After gap down, and downtrending moving averages I was looking at short opportunity. I shorted ES, however, I was stopped out immediately. One trade closed with 1-R loss. Short below the low of 6th bar, which was resisted by 5-EMA. After short position was stopped out, ES formed a channel with higher highs and higher […]
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Dummy day trading #38 07-Nov-2006: ES Long trade closed
Long position of ES was established when it pulled back to 20-EMA. I did not take profit when it hit last swing high (It was 1-R gain at this point of time), and it was Pivot R1 level as well. Instead, I moved my stop to break even which was below 5-EMA. I am thinking […]
Trade that got away 06-Nov-2006
This is 5-min chart of YM. YM started the day with a gap up and pulled back to 5-EMA. A nice dummy spot. Uptrend. Long above high of 4th narrow range candle, which was also supported by 5-EMA. Target at Fib extension 100%. (It hit 168.1% at close) [photopress:YM_LBR_got_away.jpg,full,pp_image]
Dummy day trading #37 06-Nov-2006: ES Long trade closed
Ok, a coward can’t make big money. Mistake of the day was not taking position of YM and ES in the first 30 min. I was not confident enough. Here is a trade with second setup found in ES. I scratched the trade with 0.32-R gain. ES was hanging at 61.8 Fib level and it […]
Snapshot of cash Index
Quick view of cash indices. No prediction, but it does look a bit tired, ya? Dow [photopress:1Dow_cash_1.jpg,full,pp_image] [photopress:1Dow_cash_RSI_MACD_1.jpg,full,pp_image] S&P 500 Index [photopress:1SP_cash.jpg,full,pp_image] [photopress:1SP_RSI_MACD.jpg,full,pp_image]
Trades that got away 03-Nov-2006
It was another choppy day. I was looking at 5-min charts of YM and NQ for possible scalp opportunity (Since? I did not see any interesting opportunity in 15-min chart). Trying same setup in different time frame. Here is a trade that got away. YM Entry below the low of 19th narrow range candle. It […]
