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Hi John: The first pullback after the 8:30 news on a one minute chart was at a resistance line from the left. Would you have gone long from 8:39 to 8:44?

115 200 will be a key level today Great call, John. ZN was near 115 200 from 8.23 to 8:47. The direction was up and ES was moving down. This would have been a low risk entry.

John - Just to clarify my post. If there is something wrong, it is a mistake by IB, not you.

Great trading, John. I have a question regarding the 10:32:32 post in your BookTrader. The cost of the buy is shown as 116.234. Should it not be 116.075

John - The first retrace short was sweeter because the retrace was to sup/res from the left side of the chart. Thanks for the setup.

Hi John: I understand wanting to keep some things for yourself. However, you never know until you ask. The short at the first retrace at 10:10:44 sure looks easy in retrospect. I am asking myself why I did not get the trade. Regards Jim

I saw a pattern that almost always results in a rather significant move in my direction. John - Is this pattern something that you would be willing to share?

John - Thanks.

Hi John: If I understood you correctly, a favorite entry of yours is at the first retrace after a news release using a 3 or 5 minute chart. I would appreciate it if you would give me your thoughts on a long entry at the circle on the attached chart. The chart is a 20 range bar chart. The...

Hi John: Thank you for the very complete explanation. I wish I knew how you decided in advance that 116-19.0 was a place to buy and how 117-04.0 was a major target and that 117-12.0 was the price for the next leg up. After the 8:30 news, ZN did retrace to 116-19.5 and I can understand...

A very conservative example of how to make money day in and day out in the 10 year futures. Yes, I completely missed the spike up move on the first few 5 min bars post 0830 EST report. So what. Attachment: zn 09-09 7_31_2009 (1 min) - copy.jpg This has been downloaded 18 time(s). John -...

John - Your strategy of entering after the first retrace on a news release would have worked great this morning at the GDP news at 8:30. I will remember that for future news releases.

Thanks, BondTrader

John - Are you still writing this journal? Would someone please let me know if there is a news source, other than CNBC, for bond sales? Bonds tanked after what must have been bad news on sales at 1:00 eastern today.

Thanks, John. I am going to try the 10 year.

Thank you for your reply, Enoch. I understand your comment regarding s&r. However, is it not a good thing that the 30 year moves are more exaggerated? Do we not want bigger moves?

I trade the 30 year bond, symbol ZB. I would appreciate it if you would give us your comments as to why you have decided to trade the 10 year bond.

When I started trading, I had no idea what was involved. My guess is that most people who get into trading are the same. If I had known that almost no one becomes profitable, even after many, many years, I may have done something else. It is also possible that I may have tried anyway as my...

eSignal and DTN provide volume data on intraday sales on a current basis for the U.S. electronic bonds. However, the data does not include volume data for spreads; that is sales of one year bond and purchase of another. As such the volume being reported accounts for only approximately half of...

The 30 Year U.S. bond, starting at 9:30 eastern, dropped like a rock today. The S&P emini basically closed where it opened. The news on CNBC is focused on the eminis and the Dow Industrial. If any bond traders have a good source for intraday news, I would appreciate it if they would let me know.