October 13th

Quote from swtrader:

why is it the 95 percent of posts on this site are basically 'your idea is no good, but i cant tell you what my idea is?'

They are like that, and they are inconsistent in their arguments. Too tired to explain it to them.

Make sure they do not infect your mind, and you miss moves.
 
Quote from DrEvil:

Calling market tops is not a profitable proposition. Why not keep your powder dry for the real thing. You will learn this the hard way or you will run out of money first. Good luck.

Thanks for the good wishes (even if I am already guaranteed a profit today :-)). Could I ask this: Is it or is not true that any trade a person places is a market top or bottom in their trade time frame?

If true everyone call tops/bottoms.

EVen then who sell premium call tops, because the sell volty and therefore call a top on volty.
 
Quote from riskfreetrading:

Thanks for the good wishes (even if I am already guaranteed a profit today :-)). Could I ask this: Is it or is not true that any trade a person places is a market top or bottom in their trade time frame?

If true everyone call tops/bottoms.

EVen then who sell premium call tops, because the sell volty and therefore call a top on volty.

bingo
 
Quote from riskfreetrading:

Thanks for the good wishes (even if I am already guaranteed a profit today :-)). Could I ask this: Is it or is not true that any trade a person places is a market top or bottom in their trade time frame?

If true everyone call tops/bottoms.

EVen then who sell premium call tops, because the sell volty and therefore call a top on volty.

It's merely an observation, that taking long trades in an uptrending market is more profitable than taking short trades. Good luck.
 
Quote from piezoe:

Friday is expiration. That will dictate and there will be pinning. By Wednesday the market is usually positioned where it needs to be for expiration.

Today felt like expiration :-) Could be that they are already working on it? Or is it wait and see for earnings from banks and intel?

It was a good day for thanks to that nailing of top at 11:52AM, otherwise it was really calm on nasdaq 100.
 
Quote from DrEvil:

It's merely an observation, that taking long trades in an uptrending market is more profitable than taking short trades. Good luck.

I see your point. The difficulty that those who follow trends encounter is that they get cought twice (at end of previous trend, and end of next opposite trend) so by the time they realize it they have losses. They make make money ONLY in the middle of a trend, and lose in beginning and in the end. People may think they lose only at end, but it is not true.

I try to lose just once, and lose only percentage of it (the trend trader is guaranteed to lose both in beginning and end of trend).

That is why I spend time thinking about the ends.

A good trend trader in the sense of what you seem to imply should be in the market only a small percentage of the time, and should stay for the good middle, and should find long trends... It can also be a difficult task.
 
Quote from riskfreetrading:

Did U check what happened at 11:52AM? Of course my post of 11:52AM, but did you check the market at that time and afterwards.

For instance, pull the chart of WYNN, and highlight the prices between 11:52AM and now which is 12:35M.

PS: other than ET, what do U read in relation to markets?
You see? I told you Tuesday the 13th isn't Friday the 13th. Today wasn't such a bad day, now, was it?
 
Two days later, and redness is across the board. This one looks real.

The October 14 gap was a trap! Anything above high of October 12's high was games. That is why I wrote that October 13th was a day when all should have started. They delay it, but may not be able to stop it.

For me, the name of the game now is short the rallies.

I focus mainly on the Qs. They (SPY/DOW/etc) move in bunch anyway in a real move.
 
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