Hi nodo
My current thesis, which has worked well for me recently, is shorting any pop the night before or the early morning of the report...the reports are always sooo bad that invariably there is some selloff in advance of the report itself.
I agree with you also...i think you could also go long right before the report...and either get out on an unusual immediate pop, or ride out the typical quick selloff that usually reverses ridiculously higher within a few minutes.
Maybe if my shorts trigger tonight i will reverse instead of just covering right before the report!
Actually...thats what i will do. If my shorts trigger, and if they close for the expected profit at 10:30 or so, then I will hold one contract long through the report. We'll see what happens....
Only thing is, if the market is off or under a lot of pressure, I won't do it.
But then, we know the market doesn't go down anymore, does it?
My current thesis, which has worked well for me recently, is shorting any pop the night before or the early morning of the report...the reports are always sooo bad that invariably there is some selloff in advance of the report itself.
I agree with you also...i think you could also go long right before the report...and either get out on an unusual immediate pop, or ride out the typical quick selloff that usually reverses ridiculously higher within a few minutes.
Maybe if my shorts trigger tonight i will reverse instead of just covering right before the report!
Actually...thats what i will do. If my shorts trigger, and if they close for the expected profit at 10:30 or so, then I will hold one contract long through the report. We'll see what happens....
Only thing is, if the market is off or under a lot of pressure, I won't do it.
But then, we know the market doesn't go down anymore, does it?