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The desire to gain more is the most usual form of greed, which is also the easiest to recognize. For example, if for a certain strategy, 60% of winning trades are at 30.0 pips, while 30% are at 20.0 pips and only 10% are at 50.0 pips. If using this strategy a trader aims for 50.0 pips profit for every trade he/she places, then his/her decision is based or driven by greed. But greed can also come by a different facade. Prior to placing any order, a trader watches his/her chart for a certain “sign” as an opportunity to trade. When the sign is formed, the trader then looks for a “trigger” - confirmation that the said setup is valid and the opportunity to trade is real. And the trade is done in profit. Then the trader looks for another setup, wait for another trigger, and trades to gain another victory.

Tirone levels represent a sequence of several horizontal levels decreasing in succession. This method is used for determining support and resistance levels within trading range at definite moment of time. Tirone levels were elaborated by John Tirone. In practice, TL are applied to improve visual reception of price movement. Also through these method of technical analysis one can generate signals for opening positions. For example, if price reaches TL from upward – it is an alert for purchase and a signal for sale is received, when prices approaches from bottom.