One big green day can fool you. The stronger reversals usually start leaving several clues at once.

A strategy can be perfectly good and still be a lousy fit for the market in front of you. The edge comes from knowing when to switch gears.

Patience keeps you out of bad trades. But if you stop paying attention completely, the clean setup can show up before you’re ready.

A rough market can make you question good trades. The bigger danger is what frustration makes you do next.

Mixed signals are one thing. The real danger starts when uncertainty turns into a need to trade – especially after watching a move happen without you.

Sometimes the best evidence of discipline is what never made it into your account at all.

A weak market can make strong setups easier to dismiss. The better question is whether the stock itself is still giving you a reason to act.

A clean breakout can do more than open the door to upside. It can also make one of the hardest trading decisions much easier.

A strong seasonal window can make mediocre setups look better than they really are. That’s where traders can get sloppy.

A big headline can send a stock flying. That doesn’t mean the trade was there in the first place.

Everybody has a theory about where this pullback goes next. The harder part is knowing when the market itself starts proving them wrong.