Forex Calls Recap for 7/6/15
After the gap down on the GBPUSD and EURUSD on the vote, the Forex markets were remarkably flat. See GBPUSD section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
GBPUSD:
Triggered long at A and stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 7/2/15
With each stock's recap, we will include a (with market support) or (without market support) tag, designating whether the trade triggered with or without market directional support at the time. Anything in the first five minutes will be considered WITHOUT market support because market direction cannot be determined that early. ETF calls do not require market support, and are thus either winners or losers.
From the report, SGYP triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked enough for a partial:
CTXS triggered short (with market support, although long after I stopped trading for the day over lunch) and didn't work:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's TSLA triggered short (with market support) and worked:
FB triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 3 trades triggering with market support, 1 of them worked, 2 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 7/2/15
A waste of a session as expected (even worse in the first hour than I was assuming). The markets gapped up a little, did nothing, finally drifted down to fill the gaps, and closed basically flat on 1.3 billion NASDAQ shares. No levels or calls for Friday obviously. Have a good weekend. I will be on the road next week. Levels will be posted as usual and I will be in the Lab only in the first 60-90 minutes each day.
Net ticks: +0 ticks.
As usual, let's start by taking a look at the ES and NQ with our market directional lines, VWAP, and Comber on the 5-minute chart from today's session:
ES and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:
ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and long at B:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and long at B:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
Forex Calls Recap for 7/2/15
Choppy, news-driven, overall flat session. Glad we went to half size. See EURUSD and GBPUSD sections below. NO CALLS tonight due to US Bank Holiday Friday.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A on a spike and stopped:
GBPUSD:
Came into the session short the second half of the prior day's play in the money. New call triggered short at A and stopped. Second half of prior day's play stopped at B in the money:
Stock Picks Recap for 7/1/15
With each stock's recap, we will include a (with market support) or (without market support) tag, designating whether the trade triggered with or without market directional support at the time. Anything in the first five minutes will be considered WITHOUT market support because market direction cannot be determined that early. ETF calls do not require market support, and are thus either winners or losers.
From the report, QCOM triggered short (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, BIDU triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and didn't work:
I added a second trade because that one triggered early, so BIDU triggered again (without market support) and worked:
Rich's AAPL triggered short (without market support) and eventually worked, super dull trader today:
AMZN triggered short (without market support) and also eventually worked:
BIIB triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
Rich's TWTR triggered short (with market support) and didn't go enough either way to count late in the day:
In total, that's 2 trades triggering with market support, 1 of them worked, 1 did not. Nothing much happened for the session.
Futures Calls Recap for 7/1/15
Well, they didn't come back to start the quarter right away, which was a possibility. Between the short week, long weekend, and situation in Greece, the markets gapped up but didn't do much for the session. We had mixed results for the first time in a while on the Opening Range plays in particular as the first 30 minutes were very flat. One additional call only hit the first target, and another call (which was set up nicely) never triggered. See ES section below.
Net ticks: +2.5 ticks.
As usual, let's start by taking a look at the ES and NQ with our market directional lines, VWAP, and Comber on the 5-minute chart from today's session:
ES and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:
ES Opening Range Play triggered long at A and didn't work:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked enough for a partial:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
Main call triggered short at A at 2065.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, but nothing else and stopped the second half over the entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 7/1/15
A loser and a winner (still going) for the session. See EURUSD and GBPUSD sections below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
At least part of the trade triggered long at A and stopped:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A, hit first target at B, still holding second half with a stop over C:
Stock Picks Recap for 6/30/15
With each stock's recap, we will include a (with market support) or (without market support) tag, designating whether the trade triggered with or without market directional support at the time. Anything in the first five minutes will be considered WITHOUT market support because market direction cannot be determined that early. ETF calls do not require market support, and are thus either winners or losers.
From the report, SPNC triggered short (with market support) and worked:
CVLT triggered short (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's BABA triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His FB triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
AMGN triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's LNKD triggered long (without market support) and worked enough for a partial:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, 4 of them worked, 1 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 6/30/15
Another day, another set of winners for the Opening Range plays, and then the NQ set up nicely against the Pivot in the afternoon and worked. See both sections below. The markets ended up with small gains on 1.7 billion NASDAQ shares to wrap up the first half of the year.
Net ticks: +9 ticks.
As usual, let's start by taking a look at the ES and NQ with our market directional lines, VWAP, and Comber on the 5-minute chart from today's session:
ES and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:
ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
Forex Calls Recap for 6/30/15
A small winner for the session, which ended up being very flat. See EURUSD below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered short at A, hit first target at B, stopped second half over entry at C:
