Day trading derivatives futures.

29 Nov US session

crude oil reversed up @756p.
Luckily I am not doing swing trading ;
Just imagine you shorted crude oil & had big paper profit. Then all the profit vaporised.


ES YM RTY NQ eur gbp gold yesterday long blue candle.
so today it either go up, go down, or refuse to move.

germany buxl, ZB - already went up

Natural Gas- now close wedge
 
6 dec Asian session post mortem

NQ down 701a. impossible to catch this signal
NQ up 702a. impossible to catch this signal
NK down 829a. probably encouraged by NQ.
NQ down 903a.
NQ down again 908a.
Hangseng gapped down. and down again @916a. probably encouraged by NQ & NK.
NQ up 928a

now Hangseng in comfort zone. it will probably stay there for next few mins or hours. OK. time to stop trading.
Let's see how markets will react during 2nd half Asian session and first half Eur session.
 
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6 dec US session


what happened so far ...
futures that are moving are
index futures, crude oil, perhaps copper.

so will focus on these during US session.
but crude oil appears to have found its comfort zone.
I will not bother to check eur gbp gold, bond/notes

there are quite a few major economic news coming up.
but most likely, as usual, markets will be immune to such news announcement.
 
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6 dec NQ post mortem


NQ down 857a
NQ down 1056a

NG up 156p
NQ up 259p

NQ down 402p
NQ down 443p
NQ down 523p

NQ down 953p
NQ up 1034p
NQ down 1051p

there were many signals. some signals were obvious as NQ moved in
tandem with other markets (hangseng, NK, crude oil, dax ....).
Millions of traders and robots are also doing intermarket correlation.

however, there were many land mines.
Not able to detect clear signals after 1051p
 
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21 Dec ES post mortem


oven wedge / swing up swing down zone :

down 436p. quite meaty.
up 926p. quite meaty.
down 1025p. quite meaty.
up 1111p. very meaty.
down 1133p. very meaty.

from here onwards, market confirmed downtrend
down 1242a. very meaty.
down again 352a. very meaty.


No ES signal during Asian session.
But during asian session, India Nifty & China A50 went down alot, and
Hangseng up alot.
And during Eur session, DAX hardly moved.


NQ ? very spiky very pokey. better trade ES.
 
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21 Dec Natural Gas Post mortem

I didn't trade NG on 21 Dec due to its very jerky spiky movement.
anyway, let me do post mortem.

day range still healthy at 230 ticks.
since 9 Nov, day range has been excellent.

day chart shows NG is ranging.
margin requirement is very high !

this year, winter not so cold ? winter almost over.
soon NG day range will shrink drastically.

down @ 100p (hmmm. must be hourly traders)
up @ 900p (hmmm. must be hourly traders )

up @ 1219a (price broke out resistance line)
down @407a (as mentioned, day chart shows NG is ranging.
max reward risk ratio 6:1)
 
26 Dec Asian session

signals so far ...

NQ down 707a. difficult to catch this signal because movement was very rapid.
either chase after the market, or don't trade.

NG UP 716A. highly tradable during Asian and Eur sessions.
perhaps it might reverse down later.

NQ reverse up 717a. As of now,NQ appears to have found its comfort zone.
simsci down 833a
simsci reverse up 854a
gold reverse up 911a
oil reverse down 912a
NK reverse down 941a
India Nifty down 1150a

today, there are lots of reversal signals.


Many traders eager to trade right after holiday.

eurex, HKFE exchanges closed for today
No idea how many signals there will be during Eur and US session but
surely there will be some good signals.
 
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27 Dec US session


eur gbp, copper - all sleeping

crude oil, gold - seems to be laggards

Natural gas - inside day. yesterday day range 270 ticks ie
still very healthy

Italy btp and Germany buxl - already went up

NQ, ES, RTY - yesterday long blue candle.
went down alot during Eur session.
Now it appears to have found its comfort zone or
perhaps it is in bear flag.
but things might change later.
anyway I have earned enough for today.
Perhaps I should try to earn even more from Natural gas.

longed RTY @ 1031p. straight forward signal from the text book.
NQ reverse down 1048p
RTY reverse up 1100p
 
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27 Dec NQ post mortem

NQ up 119p
NQ reverse down 130p
NQ down 344p

rty up 1033p (NQ signal not clear)
NQ down 1042p
rty up 1100p (NQ signal not clear)
NQ down 1105p
NQ down again 1118p (after this time, unable to detect any clear pattern)
NQ up massively 348a
 
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