Futures Calls Recap for 1/30/13
One winner that hit a first target and then rolled back on the NQ and that's it as the market gave us a typical Fed meeting day. See NQ section below. NASDAQ volume was 1.9 billion shares. Tomorrow is the last day of January.
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:
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.
Triggered long at A at 2748.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, stopped second half under the entry:
Futures Calls Recap for 1/30/13
One winner that hit a first target and then rolled back on the NQ and that's it as the market gave us a typical Fed meeting day. See NQ section below. NASDAQ volume was 1.9 billion shares. Tomorrow is the last day of January.
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:
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.
Triggered long at A at 2748.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, stopped second half under the entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 1/30/13
A loser on the GBPUSD and a winner on the EURUSD, which is still going. See both sections below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
New calls and Chat tonight after 5 pm EST when the new levels come out after global rollover.
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and still holding with a stop under R2:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A and stopped:
Forex Calls Recap for 1/30/13
A loser on the GBPUSD and a winner on the EURUSD, which is still going. See both sections below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
New calls and Chat tonight after 5 pm EST when the new levels come out after global rollover.
EURUSD:
Triggered long at A, hit first target at B, and still holding with a stop under R2:
GBPUSD:
Triggered short at A and stopped:
Stock Picks Recap for 1/29/13
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, CERN triggered long (with market support) and worked:
FSLR triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's AMZN triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked great:
His VXX triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and didn't work:
NFLX triggered long (with market support) and didn't work, although the retrigger worked great:
Rich's RIMM triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 4 trades triggering with market support, 2 of them worked, 2 did not, which doesn't sound nearly as good as the results actually were.
Stock Picks Recap for 1/29/13
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, CERN triggered long (with market support) and worked:
FSLR triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked:
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's AMZN triggered short (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked great:
His VXX triggered long (ETF, so no market support needed) and didn't work:
NFLX triggered long (with market support) and didn't work, although the retrigger worked great:
Rich's RIMM triggered long (with market support) and worked:
In total, that's 4 trades triggering with market support, 2 of them worked, 2 did not, which doesn't sound nearly as good as the results actually were.
Futures Calls Recap for 1/29/13
A winner and a loser on the ES in another session that saw narrow action for the first hour, although the broad market broke out over lunch despite the Fed meeting. NASDAQ volume was 1.9 billion shares.
Net ticks: -4.5 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 1496.25, hit first target for 6 ticks at VAH, stopped second half under entry. Triggered short at B at 1493.75 and stopped for 7 ticks. No re-entry:
Forex Calls Recap for 1/29/13
Clean winner on the GBPUSD for the session. See that section below.
Here's a look at the US Dollar Index intraday with our market directional lines:
New calls and Chat tonight after 5 pm EST when the new levels come out after global rollover.
GBPUSD:
Triggered long at A, hit first target at B, moved stop up and stopped at C in the money:
Stock Picks Recap for 1/28/13
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, nothing triggered.
From the Messenger/Tradesight_st Twitter Feed, Rich's AAPL triggered long (without market support due to opening 5 minutes) and worked big:
EBAY triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
Rich's IDCC triggered long (with market support) and worked:
GOOG triggered short (with market support) and didn't work:
Rich's NFLX triggered short (with market support) and worked:
Rich's NUS triggered short (with market support) and worked:
COST triggered long (with market support) and didn't work:
In total, that's 6 trades triggering with market support, 3 of them worked, 3 did not.
Futures Calls Recap for 1/28/13
Three calls but only one triggered on a flat day in the market to start the week. Volume looked good early but never came back in the afternoon.
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 long at A at 2740.00 and stopped for 7 ticks:
