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I Really
                                                                 2008
Trade

Trading Patterns




                                                                                                    Trading Patterns
for Stocks &
Commodities
It doesn’t matter if you are a long-




                                                                                                    1
term investor, short swing trader or
day trader, you are always looking for




                                                                                                    Stocks
an advantageous spot to enter your              Introducing… The
position.
                                                False Break Buy and
As someone who has been studying the
                                                Sell Pattern
markets since 1962, I assure you that not
all market moves are predictable. But
                                                The idea of the pattern is pretty simple...
there are some reliable patterns I have
                                                and pretty emotional. What I am looking
discovered over the years that can be of
                                                for to set up a buy signal is a day that
great value. Shortly I will introduce you
                                                closes below the prior day’s low. Such
to one of them I consistently use.
                                                days, (aka, naked close days), look very
                                                bearish on a chart and typically act as a
Markets seldom bottom on what is
                                                continuation of a market decline. Usually
commonly known as the key reversal...
                                                when this condition is reversed (i.e. the
I’ve lectured on that point for many years.
                                                very next day it takes out the high of
Markets have more twists and turns to
                                                the down close day), we often find good
them than a climb up the Cooke City
                                                market follow through to the upside.
Highway in my native home of Montana.
Just like that highway, each twist and
                                                The exact opposite of this creates a sell
turn is a little different than the last one.
                                                signal; a market makes a close greater
Yet, there are similarities in roads as well
                                                than the prior day’s high, then the very
as markets. I would like to show you a
                                                next day takes out the low of the up close
very simple pattern with a solid record
of calling short term explosive moves in
                                                                  © Copyright 2008 Larry Williams
stocks and commodities.
I Really                                                    closes below that same day’s low.

       Trade                                                       The following chart gives you an idea of
                                                                   how these patterns actually operate in the
                   day. I have taught this to many traders at
Trading Patterns




                                                                   marketplace.
                   seminars and written about it in my books
                   for several years.

                   However,
                   there is
                   a new
                   dimension
 2




                   we can
                   add to this
Commodities




                   pattern.
                   I am
                   surprised
                   people have
                   not noticed
                   this little
                   twist that I
                   am about to
                   show you.
                   It is simply
                   this; if on
                   the day following the naked Figure 1: Wheat Daily Bars - False Break Pattern
                   close we have a naked close
                   in the opposite direction, we
                   typically have established a reversal point in The signals here are shown on Wheat,
                                                                  though it does not matter what market
                   the market.
                                                                  you apply this pattern to. It seems to be
                   In other words, we have a down close below a pattern that is universally applicable for
                                                                  traders. The charts of MSFT, GM and
                   the prior day’s low. Then the very next
                                                                  XOM show the same pattern works in the
                   day we have an up close and a close above
                                                                  stock market as well.
                   the high of the down close day. That is
                   extremely unusual action and tends to be
                   quite bullish.

                   The opposite of course will be a bearish
                   situation, a day that closes greater than the
                   prior day’s high and then the very next day
I Really
                                    Trade




                                                            Trading Patterns
                                                            3
                                                            Stocks
  Figure 2: Microsoft Daily Bars - False Break Pattern




Figure 3: General Motors Daily Bars - False Break Pattern
I Really                                              last June. Neither of them appears to have

       Trade
                                                             been successful in putting the market to the
                                                             downside.
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                                                                                         However,
                                                                                         there is an
                                                                                         important
                                                                                         difference
                                                                                         between these
                                                                                         two signals
                                                                                         and the ones
 4




                                                                                         in Figure
                                                                                         1. In both
Commodities




                                                                                         sells in the
                                                                                         second figure
                                                                                         of Wheat,
                                                                                         following the
                                                                                         second day’s
                                                                                         action, the
                                                                              market did not continue
                      Figure 4: Exxon Daily Bars - False Break Pattern        following through in the
                   Of course that is not to say it is without
                   problems.
                   Certainly not
                   all trades will
                   be as good as
                   the ones you
                   see here. In
                   fact, let’s take
                   a look at a
                   current chart
                   of Wheat
                   to see more
                   examples.
                   In Figure
                   5 we see
                   only two
                   examples of
                   these fake break signals,
                                                 Figure 5: Wheat Daily Bars - False Break Pattern
                   in this case sells, since
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direction of the immediate reversal day.

                                                        Trade
It appears it is best to wait for
confirmation… something like this:
                                                 through while there was follow through to




                                                                                                 Trading Patterns
                                                 the buy signal in the middle of February.
1) Market closes below prior low
                                                 There was also no follow through for the
2) Market then closes above the high of the
                                                 sell signal in the middle of March, but
low close day
                                                 there was following an inside day at the end
3) Market then follows through the second
                                                 of April.
close day.
                                                                                There are
                                                                                 a good




                                                                                                 5
                                                                                 number
                                                                                 of ways to
                                                                                 use this




                                                                                                 Stocks
                                                                                 technique.
                                                                                 It can be
                                                                                 used to help
                                                                                 you spot
                                                                                 points to
                                                                                 get back
                                                                                 into a
                                                                                 market in
                                                                                 phase with
                                                                                 a longer-
                                                                                 term trend.
                                                                                 With that
                                                                                    in mind,
                                                                                    let’s take
   Figure 6: Silver Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confirmation
                                                                                    a look at
                                                                                    potential
I have clarified this on the chart of Silver, in signals from the pattern in an up trending
                                                 market.
Figure 6.

                                                If we use the venerable 18 day moving
I hope this will help you further understand
                                                average as our measure of trend and require
this technique. Again, I’ve highlighted the
                                                it to be in an uptrend or the signal taking
days when the Fake Break Pattern occurred
                                                place above the 18 bar average, we get
but also have noted the days when there
                                                some pretty good short-term moves in the
was no follow through the following day.
                                                marketplace. Granted nothing is perfect…
As you see, the first and second sell signals
                                                not even this pattern… but as you can see
starting in February did not have follow
I Really                                                   day, which occurred on the day with a green

       Trade                                                      arrow.

                                                                                                So we can
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                                                                                                enter at that
                                                                                                price and
                                                                                                then obtain
                                                                                                an exit point
                                                                                                from Target
                                                                                                Shooter
                                                                                                using the
 6




                                                                                                high and
                                                                                                low of the
Commodities




                                                                                                down close
                                                                                                day. My
                                                                                                thinking is
                                                                                                that if we
                                                                                                can exceed
                                                                                                the sharp
                                                                                                down day’s
                                                                                                high, we
                    Figure 7: Heating Oil Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confir-
                                                                                                should rally
                                                     mation
                                                                                                the amount
                                                                                                of that
                   it occurs frequently and frequently with
                                                               day’s range above the high of that day. In
                   explosive moves. There are numerous
                                                               this case there was a profit to be had of
                   things you can do to filter out some of the
                                                               approximately $1,300.
                   trades such as trend, using accumulation
                   distribution, seasonal patterns and the
                                                               Obviously this trade would have been taken
                   Commitment of Trader report.
                                                               because it was in phase with the trend.

                   Trading With The Pattern                       On November 14th we had a close that was
                                                                  above the prior day’s high. Therefore we
                                                                  could be looking for a sell signal the next
                   Hopefully you can wind through the chart
                                                                  day, especially in as much as we were now
                   of Gold in Figure 8 to see a way of actually
                                                                  in some sort of short-term downtrend. If
                   trading this pattern. The first pattern
                                                                  we were to sell short at that bar’s low we
                   (TRADE ONE) buy point begins with
                                                                  would then take that day’s range (the up
                   the red arrow showing the day that closes
                                                                  close day) and subtract it from the low of
                   below the prior day’s low. A potential buy
                                                                  that same day for our target. As you can
                   point occurs if we take out the high of that
I Really
see that for price went with an approximate

                                                       Trade
profit of $1,600.

We had a




                                                                                              Trading Patterns
day with a
down close
(a close
blow the
prior day’s
low) taking
place on




                                                                                              7
November
19th. That
day brought




                                                                                              Stocks
in a great
deal of
selling, and
the market
should have
continued
moving lower. Figure 8: Gold Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confirmation
The fact it
didn’t but                                      your stop can trail at the prior bar’s low
instead immediately reversed (it rallied        or simply have your stop at the low of the
above the high of that down close bar)          down close bar if you are buying or at the
was bullish and set up a short term trading high of the up close bar if you’re selling.
opportunity to the long side. Where do
you take your profits? Again I just use         In any event, I think you’ll find this is a
Target Shooter, which means I took the full nice addition to your trading patterns...
range of the down close day and added it to it is easy to follow. I suggest you use this
the high of that same day… and you have         trading pattern in combination with
your target. In this case there was a profit of other indicators such as my Williams %R,
approximately $1,800.                           Stochastics, MACD, or Bollinger Bands. I
                                                think you’ll be happy that you added it to
Let me be the first to say, not all trades will your repertoire of trading patterns.
be that successful. You do have a problem in
that sometimes price will take out the prior
day’s high but not close above the high. In
that case you will want to put in a closer
                                               Larry Williams
trailing stop. In the case of the our pattern,

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Trading Patterns For Stocks Commodities

  • 1. I Really 2008 Trade Trading Patterns Trading Patterns for Stocks & Commodities It doesn’t matter if you are a long- 1 term investor, short swing trader or day trader, you are always looking for Stocks an advantageous spot to enter your Introducing… The position. False Break Buy and As someone who has been studying the Sell Pattern markets since 1962, I assure you that not all market moves are predictable. But The idea of the pattern is pretty simple... there are some reliable patterns I have and pretty emotional. What I am looking discovered over the years that can be of for to set up a buy signal is a day that great value. Shortly I will introduce you closes below the prior day’s low. Such to one of them I consistently use. days, (aka, naked close days), look very bearish on a chart and typically act as a Markets seldom bottom on what is continuation of a market decline. Usually commonly known as the key reversal... when this condition is reversed (i.e. the I’ve lectured on that point for many years. very next day it takes out the high of Markets have more twists and turns to the down close day), we often find good them than a climb up the Cooke City market follow through to the upside. Highway in my native home of Montana. Just like that highway, each twist and The exact opposite of this creates a sell turn is a little different than the last one. signal; a market makes a close greater Yet, there are similarities in roads as well than the prior day’s high, then the very as markets. I would like to show you a next day takes out the low of the up close very simple pattern with a solid record of calling short term explosive moves in © Copyright 2008 Larry Williams stocks and commodities.
  • 2. I Really closes below that same day’s low. Trade The following chart gives you an idea of how these patterns actually operate in the day. I have taught this to many traders at Trading Patterns marketplace. seminars and written about it in my books for several years. However, there is a new dimension 2 we can add to this Commodities pattern. I am surprised people have not noticed this little twist that I am about to show you. It is simply this; if on the day following the naked Figure 1: Wheat Daily Bars - False Break Pattern close we have a naked close in the opposite direction, we typically have established a reversal point in The signals here are shown on Wheat, though it does not matter what market the market. you apply this pattern to. It seems to be In other words, we have a down close below a pattern that is universally applicable for traders. The charts of MSFT, GM and the prior day’s low. Then the very next XOM show the same pattern works in the day we have an up close and a close above stock market as well. the high of the down close day. That is extremely unusual action and tends to be quite bullish. The opposite of course will be a bearish situation, a day that closes greater than the prior day’s high and then the very next day
  • 3. I Really Trade Trading Patterns 3 Stocks Figure 2: Microsoft Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Figure 3: General Motors Daily Bars - False Break Pattern
  • 4. I Really last June. Neither of them appears to have Trade been successful in putting the market to the downside. Trading Patterns However, there is an important difference between these two signals and the ones 4 in Figure 1. In both Commodities sells in the second figure of Wheat, following the second day’s action, the market did not continue Figure 4: Exxon Daily Bars - False Break Pattern following through in the Of course that is not to say it is without problems. Certainly not all trades will be as good as the ones you see here. In fact, let’s take a look at a current chart of Wheat to see more examples. In Figure 5 we see only two examples of these fake break signals, Figure 5: Wheat Daily Bars - False Break Pattern in this case sells, since
  • 5. I Really direction of the immediate reversal day. Trade It appears it is best to wait for confirmation… something like this: through while there was follow through to Trading Patterns the buy signal in the middle of February. 1) Market closes below prior low There was also no follow through for the 2) Market then closes above the high of the sell signal in the middle of March, but low close day there was following an inside day at the end 3) Market then follows through the second of April. close day. There are a good 5 number of ways to use this Stocks technique. It can be used to help you spot points to get back into a market in phase with a longer- term trend. With that in mind, let’s take Figure 6: Silver Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confirmation a look at potential I have clarified this on the chart of Silver, in signals from the pattern in an up trending market. Figure 6. If we use the venerable 18 day moving I hope this will help you further understand average as our measure of trend and require this technique. Again, I’ve highlighted the it to be in an uptrend or the signal taking days when the Fake Break Pattern occurred place above the 18 bar average, we get but also have noted the days when there some pretty good short-term moves in the was no follow through the following day. marketplace. Granted nothing is perfect… As you see, the first and second sell signals not even this pattern… but as you can see starting in February did not have follow
  • 6. I Really day, which occurred on the day with a green Trade arrow. So we can Trading Patterns enter at that price and then obtain an exit point from Target Shooter using the 6 high and low of the Commodities down close day. My thinking is that if we can exceed the sharp down day’s high, we Figure 7: Heating Oil Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confir- should rally mation the amount of that it occurs frequently and frequently with day’s range above the high of that day. In explosive moves. There are numerous this case there was a profit to be had of things you can do to filter out some of the approximately $1,300. trades such as trend, using accumulation distribution, seasonal patterns and the Obviously this trade would have been taken Commitment of Trader report. because it was in phase with the trend. Trading With The Pattern On November 14th we had a close that was above the prior day’s high. Therefore we could be looking for a sell signal the next Hopefully you can wind through the chart day, especially in as much as we were now of Gold in Figure 8 to see a way of actually in some sort of short-term downtrend. If trading this pattern. The first pattern we were to sell short at that bar’s low we (TRADE ONE) buy point begins with would then take that day’s range (the up the red arrow showing the day that closes close day) and subtract it from the low of below the prior day’s low. A potential buy that same day for our target. As you can point occurs if we take out the high of that
  • 7. I Really see that for price went with an approximate Trade profit of $1,600. We had a Trading Patterns day with a down close (a close blow the prior day’s low) taking place on 7 November 19th. That day brought Stocks in a great deal of selling, and the market should have continued moving lower. Figure 8: Gold Daily Bars - False Break Pattern Confirmation The fact it didn’t but your stop can trail at the prior bar’s low instead immediately reversed (it rallied or simply have your stop at the low of the above the high of that down close bar) down close bar if you are buying or at the was bullish and set up a short term trading high of the up close bar if you’re selling. opportunity to the long side. Where do you take your profits? Again I just use In any event, I think you’ll find this is a Target Shooter, which means I took the full nice addition to your trading patterns... range of the down close day and added it to it is easy to follow. I suggest you use this the high of that same day… and you have trading pattern in combination with your target. In this case there was a profit of other indicators such as my Williams %R, approximately $1,800. Stochastics, MACD, or Bollinger Bands. I think you’ll be happy that you added it to Let me be the first to say, not all trades will your repertoire of trading patterns. be that successful. You do have a problem in that sometimes price will take out the prior day’s high but not close above the high. In that case you will want to put in a closer Larry Williams trailing stop. In the case of the our pattern,