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How I just grabbed a small fraction of the 300+ points on the Stock Market crash today

How I just grabbed a small fraction of the 300+ points on the Stock Market crash today

So it was an Obama victory and the Dow Jones fell over 300 points!! It was spectacular fall and a mass of profits to be made for those short. I actually had the perfect entry on this trade. I was short from 13230, near the close of yesterday candle. The market was in a downtrend on the Daily chart and you can see that the price had reject the 13300 level 3 times already and formed a resistance level. The thing about trading technical signals is that I don't really care about what's happeni

November 7, 2012 1 Comment Full Story

DOW trade stopped and then fell.. would have hit my target!

DOW trade stopped and then fell.. would have hit my target!

This was most annoying. I had sold the DOW last night as you know with a 50 point stop and target. The price moved up and took out my stop before it plumetted.. it would have hit my target as you can see nicely. It's always difficult to know where to put your stop.. it can always be either too tight or too far away.. you just have to stick to your plan. In fact, I think in the coming days we may see lower prices.. all markets seem primed to move lower but they will do what they need to do

September 25, 2012 No Comments Full Story

DOW looking ripe for selling?

DOW looking ripe for selling?

The DOW looks like it's reached a top, a triple top in fact... in the 4 hour chart below, you can see clear resistance where the market has bounced off this showing a pin bar. Looks like there are strong sellers here in the market and a potential place to go short. I have put on a sell at 13560, looking to take this 50 points down to 13510 (which is just above the support level you can see). 50 point stop also. This is a risk of 1% on my account.

September 24, 2012 No Comments Full Story

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