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I read officially that we are in bear market territory, this is where the markets have fallen 20% from their highs... the state of the economy is not looking good and the financial sector especially is taking a bashing.
However, I took a few scalp trades today... I am having some real problems holding trades which is my biggest weakness in the markets... trading psychology plays a huge part and I am letting myself down when the markets are going my way.. I feel inclined to take a profit whic
July 9, 2008
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I saw a nice descending triangle form on the 5 min SP charts today as you can see... I have drawn in the descending triangle on the chart and the baseline. I shorted at the top of the triangle but as it had already made almost a triple bottom, I was expecting it to fall through netting big bucks! However, the fourth time it reach the baseline, it didn't fall through but bounced up stronger and through the triangle, taking out my stop. I feel frustrated that it didn't work out.. I was a nice +2 p
June 11, 2008
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As I mentioned, I am watching price action on the S&P and I missed a great trade. If you look at the black upwards trendline I have drawn on the chart, you will see that the market used this as support as it made it's way up a few times. It then broke this support line and chopped for a bit even bouncing off this as overhead resistance... this would have been a good short or, to await for confirmation, a break below 1362. The market then just fell and there would have been some great profits
June 10, 2008
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