Intraday Idealized Trade Locations in SPY July 9
Jul 9, 2009: 6:54 PM CSTI wanted to show a chart of some of the better trading opportunities that presented themselves during today’s intraday trading, so as to serve as a reference to see more examples of these trades and patterns. Here’s today’s structure (Rounded Reversal) that offered a limited number of good set-ups.
We began with an overnight gap which was quickly filled (first opportunity), then we entered a choppy patch for an hour.
What I deemed was the “Best Trade of the Day” came in just before 11:30 with the six-points of confluence (Candles, EMAs, TICK Divergence, Confluence Fibonacci – not shown here – and yesterday’s close level).
The hammer and then large bullish bar after it should have been an obvious low-risk buy signal to play for a possible new high (remember, the trend structure here was officially ‘up.’).
We then rose to form a consolidation triangle which led to a brief afternoon breakout at 2:30 EST, but it did not give much satisfication, and in fact the intraday high was formed shortly after on three long-legged dojis and a slight TICK Divergence (which was more evident on the 1-min chart).
We then formed a downward move which pulled back to form a “Bearish Engulfing” Candle at resistance, and shortly after that, a “Cradle Sell” when the 20 and 50 EMA ‘crossed over’ bearishly.
The “Rounded Reversal” and bearish cross (as well as the Cradle) could carry over into the next trading day, which now appears to have a bearish bias looking at this timeframe.
The full report and detailed explanation of how the day progressed (so as to learn trading tactics, how to identify structure, how to locate trade set-ups, etc) is included in tonight’s 5-page PDF of our “Idealized Trades” Intraday Service which includes an analysis of the SPY 30-min chart with more insights into the structure unfolding and possible pathway ahead (along with levels to watch for confirmation/non-confirmation).
I also provide a “Teaching Moment” in each day’s summary – today, I described how to identify the hidden level of Fibonacci Confluence (explain the method) that was valuable information as the day progressed and price successfully held this area.c
Please check it out, along with the other services at the new Premium Section of Afraid to Trade.com.
Remember, the more you see these trades and watch/study structure developing each day, the better and more confident you’ll be to recognize and then trade these repeating set-ups when you see them in real time no matter what stock or ETF (or futures contract) you are trading.
Corey Rosenbloom, CMT












