Though I did read the cautious words from Mike’s blog about options expiration, I decided to trade if any dummy set up was found. Short position of E-mini Nasdaq was established below 10am (chicago time) candle. It took 1 hour to stop me out. Darn! However, everything was done by following my rules. One trade […]
Dummy Trading E-mini Nasdaq
Dummy day trading #15 16-August-2006:E-mini Nasdaq:Long trade closed
This is the result of let your profit run. Long position of E-mini Nasdaq was established above 9am (chicago time) candle. After closed Dow Mini position prematurely, I have decided to let E-mini Nasdaq position run. Indeed, it was a good decision. Trade closed with nice 3-R gain. I was just too tired at this […]
Dummy day trading #13 15-August-2006:E-Mini Nasdaq:Long trade closed
This is the last trade of the day. Long position of E-mini Nasdaq was established above 9am(chicago time) reversal down candle. Trailing stop was moved to break even after 1-R gain. Subseqently, I did not wait for 2-R gain and decided to closed the trade with 1-R profit with the same consideration as Dow mini […]
Dummy day trading #9 11-August-2006:E-Mini Nasdaq: Short trade closed
That was too much work for small profit. Short position of E-Mini Nasdaq was established below 930am reversal up bar. Stop was moved twice and it was triggered with 1-R gain. Volume seems to be drying up. Nasdaq moved slowly. I decided to give up Dow Mini trade as it was approaching 50-day moving average […]
Dummy day trading #7 09-August-2006: E-mini Nasdaq: Long trade closed
I was not prepared to get into Long position of Nasdaq or Dow today, given oil was having some crazy run. However, set up for E-mini Nasdaq Long trade was so nice that I just couldn’t resist. Long position of E-mini Nasdaq was established above 930am (chicago time) candle. Trailing stop was moved twice, and […]
Charts: Futures recap 07-August-2006
As mentioned in my previous posting, if I were to point out the mistake of the day, the it was the miss of entry for Mini Crude. . Instead, I was looking at Gold, which bulls were too weak to go further. Let's back to business. Looking back at the 30-min charts, I guess I […]