1. Title slide 2. Good day traders, this is Roger Scott from market geeks with another video tutorial for you today. I want to remind you to visit market geeks for you free report trading report and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for free trading videos and trading tips. 3. Those of you who follow my trading videos and this blog know that I’m a big proponent of simple technical trading strategies. Many traders believe that complex methods are better or have a better winning to losing ratio. I will tell you from many years of trading that this is simply not true. As a matter of fact one of my favorite technical trading strategies, the Tail Gap Method is one of the most profitable and reliable trading strategies I have ever come across. 4. For those of you who are not familiar with the Tail Gap Strategy, you can download a free trading report on the front of our web site that goes into the rules and provides some examples of this strategy. I highly recommend you download a copy and familiarize yourself with this trading method. 5. In a nutshell, the method is based on simple trading principles such as trends, gaps and volatility, but provides everything necessary for consistent returns. I know several traders who only trade this one strategy across different stocks and other markets and tell me that it works great for them. 6. Today I’m going to review some past trades so that you can see how the Tail Gap Strategy Sets Up, this way you can get a good feel for this method. The reason why I want to go over this with you is because I have been getting several emails from traders who are learning this method and many traders are making similar mistakes. I want cover the most common mistakes when using this strategy so that you can gain all the benefit from the Tail Gap Strategy. 7. The first major problem that I see traders making with the Tail Gap Strategy is taking signals against the main trend. This is a big no no and I highly recommend you only take signals in the direction of the main trend. Most profitable technical trading strategies require you to trade with the main trend and this one is no exception. 8. You can see in this example that AGG is in a downtrend. The entry signal should be avoided because the main trend is sloping down. Only short signals should be taken in this case. Since this is a long entry signal, we will avoid it completely. 9. The second biggest error that traders make with this method is forgetting to cancel the entry order if no fill takes place. Remember, you only get one day after the set up to enter the trade. If the trade doesn’t work out the day after the set up, the order has to be canceled. The premise of the Tail Gap Strategy is something happens in the market that causes a short temporary deviation from the main
trend. Our goal is to catch the stock or any other market you’re trading as the market is correcting the deviation and coming back to its normal trading level within the trend. This is supposed to happen very quickly, that’s why I don’t give this trade too much time to work out. 10. The last issue I see traders repeatedly having trouble with is avoiding placing stop levels and profit target levels. Statistically, most traders who do not place stop loss orders and profit target orders at the time the order is placed avoid doing so. Remember, the biggest cause of losses is caused by avoiding stop loss orders at the time you enter the market. Always write out your stop loss and profit target orders BEFORE you enter the trade. This way you will enter all orders at the same time and make a habit of doing so. This one piece of advice is very important and I hope you follow it each and every time you place an order. 11. Remember, great strategies don’t have to be complicated to be profitable. I will do an update on the 4 X 4 Retracement strategy tomorrow, so stay tuned. 12. Thanks for joining us for today’s video, please don’t forget to visit marketgeeks.com for your free swing trading strategy report and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for trading videos and more trading tips. This is Roger Scott wishing the best in your trading.
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