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Rollover Notice for Stock Index Futures 9.09.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday September 9, 2016

Greetings!

Rollover is here again….The quarterly event is upon us once more, so read below and adjust!

Rollover Notice for Stock Index Futures

Important notice: For those of you trading any stock index futures contracts, i.e., the E-mini S&P, E-mini NASDAQ, E-mini Dow Jones, the “Big” pit-traded S&P 500, etc., it is extremely important to remember that tomorrow, Thursday, Sept.8th, is rollover day.

Starting Sept. 8th, the December 2016 futures contracts will be the front month contracts. It is recommended that all new positions be placed in the December 2016 contract as of Sept. 8th. Volume in the Sept. contracts will begin to drop off until its expiration on Friday September 16th.

The month code for December is Z6.

Traders with electronic trading software should make sure that defaults reflect the proper contract as of Thursday morning.

Please close any open September Currency positions by the close on Friday the 16th.

Should you have any further question please contact your broker.

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Day Trading Mind Traps 9.08.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Thursday September 8, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

Didn’t have anything of added value to share today so instead I am sharing a timeless article we published a couple of years ago about Day Trading Mind Traps!

Trading Day After Labor Day 9.06.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Wedneday September 7, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

It’s the day after Labor Day and we saw some big moves in the metals, stock indices still are trading in relatively low volatility.  As I mentioned before, it’s not a question of if but a question of when and what will cause higher volatility. Be flexible and ready to adapt to changing market conditions.

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Monthly Unemployment Reports Due Tomorrow 9.02.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday September 2, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

Unemployment report tomorrow!!

From our friends at TradeTheNews.com:

What the News Desk Says

Friday’s August payrolls report is expected to post about 185K net job additions, after outsized gains in June and July of 292K and 255K, respectively. Unemployment is expected to tick down one-tenth to 4.8%.

The conventional wisdom appears to be that another payroll report above 150K would leave the door open for a possible rate hike in September. Following the hawkish tone presented at the Jackson Hole symposium last week, Fed funds futures currently predict about a 25% chance of a rate hike at the September meeting. A worse than expected jobs report could push back rate tightening expectations to December… more

Labor Day is coming up, below you will see the main schedule.
Read full notice at:
https://www.cannontrading.com/tools/support-resistance-levels/globex-ice-labor-day-holiday-schedule-2016/

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Make September a Great Trading Month 9.01.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Thursday September 1, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

December bonds are now front month for those of you trading bonds, ten years etc.!

December silver and December gold are also the front month!

Labor Day is coming up, below you will see the main schedule.
Read full notice at:
https://www.cannontrading.com/tools/support-resistance-levels/globex-ice-labor-day-holiday-schedule-2016/

CME GLOBEX Labor Day Holiday Schedule

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Globex® & Ice Labor Day Holiday Schedule 2016

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Globex® Labor Day Holiday Schedule 2016

Note: Session orders entered on Sunday are for trade date Tuesday, Sep 6 and will continue working until Tuesday’s close unless otherwise noted.

Equity, Interest Rate, FX, Energy, Metals & DME Products

Friday, Sep 2

1600 CT / 1700 ET / 2100 UTC – Regular close

Sunday, Sep 4

1700 CT / 1800 ET / 2200 UTC – Regular open for trade date Tuesday, Sep 6*

Monday, Sep 5

1200 CT / 1300 ET / 1700 UTC – Trading halt (pre-open)

1700 CT / 1800 ET / 2200 UTC – Products resume trading

Tuesday, Sep 6

1600 CT / 1700 ET / 2100 UTC – Regular close

Grain, Oilseed & MGEX Products

Friday, Sep 2

Regular close – Per each product schedule

Sunday, Sep 4

1600 CT / 1700 ET / 2100 UTC – Pre-open for trade date Tuesday, Sep 6*

Monday, Sep 5

1900 CT / 2000 ET / 0000 UTC – Open for trade date Tuesday, Sep 6

Tuesday, Sep 6

0700 CT / 0800 ET / 1200 UTC – MGEX Apple Juice – Regular open

Regular close – Per each product schedule

Livestock, Dairy & Lumber Products

Friday, Sep 2

Regular Close – Per each product schedule for:

  • Livestock
  • Dairy
  • Lumber

Monday, Sep 5

1700 CT / 1800 ET / 2200 UTC – Dairy markets open for trade date Tuesday, Sep 6*

Tuesday, Sep 6

830 CT / 930 ET / 1330 UTC – Livestock markets open

900 CT / 1000 ET / 1400 UTC – Lumber market open

Regular close – Per each product schedule

More details at: http://www.cmegroup.com/tools-information/holiday-calendar/files/2016-labor-day-holiday-schedule.pdf

*Dates and times are subject to change

If you have any questions, please call the CME Global Command Center at +1 800 438 8616, in Europe

at +44 800 898 013 or in Asia at +65 6532 5010

Ice Futures Labor Day Holiday Trading Schedule 2016

Detailed holiday hours: https://www.theice.com/holiday-hours

The above sources were compiled from sources believed to be reliable. Cannon Trading assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions.  It is meant as an alert to events that may affect trading strategies and is not necessarily complete.  The closing times for certain contracts may have been rescheduled.

Behavior of Markets Last Trading Day of the Month 8.31.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Wednesday August 31, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

December bonds are now front month for those of you trading bonds, ten years etc.!

December silver and December gold are also the front month!

Tomorrow is the last trading day of the month. Certain markets will experience certain trading behavior on the last trading day of the month.

Bonds are known to make some sharp moves right around 1:30 Central time ( 30 minutes before what used to be the pit close)

Here is a bond chart from last month’s last trading day….Pay attention to the WIDE range during the whole day and the large moves in the last hour!
Bond Chart July 31st 2016

Also tomorrow is Wednesday. Crude Oil numbers come out.

Here is what Crude did last week….1 minute chart right before and after report came out…
Crude 1 Minute Chart

Keep a trading journal! Write notes.

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Check Out Two Futures Trading Systems Live Results! 8.30.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Tuesday August 30, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

December bonds are now front month for those of you trading bonds, ten years etc.!

August is almost over…..and it has been a pretty low energy month as far as trading is concerned. Between summer vacations in the US and Europe and the fact that markets got tired from the extreme BREXIT volatility…August was a very low energy trading month with low volatility. Volatility comes and goes in cycles and the  longer the period of low volatility is, the bigger the moves that will follow when some Geo Political event finally shakes the markets….so be ready!

On a different note, check out the live results on the following two trading systems which can be traded with as low as $5,000 per system!! Feel free to reach out to your cannon contact with any question or if you need help evaluating the trade systems below:

MJ Crude system

MJ Mini Russell system

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Crude Oil Outlook 8.26.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Friday August 26, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

Crude Oil Futures Are Reaching a Decision Point
I like the potential of being bullish on crude oil futures for next few weeks! Here are a few ways you can do this:

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Crude oil futures have been providing quite a bit of excitement the last few months. Most traders, myself included, like excitement when it comes to trading. It means two things: opportunities and risks.

The recent pullback in crude oil future prices present a buying opportunity, in my opinion.

Looking at the daily chart of crude oil below, you will see that I marked what I feel should be a support level for resumption of the upside move.

Read the Rest of the article along with charts here

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Mental Stops? – Trading Futures 8.25.2016

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1. Market Commentary
2. Futures Support and Resistance Levels – S&P, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, Dollar Index
3. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Gold, Euro, Crude Oil, T-Bonds
4. Commodities Support and Resistance Levels – Corn, Wheat, Beans, Silver
5. Futures Economic Reports for Thursday August 25, 2016

Hello Traders,

Greetings!

Mental Stops…..

Every so often I hear clients tell me, ” they don’t use hard stops…they use mental stops”

While the mental stop idea can work 8 out of 10 times, the 1-2 times it does not work will wipe out your account.

Try using mental stops when you were trading crude yesterday and all of a sudden news about Iran looking to comply with production hit the market and market went up over 80 cents in few minutes…

or maybe you had a mental stop on long gold early this morning when all of a sudden in a few minutes gold dropped $14 per contract.

I have seen it happen before with the SP and other stock indices, I have seen it happen in all markets I watch and trade at one time. it’s not a question if, but rather when. Big moves happened and will happen. Not every day, not in every market at the same time but they will happen in all markets at one given time or another.

So unless you have unlimited amounts of risk capital and/ or crystal ball-  use hard stops in the system OR learn how to hedge your positions using options and weekly options.

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RISK DISCLOSURE: Past results are not necessarily indicative of future results. The risk of loss in futures trading can be substantial, carefully consider the inherent risks of such an investment in light of your financial condition.