Trading is the best job anywhere!
I love being my own boss
I love the huge income potential
I love the excitement and gratitude of closing a winning trade
I love the freedom of being able to take time off anytime I want to
I love the 20 second commute from my bedroom to my trading...
Upon further review, I noticed that Oct 14 was the day right after the short-term low of Oct13.
So That might explain some volatility, with the markets bouncing off their bottoms.
But I'm still expecting some good action Tuesday after the last 2 very slow trading days.
cheers,
with both the Retail Sales and PPI reports being released at 8:30 est.
We can certainly expect to see some volatility in the first couple hours of trading
Last month on Oct 14th, when both reports were released at the same time, the Russell 2000 gapped up .60, then quickly reversed down...
fwiw...It's obvious that the markets have risen sharply and are TECHNICALLY oversold.
but I am somewhat cautious about shorting now.
There has been a lot of FUNDAMENTALLY excellent news recently.
GDP up to 3.8%
Unemployment is excellent
last 10year treasury auction turned away lenders...
One day I'm going to open a small separate account and go hyper-aggressive trading it.
It will be interesting to see how it goes.
I've often wondered how profitable it would be. Probably would be a fun ride, that's for sure.:D
But I could NEVER use that tactic with my main bankroll...
Well Let's see..
GDP is excellent
Unemployment is excellent
Corporate earnings are excellent
The Us Dollar is up 14% this year.
Terrorists appear to be shifting their focus away from America to easier targets in Europe.
Apparent Market Confidence in new FedChair Bernanke...
I used to think the TRIN indicator was the holy grail. After all, volume leads to profits, right?
But after it lied to me repeatedly, I had dump it.
It cost me a lot of money to realize the TRIN has very little use for day trading.
Here's the thing about Fibonacci.
Whether you believe it works or not doesn't really matter.
What does matter is that many traders swear by it.
It works because people think it does and trade accordingly. It becomes a self fullfilling prophesy.
Therefore, its important to watch...
We've had many buy programs hit.
I monitor the TICK and it's gone above +800 an awful lot today.
Looks like the big money is pushing us back up
Sentiment could be turning bullish again after the market consoldated from its recent gains.
Damn, another buy program just hit as I'm...
I got burned on the big move up today.
As best I can tell, it was caused by heavy short covering in the energy sector.
The move occurred shortly after Oil spiked up a dollar in just a few minutes and settled above $60.
Until now, the market appeared to have a negative correlation with...