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Trader, Author, Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes Only Price Pays! Maximum Trading Gains w/⚓VWAP

Denver

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Joined June 2008

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

Inventory issues are over for my new book Maximum Trading Gains w Anchored VWAP Available on AMZN 🇺🇸 AMZN 🇨🇦 Ebook options Barnes & Noble AAPL Books GOOG Play

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Maximum Trading Gains With Anchored VWAP: The Perfect Combination of Price, Time & Volume by Brian...

Maximum Trading Gains With Anchored VWAP: The Perfect Combination of Price, Time & Volume - Ebook written by Brian Shannon. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS...

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

Got my government Covid stimulus payment today!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Who wants to learn about how volume actually works in relation to price? I will tweet an educational volume chart if this gets 200 likes.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

1- Don't buy the dip 2- Don't buy the breakout 3- Buy strength after the dip when the ⚓️VWAP from previous high is taken out, it tells us with 100% certainty the buyers are in control $SMH DAILY

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Book will finally be out of my hands in the next couple of weeks! Presale will start in December w delivery early January. 500 likes on this tweet gets 4 sample pages posted here

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

Too many people think technical analysis is about recognizing patterns and candle formations It is really about understanding the psychology of money flows and making informed timing decisions with an emphasis on risk management

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

In other news... this is my granddaughter, Madilynn Shannon, 8 days old go ahead with your old man jokes... :)

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

attn: Short sellers... you probably are very smart, but the markets are rigged against you

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

The reason you are losing money in the stock market is that you continue to buy stocks in down trends. Stop buying stocks in down trends. Stop listening to people who encourage you to buy stocks in down trends.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

My grandson turned 2 today so I got him a book! 😭

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

dont forget! When stocks are below declining 20 & 50 DMAs, they are not dips, they are broken stocks in need of time to heal

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

One of my closest friends has been in the hospital for the last 3 weeks with Covid, this morning he passed. Prayers to his family and young daughter.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

How to use Anchored VWAP This post has a list of all providers of AVWAP at the bottom also see the video

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How To Use The Anchored VWAP (AVWAP) - Alphatrends

By Brian Shannon, CMT VIEW THE VIDEO and LIST OF WHERE TO FIND AVWAP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE Price has memory. That is a key concept in technical analysis. One of the basic tenets of the study of...

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

1991- I started as a broker at Lehman Bros in Boston I have never lost more money with any strategy than buying stocks in downtrends below a decl, 5, 20, 50, etc DMA I just will not buy do what's right for you, I don't like losing money so I don't buy stocks in downtrends

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 month

Thank you to everyone who values my work and helped me get this recognition from @YouTube

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

Bull markets punish discipline and reward conviction Bear markets punish conviction and reward discipline. The trick is to find the balance in both environments

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Want some names of stocks that look like they are on the edge of a cliff on multiple timeframes? 500 likes gets it done

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Whether you use a SMA vs EMA or a 20 vs 21 period MA, etc will not make the difference in your trade results Focus on market structure, gain a greater understanding of how money flows across various timeframes amongst different stocks/ assets

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

the traders on twitter I respect the most - talk process - show setups - talk about risk mgt - talk about psychology - encourage traders to find their own approach they DO NOT - show their PnL - talk about their position size - make others feel inferior - tell people what 2 do

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

For newer followers who haven't seen this

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

"but Cathie is buying it" is not a real strategy

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

I am positive the charts I put on twitter would get 10x the likes, comments and RTs if I used 🚀's, big price targets, words like "explosive upside" etc. Instead I will continue to focus on risk management and the things that have kept me in this business full time since 1991

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

If you dont know why you bought a stock and it starts going down, lose the ego and just sell the piece of shit

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

I had no idea that Disney owns this many companies $DIS

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Dear Stock Market, Thank you for kicking my ass repeatedly over the yrs. Because of your bullying when I was younger, I trained hard & became mentally tougher. I know I cant outmatch you with $ so instead Im smarter & I use stop losses. You're the boss, I listen 2 U. Brian

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

"Buy when there is blood in the streets" is a popular phrase Is that when a stock is down 10% in a month? 20%? 30%? 40%? $TSLA down 44% MTD

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

my trades so far today

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

If you dollar cost averaged $100 into shares of $META from the IPO through today you would have made 125 buys for $12,500 today you would own 144.23 shares worth $13,058 a gain of $558 or 4.46% over a 10 year period THIS IS WHY I TRADE

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

buy strength AFTER the dip

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

I'm recording a 30 minute educational session tomorrow Like this tweet if you want me to do it about how to use the 5 day moving average. Also, let me know if there are Qs about I should address in the recording. I don't know when it will go live but will keep u posted

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Don't be goofy and buy stocks in downtrends $DIS

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

George Soros was a hero because he "broke the Bank of England" and now retail guys are villians for exacerbating hedge fund losses got it!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there. I have two sons and have shared this post with them many times, they are not my words, but it is how I want them to be.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

There should never be a hurry for traders to buy dips when stocks get slammed $PYPL $COIN $UPST $U $TSLA $MRNA $PTON $ATVI $Z $PENN $DISH "if they don't scare you out, they will wear you out" let em, settle, heal and reset up keep your money in strong stocks

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I've "learned" a lot from new twitter followers recently - never say anything less than 100K tgt for BTC - price targets should always be 50-100x current price for stocks - never use stops - shorts are always wrong what other bad habits from 30yrs of trading do I have wrong?

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

hey @realDonaldTrump could you autograph this for me? $ES_F limit down

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

When price tells you to buy, then buy. Don't wait for volume. Volume will often follow price as the emerging trend motivates more participants to act. Only Price Pays!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

this was $SPY in 2008, a refresher for those who do not remember how down trending markets behave NINE rallies of at least 9.5% and THREE greater than 20%

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

Anyone interested in a free webinar next Wed 1/5/23? Discuss -Lessons from 2022 -Possible leaders for 2023 - ⚓️VWAP Book update Give it a like for yes, give a wiseass comment to get blocked!

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1 year

Update on my new book "Maximum Trading Gains with Anchored VWAP- The Perfect Combination of Price, Time & Volume" ⚓️VWAP

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

If I am going to be accused of a political tweet, I might as well do one

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Brian Shannon, CMT

9 months

Two simple guidelines that keep me out of trouble If a stock is below the declining 5 day moving average, I will not consider it as a swing trade purchase candidate If a stock is below a declining daily VWAP, I will not consider it a day-trade purchase candidate.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

This is the relationship between price and volume Main message is the same message I always say. Only Price Pays Trade based on price, volume usually FOLLOWS price

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

Your trading style doesn't need to make sense to anyone except you. If it works, stick with it!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Good news, I am very close to wrapping up my new book on the Anchored VWAP Files go to the printer Oct 16 and distribution will begin Jan 1. There are no pre orders yet. I will give more details as I have them This is going to be a GREAT book! ⚓️VWAP

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Brian Shannon, CMT

10 months

I see those tweets about CA and how cool it is I will take CO any day and any season

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Let me make this clear, I am a fan of Cathie Woods. I do not cheer for her to fail. There are bigger forces at hand than her stock picking ability. It is the game within the game that has people shorting her stocks to try to force her to fail. Its brutal, ruthless, Wall St

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

How to use the Alphatrends Anchored VWAP Available in TC2000 and @TrendSpider

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Elevate your trading & investing with TrendSpider: the all-in-one platform for real-time data, time-saving automation & sophisticated market research.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

6 months

With one of the grandchildren (yes, Im a grandfather....) at the Broncos game yesterday

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

What are 3 things you most proud of in 2022? I'll go first - zero alcohol or weed all year - didn't buy stocks in downtrends & finished year positive - finished writing a great book about the ⚓️VWAP - out late Jan, details to come

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

The market doesn't care about our opinions. Only Price Pays!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

When people type things like - don't daytrade - don't buy and hold - don't swing trade or anything related to timeframe, ignore their advice, what they really mean is "this timeframe doesn't work for me" ignore all the bullshit and do WHAT WORKS FOR YOU!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

I have been accused of being "racist" by uninformed "woke people" for my refusal to buy China based stocks. There are simply too many macro risks and accounting shenanigans to make those stocks worth the risk

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I am going to do a free webinar to look at some stocks for the week ahead tomorrow at 6PM Eastern. Who's in? I will post instructions later. We'll also talk crypto and of course, ⚓️VWAP⚓️

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1 year

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

I like my views from the past week with no internet much better than this mess of a market

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

How secure are your passwords?

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 months

Let's talk about a sensible swing trade process Right now it looks like new low risk purchases for $SPY $QQQ $IWM $SMH will not come until next week at the earliest When markets (or a stock we are watching) begin to pullback, we avoid new purchase while below declining 5DMA…

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I hope they got paid!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

Wanna be a genius in the stock market? Be bullish when the trend is higher Be bearish when the trend is lower and in cash when unclear Most important, know your timeframe and manage risk

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

Truly humbled by the response to my new book. It reached #266 of all 33 million book titles on AMZN before selling out again! They should be restocked soon, the maximum number of books allowed was sent in each of the last 8 days

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

Market Structure Infographic I haven't posted this in a while, created it over 10 years ago!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

People who speak in certainties about what the market WILL do are amateurs, do not listen to them. No one knows the future Key traits of successful traders - think critically - think independently - open mindedness - willing to be wrong & admit so QUICKLY b4 real losses mount

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I consider it a privilege to follow people on Twitter and , I would not think to be rude or disrespectful to them. I expect the same from people who make the choice to follow my work. I am quick to block, life is to short to deal with random twitter assholes.

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I was fishing with my Dad in Alaska last week, this is why we trade... Only enough snow to make it more beautiful, not uncomfortable #KenaiRiver

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

anyone interested in a quick $SPY $QQQ $IWM video update? 250+ likes gets it done

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Brian Shannon, CMT

7 years

Is Swing Trading the Perfect Timeframe?

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

work on you, YOU are the weakest part of your trade plan

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Brian Shannon, CMT

8 months

scrolling twitter every single day -this indicator is negative -this indicator is positive --Fed policy is "bullish" or "bearish" this person said this or that all I see is "blah, blah, blah" show me a chart, that is truth price is truth only price pays sponsored by a…

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Brian Shannon, CMT

14 days

A lot of my ability to outperform the market is in the simple avoidance of doing stupid things A few stupid things I don't do are - buy stocks in downtrends - short stocks in uptrends - hold losers very long Avoiding stupid things allows me to be in a position of strength to…

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 months

The market is in a primary uptrend but quite extended. Risks of a deeper pullback are higher. Some ppl still do not understand this. Don't buy the dip, buy strength after. Let others risk their money buying weakness, when it is clear I will make new purchases and have a…

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

Im a trader, I sold 90% of my crypto tonight The arrows point to the most important point of trading/investing

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

The market is full of these people

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

I have been selling books on Amazon for years. They recently deactivated my account because they say (but will not show me) a complaint that the books are sold as new but are used. Do these books look used to you? RT, like etc before they delete my tweet again

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

3 weeks into my no sugar, no alcohol experiment the science says the benefits continue to accrue, resting HR down 22%

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

If your stocks are going up, raise the stops under "the most recent, relevant higher low" for your timeframe. You will never sell the high, but you also won't give back your gains and frantically search "news" for reasons your stock is lower listen to price, Only Price Pays!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

1 year

New book is out of stock at AMZN. There are no more available until, middle of next week.. so frustrating The book peaked at #446 of all books on AMZN (over 1 million books for sale there) Thank you for your support and patience If u purchased, please leave a review on AMZN

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Brian Shannon, CMT

6 months

Two cardinal rules of mine 1- Never initiate a short swingtrade when the 5 DMA is rising (10-minute chart on left) 2- never initiate a short daytrade when price is above rising daily VWAP (2 min chart on right) $SPY no such thing as "up too much" when there are still buyers

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Some slides I am going to present to a group of high school kids tomorrow

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

What she really wants for Christmas!

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

How it started, how its going

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

We know that Only Price Pays but VOLUME IS useful A healthy volume pattern expands in the direction of the trend and diminishes on retracements When we see heavy volume without further upside = DISTRIBUTION and Heavy volume without further downside = ACCUMULATION

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 months

Reminder 8,046 Do not buy the dip, buy strength after the dip Study this SP500 YTD chart and remember the simple definition of trends UPTREND = higher highs and higher lows DOWNTREND = lower highs and lower lows buy strength and manage risk, applicable to ALL TIMEFRAMES

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

The direction 5 Day Moving Average is my main (not only) indicator to decide whether or not it makes sense to initiate a new swing trade I never look at the 5DMA on a DAILY chart, only intraday

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Brian Shannon, CMT

9 months

Friendly reminder Buy strength after the dip

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

I was recently asked to name some of the more influential books on my career, here are a few of the less spoken about books which have helped me @MikeBellafiore @LarryWmsLNL @JeffCooperLive @KGD_Investor @steenbab

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Some of you asked what I taught the high school class today. Here is the presentation

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

To me, it is simple. When prices are below a declining 5 day SMA, I treat rally attempts as guilty until proven innocent. This has been my guiding near term principle for 15+ years for mkt & equites $SPY $QQQ $IWM all TRYING to stabilize but cannot be trusted ⚓️VWAP #5DMA

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Brian Shannon, CMT

19 days

How to spot an amateur vs pro on X Amateur Talks about stocks already up without ever mentioning an entry Mentions big price targets No mention of risk No follow up to trades that fail Pro Talks about setups Outlines potential scenarios Focus on risk Willing to admit a…

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

Of course I'm not buying $YNDX $OZON or any other Russian based stock. I can make money on stocks that don't benefit an enemy to world peace. Keep your rubles..

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Brian Shannon, CMT

6 months

Immature traders speak in certainties. It is a dead giveaway that someone doesn't know what they are talking about when they say, "xyz will do XXX." Professionals mention risk; those are the people to follow on X or anywhere else

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

there are no coincidences $SPY ⚓️VWAP from Covid

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

high res, Market Structure Infographic on the link below feel free to share it. I created this in 2010

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Brian Shannon, CMT

9 months

Once again.. no reason to buy when the $SPY is below the declining 5DMA

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Brian Shannon, CMT

5 years

If a stock is down 50% from its high, you are not "buying a dip" you are buying a stock in its own personal bear market and your risk management sucks

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Brian Shannon, CMT

4 years

there is a lot of hype about "how to trade the election" guess what? not trading the election is probably the best strategy for majority of participants let others get caught up in the emotion amd wait for dust to settle unlees you are a skilled daytrader

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I cannot think of a bigger waste of time and more uninteresting tv program

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Brian Shannon, CMT

2 years

WTF!?! Alcohol-related deaths in 2020 outnumbered COVID-19 deaths among adults younger than 65, The New York Times anyone get triple vaccinated for alcohol?

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

I think most ppl allocate their trading capital wrong Best place for TRADING is in an IRA not cash account no complicated taxes at end of yr in IRA short term gains get deferred to retirement age tax rate long term holds should be in cash account where u get lower tax rate

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Brian Shannon, CMT

3 years

These are the trading/investing psychology books I own in hardcover

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