Day trading derivatives futures.
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18 Dec Asian market
last fri US index futures up significantly.
obviously asian index futures will gap up.
Then after that, will asian index futures
1. continue to go up?
2. reverse to go down?
3. move within small range bound area
4. No idea. can be any of the above 3.
Any signal that comes along, just take it.
Best answer is #4.
lately index futures have been very tradable.
XBT gapped up to around 20k. BTC around 20k.
volume rather pathetic. better trade other easier to trade futures.
last fri US index futures up significantly.
obviously asian index futures will gap up.
Then after that, will asian index futures
1. continue to go up?
2. reverse to go down?
3. move within small range bound area
4. No idea. can be any of the above 3.
Any signal that comes along, just take it.
Best answer is #4.
lately index futures have been very tradable.
XBT gapped up to around 20k. BTC around 20k.
volume rather pathetic. better trade other easier to trade futures.
cont ....
when trading hangseng, have to glue my body to chair, eye to monitor and can do nothing else.
sigh ... perhaps don't trade HS.
longed India nifty @1110am
profit zero.
something strange ...
India nifty went down ALOT.
must be the same very nervous big boys.
Longed India nifty @1145am, reverse up.
profit zero
longed india nifty 1156am
XBT nice reversal down signal @710am and @801am.
anyway not trading XBT
when trading hangseng, have to glue my body to chair, eye to monitor and can do nothing else.
sigh ... perhaps don't trade HS.
longed India nifty @1110am
profit zero.
something strange ...
India nifty went down ALOT.
must be the same very nervous big boys.
Longed India nifty @1145am, reverse up.
profit zero
longed india nifty 1156am
XBT nice reversal down signal @710am and @801am.
anyway not trading XBT
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18 dec Eur market
wondering what is happening in India. those big boys must have extremely deep pocket.
eur gbp bund dax gold - no idea where it is heading, no comment.
perhaps waiting for more brexit news, more more US tax news.
copper, natural gas - last fri moved already. today perhaps rest day?
energy - momentum to go up?
XBT, BTC - appears to reverse to go up?
anyway, with such a poor leverage, better trade other things.
wondering what is happening in India. those big boys must have extremely deep pocket.
eur gbp bund dax gold - no idea where it is heading, no comment.
perhaps waiting for more brexit news, more more US tax news.
copper, natural gas - last fri moved already. today perhaps rest day?
energy - momentum to go up?
XBT, BTC - appears to reverse to go up?
anyway, with such a poor leverage, better trade other things.
18 dec US market
good. I longed dax, set bracket order, then go exercise, then target profit met.
cattle and hog seems to be moving recently.
ES RTY NQ already moved. Nowadays it likes to move outside US time.
will it continue to go north? must check crystal ball.
USD based eur gbp jpy gold coppere moving sluggishly and waiting for some trigger.
day range comparison:
XBT today day range 11% <<< very big! unfortunately volume the lowest of all I am tracking.
India nifty today day range 3.6%
ES last Fri day range 1% only.
NQ last Fri day range 1.1% only.
RB gas 13 Dec day range 4%
good. I longed dax, set bracket order, then go exercise, then target profit met.
cattle and hog seems to be moving recently.
ES RTY NQ already moved. Nowadays it likes to move outside US time.
will it continue to go north? must check crystal ball.
USD based eur gbp jpy gold coppere moving sluggishly and waiting for some trigger.
day range comparison:
XBT today day range 11% <<< very big! unfortunately volume the lowest of all I am tracking.
India nifty today day range 3.6%
ES last Fri day range 1% only.
NQ last Fri day range 1.1% only.
RB gas 13 Dec day range 4%
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20 dec Eur session
US index futures. waiting for long signal.
Nowadays it likes to move during non US time for whatever reason.
yesterday btp bund went down significantly.
wondering what is happening.
It might decide to sleep later but better be alert.
currencies, gold, oil - range bound.
big boys already gone for Christmas ?
Perhaps big boys waiting for 2018?
xbt - price went down 13% starting 745am to 840am this morning.
Due to this mad herd instinct, I have adjusted my volume chart from 10 to 5 contracts / candle.
So time to short was around 824am to 828am.
US index futures. waiting for long signal.
Nowadays it likes to move during non US time for whatever reason.
yesterday btp bund went down significantly.
wondering what is happening.
It might decide to sleep later but better be alert.
currencies, gold, oil - range bound.
big boys already gone for Christmas ?
Perhaps big boys waiting for 2018?
xbt - price went down 13% starting 745am to 840am this morning.
Due to this mad herd instinct, I have adjusted my volume chart from 10 to 5 contracts / candle.
So time to short was around 824am to 828am.
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22 dec Asian session
This is the last trading day for 2017.
Not going to trade next week as many big boys are not trading.
That doesn't mean market will not move.
ha. look at asian markets. big boys are already doing roll over to next month
in preparation for their looong holidays.
currencies , gold have been moving sluggishly. who knows, they are waiting for 2018.
US index futures, China A50, Hangseng have been having wide day range.
So that will be the main focus.
India Nifty might have found its comfort zone.
Yesterday copper was up again perhaps due to US index.
sigh .... If I trade hangseng, I cannot do anything else other than glueing my body to the chair, and eye to the monitor.
Will try another broker and see if it has better ordering system.
XBT. Now can trade through Gaincapital.
margin requirement about $7.5k.
strangely siliver margin is very high at $5k,
and Dax even higher at 24k eur.
Volume rather pathetic perhaps only retailers are trading.
perhaps can set stop loss at 200 to 300 points, profit at > 3 times of that.
There was ONLY one signal yesterday and that was a sell signal at 1038pm.
Will top up my account before end of 2017, and prepare for the mother of all bitcoin super bubble burst.
Happy Christmas, and happy 2018.
This is the last trading day for 2017.
Not going to trade next week as many big boys are not trading.
That doesn't mean market will not move.
ha. look at asian markets. big boys are already doing roll over to next month
in preparation for their looong holidays.
currencies , gold have been moving sluggishly. who knows, they are waiting for 2018.
US index futures, China A50, Hangseng have been having wide day range.
So that will be the main focus.
India Nifty might have found its comfort zone.
Yesterday copper was up again perhaps due to US index.
sigh .... If I trade hangseng, I cannot do anything else other than glueing my body to the chair, and eye to the monitor.
Will try another broker and see if it has better ordering system.
XBT. Now can trade through Gaincapital.
margin requirement about $7.5k.
strangely siliver margin is very high at $5k,
and Dax even higher at 24k eur.
Volume rather pathetic perhaps only retailers are trading.
perhaps can set stop loss at 200 to 300 points, profit at > 3 times of that.
There was ONLY one signal yesterday and that was a sell signal at 1038pm.
Will top up my account before end of 2017, and prepare for the mother of all bitcoin super bubble burst.
Happy Christmas, and happy 2018.
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