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Very small profits today! Day trading the S&P

Very small profits today! Day trading the S&P

I missed a hell of a lot of the action today.. the market had already fallen loads and there were just a mere few scraps to be traded with. Today was a short day so I was looking for a chance to short the S&P and the opportunity came when the market bounced off the Fibonacci level in the 5 minutes. This also coincided with the stochastics cross and I went short. I didn't get the best price and also with the spreadbetting spreads my price wasn't great. However, I rode it down to around 138

June 2, 2008 No Comments Full Story

My Final trade on the S&P and the Head and Shoulders pattern

My Final trade on the S&P and the Head and Shoulders pattern

I have been busy today and posted quite a few times in a short space of time! Anyway, I entered another trade after the previous and make all the losses back to close at 0.3 points in profit! Hoorah, at least it wasn't a loss! As I mentioned earlier, I was talking about the head and shoulders pattern. It wasn't a perfect pattern but as I write, the market has indeed reversed and hit my targetted endpoint at 1388 and indeed has gone beyond this! In addition, I didn't mention my Fibonacci

May 28, 2008 No Comments Full Story

A perfect symmetical Head and Shoulders pattern on the S&P?

A perfect symmetical Head and Shoulders pattern on the S&P?

Today, I saw the perfect Head and Shoulders pattern on the S&P and got very excited. Look at the diagram, the 3 red dots signify the shoulders and head. I have read about this pattern in technical analysis books and in most cases, they signify a reversal pattern. I was looking at the chart moving up to at least 1388!! Anyway, I went long at the second shoulder.. the market moved 2 points up my direction.. it was looking good and then tanked, breaching the limits of the second shoulde

May 28, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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