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Amazon headed to supply zone on earningsAmazon is now my largest position in the long term portfolio. I have been adding heavily after that market dip a while back. The stock is forming a new momentum trend line and reaches for the supply zone that started the downfall. This is partially because Bezos has been selling at 200$. I search for a contraction leading into the supply box on this rising trend. Earnings could surprise hugely since their operating cash flow is expanding. All they need to do is decide to pay some taxes and lock some earnings in.
NASDAQ:AMZNLong
by Apollo_21mil
Stop Losses: Protecting Your Trades and Building Consistency Stop losses are a critical tool for any trader aiming to manage risk and protect capital. A stop loss is a preset level at which a trade will automatically close to prevent further losses if the price moves against you. This approach is one of the most effective ways to protect your account, and understanding how to set and use stop losses correctly can help you trade more confidently. In this article, I will discuss why stop losses are essential, the types of stop losses available, and how they link to other core strategies like position sizing and maintaining consistency. Why Every Trader Needs a Stop Loss The primary role of a stop loss is to limit potential losses on a trade. By setting a stop loss level, you define your risk before entering the trade, which helps ensure that no single trade can damage your account significantly. This practice is fundamental to disciplined trading, where managing risk is just as important as aiming for profits. When you use stop losses, you’re able to protect your account without relying on emotions or making quick decisions based on fear or market volatility . Using stop losses also promotes consistency, as it allows traders to follow their strategy and avoid unexpected, large losses. Knowing your risk upfront means you can execute your trades with a clear plan, focusing on opportunities rather than worrying about sudden market moves. This consistency is key to achieving long-term success in trading 🚀. The Types of Stop Losses Every Trader Should Know There are different types of stop losses, each suited to particular trading strategies and market conditions. Here are some of the most common types and how they work: Fixed Dollar or Percentage Stop Loss This is the simplest type, where you set a specific dollar amount or percentage of your capital as the maximum loss. Example: If you’re willing to lose $100 on a trade, you place a stop loss that will close your position if the loss reaches $100. Technical Stop Loss A technical stop loss is set using chart levels, like support or resistance, which reflect natural points where prices may bounce or reverse. Example: If a stock has support at $48 and you buy it at $50, you might set your stop loss just below $48. This way, if the price breaks the support level, the trade closes to prevent further loss. Trailing Stop Loss A trailing stop loss adjusts upward as the price moves in your favor, locking in profits if the stock reverses. Example: If you buy a stock at $50 with a $1 trailing stop, and the price rises to $55, your stop automatically moves to $54. If the price then drops to $54, the trade closes, protecting your $4 profit. Volatility-Based Stop Loss This type of stop loss takes into account the stock’s usual price swings, setting the stop far enough away to avoid being triggered by minor fluctuations. Example: If the ATR (Average True Range) of a stock is $2, you might set your stop $3 below your entry point to account for normal market movements. Time-Based Stop Loss A time-based stop loss closes the position after a set period, which is particularly useful for day traders who avoid holding trades overnight. Example: A day trader might exit all trades by 4 p.m., regardless of the price movement, to avoid the risks of holding overnight positions. How Stop Loss and Position Sizing Work Together Stop losses and position sizing are deeply connected. Position sizing is the amount of capital you commit to each trade, and it’s based on your risk tolerance and the distance to your stop loss level. For instance, if you have a $10,000 account and want to risk only 1% per trade (or $100), you’ll need to calculate how many shares you can buy based on the distance to your stop loss. Let’s say your stop loss is $5 away from your entry price. To stick to your $100 risk limit, you would only buy 20 shares ($100/$5 stop distance). By setting your position size relative to your stop loss, you control how much of your capital is at risk. This approach keeps your losses small enough that no single trade can impact your overall capital significantly, allowing you to trade consistently and confidently. How Stop Losses Contribute to Consistent Trading Stop losses are essential for maintaining consistency in trading. They allow you to avoid big losses that can drain your capital and help keep emotions in check, allowing you to trade with a clear mind. Using stop losses also helps you keep your risk-to-reward ratio in balance, so even if some trades go against you, the overall profits from successful trades will outweigh these losses. This discipline keeps you aligned with your strategy and limits impulsive actions, which are often harmful to trading success. In this way, stop losses help establish a consistent, repeatable process that strengthens your trading foundation and increases your chances of long-term success. I know very well the frustration of seeing my stop losses being hit, but believe me, the worst feeling is getting stuck with a large loss for weeks, months, or even years. Sometimes, stocks never recover.
NASDAQ:AMZNEducation
by David_SpotTheTrend
AWS growth fuels long-term potential despite uncertainties.I significantly increased my AMZN position ahead of earnings, as AWS is seeing astronomical growth and is set to be the standout star of this decade. With its high Beta and growth potential, AMZN deserves a large portion of my portfolio. I find Wall Street’s $220 price target reasonable. Short-term, we’re trading sideways, and with MACD indecisive, my first buy zone is around $180 during pullbacks. If it reaches $166, which I doubt, that’s where I’ll go all in. For now, it seems to be pulling back from resistance, but I’m not concerned.
NASDAQ:AMZNLong
by Tolgaun6
POTENTIAL SHORT OPPORTUNITY AMAZON (AMZN)Hello everyone hope you are all doing fantastic today!! Just wanted to come on here before the start of the trading week and make a post for this awesome community on a potential short sell setup I see on Amazon! So let's dive in! OK so I am going to keep it really brief and simple for you all! Since simple trading truly is sustainable trading. So let me give some bullet points based on each timeframe that is giving me a short bias! Here we go: 1. Weekly Chart: price had huge sell off from 200 to 150 per share in price; now with prices pulling back (expecting potential follow through) 2. Daily Chart: Price had a sharp drop from 195 to 180 per share; formed strong zone of supply; buyer is coming in with weaker momentum than the seller (showing seller control); ALSO pulling back into a potential 78.6% discount zone on the daily fib retracement tool 3. 4H Chart: Broke structure lows around 183 per share. Now pulling back into supply; watching for potential divergence, etc. OK guys there is my simple breakdown for you guys! Basically just seeing if we get some of that follow through to the downside following that large sell off on the weekly timeframe! Hope you all enjoy and have an amazing rest of your day! Cheers! Please boost this post and follow my page for more quality setups and content!
NASDAQ:AMZNShort
by JosePips
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Potentially Complex Diamond Pattern On $AMZNThis looks like a diamond pattern on AMZN. I have taken puts here with the stop just a little way above (it would have to break this level to invalidate the pattern in my view). The diamond pattern is clear. There is the initial high, the low, the higher high, the lower low, and the return to the original range. I have no idea why or what fundamental reason could cause AMZN to dip here, but, fundamentals don't work in this market and I have to trust the price action (but with tight stops and take profits naturally) If it resolves, it will conclusively break the lower trendline. I suspect that the bottom will be the point-of-control on the volume profile. If it invalidates, it will take out the September highs and this will correlate to the SPX and NDX melt-up. Trade carefully and watch this form closely.
NASDAQ:AMZNShort
by RogueEconomics
Is Amazon stock trapping retail traders? Is it too late?Historically, Amazon tends to experience a run-up leading into Prime Day, which could add positive momentum to the stock. There are some indications that history might, in fact, repeat itself. The yellow line represents the 6-month anchored VWAP, while the white line shows the July highs anchored VWAP. These VWAPs are crucial as they provide a strong indication of where average buying and selling have occurred over significant time frames, acting as dynamic support or resistance levels. I anticipate strong resistance near the August highs, as this is a level where increased supply could enter the market. To counter this, I am hoping for a tight consolidation or base formation in the $183.22 - $187.50 range, setting up for a powerful upside move. If the price can hold within this range, it could pave the way for a retest of the August high and potentially push further up towards $200 by the end of the year.
NASDAQ:AMZNLong
by MysticMads
How to Make Money in the Stock Market and Keep ItI have always said that making money in the stock market is easy. It is learning how not to lose money that is the hard part of trading. To that end, when you find yourself in the surprising and often disturbing position of having made a whole lot of profit, or more profit than you expected in a very short time, you may be feeling overwhelmed. This is when you need to remember some basics about the art of trading. The primary factor in making money and keeping it depends upon your ability to stop trading to get your emotions under control again. Stop trading for at least a few days to a week. This sounds ludicrous, but my experience with teaching traders for more than 20 years is that those who follow this rule keep their big gains while those who do not, lose them back to the market and then some. The reason behind this is emotion. You are in a state of emotional flux, not thinking logically. You are thinking, “I’m brilliant, I’m invincible, I am going to be rich!” Well, sure, but not at this moment. At this moment, you are overly exuberant, you are thinking you can do no wrong, so you are likely to miss the parts of your analysis that would keep you out of high-risk setups. So, take a few days to cool off. The Stock Market is not going anywhere. Great trades present themselves over and over again. While you are recovering from the shock of a large gain, these steps can help bring you back down to Earth : Review your notes from some of the courses you have taken. Reading back over rules and the reasons behind them for making sounding trading decisions helps a lot to keep you grounded. Review your trading plan and your goals. If you don't have this written out somewhere, do it now. Most people refuse to write down their goals because of “fear of failure.” They are so afraid that they are not capable of reaching those goals that they do not try. Try to write down realistic goals, and adjust them as you see the need. We have a calculator that we provide to our students for help with this. Once you do the task of setting goals, you will find that they are achieved much of the time. Consider if you need to increase your goals. Continually pushing yourself to reach higher and higher levels of efficiency and profit helps to both dispel the fear of failure and propel you forward with perhaps stricter rules to achieve those higher goals. Trading is 50% skill which, in short, includes understanding your Trading Style and using proper Strategies for the current Market Condition. The other 50% is controlling emotion, which includes setting goals, keeping calm and centered, using discipline in your trading rules, having the determination to keep working until you are successful, maintaining your personal parameters while expanding them, and using logic rather than emotion. These are the major components of making money and keeping it.
NASDAQ:AMZNEducation
by MarthaStokesCMT-TechniTrader
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Top 5 Weekly Trade Ideas #2 - AMZN ShortAMZN recently broke below its uptrend from early August and has also broken below horizontal support near 183. I think that level would be a good place to use for a stop loss, upside target would be supply/190 above. If it stays below 183 and breaks the recent low around 180 I'd look for a move down to fill the gaps around 175 and 172. Overall I like the way it has remained below 183 after an attempt to reclaim which quickly failed. It's also been fairly weak relative to NQ lately in general. Names such as NVDA and META have been much stronger so that's where I'd be looking for longs, not on AMZN.
NASDAQ:AMZNShort
by AdvancedPlays
AMZN Technical Analysis (10/8/2024)Current Price: ~$180.93 Resistance Levels: First Resistance: $182.00 – This level is the immediate resistance to watch, where AMZN might face rejection if there's low momentum. Second Resistance: $186.61 – A break above $182.00 could lead AMZN to test this level, especially if volume picks up. Third Resistance: $187.57 – A strong bullish move would target this level as a more extended upside. Support Levels: First Support: $180.65 – AMZN is hovering near this level. A break below could bring downside pressure. Second Support: $175.77 – If selling continues, this is the next support to watch for potential price stabilization. Trend & Pattern: AMZN is in a descending channel pattern, which typically indicates a bearish continuation unless there is a break to the upside. Price action shows consolidation near the lower channel, suggesting indecision or a potential breakdown if support fails. Volume: Volume appears relatively low, suggesting a lack of strong buying or selling interest. This can imply a wait-and-see approach by traders, so any spike in volume tomorrow could indicate the next direction. MACD Indicator: The MACD is showing slight bullish divergence, with the lines crossing close to zero. This could indicate a potential bounce from current levels if the support holds. Potential Trade Ideas: Bullish Scenario: If AMZN breaks above $182.00 with solid momentum, a long position could be considered, targeting $186.61 or $187.57 as upside targets. Bearish Scenario: A break below $180.65 could lead to a retest of lower support levels, such as $175.77. In this case, a short position may be an option with a stop above $182.00. This analysis is for educational purposes only and is not financial advice. Please do your own research before making any trading decisions.
NASDAQ:AMZN
by BullBearInsights