Forex Calls Recap for 5/6/15
Nice session. We had part of the prior day's trade and added a new one. See the EURUSD section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Came into the session long the second half of the prior day's trade from the 1.1170 area, and then the new trade triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and so we are holding pieces from both days with a stop at C:
Stock Picks Recap for 5/5/15
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, BABA triggered short (without market support) and worked great:
GMCR triggered short (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's DAL triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His FAS triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and didn't work:
His AAPL triggered short (with market support) and worked:
FEYE triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's FB triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His VXX triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and worked:
In total, that's 7 trades triggering with market support, 6 of them worked, 1 did not, plus BABA worked great and doesn't even get counted officially.
Futures Calls Recap for 5/5/15
The markets gapped down a little and the ES reached up to fill the gap quickly, then everything rolled and we proceeded lower for the rest of the session on 1.8 billion NASDAQ shares.
Net ticks: +15 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 worked enough for a partial, triggered short at B and worked:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and didn't work, triggered short at B and did work:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered short at A and worked:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered short at A and worked:
NQ:
Just a reminder that we use half points for ticks on the NQ and not the quarter point measurement that the exchanges switched to in recent years. This allows us to use 6 ticks as a key target as we do on the other contracts. It also keeps the value of a tick at $10, closer to the value of a tick on the other contracts.
Mark's call triggered short at A at 4451.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, and he lowered the stop several times and stopped the final piece at 4439.00 for 24 ticks:
Forex Calls Recap for 5/5/15
Couple of stop outs and a winner still going for the session. See the GBPUSD and EURUSD below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A and stopped. Triggered long at B, hit first target at C, still holding second half with a stop under VAH:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A and stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 5/4/15
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, nothing triggered.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's TWTR triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
SINA triggered long (with market support) and worked:
Rich's AAPL triggered short (without market support) and worked:
His UA triggered short (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
His CMG triggered short (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 4 trades triggering with market support, all of them worked, but nothing was super-exciting.
Futures Calls Recap for 5/4/15
Horribly narrow range and dead action to start the week. We gapped up and closed around where we started on 1.5 billion NASDAQ shares. Our main trade call didn't trigger. We did, once again, have nice winners in the ES and NQ Opening Range Plays.
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 long at A and worked:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
Forex Calls Recap for 5/4/15
Not a great start to the week as we got stopped out of both GBPUSD trades. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
GBPUSD:
Triggered long at A and stopped. Triggered short at B and stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 5/1/15
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, nothing triggered.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, BIDU triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Mark's SWKS triggered long (with market support) and worked:
Rich's AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 3 trades triggering with market support, all 3 of them worked.
Futures Calls Recap for 5/1/15
A dead flat opening 30 minutes and then not much more until the markets broke the highs late in the lunch hour and that led to the only short move of the session. NASDAQ volume was 1.7 billion shares.
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 worked enough for a partial:
NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
Triggered long at A at 2094.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, stopped second half under the entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 5/1/15
A big winner after a small loser to close out the week. See the GBPUSD section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
As usual on the Sunday report, we will look at the action from Thursday night/Friday, then look at the daily charts of all the pairs with the Seeker and Comber separately for the week ahead, and then glance at the US Dollar Index.
GBPUSD:
Triggered long at A and stopped. Triggered short at B, hit first target at C, lowered stop twice and then closed final piece at D for 190 pips for end of week:
