Greg Capra

Greg Capra is known as a pioneer of online investing and trading. Started trading in the late 80s. In 1994, he began educating investors and traders.

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Trendlines are often a misleading form of trend analysis, and this chart actually illustrates why.
There is no single “correct” way to connect diagonal price points, because those connections are subjective and inconsistent.
Different analysts can draw different lines on the same chart and reach completely different conclusions. If one trendline doesn’t work, another is drawn.
Projecting those diagonal lines into the future as if they define trend direction, trend breaks, or meaningful support and resistance lacks logical grounding. Price does not respond to imagined diagonal boundaries.
At Master Trader Technical Strategies, we focus on what price actually respects — horizontal price levels, where real transactions occurred, and where supply and demand were previously proven. That is where markets make decisions.
Diagonal trendlines may serve as a loose “visual aid” reference, but when they become the basisfor conclusions or forecasts, they obscure the real message of price rather than clarify it.

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time.

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SpaceX Stalls! Pre-Market, We Form a Bias Each Morning. Join us for Wednesday's Bias https://t.co/UG5kUgdPTp

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Follow-Up: Corsair Gaming (CRSR) – How Patterns Evolve Into New Setups

In this weekend’s Master Trader Chart of the Week, I featured Corsair Gaming (CRSR) as an example of a developing swing trade pattern.

At Master Trader, we are technical traders first. We use pattern recognition to identify trade opportunities and incorporate sector analysis into the process.

This follow-up is a good example of how patterns evolve and how new opportunities can develop.

The original CRSR setup did not trigger because the price never traded above the entry level. Instead, this is what's happening https://t.co/6NQTDDzqoQ

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Amazing Strength! Pre-Market, We Form a Bias Each Morning. Join us for Tuesday's Bias https://t.co/47FZ1AmfYj

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders (put spread better today) - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time.

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$SPY, $QQQ: The gaps higher on Monday were historically large, but surprisingly prices never traded below the open all day and closed near the day's high. No attempt to fill the gap or partial.

Bulls are Super Confident. Join us at 9 AM to review levels for Tuesday's trading, open trades, and new opportunities.

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$SPY, $QQQ, $IWM Analyzing Today's Market Gap-Up 📈

This video analyzes the significant market gap-up and discusses why the lack of a retracement indicates strong institutional confidence. It covers current market internals and the strategy for waiting on potential pullbacks before entering new trades. https://t.co/32aYELSBkP

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time. Take a No-Brainer 5-Day Trial for $7. Experience the Power of Market Knowledge in Real-Time! https://t.co/8keHxo7bFF

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Deal, or No Deal? Pre-Market, We Form a Bias Each Morning. Join us for Monday's Bias https://t.co/wJVeo1Z3WN

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Swing Trading Isn’t Investing – Don’t Confuse Them

Swing trading is often misunderstood.

Many people come to the market thinking swing trading is simply a shorter-term version of investing. It is not.

Investing is generally based on a longer-term view. The investor may be willing to hold through pullbacks, news events, earnings, and periods of uncertainty because the objective is longer-term appreciation.

Swing trading is different. Learn the details of professional Swing Trading https://t.co/y4yyrmQtRF

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Join us each morning at 9:00 AM ET for the Master Trader Daily Pre-Market Briefing, where we review the day’s market bias, key levels, sector strength, and stocks setting up for new trading opportunities.

Watch live on YouTube or X and start the day with a clear plan before the opening bell.

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$CRSR A New Uptrend, a Fast Pullback, and a Trade Plan

Corsair Gaming is one of our current swing trade recommendations in the Master Trader Advisory Swing and Options Trader Letter.

The pattern in CRSR is also a good example of what we are seeing in many stocks right now. A number of names broke out from consolidations at the end of May as the broader markets recovered from a minor mid-May pullback and pushed to new highs.

However, while the indexes have remained strong within their uptrends, Learn the Complete Analysis why we think CRSR can move higher https://t.co/k8jwV3TST6

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Weekly Market Analysis: Sector Trends and Outlook https://t.co/QlCql1VUOM via @YouTube

This market update analyzes recent sector performance, highlighting key movements in S&P 500 sectors and individual stocks. The analysis covers the impact of upcoming Fed decisions and potential trends in energy, financials, and technology for the week ahead.

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time.

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Let‘s SPACEX Today! Pre-Market, We Form a Bias Each Morning. Join us for Friday's Bias https://t.co/wxnEhn7lOl

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$CBOE - Mastering Counter-Trend Swing Trading 📈

Learn how to execute a counter-trend swing trade by utilizing daily and 65-minute charts to identify support levels and stabilization. This strategy focuses on capturing short-term profits when price action hits key moving averages. https://t.co/oryvByA98T

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time. Take a No-Brainer 5-Day Trial for $7. Experience the Power of Market Knowledge in Real-Time! https://t.co/8keHxo7bFF

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Inside - Outside - Inside! NUTS Pre-Market, We Form a Bias Each Morning. Join us for Thursday's Bias https://t.co/cOnAQMouGB

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MT Technical Market Briefing What the Charts Actually Say This Week! https://t.co/PjHYvNrEJb

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Today’s 0 DTE SPX Strike Extremes for Short Credit Spread Traders - Follow us in the Green Room to monitor and manage in real-time.