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Well we kissed 2100 before trading back to the open, so that deviates from my plan. CHecking out until tomorrow, have fun!

C'mon ES go back to the open already, this is brutal!

A pop like that from the bell is almost always ripe for a retest!

Same plan from last week, 91's to over 2100. Gotta sit out the first 7-8 minutes and entry has to be below the open, but I'm watching for it.

I find that I agree with dbphoenix in this regard. I don't believe that there really is noise, only price action that isn't at or near levels that you have predefined. I found that trying to decipher "trending" action vs. "chop" or "noise" was the number one reason why I would bail on a trade...

I don't think there are many people that really want the real deal. It doesn't allow them to turn the doubt towards someone else, and instead they might have to look in the mirror and realize that they have been kidding themselves all along. Is there really any sort of retail edge worth...

Thanks for sharing Handle!

I don't normally pay too much attention to the VIX, but I have been over the past couple of weeks because I have an SVXY position right now. SVXY has been on a tear lately, so I would think we are in for a few of those bullish grind weeks. I think Monday's explosion sort of set the tone for...

Hey man! Sorry, I didn't see this before I shut my computer off and headed to work for the day. If I mentioned my fills I would probably sound like a braggart and a liar at this point, so nevermind. Now that we are above 91's and holding, I would expect 91's to hold on our way up to 2100's or...

Sometimes, and I mean SOMETIMES, the plan is spot on. Have a great weekend everyone!

you seem pretty consistent these days. Are you using TA for entries?

Looks like we got the 84.50's without the 64.50's test. My vision for tomorrow morning is we either open near 84.50's and hold it as support, which I will buy with a target of 91's. OR if we open below it and sell, I'd be waiting to see if we can get that 64.50's test before buying.

Since I'm only trading with 1-3 contracts, it would have to take an act of Satan himself to move the ES enough to the point where I would be in serious pain. I found that when I had a hard stop I was more likely to wait for the market to hit it, instead of watching the DOM and just getting out...

I know you won't like my answer, but I haven't used a stop for a few years now.

I've been really hoping to catch a good "flip" setup around 64.50's. If it plays out, I'd be long from 64.50's to 84.75's and 91's.

I don't really try and catch trends per se. I'm pretty confident in the levels that I pick, so if I get the right setup at the levels I've marked, I'm in no matter what. If my entry turns into a trend, then GREAT! :)

Nope! My setup is so specific, and limited to a certain time of day, that I really don't need much to trade it. I usually take a peek and mark my levels about 10 minutes before the bell. I try and have 2-3 levels marked max. Since I'm almost always long, Usually I'm looking for a bounce...

I'm still waiting for 64.50 to trade. I'm not sure if I'll get it this week.

Yeah, I avoid the first 7 minutes because I have been burned so hard in the past trying to just buy "support" and getting steamrolled on that opening range extension. Now I wait for that for that first push to work itself out, and then I look to see how the open print is going to come into...

You are so right. There was only so much market "engineering" I could do. Eventually I had to accept that I can't decipher why everything is happening, but that it didn't matter either way. As long as I could find an opportunity to get long below the open, who cares! :)