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Trading concepts

Environment over setup

A bad setup is more likely to work in a good market than a perfect setup is in a bad market.

A broad group of stock-price lines trending higher together
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The Kill Candle

A heavy QQQ selloff that separates the easier market before it from the choppier market after it.

QQQ candlestick sequence showing an uptrend interrupted by the June 5 kill candle and choppier action afterward
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