Timeframe Matters

It seems that everyone and their mother is now following the head and shoulders pattern forming on the daily chart on SPY. They head over to Investopedia, read a couple paragraphs about this magical pattern, and risk management seems to become an afterthought.

Anyways, here’s The Pattern:

spy11 567x420 Timeframe Matters

FEAR!!!

And I’m not discounting the pattern at all. But zoom into a smaller timeframe, and I see this:

spy21 567x420 Timeframe Matters

GREED!

This game may be a little harder than it seems.


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