Forex Calls Recap for 10/22/13
A strange winner on the GBPUSD. See that section below. We're still holding the second half of the trade.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
GBPUSD:
The market gapped on the Unemployment/NFP data right to our trigger, so if you filled at A, you hit the first target at B. If you didn't fill on the spike, you got filled on the retracement, or you took it at C. Either way, it didn't stop, hit first target at D, and we're still holding the second half with a stop under the line at E:
Stock Picks Recap for 10/21/13
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, HLIT triggered long (with market support) and worked:
FIVE triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked enough for a partial:
CLDX triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Mark's LRCX triggered long (without market support) and didn't work:
SINA triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's AAPL triggered long (without market support) and worked:
His MDVN triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His YELP triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
AMGN triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's DECK triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His BIIB triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 7 trades triggering with market support, 5 of them worked, 2 did not.
Stock Picks Recap for 10/21/13
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, HLIT triggered long (with market support) and worked:
FIVE triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked enough for a partial:
CLDX triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Mark's LRCX triggered long (without market support) and didn't work:
SINA triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's AAPL triggered long (without market support) and worked:
His MDVN triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His YELP triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
AMGN triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's DECK triggered short (with market support) and worked:
His BIIB triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 7 trades triggering with market support, 5 of them worked, 2 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 10/21/13
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 short at A at 1737.00 and stopped for 7 ticks. Triggered again at B, hit first target for 6 ticks, and stopped the second half over the entry:
Futures Calls Recap for 10/21/13
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 short at A at 1737.00 and stopped for 7 ticks. Triggered again at B, hit first target for 6 ticks, and stopped the second half over the entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 10/21/13
So much for improved ranges. The EURUSD was stuck in a 40-pip range. 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 finally stopped at B for 25 pips, which looks like a big move, but the total range from high to low for the session was 40 pips or so:
Stock Picks Recap for 10/18/13
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, PXLW triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and didn't work:
AMZN gapped over, no play.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's AMZN triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
His FB triggered short (with market support) and only worked enough for a partial:
NTAP triggered long (with market support) and worked:
Rich's SRPT triggered short (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's x trades triggering with market support, y of them worked, z did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 10/18/13
Not much as expected for options expiration. The markets gapped up and didn't fill. One trade didn't trigger. The other did, but Mark cut it at a small gain, which ended up being the right call. See ES section below.
Net ticks: +2 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 1735.50, and he closed it at 1736.00 for two ticks because of the 9-bar setup in a slow environment for options expiration. That ended up being correct, as it never got to the 6 tick first target:
Forex Calls Recap for 10/18/13
We closed out a 200 pip winner and also had another winner to end another nice week in Forex. See 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. We finally have some signals to pay attention to in the GBPUSD, AUDUSD, and NZDUSD.
GBPUSD:
We came into the session long and well in the money on the second half of the prior day's trade. That did not stop out. The new call triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and then we close the second half of both trades at C, which was about 200 pips on the trade from the prior day:
Forex Calls Recap for 10/18/13
We closed out a 200 pip winner and also had another winner to end another nice week in Forex. See 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. We finally have some signals to pay attention to in the GBPUSD, AUDUSD, and NZDUSD.
GBPUSD:
We came into the session long and well in the money on the second half of the prior day's trade. That did not stop out. The new call triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and then we close the second half of both trades at C, which was about 200 pips on the trade from the prior day: