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3rd December – S&P emini trading log – conflicting signals

3rd December - S&P emini trading log - conflicting signals

I only made one trade today which was a buy at 147375 which was the support level. I targetted 147750 but got a bit spooked and sold out at 147650. However, if I had left it, it would have made the target.. eventually. There was another time to buy when the market again hit the support level but I didn't trade it. Later on around 8pm, the market broke towards the downside. This was a fake breakout and it shot straight back up again... the only clue here was the positive divergence which fo

December 3, 2007 No Comments Full Story

30th November – Trading the S&P emini, discipline is key

30th November - Trading the S&P emini, discipline is key

Ok, first trade was a long at 148550 as the market breached the previous swing high, this was initially profitable as you can see in the chart but I had my hopes on a higher target at 148925. Unfortunately, the market made a high at around 148750 or so before it tanked taking out my stop loss. If I had got out, I would have taken around 9 prices here. Second trade was a long again at around 148100 as this looked to be a base. Once again, I targetted the previous target at 148925.. It went as

December 2, 2007 No Comments Full Story

29th Nov – Emini S&P – Trade what you see, not what you think

29th Nov - Emini S&P - Trade what you see, not what you think

I'm sure you've all read or heard the saying, 'trade what you see, not what you think'. Well, that's precisely what I didn't do yesterday.. I kept on wanting to go short yesterday whilst the market kept on wanting to go up. I took 3 trades, all short at various levels and got stopped each time. Look at the red arrows on my chart. I kept on thinking that the stochastics would turn and would turn the markets.

November 30, 2007 No Comments Full Story

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