Futures and Commodity Trading Blog, September 20th 2010

Market finally broke to the upside but like always “tries to make it harder” for us traders…. The upside breakout lacked momentum and / or continuation, at least today. However, I have shifted my swing trading stance to cautiously bullish as long as SP500 can hold above 1105.75….

FOMC next Tuesday along with busy Thursday / Friday economic and speaking schedule.

Have a great weekend, take time to recharge the brain and “clean it” from all the ” I should have placed a stop at this price and i should have taken that trade” etc….Once a trader has a concept they feel good about, the rest of the battle is mostly mental one with yourself.

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Commodities and Futures Trading Levels, September 16th 2010

Well by now this is the 3rd or 4th time we are knocking on 1122.75…..that means one out of two (in my opinion): Tomorrow morning reports help this market break this level and start another leg up towards 1157.00

OR…..

Market fails one more time against this level, fills the gap below ( 1105.75) before giving us some additional clues.

I would love to have the “correct answer” to give you but only time and price action will tell….

SP 500 Day Trading
SP 500 Day Trading

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Cannon Trading: A Full Service Futures and Commodities Brokerage Firm

“If we break down below 1078, my guess is we will resume selling pressure”

Yesterday I wrote the following:

“On a different note, I got a blue diamond for tomorrow’s session which can mean potential up day if the futures market can break above 1083.00 or….continued decline if it fails to gain some upside momentum. Well the market broke 1083 overnight and continued as high as 1098 which is right above the nearest FIB level.”

What’s next one might ask? If we can hold 1078 then there is more upside potential, if we break down below 1078, my guess is we will resume selling pressure. Daily chart for review below:

EP - E- Mini S&P 500, Equal Active Daily Continuation
EP – E- Mini S&P 500, Equal Active Daily Continuation

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Best Trading Practices: Always Ask Your Futures Broker July 30th 2010

“Last Trading day of the month tomorrow.”

At any time traders, especially self directed futures traders, must be aware of first notice day, last trading, economic reports etc.

Tomorrow is first notice day for August Gold futures contract – As your futures and commodity broker we try our best to keep many of you informed via this daily blog but always make sure you contact your futures broker with any questions you may have.

Daily chart of September e-mini Dow Jones below for review. I am not sure about direction to be honest. Both bulls and bears have a case and at this point we are trading in a band between 10293 and 10536, which is a wide trading range.

YM - E-Mini Dow Futures - $5 Multiplier, Equalized Active Daily Continuation
YM – E-Mini Dow Futures – $5 Multiplier, Equalized Active Daily Continuation

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