Trade filter with volume

Jun 13

SWKS

Chart shows SWKS with 2 similar long breakout patterns. So why we take one trade but ignore the other? The answer is volume. We want volume to be on our side or otherwise the price maynot be "ready" for the move.

For volume we need to look at the daily timeframe.

Using a customized volume oscillator bassed on Chaikin Money Flow and On Balance, we filter trades whereby volume must be ascending at the time of long entry and vice versa for shorts.
We note that the first move failed also in part due to the release of quarterly results so it is nartual that volume during the week prior is relatively low.