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Larry: Please tell us what you look for in a stock with Dave Edson at IQXP
in today’s market. to integrate sounds of the
market into his IQXP system.
Dan: I look for very high beta stocks that trade To rotate through groups of charts in real time in
at least 1 million shares a day and can move multiple time frames I use Quotetracker which
a minimum of $4 to $5 a day for two to three is specifically designed for this.
consecutive days at a time. Most of my stocks
start in the $80 area but some of the best For my end of day charting and scanning I
stocks are in the $100-$700 price range such use AIQ Trading Expert and those charts are
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seem to be spottier in their price movement and
therefore I find them less fluid for swing trading. Larry: Do you use any particular trading method
or combination thereof?
Larry: How many stocks do you scan nightly?
Dan: I use chart patterns to trade and combine
Dan: I have about 1300 stocks in my AIQ these with price and volume behavior on the
database that I scan routinely, but the main most explosive and high priced stocks I can
focus is a smaller select group of the biggest find. It seems to work very well and I have used
moving stocks of the day. Over the past few this method exclusively for the past 22 years.
years I have actually reduced my complete I do not use any Gann, Fibonacci or any other
database scanning from every night to two or tools of this sort in my trading.
three times a week. This is probably because as
this Bull market has aged, there are just fewer Larry: Do you use stops?
big movers in the market to find these days.
Dan: Tight stops are a must in this business
Larry: What software platforms do you use or you’re out of business. If you ever start
today? getting stopped out repeatedly in a one or two
week period of time then the market is telling
Dan: I use eSignal for my real-time quotes and you something. You should start going to cash
IQXP with my custom “sounds of the market” before a serious market break occurs.
alert tool during the market day. This alert tool
triggers sounds as trades suddenly fill at the bid Larry: What time charts do you use?
or ask on stocks through out the day. I created
sounds of the market in 1997 by connecting a I use many time frames on my charts which is
few alligator clips from my boombox speakers why Quotetracker software is so effective for
to the soundcard in my computer. It has helped me. I have six 5 min charts on one monitor,
me immensely through the years. I later worked six 30 minute charts on another monitor and
Dan: I usually put in 10 -14 hours a day which Dan: Well the number one book to read is “How
is down from 12- 16 hours a day 12 years ago. to make money in Stocks” by William O’Neil. I
Research per day is about 1-2 hours and 4-5 read that book over 35 times during a 6 year
hours on Sunday. span when I was starting out. Then I would use
AIQ Trading Expert for end of day charting for
Larry: I am curious about your yearly seminar? crisp looking charts that help find those chart
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the other screens loaded with real-time charts on
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Quotetracker via a link in my chat room.