Forex Calls Recap for 12/8/14
Not much of a session to start the week. We had one trade trigger on EURUSD and stop. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered short at A and stopped at B:
Stock Picks Recap for 12/5/14
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, ONNN triggered long (with market support) and worked:
EXAS triggered long (with market support) and worked:
YNDX triggered short (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's GOOG triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
Mark's INCY triggered long (with market support) and worked:
Rich's FB triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
Rich's BIIB triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
His TSLA triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Mark's XLNX triggered long (with market support) and ended up working, but he closed it slightly in the money due to lunchtime doldrums:
Rich's RIG triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 10 trades triggering with market support, 8 of them worked, 2 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 12/5/14
One loser to close out the week, although the opening range plays worked yet again on the NQ and ES, and those aren't counted here.
Net ticks: -7 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:
Mark's call triggered long at A at 2076.00 and stopped. He did not re-enter, though that would have worked:
Forex Calls Recap for 12/5/14
Closed out a winner from the prior session, and then a minor loser and a new winner to end the week. See the EURUSD 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. Note the buy signal on the NZDUSD and the sell signals from both Comber and Seeker on the GBPJPY and EURJPY.
EURUSD:
We had one leg (out of three if you follow our order staggering rules) trigger prior to A (very early) on the chart and stop. The second half of our long from the prior session stopped at B in the money. A new call triggered short at C, hit first target at D, and we closed the rest at E:
Stock Picks Recap for 12/4/14
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, EXPE triggered long (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's AAPL triggered long (without market support just barely) and worked:
His BIIB triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His AMZN triggered long (without market support) and worked:
In total, that's 2 trades triggering with market support, both of them worked, as did everything else.
Futures Calls Recap for 12/4/14
A winner and a loser on the ES for a small net gain, plus some nice moves on the ES and NQ opening range plays. See ES section below. The markets were fairly slow on 1.5 billion NASDAQ shares.
Net ticks: +1.5 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:
Triggered long at A at 1178.00 and stopped for 7 ticks. Triggered short at B at 2067.50, hit first target for 6 ticks, lowered stop twice and stopped final piece at 2064.75:
Forex Calls Recap for 12/4/14
We closed out the second half of the EURUSD trades from the prior sessions well in the money for over 100 pips on one. We had a new winner on the EURUSD that is still going, and we had a loser on the GBPUSD. See those sections below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
We closed out the shorts form the prior sessions over VAL, then our new call triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and we are still holding the second half with a stop at C (we should have adjusted the stop under R2 after it moved up there):
GBPUSD:
Trigggered short at A and stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 12/3/14
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, MSCC triggered long (with market support) and worked. A good example of "volume is on the other side of the trigger," as the stock traded the best volume in weeks as it moved higher during the day:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, GS triggered long (with market support) and worked:
BIIB triggered long (with market support) and worked great:
Rich's AMZN (we both made the same call, but he beat me by a minute) triggered short (without market support) and worked great:
Mark's XLNX triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His ALTR triggered long (with market support) and didn't go enough either direction to count:
Rich's SLB triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
BIDU triggered short (without market support, although you had it on the NQ) and worked:
Rich's RIG triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
Rich's FFIV triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 8 trades triggering with market support, 6 of them worked, 2 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 12/3/14
One trigger that didn't work for the session and that was it. The opening ranges plays once again did provide opportunities. NASDAQ volume was only 1.5 billion at the close.
Net ticks: -7 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:
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 4288.50 and stopped:
Forex Calls Recap for 12/3/14
A nice winner in the EURUSD and we still have a bigger winner going from the prior session. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
We came into the session short the second half of the prior day's trade from the 1.2420 area. Our new trade triggered short at A, hit first target at B, and we lowered the stop on both pieces (today's and yesterday's) twice, currently holding with a stop over C:
