5th day of $QQQ short term down-trend; $TFX bounces.

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A lot of rocket stocks bounced from oversold support on Monday. This may be a playable bounce.

For example, TFX, which I bought on Monday,  has bounced from 1ts 15.2 lower Bollinger Band and retaken its 30 day average.  I call this a low risk set-up. If the bounce fails to hold  I exit and take a small quick loss. Note that TFX is above its recent green line top.

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3rd day of $QQQ short term down-trend; heed earnings day

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It is embarrassing to see that one of the GLB stocks I posted in my new GLB tracker table , IPGP,  fell 15% the next day. This brings up a very important lesson I teach my students. Always know the expected earnings release date for all stocks held or to be purchased. In these very volatile days, I usually sell my position before  earnings day. Otherwise, I am merely gambling. On the other hand, those gamblers who held LNKD or AMZN through earnings were greatly rewarded!