUniversity has also prepared activities and homework which will be discussed in the live online discussions. 

“In InvestaUniversity, no one gets left behind. All the courses, the videos, the core curriculum, ia-upload natin ang mga lesson sa ating mga ng channels — on Youtube, Facebook, and on InvestaLearn platform — all for free. Kung gusto mag-participate, mas magkaroon ng commitment, magkaroon ng access sa mga benefits, then you can pay a tuition fee. At the end, bahala ka na literal. Dito sa InvestaUniv, we want it to make it as open and as inclusive as possible, and InvestaUniversity will make sure that no one gets left behind,” JC Bisnar, CEO of Investagrams said in their launch video. 

Your tuition, your call. 

Promoting education for all and inclusivity, Investagrams made InvestaUniversity’s core program to be free. But if you want to commit, participate in the weekly activities, and gain some perks, you can settle a tuition fee of your choice. Whatever the amount, it’s all up to you.

This program and tuition fee scheme may be the first of its kind in the Philippine Stock Market. 

To enroll in InvestaUniversity, simply follow these 3 easy steps:

1. Subscribe to Investagrams’ YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/investagramsTV).

2. Follow the official Investagrams Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/investagrams).

3. Join the exclusive InvestaGroup community (www.investagrams.com/Group332).

Curious about InvestaUniversity? Know more here: http://invs.st/InvestaUniversity 

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Investagrams Featured Trader of the Week: Mivan

For this week, we would like to congratulate our featured trader: Mivan a.k.a. @mivanl!

For our featured trader for the week, we will be showing how he was able to spot $ACEPH before it broke out. His trade idea is influenced by Mark Minervini’s ways of trading the financial markets as seen in his analysis of the said stock. 

He first determined the importance of identifying a consolidation pattern before entering the trade. It is ideal for a stock to form a base first before it moves higher. The longer it took to form the base translates to more chances for a stronger up move. Indeed, the bigger the base, the higher in space. 

Moreover, he also highlighted that the volume was relatively lower than its historical average. It is expected for a consolidation pattern to exhibit such features to signify that it is unquestionably forming a proper base.  

Also, he highlighted that there were overshoots of the initial breakdown of the support area, yet it bounced back immediately. That signifies buying pressure on the said stock in those areas.

He also mentioned that the initial breakout was supported by massive volume. Furthermore, on the day of the breakout, it closed strongly as there were no wicks present in the candlestick. 

It is a low-risk trade, as the downside for a breakout could be a cut below 2.3-2.35 (-3% to -5%) and potential take profit areas at 2.7-2.8 (conservative) (12% to 16%).

Indeed, being patient enough to wait for a trade where all the variables from your system align is the epitome of professional trading. Setups like this could last from a few weeks to several years. The key to trading the financial markets is to be very particular with your stock selection. As they say, it is up to you to decide whether you are a bored wealthy trader or a thrill-seeking gambler (Minervini, 2020). 

Congratulations to those who were able to maximize the technical swing of $ACEPH. Lastly, kudos again to Mivan for sharing his execution. Your FREE 1-month InvestaPRO is on its way!

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Philippine Stock Exchange Trading Periods

“Nag-enter ako ng buy order, bakit hindi lumalabas yung stock sa port ko?! HELP PLS!”
“Anong oras ba bumubukas stock market mga boss?”
“Ano po yung CLOSING?”
“HELP! GUSTO KO I-CANCEL YUNG ORDER KO PERO HINDI PWEDE. HUHUHU”
“MAMSER BA’T HINDI PWEDE MAG LAGAY NG TRADE? PANO BA TO? MAIIWAN NA AKO!!!!!”

These are just some of the questions that we, as beginners in the market, ask. I have to admit, I have asked these questions myself back when I was just starting out. So let me help you by explaining each trading period of the Philippine Stock Market in detail. Ready? Let’s go!

The Philippine Stock Market Trading Hours is divided into 9 periods. These are the following:
1. Pre-Open Auction Period
2. Pre-Open No-Cancel Period
3. Market Open
4. Continuous Trading
5. Market Recess
6. Pre-Close Auction Period
7. Pre-Close No-Cancel Period
8. Run-Off/Trading At Last
9. Market Close

Let us explain the periods one by one.

1. PRE-OPEN AUCTION PERIOD

9:00 am – 9:14 am

This is the first period of a trading session. In this period, you can enter, modify, or cancel your orders. However, no matching of orders will occur. That means if you place a “buy” order, you won’t see it in your portfolio just yet.

This is the time when you see bids and asks way off from the previous closing price just like this one:

2. PRE-OPEN NO-CANCEL PERIOD

9:15 am – 9:30 am

Unlike the pre-open from 9:00 am to 9:14 am, during this period, you are allowed to enter orders but CANNOT cancel or modify them. This is the period when you want to view the projected opening prices of stocks since most of the fake bids and asks are usually cancelled before entering this period. You can view the projected open of a price at https://www.investagrams.com/Stock/ProjectedPrice.

3. OPENING PERIOD

9:30 am

This is the period when the Opening Price for all Stocks is calculated. During this period, the Order book is frozen and you cannot enter, modify, or cancel an order. After all opening prices are calculated, the order book will be unfrozen.

4. CONTINUOUS TRADING

9:30am – 12:45 pm

This is when orders are automatically matched at the Best Price in accordance with the Revised Trading Rules.

5. MARKET RECESS

During this period, trading for all stocks is halted. You cannot enter, modify, or cancel orders during this period. Currently, there is no market recess in the Philippine Stock Exchange. Before the March 16, 2020 shortened trading hours, the market recess was from 12:00 nn to 1:30 pm.

6. PRE-CLOSE AUCTION PERIOD

12:45 pm – 12:47 pm

This period is the same as the Pre-Open Auction Period. During this period, you can enter, modify, or cancel Orders.

7. PRE-CLOSE NO-CANCEL PERIOD

12:48 pm – 12:49 pm

During this period, you are allowed to enter Orders but cannot cancel or modify them. If you want to cancel an order, make sure to do it before this period to avoid unnecessary losses.

8. RUN-OFF/ TRADING-AT-LAST

12:50 pm – 12:59 pm

Traders can enter Orders ONLY at the Closing Price. In this example, $MM closed at 2.65 with 1.03M shares of unserved offers. If you want to buy this stock, then you can place a buy order at 2.65 and you will see it in your portfolio after the transaction. If, however, you already owned some shares and you want to dispose them 1-tick lower at 2.64, you will have to place the sell order at 2.65 even if you are willing to sell it at a much cheaper price.

9. MARKET CLOSE

1:00 pm

This is the last period of a trading session. No trading activity occurs here. This is the time when you reflect and journal your trades and screen stocks for a potential play in the next trading day.

CONCLUSION

The key to an effective trading is to keep these market periods in mind before you enter or exit a trade. If you want to place orders at the opening price, you may place them during the pre-open no-cancel period since fake paddings from other market participants are usually cancelled before entering this period. The same is true if you want to place an order at the closing price — you may place it during the pre-close no-cancel period. These simple gestures will save you a lot of headache.
You don’t want to get confused during market hours. So set forth children of the market, use these information to your advantage and dominate the trading world!

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Full Name: Geyzson Kristoffer S. Homena
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An Applied Mathematics graduate and a full-time teacher, Geyzson Kristoffer is a part-time trader who has been an active user of Investagrams since 2017. He spends his mornings, afternoons, and evenings learning about trading and reading books: Alexander Elder’s Trading for a Living being his favorite. Cohering to his passion and profession, he set his heart on teaching and helping newbies, but only the dedicated ones.

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How to Set Up Your InvestaWatcher Account

One of the most common reasons why people don’t invest is because they “don’t have time” to monitor the stock market. Well, with InvestaWatcher you can let us watch your stocks for you! Scroll down to see how you can set up your own InvestaWatcher account in just 3 easy steps.

STEP 1: SUBSCRIBE TO INVESTAWATCHER

Go to www.investagrams.com/investawatcher and subscribe to one of our affordable plans.

Settle your payment through Debit/Credit Cards, bank transfer to BPI or BDO (deposit or online funds transfer), or at any 7-Eleven, M-Lhuillier or Cebuana Lhuillier branch.

STEP 2: ADD STOCKS TO YOUR WATCHLIST

Once your payment has been confirmed, you can start adding stocks to your watchlist.

Simply go to your Investagrams account and click on the “Watcher” tool on the upper right corner.

Once you land on the InvestaWatcher page, click “Add” to start adding stocks to your watchlist.

A pop-up will appear for you to input your stock pick, entry, cutloss, and target prices:

  • Entry Price – The range of prices where you want to buy the stock. You will only receive an alert if the price hits this range. If the price jumps past your defined range, you will not receive an alert.
  • Cutloss Price – The price where you plan to cut your losses and sell your shares. You will receive an alert if the price reaches or falls below the number you enter.
  • Target Price – The price where you plan to sell your shares and realize your profit. You will receive an alert if the price reaches or goes higher than the number you enter.

Once you’ve entered all the information, click the “Add” button on the lower right of the box to finish setting up your stock.

Repeat this for all stocks you want to add to your watchlist. You can add up to 15 stocks.

STEP 3: CHOOSE HOW YOU GET YOUR ALERTS

To customize how you get your alerts, just click on “Setup Price Alert” on the upper right corner of your InvestaWatcher page.

You will be taken to the settings page where you can choose which information you want to receive alerts on—price alerts only, news alerts only, or both. You can also turn alerts on or off for SMS, Facebook Messenger, and email.

That’s it! Now you can sit back and relax as we watch your stocks for you. Easy, right?

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