Trading strategies quiz

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One question from each lesson in this topic. Pick an answer to see why, then open the lesson if you want to review it.

1. Question 1 of 19

   In the drawing, four horizontal lines are labeled A to D. Price reacted at line B three times and at the other lines once or never. Which line deserves a zone on your chart?

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   ABCD

2. Question 2 of 19

   In the drawing, what makes the lower shaded box a demand zone?

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   Price bounced there several times beforeIt holds the lowest price of the dayIt is a small base of candles right before a strong rally

3. Question 3 of 19

   In the drawing, in which chart would buying a bullish pin bar at support mean trading against the structure?

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   ABC

4. Question 4 of 19

   In the drawing, which lettered point is the change of character (CHoCH)?

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   ABCD

5. Question 5 of 19

   In the drawing, what made the boxed candle an order block rather than just the last red candle?

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   Price later came back and touched itA wick poked below the equal lows a second timeThe sharp move up from it broke the last lower high (the BOS)

6. Question 6 of 19

   In the drawing, price trends above the dashed VWAP line, pulls back to it and closes back above. Which event does the guide treat as the trigger for the long?

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   The first touch of VWAP during the pullbackA candle closing back above VWAPA wick through VWAP, before the candle has closed

7. Question 7 of 19

   In the drawing, when does the buy signal appear?

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   As soon as a wick pokes above the range highDuring the first 15 minutes, while the range is still formingAfter a later 5-minute candle closes above the range high

8. Question 8 of 19

   In the left panel of the drawing, the stock opens above the dashed prior close and keeps rising without coming back. What does that show?

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   The gap still has to fill later todayA gap does not have to fill, at least not soonThe stock will gap up again tomorrow

9. Question 9 of 19

   In the drawing, the breakout bar is tagged RVOL 3.0. What does that tag tell you?

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   The stock is up 3% on the dayThat bar traded about three times the average volumePrice should travel three times the height of the range

10. Question 10 of 19

    In the drawing, price coils inside a tight, quiet box before a candle closes above it on a volume spike. What does the quiet box itself tell you?

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    That price will break upwardThat a bigger move may be coming, but not which wayThat the next breakout will fail

11. Question 11 of 19

    In the drawing, an uptrend pulls back in small, orderly candles and a candle then closes back up with a buy signal. Where does the guide put the first target?

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    At the low of the pullbackAt the swing high the pullback came fromAt twice the stop distance, wherever that lands

12. Question 12 of 19

    Hypothetical range between support and resistance. In the drawing, which long entry fits the strategy in this guide?

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    ABC

13. Question 13 of 19

    In the drawing, both panels show price stretched below its mean. Which one suits a mean reversion trade?

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    AB

14. Question 14 of 19

    In the drawing, an uptrend has a fast and a slow EMA, and price pulls back to the fast one and holds. What job does each line do in the guide’s strategy?

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    The slow EMA sets the direction; the fast EMA is where price pulls back toThe fast EMA sets the direction; the slow EMA times the entryNeither: the entry is the moment the two lines cross

15. Question 15 of 19

    In the drawing, the solid 50 MA crosses above the dashed 200 MA at the point circled golden cross. What does that cross tell you?

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    Price will keep rising from hereThe stock is oversold and due for a bounceThe last 50 closes now average above the last 200, after a rise that has already happened

16. Question 16 of 19

    In the drawing, three plans share the same entry, and every scalp pays about the same costs per share. Which plan leaves the most room for those costs?

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    ABC

17. Question 17 of 19

    You buy a hypothetical pullback at a support zone and plan to hold for several days. Which stop line follows this guide?

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    ABC

18. Question 18 of 19

    Each panel compares a stock (solid line) with the market index (dashed line) over the same months, both starting at 100. Which stock shows the strongest relative strength now?

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    ABCD

19. Question 19 of 19

    A trend follower holds while the trailing stop (the red dotted steps) holds, and sells when price falls through it. At which lettered point does the rule say sell?

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    ABCD