Futures Trading Levels and Motivational Quotes, November 30th 2010

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving weekend and are ready for trading the rest of the week and upcoming December.

Since I have nothing of importance to share trading wise, I would like to share couple of trading quotes I saw today and liked:

“Continually strive for patience, perseverance, determination, and rational action.”

“Successful traders set profit objectives for each trade they enter.”

You may agree or disagree but thought these two quotes were worth sharing! Continue reading “Futures Trading Levels and Motivational Quotes, November 30th 2010”

Futures Trading Levels and Markets Schedule for November 24th 2010

Busy day ahead tomorrow with significant reports through out the day. Markets are closed Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving and then open half day on Friday.

Overnight news from N Korea and Europe definitely had much bigger on the markets than any technical chart formations…but “looking forward” we sometimes have to look back in trying to project price action.

Levels for your review on the daily mini SP 500 chart below. 1151 is first major support in case declines continues.

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Recent Rally of Futures Trading Causes Short Term Sell Off, November 19th, 2010

As we asked many times before….is this bounce just a correction from the short term sell off we had over the last few days OR was the sell off of the last few days just a correction from the recent rally of last few weeks???

I wish I could tell you, but what I can share is that in situation like this one, it is wise to wait for market reaction, price behavior around key areas of support and resistance and perhaps look at a few time frames, i.e. look at 15 minute chart, an hourly chart and a daily chart…

Below you will see the hourly Mini SP chart and below that the mini SP Daily chart for your review along with key levels.

Mini SP 500 hourly chart:

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Mini SP 500 Daily chart:

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Futures Trading Levels and Economic Reports for November 16th, 2010

The market feels to me as if it is either ready to pick up some more momentum to the downside or that this small correction ran its course and the trend up will resume….

I am looking at the following levels and price behavior around these levels to give me more clues as to which way the next move will be.

1206 on the way up (Dec. Mini SP 500) and 1189 on the way down.

Hourly chart FYI below:

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Continued Increased Volatility in Futures Trading Market for November 15th 2010

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”