ES Journal - 2019/2020

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For instance 81.25 was RANDOMLY chosen out of thin air. And yet prices reversed immediately after hitting them.

See attached chart.

2880,50 was the RTH Close from the 10th of March.

As such 81,25 was a long term gap fill + 3 ticks and not a random number.

71,75 was just above the 2-Week RTH High at 2871, so not a random number either.

So, the numbers may have been randomly chosen by you, but they're actually key technical levels. This is why I first warned you to put your stop at 75 instead as there was a small chance we could form a double top there.

As for stop runs - I've been paranoid about that too as I've been low ticked/high ticked on quite a few occassions, but I'm checking it off as paranoia for now.

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After more than a decade of trading ES for a living, this is the first time I'm actually scared to take any type of short in this market.

I hear you, man. Yesterday was a clear short for me when one of my anticipated scenarios went into play, but I was still nervous and had to sit through some retraces before the market finally started dropping with momentum.

Even if the market drops - you typically have to sit through 10-15 point fast retraces.

I made a post yesterday that passed by in silence. Would have liked your input as an experienced ES player if you don't mind:

ES Journal - 2019/2020
 
I believe hunting for stops is a real thing sometimes, but not YOUR personal stops and probably not because you post them here. Quite often it is pretty easy to predict where a lot of stops are grouped, making them a target.
 
So the margin required to trade June Crude has been more than the actual value of the contract at times during the session..never seen this..

Until last week we never saw negative price mark to markets. You put up $12k to buy one contract, and the contract goes to -$36 and settles your margin call is coming and it isn't going to be pleasant.
 
You pull some nice trades, man. *Thumbs up*
Thanks. I don't really like them swing type trades , but they're the only ones I am posting here for now. Too busy in a chatroom now to post all my intraday attempts here too! Plus i'm way inconsistent, anyway lol.

I took it on my spreadbet account as I like to trade swings with really small size so that I don't feel like crying when I get one wrong and take a 40 point loss!

ps - I'm preferring globex to RTH recently, though. Anyone else? Just me? It just feels more 'technical'

decent morning. Hoping to not give too much back after the open!

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