A break out to a new high or low price out of a price base. The market rallying on bad news or falling on good news. A gap in the direction of the current trend. The huge majority of all traders are in agreement for a long period of time. The traders on the opposite side of your trade are all getting very emotional. A technical signal triggering that you have back tested as robust. A large sample size of back tested trades on a strategy. The closing prices for a trading day generally are meaningful. Higher highs and higher lows or lower highs and lower lows in your time frame. Very few chart patterns. NOISE: 90% of ... (full story)