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The trend is your friend until you reach the U-bend!

The trend is your friend until you reach the U-bend!

I'm sure that how the saying goes. My first trade of the day was a trade against the trend which resulted in a loss of 12 prices... drats, it wasn't a good trade. I seem to like to play the countertrend trades.. not the smartest thing to do. I made 5 trades in total today, I won't go into the specifics as nothing really happened. The big pictures is that the trend is down and you should be looking to short any rally. I did short the rally when the market hit 135250 at 19:30 GMT and it w

February 21, 2008 No Comments Full Story

FOMC – Pants! S&P Emini trading

FOMC - Pants! S&P Emini trading

At 19.00 GMT, the FOMC made it's announcement.. I had no  idea what they announced but the market didn't really do that much. I entered short when the market went below a previous support level at 135000..  unfortunately, it soon bounced back up and I had to nurse a 16 price loss! Ouch! My trade wasn't a bad one, I had traded on break of the channel. Luck wasn't on my side this time.... as I write, the market has broken up above the upper trend channel. If I had bought this, I could have gr

February 20, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Just a small bite of the profit cake – S&P emini trading blog

Just a small bite of the profit cake - S&P emini trading blog

I am suffering from man-flu once again!! I was ill two weeks ago also so I'm feeling rather poorly. Anyway, there's nothing getting in the way of me and my trading. I came back usual time today and shorted when I saw that the stochastics were turning.. I got in a bit late with an entry at 136175 and rode it to the round number 136000 for 7 prices. Nothing special! The market actually went lower and I left a bit on the table. At this stage, about 19:15 GMT, I was looking for a long trade (s

February 19, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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