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Market Cycle

Imported Al Brooks course pages for Market Cycle.

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  1. Study note 26 slides

    12A - Market Cycle

    • Four parts of market cycle?
    • Pullback is start of channel
    • Channel becomes Trading Range
  2. Study note 26 slides

    12B - Market Cycle

    • Market cycle: always trend or TR
    • Inertia and 80% rule
    • Definitions 1: Trends, swings, legs
  3. Study note 21 slides

    12C - Market Cycle

    • Definitions 2: Pullbacks
    • Definitions 3: Trading Range
    • Binary decisions
  4. Study note 27 slides

    13A - Always In

    • Always trend or TR
    • Always In direction
    • Trader’s Equation
  7. Study note 25 slides

    14A - Trends

    • What is a trend?
    • Bull trend needs Higher Lows
    • Bear trend needs Lower Highs
  8. Study note 26 slides

    14B - Trends

    • When not clear, then TR
    • Breakout is strongest trend
    • 80% rule: Most reversals fail
  9. Study note 26 slides

    14C - Trends

    • Types of trends
    • Bull and bear trends
    • Traps and breakouts
  10. Study note 27 slides

    14D - Trends

    • Trend from the Open
    • Trending Trading Ranges
    • Broad Channel trend
  11. Study note 27 slides

    14E - Trends

    • Tight Channel
    • Small pullback trend
  12. Study note 25 slides

    15A - Breakouts

    • What is a breakout?
    • 80% rule: Most breakouts fail
    • Reversal is a breakout
    • +1
  13. Study note 27 slides

    15B - Breakouts

    • Need follow-through
    • Trends always try to reverse
    • Breakout can begin small
  14. Study note 32 slides

    15C - Breakouts

    • Breakout usually has 2nd leg
    • Trading Range breakouts
  15. Study note 22 slides

    15D - Breakouts

    • 2nd Leg Traps
    • Signs of strong breakouts
    • Succeed or reverse?
  16. Study note 18 slides

    15E - Breakouts

    • Exhaustion or Measuring Gap?
    • Weaker BO has deeper PB
    • BO Test
  18. Study note 18 slides

    15G - Breakouts

    • 5 tick traps and 11 pip traps
    • Fade weak setups
  19. Study note 25 slides

    15H - Breakouts

    • Surprise Bars
    • 2nd Leg Traps and exhaustion
    • Give-up Bars – Minor reversal
  20. Study note 36 slides

    16A - Channels

    • Channel is 2 lines
    • Lines need 2 points
    • 70% Rule
  21. Study note 35 slides

    16B - Channels

    • How to draw channels
    • Forex bear channel examples
    • Emini bull channel examples
  22. Study note 26 slides

    16C - Channels

    • New trend begins in old trend
    • Higher time frames
    • Reversals and breakouts
  23. Study note 29 slides

    16D - Channels

    • Types of channels
    • Tight and Broad Bull Channels
    • Tight and Broad Bear Channels
  24. Study note 34 slides

    16E - Channels

    • Evolution into Trading Range
    • Channel breakouts usually fail
    • With trend BO of channel
  25. Study note 27 slides

    16F - Channels

    • Limit orders to fade test of line
    • Breakouts at start of trend
    • Reversals and breakout failures
    • +2
  28. Study note 29 slides

    18A - Trading Ranges

    • Definition of pullback and Trading Range
    • Hallmarks: confusion, disappointment
  29. Study note 22 slides

    18B - Trading Ranges

    • TR contains buy and sell setups
    • BOM (BreakOut Mode)
    • 2nd Leg Trap
  33. Study note 21 slides

    18F - Trading Ranges

    • Trading Range: Don’t bet on breakout
    • Breakout into trend
    • Early signs of TR