How & Why: I trade the Spoos using Weeklies — $ES_F

12 September, 2015

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Well — the Spoos were able to rally out into the end of the day — and to end the week. If you missed the end of the trading session — you missed the final leg up and HOD for the session in the Spoos (ES). The title gives away todays “trading blog”… I trade […]

Paying to PLAY! Why I pay for PUTS!

9 September, 2015

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Continuing on the conversation from yesterday’s post — The key is to ensure that you can set-up your risk in order to stay in your trade (long enough to validate your conviction)… That being said, if you are a retail trader (and most of us are), being long, long anything — You were tested today. […]

Let the MARKET work for YOU.

8 September, 2015

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Too often people out trade / over trade themselves — and usually into losses… It’s not the market that beats them, its themselves! I have learned that myself in the past, but I am borrowing knowledge from Jesse Livermore as he is quoted in his unofficial biography Reminiscence of a Stock Operator. “The reason is […]

Late Post – Market is WON after-hours…

4 September, 2015

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Spent a lot of time at the end of the session, doing some data mining, as well as : some good old fashioned charting and applicable middle school math. — Good trades or bad trades, I am always relieved when the market finally stops moving, and for futures, this doesn’t happen until 4:15pm ct. Today, […]

The Forgotten Investment: GOLD $GC_F $GLD

3 September, 2015

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So… if you shorted Gold GC today, please stop reading this, you’re not welcome here! Ha… But seriously… As Crude Oil continues to work for me, and even if it is scary / not pretty, CL finding its way into the green again. YET — My focus is on the metals, and specifically in GC. […]

Still- hiding in Gold, but always Trading! *AND a late day fat finger!

2 September, 2015

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Often times people end up either losing their minds, or their money, before a market finally turns their way. — from trial and error, I have learned and for now figured out, how to avoid both of those extremes. *That being said, I continue to learn more about the market each and every time I […]

Where do you hide? Markets in the RED.

1 September, 2015

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What do you do on these days? Where can you hide? — Seriously, I’m asking for a friend ha… but, as most of us here are retail clients – (generally buying more than selling), — what do you do on these days? As the Major indices drop about -3% across the board in one session […]

Crude Oil… Shake and Bake. Third time’s the charm.

31 August, 2015

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It isn’t often that I don’t see the “Sunday Futures Open”, but I was busy yesterday, and had dinner, and I couldn’t check them until a few hours in. But I checked them at dinner, of course, on the phone. — That being said, once I checked them, I was pretty aggressive to take advantage […]

Crude leads again, and I get pinned on the ES… What a week!

29 August, 2015

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Well– I can’t say enough about the unbelievable performance and “justice” in the price of Crude Oil these past few days… I honestly can’t understand how we really fell this low in price (again), but at least during these last two sessions; the oil bulls have come out to rally. Front month Crude Oil (CL) […]

Crude Oil $CL_F — “Numbers don’t lie, People do”

27 August, 2015

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I know… it may only be a one day event. So that being said— why not talk about it for a moment, since the futures are still not even closed, and hit a new high since 1:30 settlement. Yesterday I posted dumbfounded regarding “Why isn’t CL rallying?” – @toddgordontrade @KeeneOnMarket Trying to figure out! What […]