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Trading the DOW futures market

Trading the DOW futures market

I got home today and decided to see if I could quickly scalp the DOW jones. You can see that the market fell shortly after the open and bounced back up a little. I was looking for a long trade if the market went above the previous high. I had an order at 10385 and was looking to ride it as far as possible, selling out as soon as I felt some resistance in the market. Well, the order triggered and went up nicely... the first port of resistance was the big round number at 10400 and I got out aro

June 17, 2010 No Comments Full Story

31st March 2010 – DOW short

31st March 2010 - DOW short

You can see the triple top set up on the 5 minute Dow with the Pivot being the resistance. A good point to short so  had a short order at 10887 and rode it down to 10855. My original target was 10840 but hey, I'm still in profit.

March 31, 2010 No Comments Full Story

DOW JONES trade… yet more profits on the table

DOW JONES trade... yet more profits on the table

I got in the perfect entry today after seeing the market was trending down and I got in at 8382..  I got out far too early though at 8355 so grabbed only 27 points.. the market fell as far as 8285 which was a further 70 points..  I am finding it difficult to hold onto profits and 27 points is so measly compared with what it could have been!

November 25, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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