{"id":44173,"date":"2013-05-03T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/33-locked-in-positioning-is-everything\/44168\/"},"modified":"2013-05-03T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T20:11:00","slug":"33-locked-in-positioning-is-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/33-locked-in-positioning-is-everything\/44173\/","title":{"rendered":"33% Locked In: Positioning Is Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2>33% Locked In: Positioning Is Everything<\/h2>\n<p>When the market drops 70 plus pips and then turns and rallies 70 plus pips within an hour, how do you prepare for that kind of volatility? Most retail traders (little guys like us) get lost the torrent \u00a0and end up losing their shirts when this type of market condition is present.<\/p>\n<p><b>We locked in 33% (66 pips) today playing this scenario<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/techmilieu.com\/quick-adsense --><\/p>\n<p>It all comes down to the \u201csmart money\u201d (i.e. big banks and institutions), as traders we have to understand how they think and act to trade in this kind of volatility and come out on top.<\/p>\n<p>If we can identify what the whales in the market are doing, then we can comfortably ride the waves that they create. 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