Strategy #539
Natural Disaster Supply Chain Trade
Entry Logic
- Entry trigger: A natural disaster disrupts a supply chain.
- Confirmation: High volume and a clear trend in the affected stocks.
- Timeframe: Daily and weekly charts.
- Location context: Buy stocks that benefit from the disruption or sell stocks that are negatively affected.
- Market condition: Any market condition.
Exit Logic
- Profit targets: Take profits at key resistance or support levels.
- Scaling out: Not applicable.
- Trailing stop: Use the 50-day moving average as a trailing stop.
- Signal failure exit: Exit if the stock closes above or below the 50-day moving average.
- Opposite signal exit: Not applicable.
- Time expiration: This is a long-term trade, so there is no time expiration.
- Momentum loss: Exit if the stock starts to consolidate for a long period of time.
Stop Loss Structure
- Hard stop: Place a stop loss above or below the 50-day moving average.
- Soft stop: Not applicable.
- Max dollar loss: Not applicable.
- Max percent loss: Do not risk more than 5% of the account on a single trade.
- Structural stop: Place the stop loss above or below a key resistance or support level.
Risk Management Framework
- Risk per trade: 2% of the account.
- Daily limit: Not applicable.
- Weekly limit: Not applicable.
- Max drawdown: 20%.
- R:R requirement: Minimum 3:1 risk/reward ratio.
Position Sizing Model
- Sizing approach: Fixed fractional position sizing.
- Volatility adjustment: Not applicable.
- Conviction sizing: Not applicable.
- Scaling in/out: Not applicable.
Trade Filtering
- Market conditions: Any market condition.
- Setups: Only trade when there is a clear supply chain disruption.
- Instruments: Stocks in the affected sector.
- Time restrictions: Not applicable.
- Chop/news avoidance: Not applicable.
Context Framework
- Trend direction: Not applicable.
- VWAP relationship: Not applicable.
- MA relationship: The stock must be trading above or below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
- Range location: Not applicable.
- Higher TF alignment: The weekly and monthly charts must show a clear trend.
Trade Management Rules
- Breakeven: Not applicable.
- Scale out: Not applicable.
- Add size: Not applicable.
- Fast vs slow moves: This is a long-term trade, so be patient.
Time Rules
- Optimal window: Not applicable.
- Times to avoid: Not applicable.
- Session notes: Not applicable.
Setup Classification
- A+ criteria: Major supply chain disruption in a strong trend.
- A criteria: Supply chain disruption in a trend.
- B criteria: Not applicable.
- C criteria: Avoid trading.
Market Selection Criteria
- Instruments: Stocks in the affected sector.
- Volume: Not applicable.
- Volatility: Not applicable.
Statistical Edge Metrics
- Win rate: 60%.
- Avg win: 5R.
- Avg loss: 1R.
- Profit factor: 3.
- Expectancy: 2R per trade.
Failure Conditions
- The supply chain disruption is quickly resolved.
- The market does not react to the news.
Psychological Rules
- Be patient and let the trade work.
- Do not be swayed by short-term price fluctuations.
Advanced Components
- Regime detection: Not applicable.
- Filters: Not applicable.
- Correlation: Not applicable.
- MTF alignment: Not applicable.
Location
- Strongest: When the disruption is long-lasting and affects a major industry.
- Weakest: When the disruption is short-lived and affects a minor industry.