Quote from skyfisherman:
Please feel free to offer some follow-up on today's Price Action with the Hog Chart. I figured the Pivot for today to be 7512. We will apparently Close above that...but, the Candle that printed doesn't exactly look bullish. Thoughts ?
you been eating alot of sugar today?
no, that's not the chart layout i use and i don't use Barcharts.com . . . (to my knowledge they still don't offer volume ???), but they are nice clear charts for posting examples
i don't look at any indicators during the day except for a 20 period ma (simple), just price and volume on intra-day charts. the only time i look at the ROC and daily charts is at night
the 2 day ROC is just identifying nice two day swings. the idea is: in one day, out the next. the only objective for today was to take out Friday's high, the hogs traded at the high today, but couldn't take it out. there's no sense in letting "Mo" turn into "hope"
playing for the follow-thru is all well and good, but YOU have to know thru testing and experience if it suits YOU . . . and whether you want to hold a trade over the weekend. since the hogs laid approx 100 pts on the table Friday, there's no rule against just taking it and being happy . . . its a matter of personal preference (risk profile, ect). if you're looking for long glorious runs, this ain't the place to find them. there's nothing wrong with just hitting singles, and actually, 100 pts on the hogs is more than a single . . .