Weekly Newsletter 1073: Using Tick/Volume charts and Oscillators for Scalping & Trading Levels for the Week Ahead

October 29th, 2021 Filed under Charts & Indicators, futures trading education, Weekly Newsletter | Comment (0)

Cannon Futures Weekly Letter Issue # 1073

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Day Trading 201: Using Tick/Volume charts and Oscillators for Scalping

Using tick charts and oscillators for day-trading (by Ilan Levy-Mayer VP of Cannon Trading and CTA at Levex.net )

I really don’t think anyone has found a “perfect way” to day-trade.

Different techniques work well in different market environment.

In this week short educational feature, I will touch on one technique you can add to your trading arsenal. This technique works better on choppy, two sidedway and/or volatile markets. It does NOT work well when the market has a strong trend.

The chart below illustrates a few principals I like:

It uses a tick chart rather than a time chart. I like tick charts ( range bar, volume charts, renko) better when day-trading shorter time frames for the simple reason it already includes a big factor in the market, VOLUME. If you are using a 5 minute chart for example, you may get signals simply because time “has passed” and certain indicators you are using adopt certain values. When using tick charts during periods where there are lots of movement, you won’t have to wait until your time frame bar closes to get your signal, volume becomes a bigger more important part of your trading decision.
The other part for this trading approach is to use overbought/ oversold indicators in an attempt to catch exhuastion in selling or buying and catch the counter trend move. Sometimes that move will be minor, sometimes it will be a trend reversal and at other times just a little pause in a strong trend….no crystal balls here, just another tool to observe and consider in your trading. In the PDF you will see the same indicators, same market, same time frame BUT using different type of charts…..

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Good Trading

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Futures Trading Levels

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Volume Based Trading Emini NQ & Support and Resistance Levels 1.14.2021

January 13th, 2021 Filed under Future Trading News | Comment (0)

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Today I am sharing an example of using volume chart along with FIB levels when following intraday market action.

Market is NQ

Chart type is CVB = constant volume bar

5000 contracts traded complete one bar.

This model uses a theory that when it comes to short term day trading, volume is much more important than time, hence the use of volume bars. I use bars of between 1,000 to 18,000 contracts traded (pending the specific market, based on recent volatility, trade volume and a few other factors). That means that instead of bars completing based on time frame (i.e. 1 minute or 15 minutes etc.), we use volume instead of time. So each time X,000 contracts traded, a new bar will complete. When the specific market has high volume and is moving fast, the bars will complete faster. When market is in low volume without much action, the bars will complete slower.

For me personally, this has helped getting signals ahead of time when there is fast action in the market and avoiding false signals when volume is low.

Needless to say volume charts on their own are no crystal ball and there is much more to trading but may help you take a look at your charts from a a diff. angle.

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NQ Emini – Nasdaq Volume Base Chart, 5000 contracts 1.13.2021

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Good Trading

Futures Trading Levels

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Weekly Dow Jones Futures Chart and Support and Resistance Levels 12.30.2020

December 29th, 2020 Filed under Indices | Comment (0)

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Two more trading days left in 2020!!

Thank you for choosing Cannon during this challenging year. We look forward to continuing to provide you with excellent service in 2021 and wish you a healthy, successful year ahead!

Trading Hours for New Year’s below.

New Years Holiday Futures Trading Schedule 2020 CME GLOBEX

Weekly Dow Jones Cash Index with possible upside target as well as support level below. Keep in mind this is a WEEKLY chart.

Good Trading

Futures Trading Levels

12-30-2020

Futures Support & Resistance Levels 12.30.2020

Economic Reports, source:

www.BetterTrader.co

Trading Insight: “Look Before You Leap” and Support & Resistance Levels 12.23.2020

December 22nd, 2020 Filed under Future Trading News | Comment (0)

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This was shared with me by a colleague of mine few years back and I can fully relate and wanted to share it with you as well:

“Look Before You Leap”

On the way to becoming (trying to become…) a successful Futures trader you will incur many losses.

That I can attest to.

One way to guarantee you will never be a successful trader is by taking “out sized” losses.

There was a time, in my 22 year career, that I would get an idea, in my head, that I had to be in a market, jump in and then look at where a proper stop loss would have to be placed and panic because the loss would be too great if the stop loss was reached.

So being the rookie that I was, I would place what was known as a “money’ stop, which is one that is based on how much money I was willing to risk rather one that was based on support or resistance.

Because this type of stop level was arbitrary I kept getting stopped out and then watching as the market turn around and go the way I thought it would.

Then it dawned on me. Look before you leap! So before jumping into the fray, look at where the stop goes first and if it is too far away you can just pass on it or place your “resting” or limit order closer to where a stop can be placed based chart support or resistance, not on “how much you want to lose”

Of course you can still get stopped out but at least you might have a better chance of keeping your losses smaller.

Good Trading

Futures Trading Levels

12-23-2020

Economic Reports, source:

www.BetterTrader.co

Gold Daily Chart For Review. Sympathy rally with Bitcoin? & Support and Resistance Levels 12.18.2020

December 17th, 2020 Filed under Future Trading News | Comment (0)

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Gold Daily Chart below. Sympathy rally with Bitcoin?

End of the year rally?

Need to see a close above 1900 to get a bit more excited about this one.

Time will tell.

Quick educational tips:

1. Look for high volume markets with a thin spread, so orders are filled quickly and it has high volatility, so there are opportunities for 2 to 4 good trades during the day. The Emini S&P500 Index Future is a good example of this type of market (Each point is worth $50, split into 4 ticks of $12.50 and there are 4 contracts a year, traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange).

2. Try to minimize risk to 1% of your capital per trade, then your capital can absorb 100 consecutive bad trades. Even the best systems can expect 20% -40% loosing trades, so the 1% rule gives you room to maneuver.

3. $10-$15k is the minimum recommended risk capital you should have per Emini S&P500 contract traded – then if you lose $1000-$1500 it only represents 10% of you capital, which is recoverable compared to a $3k account where the same loss equals 50% of your account, consequently you are more likely to lose the remainder of your capital rather than recover the loss. If you don’t have the higher risk capital, limit yourself to the MICROS – 1/10th the size.

4. Limit the hours you trade – the more you trade, the more exposed you are to human weaknesses, frustration and more. Just like an athlete you need to preserve your trading (playing) time….

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