TechniTrader Stock Trading "How to Use Dark Pools Chart Patterns for Higher Profits?"

Identify Candlestick Patterns for Early Entry

An area of Technical Analysis that has not made its way into most stock market books, articles, and information available on the internet is to use Dark Pools Stock Chart Patterns for higher profits. The reason why Dark Pool technical patterns aka footprints are not yet part of the Technical Analysis standard of teaching is that these are NEW chart patterns.



Dark Pools did not exist in the 1980’s, 1990’s, or early 2000’s. These are relatively new trading venues for the giant Buy Side Institutions who demanded obscurity, due to the rise of the High Frequency Trading Firms in the mid 2000 decade after the switch from fractions to decimals. Basically High Frequency Trading Firms morphed out of the Small Order Execution System Bandits, during the rouge Floor Traders era.

A Retail Day Trader can no longer see the large lot activity on their level 2 screens, as nearly all large lots are transacted nowadays on the hidden venues called Dark Pools which are used by giant Buy Side Institutions. However what can not be hidden, is the easy to identify Dark Pool footprints on the stock charts. Watch a webinar on the leading indicator Time Segmented Volume indicator for early entry and higher profits, which is shown in the middle chart window in the chart example.

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There are many different types of Dark Pool footprints the giant Buy Side Institutions leave on charts, due to their preferred professional bracketed Order Types. 

One of the more common patterns happening is the “Basing Bottom Formation,” which is a brand new type of bottoming formation. In order to use Dark Pool Chart Patterns for higher profits, the key element to identify the Dark Pool Quiet Accumulation before the stock runs up. The box drawn on the chart below shows the candlestick pattern of the Dark Pool Buy Zone.


chart example of a "basing bottom formation" - technitrader


However early entry can be problematic if a trader is using Price and Time Indicators, as well as both Momentum and Price Oscillators. They may get an early crossover, but then the stock moves sideways up and down in a choppy pattern that causes whipsaw exits and losses.

Another problem getting in early is that many Retail Traders wait for signals from Momentum Indicators, which gets them into the stock very late in the run. This means instead of a high profit trade, the Retail Trader takes a meager profit. 


Summary

Recognizing Dark Pool Chart Patterns and using leading indicators to enter a stock trade earlier, is crucial for higher profits.

Watch a training webinar about using Stock Leading Indicators for early entry and higher profits, and avoid getting into a stock late.

Go watch the Stock Leading Indicators training webinar, to learn the 5 Essential Stock Indicators, Price vs Quantity, and indicators for finding Dark Pools & the High Frequency Traders that search for them.


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