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  1. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Low in YM tested and held. Some might see it as a double bottom. We will see for how long.
  2. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    what a coincidence - cnbc doing a little piece on short ETFs. :D
  3. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    I own some SDS in my IRA... unfortunately, not nearly enough. In theory you could own only SDS in your IRA, which would make you twice as short as you would be long if your entire portfolio was in SPY. Weird, no? I was just getting ready to short the market but before I could push the...
  4. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    1492.... the year Columbus discovered America. Also today's low, also 6/27 low. Number was familiar for some reason.
  5. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    Thanks, I will use the HA bars. I couldn't get your linked file to work, but I found the paintbar on the Tradestation support forum. What I can't find is how you make those blue lines to mark the highs and red lines (dots) to mark the lows on your charts. Might be labeled "SHME Dynamic SR"...
  6. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    How do you get those nice red and blue lines at the highs/lows? Custom t/s indicator?
  7. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    I don't see how a notional amount is relevant. You either make $120,000 or you lose $130,000. The underlying notional amount (if there is any) is irrelevant, right? otoh.... you would translate it into a notional amount if you were say, long a straddle against it. The option pays you...
  8. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    saxon (no relation to jaxon) did post that he was long 16 @ 1517. 36 pts total would be 2.25 per contract if he dumped the position at 1519.25. just my guess. :) (Somebody asked him to post his trades in real time..... and he did)
  9. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    still having a tough time. I did finally (hah!) identify the trend as down this morning, but still had trouble finding good entries... hard to believe in hindsight.
  10. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    congrats! personally I am finding this mkt impossible to trade. Missing short entries and by the time I am ready to short market has turned +.
  11. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    Where do you show the gap? I see 1524.50 and 13819, both levels just touched.
  12. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    maybe amzn outweighs ba. inx is up .79% vs indu +.6% and I guess they couldn't figure it out until the stocks opened.
  13. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    wow, that was a huge divergence between ym and es. any ideas? (es stable while ym went down 30 points, now es higher)
  14. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    no kidding! That "key" level held for about 1 minute. :eek:
  15. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    1529.25 50% of the 6/27 low to the alltime high.
  16. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    DT on either side of a DB.... what to do?
  17. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    cough cough! :p agree
  18. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    so we have a low this morning of 13892 the question is, do you play this from here as an uptrend or a downtrend?
  19. J

    ES Journal Archive (2006 - 2008)

    nice trade!
  20. J

    AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

    How do you get the ma line to change color? Looks nice! Appears to change color based on the slope of the line, up or down. Nice visual of trend. Never mind! I just added the indicator and I see the color thing is built in. :)
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