Recent content by smilingsynic

I hate it when people don't answer my questions but instead answer a question I didn't ask. So out of respect to the question, here is my answer: authors worth considering include Barry Rudd's two books, Al Brooks's four books, and Bob Volman's two books (in no order). The titles are all in...

if you make a profit yet break your rules, you are a loser. If you take a loss and do so according to your plan, you are a winner. Taking a loss is never easy, but it becomes easier the more you do it right. Taking a loss is like asking a woman out and getting turned down. Yes, it doesn't...

On the SPX cash index, 4731 was tagged today. That is a longer term pivot target based on the opening range of the July-December 2021 period, as defined in Mark Fisher's book THE LOGICAL TRADER, page 52. The targets are based on the highest high and lowest low made between July 1-15. This...

Three separate measured moves, two of which go back to the 218.26 COVID crash, point to 460 on the SPY. 218.26 to 358.75, and then back to 319.80. Add 140.49, and the sum is just over 460. pre-pandemic high of 339.08 to 218.26 is roughly 121. Added to 339 is 460. The other measured move is...

Time to be careful...take care

I think I may have figured it out.

It does it only for futures, not for stocks.

I have never seen that message before...ever.

Already long and wanted to add more.

I have been trading with IB for nearly twenty years and use the classic TWS, and when I was trying to put a futures stop order in late this afternoon (before 4:14 EST), I could not place the order. Instead, I received the following message: the "display size" order attribute may not be...

Measured move at 3550 area. Longs should tighten stops. All the best to all. :-)

After my orders are filled, the filled order line does not disappear. It just stays there. I now have a bunch of lines on the main workstation screen made up of already filled orders.

1632 SPX is significant for at least two reasons, longer term. Which is where we landed Wednesday and traded around since. Then again, so was 1000.