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Up and down the Dow goes!

Up and down the Dow goes!

I came in after work today to find that the market had jumped over 100 points to 13140. I was thinking at this stage that the market had run out of steam.. the peak at 13140 showed negative divergence in both stochastics and MACD charts in the 5 minutes. I waited for a break below 13100 for a short. Anyway, I got in at 13100 and rode it 20 points before closing out at 13080. The stochastics in the 1 min were oversold and I was thinking that they could go up anytime soon. However, 5 mins a

May 19, 2008 No Comments Full Story

That dreaded trading psychology again!

That dreaded trading psychology again!

I'm back on my spreadbetting account trading the Dow Jones. My first trade was a decent short I felt as the stochastics were overbought and the MACD was showing negative divergence... it's gotta be heading downwards. Indeed, it did head lower but only 10 points so before it headed higher and hit my stop. I was very paid for this traded and let it ride hoping that the resistance level around 12830 would contain it.. unfortunately, it didn't and I got stopped out for -14. As it broke above t

May 13, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Spreadbetting the Dow Jones – restarting my trading after the Trading Academy

Spreadbetting the Dow Jones - restarting my trading after the Trading Academy

I have been hunting high and low for a suitable trading platform...  I now realise that the CQG trader platform which I was using before was simple but great! At first I thought it was a bit basic for my liking but so long as it worked reasonably well and I guess it's also what you get used to. Thanks to Harry for dropping me a comment about Ninja Trader.. I had a look for it and I found a broker which I can use this with. The software looks like CQG in the way it functions, I'll download th

May 12, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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