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Monday, July 31, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 31st

 
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Dear Trader,
 
 
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1301.60 1559.00 11426.67 720.50
Resistance 2 1293.80 1540.50 11353.33 712.50
Resistance 1 1288.90 1531.00 11302.67 708.00
Pivot 1281.10 1512.50 11229.33 700.00
Support 1 1276.20 1503.00 11178.67 695.50
Support 2 1268.40 1484.50 11105.33 687.50
Support 3 1263.50 1475.00 11054.67 683.00
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8829 1.2948 106 21/32 109 13/32
Resistance 2 1.8758 1.2880 106 12/32 108 30/32
Resistance 1 1.8706 1.2837 106  6/32 108 19/32
Pivot 1.8635 1.2769 105 28/32 108  4/32
Support 1 1.8583 1.2726 105 22/32 107 25/32
Support 2 1.8512 1.2658 105 13/32 107 10/32
Support 3 1.8460 1.2615 105  7/32 106 31/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Monday, Jul 31st, 2006


Economic
10:00am Jul Chicago Purchasing Manager Index (last 56.5)
Events
Fed's Poole speaks about Global Economy to Southern Legislative Conference at 8:00am. Fed's Yellen speaks about the Economy in SF at 11:45am. Trading Ex-split: MON 2-1. Trades Ex-dividend: F $0.05.
Earnings
Before the Open: AG ARM AVP BXG BPO EXC GEHL GLYT GVHR GLG HCP HERO HUM IKAN KCI NTE NCOG PYX PCH RDA RGC THOR TDG TSN UAUA VLI. After the Close: AATI AFFX ALO ATRS ANSW APL AUDC CMG FLML FCN FNDT GPRO GW ISSX INTX IRBT KND MET MSPD NLS NAVR ODSY OTTR PKY PPS PWAV PBH PFG RNR TXRH TWTC TDR VPRT VMC WFMI.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 26th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
Summer trading days, coupled with earnings season and fragile geo-political situation are the main reason for the way this market is trading. i.e dead periods of trading followed by some very sharp moves and sudden termination of trades.
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1295.77 1524.83 11337.00 718.53
Resistance 2 1287.23 1514.67 11256.00 711.77
Resistance 1 1279.67 1503.83 11198.00 705.03
Pivot 1271.13 1493.67 11117.00 698.27
Support 1 1263.57 1482.83 11059.00 691.53
Support 2 1255.03 1472.67 10978.00 684.77
Support 3 1247.47 1461.83 10920.00 678.03
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8668 1.2803 105 28/32 108  6/32
Resistance 2 1.8613 1.2760 105 25/32 108  1/32
Resistance 1 1.8517 1.2693 105 19/32 107 24/32
Pivot 1.8462 1.2650 105 16/32 107 19/32
Support 1 1.8366 1.2583 105 10/32 107 10/32
Support 2 1.8311 1.2540 105  7/32 107  5/32
Support 3 1.8215 1.2473 105  1/32 106 28/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Wednesday, Jul 26th, 2006


Economic
10:30am Crude Oil/Gasoline/Distillate Inventories
01:00pm Treasury's 2-year Note auction results
02:00pm Fed's Beige Book
Events
MBA Mortgage Applications (7:00, last –4.6%). DADE analyst meeting.
Earnings
Before the Open: ABY ACE AMG APD ALGN ATI ABK AHM ACAT ASH ASPM ATMI AVX BLDP BEAV BELM BIIB BDK BA CACH CRS CBR COP CFR DO EMCI EEFT FILE FAF FR FTI FORR FCL FBN GM HES ICLR IHP ICE IFF ILSE JNY KEM KMT KMB LIZ LU MSO MDP MESA MNC MNST MYL NCI NSTC NHWK NSC NYB PMTC PAS PFCB PLMD PRAI PX RAI ROK RES SFUN SEAB SEE SIAL SPIL SSCC SNA SNWL SVU TASR TIN TMO TBL TKR UGI UARM UNT WLP WLSC YCC ZBRA. During Trading Hours: BUD EGN LPX. After the Close: RNT ACXM AEA AEIS AEM AKAM AGP ASCA AMKR APPB ARRS ASIA AVB BIDU BSTE BXP BFAM BOBJ CDNS ELY CRUS CLF CTV CYH CNQR CSGP CTS CYBS CYTC XRAY EPIC ESRX FIC FHRX GDI GIVN GSIC HLIT HRS HPC BLUD INGR INTL ISRG ITRI KTO KEX KOMG KYPH LOOP LSI LMNX MTW MTSN WFR MCRL MIL MIPS MTSC NABI NVT NETL NEU NEWP NVTL ORLY OI PHTN PLXS PGI PSSI PSYS PHM DSS STR RADS RARE RSG COL RUTH SONE SFNT SNM SCUR SMTL SIMG SMDI SKX SMSI SONO STTS SYMC SMBI TALX TSCO TRFC TRID TQNT TGI TTMI TYL VARI VAR WOOF VRTX WCN WEBX GB WMGI XL ZMH.

Thursday, Jul 27th, 2006

 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Day-trading model for July 20th +3.25 points per contract

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Please read the FULL DISCLAIMER at the end of this message. These are risky markets and it is important that you will be aware of all risks of trading futures and limitations of hypothetical trading.

 

Dear Trader                                                      Date:  7/20/06

 

 

 

 

I have started something new which I have been working on for a while now. I call it “day-trading program”, which I am applying to the mini SP.

 

By doing so, I feel that if things work then I will be able to offer my clients a complete menu of time frames from the day-trading below to the SP and BONDS swing updates (based on hourly chart) all the way to the longer term trade ideas I send based on the weekly chart.

 

While the results below are from a real trading account, they do NOT include commissions in “today’s trades (they do include commissions in the results summary) and by no mean suggest that any account will achieve similar results. Please take your time to read the disclaimer below carefully and if you have ANY questions, let me know.

 

Again, this is a project that is based on back testing and I have lots of hopes for it but until I don’t see real-time results for a longer period of time, it should be treated as a project.

 

Today's Trades:

 

 

Mini SP


 
Profit / Loss Trade Summary
Trade No.
Bought
Sold
Market
Fill Price
P / L
Cumulative
N7535-644474
1
 
ESU6
1266.5000
($87.50)
($87.50)
N7535-644481
 
1
ESU6
1264.7500
 
 
N7535-644656
 
1
ESU6
1263.5000
$150.00
$62.50
N7535-644844
1
 
ESU6
1260.5000
 
 
N7535-644884
 
1
ESU6
1260.0000
($100.00)
($37.50)
N7535-644888
1
 
ESU6
1262.0000
 
 
N7535-644965
 
1
ESU6
1259.7500
$200.00
$162.50
N7535-645048
1
 
ESU6
1255.7500
 
 

 

Results:

 

 
E-Mini S&P 500 Results
Date No. of Trades Trading Results Daily Gross Profit / Loss (before commissions) Total Commissions per contract * Daily Net Profit / Loss per contract(after commissions of $10RT) Trading Results (after commissions, based on 3 contracts) Running Balance
########## (2) -3.00 (5) (4) (6) (7) (8)
      (3) * 50 -7.04 * (2) (3) + (5) (6) * 5 (8)t-1 + (7)
5/14/06             $0.00
5/15/06 1 0.75 $37.50 ($10.00) $27.50 $102.50 $102.50
5/16/06 3 2.75 $137.50 ($30.00) $127.50 $382.50 $485.00
5/17/06 2 4.00 $200.00 ($20.00) $190.00 $580.00 $1,065.00
5/18/06 5 -1.00 ($50.00) ($50.00) ($60.00) ($200.00) $865.00
5/19/06 6 -2.25 ($112.50) ($60.00) ($122.50) ($397.50) $467.50
5/22/06 3 1.50 $75.00 ($30.00) $65.00 $195.00 $662.50
5/23/06 4 10.25 $512.50 ($40.00) $502.50 $1,497.50 $2,160.00
5/24/06 3 0.00 $0.00 ($30.00) ($10.00) ($30.00) $2,130.00
5/25/06 3 4.75 $237.50 ($30.00) $227.50 $682.50 $2,812.50
5/26/06 2 -3.00 ($150.00) ($20.00) ($160.00) ($470.00) $2,342.50
5/30/06 4 20.75 $1,037.50 ($40.00) $1,027.50 $3,072.50 $5,415.00
6/5/06 3 6.00 $300.00 ($30.00) $290.00 $870.00 $6,285.00
6/6/06 2 5.75 $287.50 ($20.00) $277.50 $842.50 $7,127.50
6/7/06 7 3.00 $150.00 ($70.00) $140.00 $380.00 $7,507.50
6/8/06 8 -6.75 ($337.50) ($80.00) ($347.50) ($1,092.50) $6,415.00
6/9/06 9 -6.00 ($300.00) ($90.00) ($310.00) ($990.00) $5,425.00
6/12/06 7 4.75 $237.50 ($70.00) $227.50 $642.50 $6,067.50
6/13/06 11 5.25 $262.50 ($110.00) $252.50 $677.50 $6,745.00
6/14/06 13 4.25 $212.50 ($130.00) $202.50 $507.50 $7,252.50
6/15/06 12 0.75 $37.50 ($120.00) $27.50 ($7.50) $7,245.00
6/16/06 13 -22.50 ($1,125.00) ($130.00) ($1,135.00) ($3,505.00) $3,740.00
6/19/06 8 7.00 $350.00 ($80.00) $340.00 $970.00 $4,710.00
6/20/06 3 -1.25 ($62.50) ($30.00) ($72.50) ($217.50) $4,492.50
6/21/06 0 0.00 $0.00 $0.00 ($10.00) $0.00 $4,492.50
On vacation 6/22/06 2 1.75 $87.50 ($20.00) $77.50 $242.50 $4,735.00
7/11/06 6 2.50 $125.00 ($60.00) $115.00 $315.00 $5,050.00
7/12/06 4 3.00 $150.00 ($40.00) $140.00 $410.00 $5,460.00
7/13/06 6 6.00 $300.00 ($60.00) $290.00 $840.00 $6,300.00
7/14/06 7 3.25 $162.50 ($70.00) $152.50 $417.50 $6,717.50
7/17/06 7 -2.75 ($137.50) ($70.00) ($147.50) ($482.50) $6,235.00
7/18/06 12 -18.62 ($931.00) ($120.00) ($941.00) ($2,913.00) $3,322.00
7/19/06 6 8.50 $425.00 ($60.00) $415.00 $1,215.00 $4,537.00
7/20/06 4 3.25 $162.50 ($40.00) $152.50 $447.50 $4,984.50

 

 

 

Disclaimer:

 

HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW.  NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.  IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. 

 

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT.  IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NO INVOLVE FINACIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETLEY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.  THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCONTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

 

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614

Beverly Hills
, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.

 

* Important Please Note: 

Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss. 

The recommendations contained in this letter are of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.

These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.

Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 

 

Trading levels and reports for July 20th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
Strong up move fizzeled towards the close. More reports early morning tomorrow as well as Bernanke speaking some more.
 
Expect more volatility tomorrow. Trade with stops and try to implement whats your maximum daily loss you are willing to take.
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1293.27 1536.67 11408.33 735.08
Resistance 2 1281.13 1523.33 11247.67 721.67
Resistance 1 1271.57 1506.67 11146.33 712.33
Pivot 1259.43 1493.33 10985.67 698.92
Support 1 1249.87 1476.67 10884.33 689.58
Support 2 1237.73 1463.33 10723.67 676.17
Support 3 1228.17 1446.67 10622.33 666.83
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8745 1.2862 106 22/32 109 14/32
Resistance 2 1.8606 1.2762 106  2/32 108 18/32
Resistance 1 1.8529 1.2704 105 24/32 108  3/32
Pivot 1.8390 1.2604 105  4/32 107  7/32
Support 1 1.8313 1.2546 104 26/32 106 24/32
Support 2 1.8174 1.2446 104  6/32 105 28/32
Support 3 1.8097 1.2388 103 28/32 105 13/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Thursday, Jul 20th, 2006


Economic
08:30am Initial Jobless Claims (last 332K)
10:00am Jun Leading Indicators (last –0.6%), Fed's Bernanke gives semi-annual report to House Financial Services Committee
10:30am Natural Gas Inventories
11:00am Treasury's 20-year TIPS funding announcement
12:00am Jul Philadelphia Fed (last 13.1)
02:00pm Minutes of Jun. 20 FOMC Meeting
Events
Trading Ex-split: RS 2-1.
Earnings
Before the Open: ACMR AME ARB AGIX AVCI BAX BBT BLS BHE BOT CHIC CHZ CPS CMA CAL CBE CY DHR DJ DHI ELNK EFX EXAR FCS FITB F GNTX GDW HSY HON IEX ITW IMCL IGT IONA KVHI LSTR LOGI MMR MDC MEDI NE NOK NCX NVR BTU PFE PPG REDF RS RIMG SWY SAP SCHL POOL SEIC SHW SLM SPWR SY SMMX SYNT TXT TRAD TZOO UTEK UNP USAP USAK VTNC WB WSO WFT WCC WYE. During Trading Hours: VIVO. After the Close: AMD AMGN ATR AVID BRCM BTUI BUCY COF CERN CHRT COHU CPWR DST FFIV FDC FBC FSL GILD GOOG HAL HUBG HTCH HYSL INFA NSIT IWOV XXIA LAUR LEG MENT MCHP MSFT MDCC MROI NDAQ OO OMCL PKTR PDFS PMCS RLI RSAS SCST SWKS SYK TPX XPRSA VRSN XLNX ZHNE.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Monday, July 17, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 18th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
Choppy market after the first hour of trading.
 
When trading is affected mostly by geo-political conditions, be carefull and make sure you have stops in place as certain events that are not in your control can cause big moves either way.
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1254.73 1503.83 10938.67 699.22
Resistance 2 1250.97 1495.42 10894.33 694.23
Resistance 1 1245.73 1487.83 10845.67 688.47
Pivot 1241.97 1479.42 10801.33 683.48
Support 1 1236.73 1471.83 10752.67 677.72
Support 2 1232.97 1463.42 10708.33 672.73
Support 3 1227.73 1455.83 10659.67 666.97
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8566 1.2801 105 21/32 108  1/32
Resistance 2 1.8491 1.2749 105 16/32 107 25/32
Resistance 1 1.8352 1.2658 105 13/32 107 21/32
Pivot 1.8277 1.2606 105  9/32 107 13/32
Support 1 1.8138 1.2515 105  6/32 107  9/32
Support 2 1.8063 1.2463 105  1/32 107  1/32
Support 3 1.7924 1.2372 104 30/32 106 29/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Tuesday, Jul 18th, 2006


Economic
08:30am Jun Producer Price Index (last 0.2%), PPI Ex Food & Energy (last 0.3%)
09:00am May Net Foreign Security Purchases (last $46.7B)
01:00pm Jul NAHB Housing Market Index (last 42)
Events
ICSC/UBSW Chain Store Sales (7:45, last 2.6%). Redbook Retail Sales (8:55, last 3.5%). Fed's Warsh speaks about Capital Investment Trends in DC at 9:00am. ABC Consumer Confidence (last -10). Trades Ex-dividend: CAT $0.30.
Earnings
Before the Open: ADTN AMTD ASO BLK KO CORS FRX FCX JNJ KEY MEL MER MTG MNRO NCC NYT PNFP RBNC STT UTX USB WFC. After the Close: CHKP CGNX CSX DTAS HBHC IBM ILMN PHHM PLXT RLRN SOV TSS TRMK USNA YHOO.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Trading levels and reports for July 17th

 
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Dear Trader,
 

 

 

Trading 101: Understanding the environment you are trading in.

 

Many clients have asked me in the past what I think is the key to day-trading the e-minis (mini SP, mini Dow, Mini NASDAQ, mini Russell) successfully. While I don’t think you can pinpoint one major factor and trading is a combination of many factors, ranging from capital, skills, emotional capacity, training, experience and more, I think that recognizing the type of trading day I shaping in front of you is one of the biggest keys.

 

I would say you can categorize the “day-trades environment” into 3:

 

  1. Choppy, directionless day.
  2. Strong trending day
  3. Volatile day with actions on both sides.

 

If we knew the answer to what day this is going to be before the market started, our chances of trading well would increase significantly, however, I have yet to find a way to predict that in advance. There are times that the first hour of trading combined with other factors can help you though. I will touch on that a bit more after explaining the type of strategies I believe are suitable for each of the trading days types mentioned above.

 

 

  1. Choppy, directionless day: Is most suitable for “trend fading” approaches. This can be done in many ways. Configuring support and resistance levels and trying to “sell high, buy low” against these levels with the assumptions that this is a range bound day. Another strategy will be to use over bought, oversold indicators and use them as triggers for buy and sell. Examples can be, selling the market once price crosses above upper Bollinger bands or buying the market when %R or RSI suggest oversold levels. Needless to say it would be more than smart to use stop loss orders in case the market does break out.
  2. Strong trending day – Days like this, are fun if you are in the right direction…I use different indicators such as oscillators and stochs to limit my self to either attacking only from the buy side or only from the sell side. In case of an up-trending day I will use pull backs to re-enter the market only from the buy side and I will use cross of fast moving average or stochastics on lower time frames to re-enter the market. Biggest mistakes traders do on days like that is trying to predict bottoms or tops.
  3. Volatile day with actions on both sides – Personally I like these trading days the best. Technical indicators like DMI crosses, MACD, support and resistance levels work well on days like that and the range allows for profit on both sides.

 

The SP market for example has evolved over the last two years and now days we see much more choppy days (type 1) than we see type 2 or 3. A few reasons for that: The market is right now in a mature cycle, the evolution of automated strategies and back testing has increased the level of traders who buy oversold intra day and sell over bought intraday, therefore contributing to narrower trading days and the new SEC rule that eliminated many of the smaller size day-traders on the equity side (what I call the 25k day-trading rule).

 

Now for the big question, how do I recognize what type of day it is?

 

No magic answer here (have you ever seen one in trading?....). A few factors I like to look at before starting the day:

  1. what type of day did we have the last few sessions? If we had a couple of volatile days in a row, chances for choppy day increase.
  2. What reports are due? Days with multiple reports on different times of the day can contribute to type 2 or type 3 days
  3. Where are we on the daily/weekly chart? It is always important to view the bigger picture in order to get an idea for smaller time frames. If you know for example that 1225 is a major support on the daily chart (as it was a couple of days ago) you may use that in your day-trading as a short trigger once support was broken or as a long trigger if it held, even though it is not a support / resistance level intraday.
  4. Overnight trading and the first hour of trading -  If the market made large overnight moves, stronger chance of having type 2 or 3 days. If the market is unable to take out first hour, hi/lo stronger chances for type 1 days.

 

Those of you who wish to expand on the topic, view charts , formations and indicators used for each of the trading types, please e-mail me so I can include you in the next webinar targeting this topic. If you are not a client, you must include name, telephone number, trading experience and if you are trading currently, who arte you trading with.

 

Happy Trading!

 

* Important Please Note: 

Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss. 

The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.

These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.

Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 

 

 

 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1264.47 1512.00 11038.67 701.47
Resistance 2 1257.13 1502.00 10974.33 695.73
Resistance 1 1249.67 1488.50 10879.67 689.47
Pivot 1242.33 1478.50 10815.33 683.73
Support 1 1234.87 1465.00 10720.67 677.47
Support 2 1227.53 1455.00 10656.33 671.73
Support 3 1220.07 1441.50 10561.67 665.47
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8595 1.2829 105 26/32 108 11/32
Resistance 2 1.8543 1.2795 105 21/32 108  2/32
Resistance 1 1.8473 1.2749 105 17/32 107 25/32
Pivot 1.8421 1.2715 105 12/32 107 16/32
Support 1 1.8351 1.2669 105  7/32 107  7/32
Support 2 1.8299 1.2635 105  2/32 106 30/32
Support 3 1.8229 1.2589 104 30/32 106 21/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Monday, Jul 17th, 2006


Economic
08:30am Jul Empire Manufacturing (last 29.0)
09:15am Jun Industrial Production (last –0.1%), Capacity Utilization (last 81.7%)
Events
Fed's Kroszner speak about Income and Wealth in MA at 3:45pm. Trading Ex-split: HAL 2-1, LOGI 2-1, TEX 2-1. WIN replaces CTB in S&P 500 after the close of trading.
Earnings
Before the Open: C CBH ETN HDI MI MAT NVS PVTB GWW. After the Close: ACTS CCK DGII INVX NBIX PPDI.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 14th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
Mid-east tensions helped send the stock market to the path of least resistance which in my eyes is still down.
 
Be aware that when volatility rises, you need to be even more selective in choosing your trades. Getting in and placing tight stops , will result in you getting whippsawed of your position because of increased volatility. Choose your entry wisely in a way that you can place stops that will give you a chance to stay in the market.
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1276.10 1542.00 11140.00 713.67
Resistance 2 1269.90 1530.50 11085.00 708.58
Resistance 1 1259.20 1510.00 10985.00 698.42
Pivot 1253.00 1498.50 10930.00 693.33
Support 1 1242.30 1478.00 10830.00 683.17
Support 2 1236.10 1466.50 10775.00 678.08
Support 3 1225.40 1446.00 10675.00 667.92
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8658 1.2848 105 21/32 107 31/32
Resistance 2 1.8579 1.2817 105 15/32 107 24/32
Resistance 1 1.8520 1.2782 105 12/32 107 19/32
Pivot 1.8441 1.2751 105  6/32 107 12/32
Support 1 1.8382 1.2716 105  3/32 107  7/32
Support 2 1.8303 1.2685 104 29/32 107     
Support 3 1.8244 1.2650 104 26/32 106 27/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Friday, Jul 14th, 2006


Economic
08:30am Jun Import Price Index (last 1.6%), Advance Retail Sales (last 0.1%), Retail Sales Less Autos (last 0.5%)
09:45am Jul Preliminary U. of Michigan Confidence (last 84.9)
10:00am May Business Inventories (last 0.4%)
Events
G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia starts July 15 through July 17
Earnings
Before the Open: GE RF. After the Close: None.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 13th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
Market took out the 1268 level but stopped before the next support at 1263.
 
Good bounces and sell offs along the way, which are good market conditions for flexible traders. My bias is still for weaker prices in the long run but ona day to day basis or even minutes to minutes if you are an active day-trader you must have a set of rules and set ups you have confidence in, so you can trade with comfort and not out of fear.
 
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1295.37 1569.33 11335.33 729.90
Resistance 2 1288.43 1556.92 11271.67 724.70
Resistance 1 1278.37 1536.83 11177.33 715.15
Pivot 1271.43 1524.42 11113.67 709.95
Support 1 1261.37 1504.33 11019.33 700.40
Support 2 1254.43 1491.92 10955.67 695.20
Support 3 1244.37 1471.83 10861.33 685.65
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8644 1.2925 105 17/32 108     
Resistance 2 1.8577 1.2881 105 10/32 107 21/32
Resistance 1 1.8472 1.2819 105  6/32 107 14/32
Pivot 1.8405 1.2775 104 31/32 107  3/32
Support 1 1.8300 1.2713 104 28/32 106 28/32
Support 2 1.8233 1.2669 104 21/32 106 17/32
Support 3 1.8128 1.2607 104 17/32 106 10/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Thursday, Jul 13th, 2006


Economic
08:30am Initial Jobless Claims (last 313K)
10:30am Natural Gas Inventories
01:00pm Treasury's 10-year TIPS auction results
02:00pm Jun Monthly Budget Statement (last -$42.8B)
Events
Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy meeting begins today and will last for two days. Fed's Stearn speaks on Economic Outlook in Montana at 3:15pm.
Earnings
Before the Open: FLE FLOW JRC MAR MNI MEG METH PEP PII PGR TXI TRB. After the Close: CAMP CTAS ESIO IFIN.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results. 
 

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Trading levels and reports for July 12th

 
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Dear Trader,
 
The market is in an "in between zone". We broker 1273 level early today but rallied off the next level at 1268.
 
Day-traders can trade this market fromboth sides, just stay nimble and have stops in place. Don't get stuck with a one direction view. Good trading.
 
LEVELS:
 
Contract (Sept. 2006)  SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell
Resistance 3 1300.87 1581.83 11373.00 739.33
Resistance 2 1291.53 1565.42 11294.00 729.67
Resistance 1 1286.17 1554.83 11245.00 724.33
Pivot 1276.83 1538.42 11166.00 714.67
Support 1 1271.47 1527.83 11117.00 709.33
Support 2 1262.13 1511.42 11038.00 699.67
Support 3 1256.77 1500.83 10989.00 694.33
         
Contract (Sept 2006) British Pound Euro Ten Years   US Bonds 
Resistance 3 1.8636 1.2931 105 17/32 107 30/32
Resistance 2 1.8568 1.2884 105 12/32 107 22/32
Resistance 1 1.8532 1.2858 105  7/32 107 14/32
Pivot 1.8464 1.2811 105  2/32 107  6/32
Support 1 1.8428 1.2785 104 30/32 106 30/32
Support 2 1.8360 1.2738 104 25/32 106 22/32
Support 3 1.8324 1.2712 104 20/32 106 14/32
 
REPORTS (EST): Provided by www.tradethenews.com audio news and interactive research directly from the pits
 

Wednesday, Jul 12th, 2006


Economic
08:30am May Trade Balance (last -$63.4B)
10:30am Crude Oil/Gasoline/Distillate Inventories
Events
Deadline for response from Iran on nuclear enrichment issue set for today. MBA Mortgage Applications (7:00, last 5.9%). CIBC Consumer Growth conference in Boston through 7/12. Fed Nominee Mishkin testifies before Senate Banking Committee at 10:30am. ASMI, ENTG, KLIC analyst meetings. PMTI replaces LSCP in S&P Smallcap 600 after the close of trading. Trades Ex-dividend: MS $0.27.
Earnings
Before the Open: AIR ACGY CBSH GCI HITK MTB WWW. After the Close: RECN TKLC.
 
Note all time are EST. ANY AND ALL TIMES AND DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM SOURCES DEEMED TO BE RELIABLE, BUT NO ASSURANCES CAN BE MADE TO THE ACCURACY OF ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.
 
 

This is not a solicitation of any order to buy or sell, but a current market view provided by Cannon Trading Inc. Any statement of facts herein contained are derived from sources believed to be reliable, but are not guaranteed as to accuracy, nor they purport to be complete. No responsibility is assumed with respect to any such statement or with respect to any expression of opinion herein contained. Readers are urged to exercise their own judgment in trading!

Sincerely,

Ilan Levy-Mayer, M.B.A

Vice President
Cannon Trading Co Inc.
http://www.cannontrading.com
http://www.E-Futures.com
ilan@cannoncapital.com

Yahoo IM ilanlevy1970
310-859-9572
800-454-9572
Fax 310-859-0547
9301 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #614
Beverly Hills, Ca 90210

The finest compliment I can receive is a referral from a trusted client.
 
* Important Please Note: 
Trading commodity futures and options involves substantial risk of loss
The recommendations contained in this letter is of opinion only and does not guarantee any profits.
These are risky markets and only risk capital should be used.
Past performances are not necessarily indicative of future results.