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Quote from sosa1974:

Crumbs right now. 1300 is where I have my order waiting to short. If they get there I'm in. This is too plain slow for me.

Im in, breakeven 1331. wherever this contract expires on September 14 is where I'll get marked. Not going to trade this.
 
Quote from Buy1Sell2:

I was recently PM'd and asked if I could provide a synopsis of my trading style. I will do it with a chart. Please ask questions--Note the many whipsaws that I could have incurred at the basing bottom, but I don't get them because I set the trailing stop outside the reaction low.

No questions or criticisms concerning the "my style" chart??
 
Quote from coolweb:

Can't believe you trade on a bolinger, but good trading if its working for you :D

Thanks. I think the Bollinger is the item that I look at the least in this package, but I do pay some attention to it. It's really the trio of indicators together, although in this chart, I mostly point to the RSI for places of entry etc. Great to hear from you Coolweb!
 
As far as daily analysis goes, it must be pointed out that long positions are still in vogue here with the most recent reaction low still at 1262.50. Generally speaking, a comfortable stop would be about 6 points below that number. More conservative traders would use the 8 15 06 low of 1273 as a place to key stops. I personally prefer using the reaction low, so as to give the trade plenty of room. With regard to Romik's potential BRD, this is to be monitored, but at the moment it's just brewing. There doesn't appear to be a good RSI short set up confirm going at the present time. I would think that the best set ups for the near future and for extended gains would be long set ups. Not to say that short set ups won't work, but I would think longs would be more profitable near term. I added the DMI indicator on the attached chart as well. There is a strong uptrend possibility here if the ADX continues to rise from below the two signal lines. Bottom line, reversal could be brewing, but right now it makes sense to favor the long side.
 

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A Rally in crude might give the index shorts a decent exit- Some of this 8 am buying is probably associated with the recent decline in crude futures. Some covering around 5 pm yesterday on the QM chart(+1.40 in one minute)- not sure what it indicates but I usually keep an eye on it.
 
can you explain why you have options related words on the chart? i thought you're trading futures. also, what are you labeling "grail"?

and what is "house of three"?

Quote from Buy1Sell2:

I was recently PM'd and asked if I could provide a synopsis of my trading style. I will do it with a chart. Please ask questions--Note the many whipsaws that I could have incurred at the basing bottom, but I don't get them because I set the trailing stop outside the reaction low.
 
Quote from m4a1:

can you explain why you have options related words on the chart? i thought you're trading futures. also, what are you labeling "grail"?

and what is "house of three"?

three lower peaks - short set-up in RSI/Histogram
grail - higher 2nd trough in RSI over 30/lower 2nd peak below 70 (as on charts) - almost "Holy Grail" according to B1S2
 
i can't match the graph with what you're saying. can you please go into more detail? for example, i see the higher troughs, but where are the lower peaks?
 
Quote from m4a1:

i can't match the graph with what you're saying. can you please go into more detail? for example, i see the higher troughs, but where are the lower peaks?

They can either be lower or of equal height. There are three peaks on the left side of the chart--generally a strong sell signal. "House of three peaks" was so named by Boy Brutus.
 
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