ES Journal - 2023/2024

Still trading, but mostly in silent. Got lucky on a range play this morning. :)

Was prepared to take a few attempts on the range low and got lucky on the second attempt.

We may very well be stuck in this range until tomorrow's CPI.

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Personally, I'm a bit cautious towards the long side at the moment. I don't pay much attention to the FED, but they seem more hawkish lately and I can't help but think it would depress the markets if that CPI print comes in slightly hot tomorrow.

NQ's been such a drag lately, too.

We can't rule out that a correction have already started, so I'm preparing my mind for the short side.
 
Laissez Faire said:
Personally, I'm a bit cautious towards the long side at the moment. I don't pay much attention to the FED, but they seem more hawkish lately and I can't help but think it would depress the markets if that CPI print comes in slightly hot tomorrow.

NQ's been such a drag lately, too.

We can't rule out that a correction have already started, so I'm preparing my mind for the short side.
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Nice trade, @Laissez Faire. I particularly like how you reentered after being stopped out to the tick.

Fixed 20 point target or some other rationale for your exit?
 
Picaso said:
Nice trade, @Laissez Faire. I particularly like how you reentered after being stopped out to the tick.

Fixed 20 point target or some other rationale for your exit?
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Thanks. :)

I was prepared to take a few low risk / tight stop attempts as I figured we could go even lower and the range low still would hold. I prefer taking a few stabs with lower risk instead of using a larger stop, so it's no problem getting back in as long as I see price acting right within my hypothesis.

20 points makes me feel good and it was also around top of the range. I was stopped out on a trailing stop as it seemed we could push even further and that stopped me out.

From my phone I can see that the range low now broke.
 
Laissez Faire said:
Personally, I'm a bit cautious towards the long side at the moment. I don't pay much attention to the FED, but they seem more hawkish lately and I can't help but think it would depress the markets if that CPI print comes in slightly hot tomorrow.

NQ's been such a drag lately, too.

We can't rule out that a correction have already started, so I'm preparing my mind for the short side.
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The current action doesn't make me less suspicious. Maybe someone already knows tomorrows number will come out hot. Will be one hell of a rally if not.

Let's see how the market acts at 5200.
 
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