Wishing all of you a great weekend and a successful trading week ahead.
Last two trading days we witnessed increased volatility, which usually provides for better day-trading ranges.
Understanding ahead of time what is the risk you are willing to take, accepting this risk when you enter a trade can help you manage your trades in a calmer way. Continue reading “Continued Increased Volatility in Futures Trading Market for November 15th 2010”
We started out the week with slow trading day and narrow range on stock index futures.
I got a “small sell signal” on mini Dow, which I would like to see a bit more down move before acting on it, simply because volume was not sufficient enough to confirm a good probability of a correction. However, while the probability for down move is not big, the risk reward with a stop above the previous high is not bad….
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. Continue reading “Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for Novemeber 9th 2010”
Some potential levels to watch on the way up and/or on pullbacks in the mini Russell WEEKLY chart below:
Continue reading “Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for November 5th 2010”
A BIG 24 hours lay ahead….I suspect some volatility to hit the night markets as election results come out and then we jump right into FOMC tomorrow.
FOMC tomrrow around 2:15 Eastern time.
FOMC days have different characteristics than other trading days. If you have traded for a while, check your trading notes from past FOMC days that may help you prepare for tomorrow.
if you’re a newcomer, take a more conservative approach and make sure you understand that the news can really move the market.
My observations suggest choppy, low volume up until announcement, followed by some sharp volatile moves right during and after the announcement.
I am including a five-minutes chart from Sept. 21st of this year, which was the last FOMC we had for your reference.
Wishing you a great trading month in November. Big week ahead with elections, FOMC and more.
Enjoy the weekend. Continue reading “Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for November 1st 2010”
To be honest I don’t have any feel for the medium term outlook of stock indices.
I do like some of the intraday set ups we get in different markets such as Crude, Euro and the Mini SP.
We do have some reports tomorrow and it is the last trading day of the month so we should see some interesting price action.
As far as “mental tip”: keep reminding yourself that the hardest battle for a trader is waiting, patience and fighting ones own demons that normally appear when losing trades happen. Try to be among the tough ones who can control the negative emotions losing trades bring out and your trading will progress. Continue reading “Futures Trading Levels and Mental Tips for October 29th 2010”
Stocks finished pretty much unchanged today, which brings me to another point….
There ARE OTHER MARKETS one can day-trade….Most day-traders focus on the Mini SP 500 and it’s relatives:
Mini Nasdaq, Mini Dow, Mini Russell etc. because of volume, familiarity, trading hours etc.
However, markets like bonds, Euro Currency, Crude oil, beans, corn to name a few do offer day trading opportunities and risks. Different market have different personalities which may fit different traders. Different markets also have different trading hours when volatility is present, different volatility at different times and other
characteristics which traders may want to explore. During the day-trading charts service I hold daily, I feature the mini SP 500 chart along with Euro currency and Crude oil and possible trade set ups.
As always I recommend using demo account when exploring trading in market you normally don’t trade, as well as performing some research regarding tick size, price behavior and more.
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Weekly chart of the mini Russell 2000 for your review below.
Continue reading “Futures and Commodity Trading Levels for October 26th, 2010”
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Same comments from yesterday and the day before still hold true….main difference is the tomorrow is quadruple witching day so I am hopeful that we finally break out one way or the other……
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….
Continue reading “Quadruple Witching to Provide S&P 500 with Clues, September 17th 2010”
