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11.23.15 markets flat- Minor moves-mostly lower.stops in place- Short week due to the Holiday- Terrorism search is still on top of the news- Taking a wait and see approach.

TLT failed to move higher on Friday- had a small pullback and my buy-stop was not filled- Market continues to move higher- XLF trade did fill. This is in spite of- or because of- the expected rate Hike in December- With all of the indexes rising from recent declines- and in direct rebuff to the...

11.19.15 UUP pulled back and stopped out today-$25.75 On the flip side TLT gapped higher after recently making a dbl bottom going back to September. i'll look to get long if price moves higher tomorrow with a buy-stop entry-$121.20 I did a chart- but will increase my limit a bit wider to...

Just a quick comment- Since Monday -virtually all is in rally mode- and i have not had time for a market focus- so a missed opportunity- i don't think I'd trust the financials in this rally-(XLF) = as the prior up move quickly weakened on 11-6. I heard one commentator point out that the XLF...

Still holding UUP - moved higher- Posting a weekly chart with Volume . I confess i find it difficult to categorize Volume as a telling component of when a trade will become an extended winner- and a qualifier as a necessary ingredient for a substantial up move- notice in UUP -Weekly- there...

11.16.15 EOD tHE FINAL CHART OF THE DAY TELLS THE STORY. Also -stopped out as i raised the stop on SDS. It turns out that I was correct to raise the stops and to reduce the potential loss. I typically would not have real time access - and would have had to allow an EOD trade decision made...

Lesson learned quickly - 11.16.15 UVXY sold 25 shares right at the open $37.25 as I was on line at the open- I watched as prices declined further and chose to raise my stop-loss- which immediately got filled much lower than I expected as price was dropping quickly. $34.70 for a...

Checking Out the daily chart - Purchase at the close Friday -50 shares -avg cost incl commission $37.55 at the market close. A view of the Daily tells me- in hindsight- that i would have had a much better Fill had i been able to execute a day earlier on the initial breakout . Love Hindsight...

Back to present trades- Held back due to waiting for cash to clear on my intended SDS entry- on Thursday, i chose to go ahead and enter long Friday pm - along with UUP & UVXY- Of the 3 positions- UVXY has the potential leverage to be a sharp loss or very large gain. UVXY was as much an...

SDS moved higher and did not pullback to give me a lower fill. At the close on Friday- I chose to buy SDS,up again higher- UUP on a pullback in the uptrend, and UVXY-already moving higher- but potentially more so if the markets weaken further. - representing a bearish outlook on the S&P, The...

SDS trade would have worked as expected- I did not have time to enter any trades today- but will keep the initial order parameters open- as contra trend trades often see retests. Contra trend trades are to be suspect as they are usually manipulated by the Fed policy makers releasing some...

Hmmm- All cash presently- I found myself considering a Buy-Stop in SDS- but it so resembles just a 1st rally attempt-and it suits my negative Bias- but, trading my negative bias - has not served me well in a market that has been propped up by Fed policies over the years- It is likely...

TBT hit my stop at Break even $46.09

a Look at BABA- stock-Not my position. An exploratory look at what "indicators" can perhaps suggest- Friday- Baba declined sharply intraday, but saw some buying in the afternoon- reducing the severity of the decline from -5% to -2% on the day. The question becomes whether this high...

You may find this is along the lines you are looking for-and worth further study. Goes back to 1963-From stockcharts: "Interpretation Granville theorized that volume precedes price. OBV rises when volume on up days outpaces volume on down days. OBV falls when volume on down days is stronger. A...

11.06.15 Market awaited jobs report came in a large positive gain- above expectations- Assessment is this may give the Fed the will to implement a rate hike- the boogeyman in the closet for the past year- Sold 50 shares of Hack -still holding 30 and fortunately they closed higher- FEYE...

A bit of market weakness today ahead of tomorrow's labor report- All positions dropped below their recent up trend mode. Cyber Security - FEYE had a considerable sell-off today on missed earnings. The CEO was on Cramer this pm and was talking about market cycles and PR type stuff. I think...

It's somewhat as i suspected- Stockcharts includes several indicators that interpret volume- and perhaps that average interpretation tells the real story of the underlying demand through buy or sell volume-...

11.04.15 Trade note- Energy had a pullback today. My order for XLE was filled 30 @ 70.25- I have a wide stop at $67.00 on this entry. I have raised all of my remaining stops to Break even or higher