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1st Feb – Second trading session – S&P Emini trading blog

1st Feb - Second trading session - S&P Emini trading blog

Well here I am back trading again. I found having the complete day to trade really helps me get a general view of what's happening the market. I fired in two countertrend trades in this session. Short at 138675 as the market made a top.. I closed at 138500 which happened to be the bottom. The market then rocketted up to 139500 when I then shorted again at 139275. The two trades earned me +13 which earned me a total of 32 prices for the day. Looking back on this trading session, I com

February 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

Morning S&P emini session… back later (hopefully)

Morning S&P emini session... back later (hopefully)

I have today off so I thought I'd make some trades. I am doing ok today and caught the general moves.. however, both my trades were great entries but where I let myself down was where I exited. There are so many variables to trading, your entry, your exit, your trading psychology etc etc. Anyway, my first entry was a long when the market went above 138000. I rode it to just below 138500 thinking that it would be contained here... however, the market went a lot higher.. to 139800 which woul

February 1, 2008 No Comments Full Story

S&P trading blog – entered at the right place but exited the wrong place

S&P trading blog - entered at the right place but exited the wrong place

Today was a bit frustrating..  I entered two long trades as per the two green arrows in the attached chart. This picture is how I feel today!! The first trade I was seeing a move beyond the previous swing high.. stochastics were already high but I thought it wouldn't turn.. I was targetting around 136300 at this stage. The market was at one point about 10 prices in my direction but for some reason, I was convinced that it would go up more.. even when it dropped after bouncing along t

January 30, 2008 No Comments Full Story

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