{"id":21049,"date":"2023-07-17T07:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/?p=21049"},"modified":"2023-07-17T07:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:30:54","slug":"this-sector-just-got-exciting-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/this-sector-just-got-exciting-again\/","title":{"rendered":"This Sector Just Got Exciting Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrew&rsquo;s Note:<\/strong> Last week, Jeff Clark shared his daily income strategy. It has the potential to pay out hundreds of dollars every day, 252 times a year.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to tune in <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.jeffclarktrader.com\/?cid=MKT749370&#038;eid=MKT750578&#038;step=start&#038;plcid=PLC185016&#038;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin-bottom:20px;\">\n<p>Oil stocks are getting ready to break out.<\/p>\n<p>Back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/oil-stocks-could-be-due-for-a-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 24<\/a>, I shared a developing triangle pattern in the Energy Select Sector ETF (XLE).<\/p>\n<p>Although the potential of the pattern was very exciting, there was a word of caution for readers.<\/p>\n<p>You see, one of the key characteristics of a triangle is sideways price action. This means that traders must be patient when it comes to trading this setup.<\/p>\n<p>Getting in too early will likely lead to frustration. Either due to the time decay that will chew up the value of your options, or because the market just isn&rsquo;t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>And indeed, between May 24 and July 10, XLE went absolutely nowhere. But now, things are looking more exciting.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a version of the chart that was shared on May 24.<\/p>\n<p><!--IMG SNIP--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202307\/20230717-JMU-01_rqi214.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Notice how on this chart, the triangle hadn&rsquo;t broken out yet. XLE&rsquo;s price action was neatly contained within the two blue trendlines.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we&rsquo;re going to look at an updated chart of XLE.<\/p>\n<p><!--IMG SNIP--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jeffclarktrader.com\/JMU\/images\/202307\/20230717-JMU-02_rqi216.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The trigger to trade a triangle is to wait for a breakout. And as you can see, XLE has now broken out of the resistance line of this particular setup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Triangles are one of my go-to chart patterns when it comes to identifying trades with incredible potential.<\/p>\n<p><!--GREY BOX START--><\/p>\n<div class=\"card bg-light mb-4\">\n<div class=\"card-body\">\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Free Trading Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you checked out Larry&#8217;s free trading resources on his website? It contains a full trading glossary to help kickstart your trading career \u2013 at zero cost to you. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opportunistictrader.com\/trading-glossary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to check it out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--GREY BOX END--><\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s because once a triangle breaks out, it usually results in a swift and sudden move. They also make it quite clear where to place your stop loss in the event the trade doesn&rsquo;t go according to plan.<\/p>\n<p>This combination means that triangles almost always offer a great risk-to-reward potential.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if you&rsquo;re risking $1 on a triangle setup, you&rsquo;ll typically have the chance to make at least $2 or $3.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of this triangle in XLE, the breakout occurred at a price of around $82. A reasonable stop loss would be just below $78. This means just $4 of risk on this trade.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a return to the prior highs from November 2022 would mean a move up to about $94.<\/p>\n<p>That gives us an excellent $12 of upside potential while only risking $4. In other words, that&rsquo;s a trade with a 1:3 risk-to-reward ratio.<\/p>\n<p>One of the keys to my trading strategy is to consistently look for trades where the potential returns greatly exceed the risk. XLE definitely meets this criteria right now.<\/p>\n<p>Let&rsquo;s keep an eye on this ETF to see how it performs over the next several trading sessions.<\/p>\n<p>When the next meaningful move happens, I&rsquo;ll be sure to update you right here.<\/p>\n<p>Happy trading,<\/p>\n<p>Imre Gams<\/p>\n<p><!-- MAILBAG BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; margin-bottom:20px; margin-top:0px; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 25px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">READER MAILBAG<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Have you traded the triangle pattern before?<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your thoughts &ndash; and any questions you have &ndash; at <a href=\"mailto:feedback@jeffclarktrader.com\">feedback@jeffclarktrader.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- MAILBAG END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil stocks are getting ready to break out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"service":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"publication":[10],"person":[76],"newsletter-type":[],"ticker":[],"class_list":["post-21049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-minute","publication-market-minute","person-imre-gams"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21049"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=21049"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=21049"},{"taxonomy":"newsletter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newsletter-type?post=21049"},{"taxonomy":"ticker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffclarktrader.com\/market-minute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ticker?post=21049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}