Day trading derivatives futures.

25 sept US session

what happened so far ...

copper, soya up since Eur session

no idea where these futures are going :
ES YM RTY NQ EUR GBP, crude oil, HO, RB gasoline, gold,
lean hog, NATURAL GAS, ZB

Not worth taking risk trading such markets.
markets virtually zero pulse.
heavy scalpers sure like such markets.
Time to off my trading mind.
 
26 sept Asian session

what happened so far :
quite simple analysis.
yesterday US session virtually zero pulse.

so ?
watch out for India Nifty. day range still very healthy.
lots of trading opportunity.
today HKFE market opens after its holiday
 
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what happened so far ...
only sgx simsci went up just after it opened .

the rest of the markets virtually zero pulse.
such markets are very easy to trade - there wouldn't be any signal.

markets waiting for powerful tweet, fomc meeting, or whatever.

OK. time of off my trading mind.
Then come back and trade India Nifty.
 
26 sept US session

summary of signals so far :

NQ up 825a (either due to momentum or earnings news)
sgx simsci up 900a (due to rollover ?)
FTSE China A50, Hangseng up 1028a

IN Nifty down 123p (however, as expected, day range is shinking day by day)
FTSE China A50, Hangseng reverse down 212p
IN Nifty down again 320p
Italy btp up 325p (this signal is not that obvious. 2nd day up)
gold down 433p

NQ reverse down 625p
crude oil down 740p (HO, RB gasoline went down first).

eur down but signal not obvious. Most likely it was dragged down by gold.

futures with zero pulse / sleeping :
copper, dax, Germany Buxl, gbp, ZB, soya, USDCNH,
natural gas



I missed quite a few signals today actually.

crude oil inventory news and FOMC press statement coming up soon.
 
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cont ...
fomc news trading

messy limited movement from
eur gbp gold.
I doubt you can earn money trading these.


which futures moved ?
ES YM NQ
But ES YM movement is far too meagre.


OK. not going to trade anymore. time to continue my sleep.

overall for today, best time to trade in terms of market movement and number of signals is Asian and Eur sessions.
Worst is US session.
 
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27 sept review


lots of signals on 27 sept

NQ up 746a
sgx simsci up 834a
china A50, hangseng down 915a
china A50, hangseng reverse up 1025a
NK down 1057a
Hangseng down 1113a
IN Nifty reverse down 1206p

eur gbp down 100p
swiss franc down 150p
copper down 138p
sg simsci reverse down 226p
IN Nifty down again 313p
fgbx up 313p
fgbx reverse down 431p


dax up 636p
gold down 658p
gold eur down again 812p
NG up 820p
nq UP 909P

crude oil down 942p
NQ up again 935p
eur gbp down again 1054p
 
hmmm.

Nikkei broke its own record. Now it's > 24000 points.
trade war --> better for Nikkei?


gold - yesterday long red candle.

CNBC news rather slow ...

Gold inches up as investors discount Fed rate hike
  • The Fed raised interest rates for the third time this year on Wednesday.
  • Spot palladium rose 0.9 percent to $1,075.98 an ounce, a fresh eight-month high.
Published 10:53 PM ET Wed, 26 Sept 2018 Updated 16 Hours Ago Reuters
Gold prices edged higher on Thursday as investors largely discounted a U.S. interest rate hike, but gains were limited as the dollar rose following reports of a row in Italy's new government
 
28 sept signals review



sgx simsci up 900a (most likely by the same big boys who would long sgx simsci around opening time).
sgx tw index down 1045a
India nifty down 1156a

India Nifty reverse up 100p
ftse China A50, Hangseng down 136p
NQ down 151p (probably due to hangseng)
Italy btp down 226p
India Nifty reverse down 303p
dax down 318p (perhaps due to Italy things)
Italy ftp down again 346p
India Nifty down again 430p
eur down 502p (perhaps due to Italy things)
Italy btp down again 500p
Germany fgbx up 524p ( due to Italy Germany spreaders?)
NQ down again 535p

NG down again 702p
copper reverse up 817p

NQ reverse up 840p
rty up 930p (movement super fast! )
oil up 947p
gold up 956p (due to oil or sanction or whatever )
Italy btp reverse up 1012p

Nowadays there are lots and lots of signals.
How nice if I could catch just 50% of these.
 
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1 oct US session

what happened so far ...
sgx simsci down 830a (lately some big boys are trading around opening time !)
sgx simci rev up 855a
NQ up 936a ( unfortunately its movement was rather deceiving)
Copper down 1041a

gold down 1207p
Italy btp down 233p
NQ, dax up 316p
India Nifty up 322p
Germany fgbx down 440p
NG up 440p ( seems like this is like winter time, and NG is getting very tradable)
copper rev down 444p (most likely copper and gold are buddy buddy again ? )

NQ reverse down 812p (NQ highly tradable outside US session)

eur, crude oil, Heating oil, RB gasoline, soya appears to be sleeping
 
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rty down 930p <<<< superstar performer !
soya up 932p
NQ up 935p (you will probably get decent Reward risk ratio of 2 only)



these futures are probably in their comfort zone :
eur, gold, copper, crude oil

I don't quite like ES and YM movement

will stop trading early today. not worth taking risk

hmmm. I should seriously consider stop trading US session totally.
perhaps when daylight saving ends, I will stop trading US session.
Not worth trading during night time. perhaps age is catching up.
Eur session is much more tradable than US session.
during eur session, you eat all the juicy nice thick meat. Come US session, left with pathetic crumb and bones and insides only.
 
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