Broadening Formations, not stop hunts!

[@rayschrijvers9249]

Simple yet effective explanations and examples of the BF. Biggest take aways are outside candles are BFs on a smaller TF and Stratters look for reversals at exhaustion risk = actionable signal. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience on various platforms!

[@jambalaya3308]

Thanks Sara. You were made for teaching. You have it all in you - clear and straight to the point, you speak slow and explain things in detail. The best strat teacher. God Bless!!

[@yoloforeva]

Great Job! really appreciate it. enjoyed your singing at 13:50 that song was the 90's anthem.

[@congamike1]

BOOM! I just made $40 with the strat! Thank you Sara!

[@Panther007ismmmm]

Watching all your videos Sara, and I must say I am so thankful to you for taking time out to make these videos for new traders just like myself. Thank you again.

[@julioc4978]

Good explanation I believe the problem is when we don't look at the higher time frame and have it side by side, that is why we don't move our stops or dont have a hard stop in place. The broadening formation key is the entry, if you enter when it closes up on a 2-2 long or a 212 reversal long, you would expect a broadening formation upwards. You just sell it at the top or the worst you can do is break even. The worst it can do is break even if you move your stop to your break even. Unless you went long at the top and let it dip below your stop and you keep riding it down. Broadening formations are basically the opposite of a flag, or it is also known as a megaphone formation. The hardest thing if to determine your time frame and the charts that you are going to trade off. If you trade of a 5 mins, 15mins, or a 1H chart, you shouldn't switching back and forth between them, I learned this in a hard way, this is like entering on a 5 mins chart and exiting on a 1HR, etc. Rather have all of them on one screen. Cheers.

[@TheMano808]

Excellent video! Thanks for showing us how you draw the formations, that was really helpful. Looking forward to the next one! Have a great weekend!

[@duncanwylie6461]

Love the Montel Jordan, "This is How We Do It". Awesome video, the pieces are coming together and making more sense. Thanks so much for what you do!!

[@jasondratman5584]

Hi Sara thanks for the reminder of the broadening formation video. This was great. Had to watch a couple of times. Each time I watch I learn something new..jam packed. W great info.. loved the little singing too. Ur the best hope u Rocco and fam r doing well. 👍🎾

[@paulm1303]

I'm really learning a lot from these videos Sara, you explain it so clearly. Thank you!

[@nataliesmith6208]

This was so good and Totally understood it. Thank you so much, now I'm go in to practice this on several charts. Study and application makes it work.

[@techrun1988]

Thank you. For whatever reason my over analytical head hasn’t been able to put things together. This video greatly, greatly helps.

[@HashtagDadMode]

Thank you Sara. That was beautifully explained. I'm learning a lot from your videos and can't really wait to test my knowledge ( I'm still not a 100% confident )

[@CJChun]

Sara, you're broadening my knowledge of technical charting exponentially! Thank you for "HOW YOU DO IT"

[@joesixts]

Been learning the Strat, but this is a great video. Excited to watch more videos.

[@AftaShock_]

You make too much sense, sad I didn’t discover you and the Strat earlier in my trading career, but happy I’m here now 🎉

[@twill2690]

Thanks Sara, great job. Love how you break things down so we can understand.

[@bhargavgade9131]

Very Good Explanation on risk and broadening formation. Thanks Sara!!!

[@RobertPuckett4]

"Who are we to be long against?" Great question. Thanks for the vid.

[@AVWAP]

More lessons and charting on Broadening formation would be great. Get down on it! Get down on it!

[@edwest90]

I've been exploring the strat and have watched your vids already. I'm spending time bingeing them all again and taking notes. Going on in on The Strat this Thursday. I've even set up my charts with custom pinescript indicators numbering the bars and placing your famous Month, Week, and Day High-Low lines. I've also got labels that pop up when reversal patterns appear. Thursday will be the big test :) Thanks for all you do.

[@jonalfonso5723]

How's it been working for you?

[@investradelearn]

yeah we want to know.

[@czapskibusinessgroup]

So if I'm understanding this right; it doesnt matter about the color of the candle just the actual wicks themsevles which hit the LL or HH.

[@ockster15]

Super Sara!! I love me some brakdening formations!! Give me those 3-2d at the bottom of a BF...rocket back when confirmation hits

[@OpulentLightBeing]

Do you Sara! LOL, I was singing with you... It's Friiiiidaaaaay night and I feel all right. The party's here on the West side... Thank you for a clear explaination. I dig your teaching style. ❤️

[@gempossible6578]

Just here to give you your 💐…Thanks Sara for all the good you’re doing!

[@SaraStratSniper]

You're sweet. Thanks dear.

[@astromandan1]

Long live the Queen! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@TheLoneComic]

Really great performance personality besides dead cool data. Thanks.

[@marcusdavis8851]

Thank you Sara! For all you do and knowledge you share to the Strat community; well appreciated.

[@rombusworkmoney22]

But what CAUSES broadening formations? If not stop hunts, then what?

[@Nofacemonk]

How do you know which TTO is used to determine the broadening formation phase in a hyper volatile market

[@achille1577]

Thank you for all the details! Please correct me if i am wrong. Although the targets are predictable, It is hard to say Strat is a rule based strategy because a 2up or a 2down can turn into a 3 at the last second before the candle closes even after my entry was hit? Please correct me if i am missing something

[@traderelated]

on the $PENN example, how did you decide which is the high? there are many 2Up candles before and after the candle you picked that have a higher high?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Doesn't matter which one, neither does the drawing. is price broadening is what u wanna ask yourself?

[@seek3n]

What if is a lower high but even lower lows. Downward or upward megaphone. Some trader says that's indication of major support resistance also reversal signal. Cuz so many traders are trading causing wide range. But then some trader says reversal sign should be small range/volume signaling 1 side is exhausting

[@spookyuf]

Do you consider the angle that the broadening formation creates when making your highs and lows? If so, what is your recommendation as I feel like I am fitting a line to my expectations of a new possible high or low rather than letting price action dictate what the new highs or lows could be.

[@SaraStratSniper]

remember, the goal is to make a new low or a new high compared to previous ones. The drawing isn't so important. But try to go w the less steep line if u can'

[@Mal-ey2mm]

Thanks again Sara. One question with your Nvidia example (14:34)...where would you've put the lower line of the broadening formation before your first short trade? Would it have been the pivot lows of the 2 3's sandwiching the 1..sort of!?😂

[@mattarmbrister5654]

Thank you, Sara. You are very real in these videos.

[@oscargabriel8977]

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[@ChartGuys]

You have me seriously second guessing my reality of it being Saturday at the moment.

[@SaraStratSniper]

Lol. I couldn't wait! ❤️

[@BLKMNRY]

thank you for this video. i just have a question about the entry you were pointing out @11 minutes, at the 2-up and 2-down candles. if one was to make that entry, it wouldn't have been triggered because price did not actually go back to it, right? maybe it did at a later time, but not on that specific example. am i wrong, or am i just missing something?

[@terrydawe6202]

Is your chart template available with the candles numbers and the indication of the time frame direction? If so, how is it accessed? Thanks Terry

[@prettylilly7565]

beautifully explained!...Thank you

[@paulodonnell7046]

Can you explain why we should be "adding to" when there is an inside bar?

[@SaraStratSniper]

It's what we do in the strat, start small, press winners on continuations and reversals.

[@Thelorieoreo43]

I appreciate your time and effort in helping stratters understand what to do! I’m relatively new to the strat with a smaller account. How do you gauge options contracts with broadening formations?

[@jameskfox]

Great breakdown as usual. Let me be among the first to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day 2021 and thanks for all you do here!

[@SaraStratSniper]

Aww, thank you! You are officially the first person to wish me a happy mother's day this year! ❤️

[@jewarnell]

Thank you for the video Sara! At what point do you erase a BF and start over? Do you try to keep BF's as close to current price action as possible? How far back is it practical to draw them?

[@SaraStratSniper]

When the price action says too. Your broadening formations should change just as price does. I try to keep them as current as possible but there's no real rule of thumb for how far back.

[@Ai_Art963]

Doesn't this correlate with ICT as broading formations are liquidity sweeps?

[@Reem-jl7tv]

Hi Sara, thank you!!!! question on Stops when trading options. Which platform do you use.? I use E*TRADE and it requires contract value stops limit and not the actual dollar hard stop. It’s hard calculating what the contract value would be for a hard dollar amount stop. I want to gradually move my stop up as price goes up. Hope that made sense.

[@cp77r56]

Thanks Sara!.

[@cottondai]

The best explanation

[@angelagilmartin2109]

Hey Sara - Thanks for the video...I've been searching about BFs for awhile now so I'm so glad you made this...I haven't however been able to find the TFC Arrows in Tradingview...would you know a better way to hunt it down?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Read the video description

[@emarmodes]

when drawing broadening formations; do we always start from a 3 outside bar?

[@SaraStratSniper]

You didn't hear that from me, so no. Keep watching any video I have with the word broadening formation in the title.

[@louismarquez9562]

how did she get trading view to mark the candles as 2-1-3 etc??

[@darrelltetreault5490]

What is that color arrow indicator?

[@ghahandi]

Sara- Thanks. I watch & rewatch & rewatch all your vids. Is that Trendview charting in this video? It allows you to program the strat numbers?

[@SaraStratSniper]

yes

[@henryatakora6619]

Awesome Sara!! Great explanation.

[@ernestcrosby5382]

Hey Snipper Sarah, how do I add the background color to my charts and the numbers above the candles instead of beneath in Trading View?

[@SaraStratSniper]

its in the settings. its called gradient. And idk about the location of the strat numbers

[@ernestcrosby5382]

@@SaraStratSniper Ok. Got it

[@akinplus1]

Question: Your $PENN example, being that you're a day trader and PENN did a $30 move over about 10 days. Do you hold things that long & overnight or do you close out at end of day to avoid AH & PM gaps that can possibly move against you? If you close out at EOD, would you not lose out on most of that $30 move over the 10 or so days?

[@SaraStratSniper]

hold overnight w options

[@mubarakalbreiki2252]

Great explanation, thank You Sarah😘

[@Sarah-vs-Hagar]

I'm new to this stuff. There has got to be something i can take away in this for Forex Pairs, right?. Thank you for the help.

[@SaraStratSniper]

I don't trade forex but price action is price action. The strat works on anything with a chart

[@alkurney8602]

Very helpful Sara!

[@kurt4707]

Thank you

[@desisher5292]

This is very easy to do in hindsight, but in real-time it's a different story. For example, @9:40, there is no way that in real-time you would have picked that candle for a high.

[@christianguzman3909]

Great explanation, thank You Sarah

[@hardwaybets]

“This is how we do it...” lol! Humor helps in videos! Nice work on this. Your edits were worth it.

[@oscargabriel8977]

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[@myl0rd3]

what is the indicator for the "WMQY" at the side of your chart?

[@SaraStratSniper]

its in the video description

[@CijoSaj]

Thanks again sara for ur time making these videos.. Do you only post ideas on Twitter or on any discord?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Twitter only

[@CeyhunAZE]

How do you identify origin of formation?

[@ceebecks]

Hi Sara, how do you know when you are at exhaustion?

[@royjones4570]

Do you think these methods can be used on Penny stocks as well or only options and large caps basically?

[@SaraStratSniper]

anything w a chart

[@MajesticGeek]

Good video. Thanks, Sara!

[@axelrod4141]

You are awesome! I hope you know that😀

[@oscargabriel8977]

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[@jasonvolkert1846]

Thanks for the great explanation

[@regalmonkmusic]

At what point would you draw a new broadening formation? When it blasts through a high/low of the formation?

[@SaraStratSniper]

The drawing doesn't matter as much as price action. Did you make a higher high compared to the previous one? And a lower low on the bottom?

[@kenhazlett2636]

I meant to leave the comment about drawing broadening formations on BABA here. If you have timeframe conflict but you get a hammer 2 up, previous candle was a red 2 down, that would indicate a reversal to the upside, correct? And if that is the case, would it appear that it would the top of the broadening formation?

[@brianmcmanus5045]

Why did you call the red candle at the top of the broaden formation which was red a 2up? Is it because it open opened and closed above previous candle?

[@SaraStratSniper]

No. Watch the strat 123 video 🙂

[@mindinvesting6453]

Is there any video/content to explain the exhaustion of the stocks?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Not yet. Coming soon. I do talk about it briefly in the video though. All time highs or lows are exhaustion risk

[@Casabonitapr]

Hi Sara, thanks for the great content. I have a few questions. For trades taken off the daily, with targets from either the daily or weekly, do you have a minimum risk reward parameter in assessing to take the trade? What is your typical win rate % and average R per winner and average R per loser. It seems as though this system is high win rate low R so trade frequency is important. You have reviewed many examples of trades with multiple targets, how are you scaling? Lastly, you have also shown some examples with entry on daily using the trigger on the weekly as target. Do you ever add to the trade when hitting the weekly target instead of taking profits? Thank you for your time.

[@MediaWhored]

Great video Sara. Thanks for the effort and happy weekend !!

[@xxxxxxxx8188]

Does the reversal strat/ candlestick formations ever fail? Seems to have perfect backtesting results, do u know its winrate on an index like SPY

[@SaraStratSniper]

yep, that's when 3's happen

[@reytradingchannel7754]

Is candle number 1 always a entry signal ?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Pretty much yes!

[@reytradingchannel7754]

@@SaraStratSniper but how do you scan for those number 1 bar as there are so many stocks out there ?

[@SaraStratSniper]

@@reytradingchannel7754 watch my Trendspider scanning video.

[@BabouSrinivasan]

Great video with neat explanation. One question - Say, in a Day timeframe, can today's Low or High can be a pivot point (aka edge) low/high for broadening formation? Because there is no bars after today yet.

[@SaraStratSniper]

yes look at TSLA daily. There is a small broadening formation with the last few days of trading ending with Fridays candle.

[@Kokoforkoko]

I’ve watched this video at least 4 times and 🎶🎤 “this is how we do it” 🎤🎶 gets me every time 😂

[@hungryforgod]

Sara which timeframe is the best to draw your broadening formation ?

[@SaraStratSniper]

They can be drawn on any TF

[@antoniolightfoot5805]

Fast forward to 13:50 😉

[@SaraStratSniper]

Oh God. What do I say at 13:50 😂

[@Kangtone]

Mucho gracias

[@trill711]

Very knowledgeable you are

[@ogtrades4005]

Thanks for the education, can you please make a video of how to do this on the 1 5 15 min times.

[@SaraStratSniper]

its the same as it is on any time frame.

[@JakeWolbert]

What timeframe do you buy your options? Same week?

[@SaraStratSniper]

For day trades and weekly trades I buy weeklies

[@JakeWolbert]

@@SaraStratSniper Any plans to live stream your trading? Be cool to watch

[@Fdh305]

Great shoutout to Montel Jordan 🕺

[@Azadfekr]

Better than all "Price Action" books! 1000,000 likes!

[@SaraStratSniper]

Glad you enjoyed it! Price action is so repetive. Just keep seeing it! It'll soon be all you see!

[@RealTimW]

A great video it is! Well just a quick question: You strongly believe BF MUST be played strictly in accordance with timeframe continuity for better results?

[@SaraStratSniper]

Watch again. It's counter TFC

[@psestock]

0:34 Broadening Formation

[@ggreenleaf47]

Whats long, short mean?

[@ruslan0824]

Great video. I am new to trading. What education / books would you recommended for me to understand charts better 😌

[@SaraStratSniper]

Follow me on Twitter. Resources in my pinned tweet.

[@ruslan0824]

@@SaraStratSniper When you say Rob teaches to do this and that, did you take his course?

[@ruslan0824]

@@SaraStratSniper I just started following you on Twitter yesterday. “Rocket 🚀 trader” I wish you would follow me 🥺

[@bradwise5612]

Sara, how do you recommend I come up to speed in the Strat? Are there free resources or do u suggest I pay and take a course and if so which one? I recently watched your interview with Richard Moglen and very much enjoyed it. I have to tell you, back in the 1990's I worked a little with Kevin Haggerty who ran the institutional desk at Fidelity. He taught me what he called the RST Strategy (Reverse Symmetrical Triangle). I have to tell you the broadening formation echoes of Haggerty's work and Kevin also told me that this came up through the generations before him...Human nature never changes...

[@SaraStratSniper]

Hi, thanks! I don't recommend people buy the course right off the bat. There is tons of free education on Twitter and it's a fairly simple strategy to comprehend. A great place to start is in my pinned tweet. I have endless amounts of info in there which contains a literal rabbit hole of information. I tell people to print, post and memorize the strat combo sheet which is also in my pinned tweet.

[@bradwise5612]

@@SaraStratSniper very good, thank Sara

[@bradwise5612]

...but I'm not sure what your pinned tweet is!? Is that a link @Sara Strat Queen where I find previous tweets or video's or...? I would be happy to go through a course/program methodically learning the strategy?

[@theblindtrader7358]

thanks your videos are always great

[@oscargabriel8977]

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[@mast613]

excellent !!! nice explanation

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[@Ra-jr6nf]

Insightful video, thanks Sara you rock 🤟⚡

[@stkhnds]

Hoping you do an analysis of APPS this weekend for your weekend watch list cause I’m getting confused 😐

[@SaraStratSniper]

2up 2 down week and also inside month and down. Nice and easy

[@April56c]

You are helping me so much. Really appreciate you❤

[@SaraStratSniper]

Love to hear that! Thanks for your comment.

[@lawrencedeaninvestments2171]

This is how we do it 😆😆😆 Great video