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15th Feb – A whole trading day! S&P emini futures trading

15th Feb - A whole trading day! S&P emini futures trading

Every now and again I get a Friday off and if I have nothing on, I dedicate this day to trading the S&P emini futures contract. Sometimes the problem with just trading the evening session is that I find that I have missed the days major move and then I get into the market wanting to grab some profits which I should have if i were trading the whole session. Although I ended up down today, I didn't feel all that frustrated. I felt that I was able to read the market. I did make some mistakes

February 17, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Conflicting signals

Conflicting signals

I came back today usual time! The market was a down day, so the idea is to sell at the pullbacks. When the market had bounced off 135175 at around 6pm GMT, the market went high and made a doji candlestick pattern. The doji candlestick could signify a reversal and it could have potentially been a good idea to short it. However, I didn't as the stochastics were moving upwards in the 5 mins. The 15 mins were showing the chart in oversold territory which made me cautious about trading it. Therefo

February 14, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Hoorah! Second successive winning session in my live trading

Hoorah! Second successive winning session in my live trading

I missed a lot of the action yesterday but back to it again today. I got home as normal and watched the market make a double top at 136675. I entered manually as I wasn't sure if the market will get higher. When I thought it wasn't going any higher, I hit the button to short. I got in at 136550. The stochastics in the 5 and 15 mins were both in overbought territory which gave me confidence in the trade. My initial target was 136225 which was just above a previous swing high made at 17:10 GMT

February 13, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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