Hi, my name is Param and I am a 21 year old trader. My job is just to manage risk and catch strong momentums. This account is just to keep myself accountable, and follow the rules I have set for myself.
These are my rules, if I ever go outside these, I will be answerable to my process.
Scanning Criterias:-
- Stocks gaining 20% in 1 month and above their 200ema. Now within 5% of their 1m high.
- Stocks gaining 20% in 1 month and above their 200ema. Now within 5% of their 1m high.
- Stocks gaining 50% in 3 months and above their 200ema. Now within 5% of their 3m high.
- Earnings Pivot - The first minute high, when taken out on strong volume, I enter. I keep trailing with 9ema on the 5m time frame. (Started from Q1’fy27 so need to get better at this)
- Stocks moving post strong earnings and buying them on a pullback or on breakout of the next base. Delayed EP.
- IPO scan to check for base formation in new stocks.
Entry Criterias:-
- Stair Step Pattern - This is what I call the high tight flags/breakouts. Basically when a stock runs up quickly on strong volumes and consolidates or hangs near the top, is when it starts becoming interesting. When it then breaks out of that base, I enter.
- Pullbacks to 10 ema, and becomes even more attractive if the pullback candle closes above PDH.
- Standard horizontal breakouts but with tightness/consolidation on the right side.
~I try to enter at exactly the pivot point. However, if the stock runs up quickly, I pay a maximum premium of 1-1.5% above the pivot point. Not more than that.
Volume Criterias:-
- On breakouts, if I am buying on day end, a minimum of 100% RVOL is a necessity. Rvol lookback bars are 21.
- In the start, Rvol has to be a minimum of 20% in the first 10-15mins.
- During the day, I prefer the Rvol to be a minimum of 50-75% depending on the time of the day.
- On pullbacks, volumes do not make or break a trade for me. However, strong volumes are always better.
Stop Loss:-
I do not trade without a stop loss. It is an absolute must for any trade I am taking.
- In all cases, my stop loss is Day’s Low or Base Low. My stop loss will rarely be more than 5% away from the entry price.
- When I start entering the market post a break/pause, I risk a maximum of 0.5% per trade and when a minimum of 3-5 trades start showing good momentum, I increase my risk on capital gradually to 0.75% then to 1%
EXIT Criterias:-
- On a gain of 4-5% (1R), I bring my SL to cost, making the trade risk free.
- In case, a stock gives me an instant 10-12%, I exit 25-50%, and keep my sl to cost.
- I trail the rest using Day Low if the candle is 5% or more. In other cases, I use a PDL as a way to trail or the 10ema.
Other things which I feel important:-
- Only buy stocks which have an avg volume of more than 50000 shares.
- The number of stocks in scans from a particular sector tells me about the sectors which are the strongest. I try to be in the top 4-5 themes. However, this is not the most defining criteria for me. I may enter stocks with good setups even if it is an outlier.
- Generally, my pullback entries are at day end, as they help me judge the strength better.
- For swing trading in the result season, I either focus on stocks where earnings are already out or earnings are at least 3 days away.
If there are other pointers apart from these that I feel are important, I will add to this.
@dayendtrader Got that sir! It just feels mentally tougher to go long when youre prepared to go short, but shouldve entered when the trendline breakout happened on the upside. Short ke taraf biased hogaya tha I guess!