I consider myself to be an intermediate term trend follower and a swing trader. I am always looking for the strongest growth stocks with big earnings and sales growth and a game-changing story. For my longer holding period trades, I want to find breakouts from big basing patterns. For my swing trades, I try to buy pullbacks or play shorter term continuation chart patterns. In the end, I am a slave to price and use volume for clues.
Once positioned, I utilize moving averages to ride the trend. Lastly, I firmly believe intuition and feel are a vital part of trading and mine improve every day. A rules-based strategy with the ability to act on your gut feel (right or wrong), while managing risk, is the ultimate combination for big returns. Here are my tools for analysis: (View Highlight)