Forex Calls Recap for 10/14/13
A clean trigger, but with the US Bank Holiday, not enough ooomph to get us to the first target. We stopped out right under the entry. See EURUSD section below. Back to normal tonight.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, didn't make it to first target (note two separate 9 bar setups stalled at the same place), and we moved stop up under the entry and stopped at B:
Forex Calls Recap for 10/14/13
A clean trigger, but with the US Bank Holiday, not enough ooomph to get us to the first target. We stopped out right under the entry. See EURUSD section below. Back to normal tonight.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, didn't make it to first target (note two separate 9 bar setups stalled at the same place), and we moved stop up under the entry and stopped at B:
Stock Picks Recap for 10/11/13
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, ITRI triggered long (with market support) and worked:
PLCE triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's TSLA triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and didn't work, worked later:
His AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His GDX triggered short (ETF, so no market support needed) and worked:
His FAS triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and didn't work, worked later:
GOOG triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, 4 of them worked, 1 did not.
Stock Picks Recap for 10/11/13
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, ITRI triggered long (with market support) and worked:
PLCE triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's TSLA triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and didn't work, worked later:
His AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His GDX triggered short (ETF, so no market support needed) and worked:
His FAS triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and didn't work, worked later:
GOOG triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, 4 of them worked, 1 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 10/11/13
A stop out and then a small winner on the second trigger on an ER call. Markets opened flat and traded up, covering average range exactly. See ER section below. NASDAQ volume closed the session at 1.6 billion shares.
Net ticks: -3.5 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:
ER:
Triggered long at A at 1068.30, stopped for 8 ticks. Triggered again shortly after, hit first target for 8 ticks, and stopped second half 1 tick in the money:
Forex Calls Recap for 10/11/13
A final winner to close out the week in Forex trading. Ranges remain poor but we're doing pretty good despite that. 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.
GBPUSD:
Triggered long at A, hit first target at B, stopped second half under the entry at C:
Stock Picks Recap for 10/10/13
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, GMCR triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's GS triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His CTXS triggered long (with market support) and worked just enough for a partial:
His SHLD triggered short (without market support) and worked:
His ALXN triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
His GLD triggered short (ETF, so no market support needed) and worked great:
NFLX triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, all 5 of them worked.
Stock Picks Recap for 10/10/13
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, GMCR triggered short (without market support) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's GS triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His CTXS triggered long (with market support) and worked just enough for a partial:
His SHLD triggered short (without market support) and worked:
His ALXN triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
His GLD triggered short (ETF, so no market support needed) and worked great:
NFLX triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, all 5 of them worked.
Futures Calls Recap 10/10/13
No calls or triggers today as the markets gapped up so much that the main contracts were over R2 and never even touched a Level to set up a trade. Volume started strong and ended up at 1.8 billion NASDAQ shares.
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:
Futures Calls Recap 10/10/13
No calls or triggers today as the markets gapped up so much that the main contracts were over R2 and never even touched a Level to set up a trade. Volume started strong and ended up at 1.8 billion NASDAQ shares.
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: