Forex Calls Recap for 4/25/13
A winner in the EURUSD and that's it. Came back to the starting point again. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, but gave you several places to take that entry through B without stopping, hit first target at C, and closed the rest in the morning under the entry at D:
Forex Calls Recap for 4/25/13
A winner in the EURUSD and that's it. Came back to the starting point again. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, but gave you several places to take that entry through B without stopping, hit first target at C, and closed the rest in the morning under the entry at D:
Stock Picks Recap for 4/24/13
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, CTSH triggered short (without market support) and worked great:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's BIIB triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked great:
His ALXN triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked:
His JOY triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked:
NTAP triggered long (with market support) and worked enough for a partial:
Rich's POT triggered long (with market support) and worked a little:
His RGLD triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His CELG triggered short (without market support) and worked great:
His BRCM triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
His MCHP triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 5 trades triggering with market support, 3 of them worked, 2 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 4/24/13
A flat session after a flat opening. The ES stuck in just 7 points of range on 1.65 billion NASDAQ shares, and that was with AAPL trading about 20 million more than usual.
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:
Mark's call triggered short at A at 1572.75, hit the first target for 6 ticks, and stopped the final piece over the entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 4/24/13
The EURUSD and GBPUSD spent the sessions in 50 pip ranges, which are useless. One partial swept trigger in EURUSD and that's it. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
The EURUSD call was long over the UBreak, which is the red line. That swept by 2.3 pips at the highs, which would have put you into part of the trade based on our order staggering system, and that partial stopped:
Forex Calls Recap for 4/24/13
The EURUSD and GBPUSD spent the sessions in 50 pip ranges, which are useless. One partial swept trigger in EURUSD and that's it. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
EURUSD:
The EURUSD call was long over the UBreak, which is the red line. That swept by 2.3 pips at the highs, which would have put you into part of the trade based on our order staggering system, and that partial stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 4/23/13
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, CREE gapped over, no play.
KERX triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
HLIT triggered long and didn't go enough in either direction to count.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's BIIB triggered short (without market support) and worked whether you took it on the flash crash or later:
His SANM triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 3 trades triggering with market support, 2 of them worked, 1 did not.
Stock Picks Recap for 4/23/13
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, CREE gapped over, no play.
KERX triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
HLIT triggered long and didn't go enough in either direction to count.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's BIIB triggered short (without market support) and worked whether you took it on the flash crash or later:
His SANM triggered long (with market support) and worked:
His AAPL triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 3 trades triggering with market support, 2 of them worked, 1 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 4/23/13
Interesting use of a "flash crash" after a boring start to the session. See ES and NQ sections below.
Net ticks: +11 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 short at A at 1567.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, second half stopped on lowered stop at 1564.25 for 11 ticks:
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 2816.50, also on the "AP Tweet Flash Crash" and hit first target for 6 ticks. Second half stopped over entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 4/23/13
A winner for the session on the GBPUSD. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A, gave you hours until B to enter, hit first target at C, and went lower, but by the time we were up, stop had to be moved over the entry and the second half stopped at D. Note the low was the LBreak at E:
