Quote from Trend Fader:
-MIKE
"Actually the 200ma on the S&P was on the exact point... while 1073 is close the 200ma is the exact bottom. Thats when I really loaded up for an intraday bounce."
It crossed the 200 ma first. Nice try. Even though the S&P is famous for bouncing off the MAs, stating the 200ma as an exact bottom shows you are a fool. You would have been stopped out. You started going long at 1:09pm? Thats 1081, 5 from the bottom.
"I just wanted to thank you for posting this thread which served as a good psych. indicator. The market was due for a bounce and when u started this thread and had people like waggie callling for the market to go lower.. I knew the bottom would not be too far behind. "
Why are you trying to make my attempt at a reasonable discussion into a intraday trading call? Can you get off that? I would never short this low. I make most of my money on short trades but I do not just jump even if I call a direction. See PFE? Guess who was short 2000 shares (and thats even baby size to big traders). Thats 2.5 times your whole account right there.
I would wait till 1120 area before even considering taking a short trade worth the risk/reward.
"We might get some follow through into this rally but tomorrow retail sales, ppi and friday big inflation data.. can really move the market.. so I am treading lightly... no major positions in equities for me right now. "
Well your tiny account barely allows you to do anything anyway. Regardless, economic data and earnings mean nothing to the market. Everything is priced in, market needs time and real economic follow through, earnings, better debt picture and more time for the Middle East nonsense to blow over. Choppy indecisive slow downtrend. Take a look at a 6 month, the S&P is painting a channel from the first week of March
"Personally I hope we get a decent rally so we can see the DOW at 10300 level where I will look to short heavily again."
Heavily must mean 158 shares of iwm. Big bad ass trader we got here on ET.
Honestly, if you were even 1/3 of the persona you make yourself out to be on this forum, you would be trading 1 mil plus buying power. Instead you are one of those joker wanna bes with Ameritrade. Do you model yourself after that jerk-off in commercial they play on CNBC every 10 minutes?
Get a life man and leave this thread. You and the JS aliases have already ruined it enough.
P.S. I still do not think you even trade but I'll give the benefit of doubt to the 30k Ameritrade account.