Futures Calls Recap for 2/18/14
A very dull session with a gap up that filled after about 45 minutes and then rebounded into a narrow 4 point range on the ES for the last 5 hours or so. Volume was weak at 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares. See NQ section below.
Net ticks: -14 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:
My ES call didn't trigger as it was long over the UBreak, and that was exactly the high of the 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 typo'd his first call, but the intent was long at A at 3678.50, and that stopped for 7 ticks. His second call was a long at 3684.00 that triggered at B and stopped:
Forex Calls Recap for 2/18/14
Couple of winners but no major action to start the week. See the GBPUSD below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A, hit first target at B, if you were awake, you move stop over the entry and stop, otherwise, you hit the initial stop. Triggered short again at C, closed at end of chart 10 pips in the money for end of session:
Stock Picks Recap for 2/14/14
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, no triggers.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's GMCR triggered short (without market support) and worked:
His AAPL triggered short (without market support) and didn't work:
Nothing else triggered.
In total, that's no trades triggering with market support.
Stock Picks Recap for 2/14/14
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, no triggers.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's GMCR triggered short (without market support) and worked:
His AAPL triggered short (without market support) and didn't work:
Nothing else triggered.
In total, that's no trades triggering with market support.
Futures Calls Recap for 2/14/14
irst time in a while that a Comber 13 signal failed on the 5-minute on the ES. See that section below. The session started very slow but ended up drifting up twice during the day. Volume was only 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares leading into the long weekend. Not our best week for futures trades.
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:
Went short at A at 1828.50 with the 13 signal and stopped for 7 ticks:
Futures Calls Recap for 2/14/14
irst time in a while that a Comber 13 signal failed on the 5-minute on the ES. See that section below. The session started very slow but ended up drifting up twice during the day. Volume was only 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares leading into the long weekend. Not our best week for futures trades.
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:
Went short at A at 1828.50 with the 13 signal and stopped for 7 ticks:
Forex Calls Recap for 2/14/14
Nothing new triggered as the EURUSD was stuck in a narrow range, but we closed out the second half of the trade from the prior session in the money. See that 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. Absolutely no chart patterns of interest on the daily charts and no new Seeker or Comber signals forming.
EURUSD:
Nothing new triggered because the range was so narrow, although we came close at A, but we closed the last piece of the trade from the prior session at B for +70 pips for end of week:
Forex Calls Recap for 2/14/14
Nothing new triggered as the EURUSD was stuck in a narrow range, but we closed out the second half of the trade from the prior session in the money. See that 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. Absolutely no chart patterns of interest on the daily charts and no new Seeker or Comber signals forming.
EURUSD:
Nothing new triggered because the range was so narrow, although we came close at A, but we closed the last piece of the trade from the prior session at B for +70 pips for end of week:
Stock Picks Recap for 2/13/14
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, AMBC triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
CERN triggered long (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, TWTR triggered long (with market support) and worked great:
AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked great:
Rich's TSLA triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
His BIIB triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
In total, that's 6 trades triggering with market support, 4 of them worked, 2 did not.
Stock Picks Recap for 2/13/14
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, AMBC triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
CERN triggered long (with market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, TWTR triggered long (with market support) and worked great:
AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked great:
Rich's TSLA triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
His BIIB triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
In total, that's 6 trades triggering with market support, 4 of them worked, 2 did not.