Took an easy long scalp today. I don't like looking at my charts after I trade so I went downstairs and walked around and watched TV. After entry, price moved my way right away so I did raise my stop a little bit. My thought process is if I took a loss I would trade on Friday if not I would not take Friday off so not going to trade on Friday.
After reading this bit of news, my bias was long. I was able to go long a on a shallow pullback. For traders on the long side, ES lately is much easier than CL with the bull market helping out.
"1:30 pm: [BRIEFING.COM] Thus far, it has been apparent that sellers -- outside of some specific stocks like Cisco (CSCO 21.13, -2.86) -- have been reluctant to get involved with Janet Yellen striking a pretty dovish (and competent) tone at her confirmation hearing. Accordingly, the major averages have inched their way higher and are trading near their best levels of the day. "