I went long at about 4am ET and took a loser as well... the morning looked good up until about 9:50ET when it became apparent that we were going south for a while.
Side note... what is R4? Fibs?
DX is still way below the bottom 5-day (2 stdv) BB... I think there's a good chance it'll push north to the lower 5-day BB (roughly 79.58) again today (already printed there earlier this AM)...
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So... the golden cross of the 50/200 day SMA happened today. Take a look at the 10:05 ET candle and tell me the technicians in the market are still dead.
Sure technicians are dead and the ES and $SPX never resist or bounce off 50-day MAs or 20-bar EMAs... traders who don't put them on their charts never see the price action resulting from them... those who do realize they are still quite relevant.
I use their DDF feed... it's about $60/month for my complete quote package... base DDF fees are $40/month plus whatever data plans you pack on top of it.
Pricing breakout here:
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I was an IT network guy in the dot-com years... Financial shops will raise hell if they...