Caddy, I'll start a thread next month, or when life returns to normal. My girlfriend - personal assistant - right hand everything is broken and on the mend... life is totally upside down right now.
I won't be posting any live calls in any online forum: retired my live room after exactly four years of operation to unshackle myself from those distractions while trading. Sure do miss the friends there, but I'm either twiddling thumbs waiting for setups to confirm with too much time on my hands, or too busy with my hands managing trades to post anything anywhere on the web. I will post real-money trade details when applicable.
The reality is I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone. I'm here to socialize, have fun and contribute positively where I can. Simple as that.
Everything I posted earlier here is true, plainly apparent on any of our charts (pivots, R2s, % hits per month - year, etc) and quantifiable on any charts.
That's all pretty basic stuff to gauge price action's pending direction from... similar to trend line breaks, 1-2-3 breaks, etc. None of it is actual signals I take, but more of a roadmap to gauge probable action next.
Last weekend I guessed that this week's trend would be down, which was obviously 100% wrong. That's also why I'm a pure intraday trader at this period in time, I find it much easier to read the short-term tapes and go with its flow.
That flow has been clearly upwards for 2.5 days, and buy signals all the way from Wed morning to Fri morning existed in our charts. Probably the massive index put-option open interest disparity had a lot to do with this?
Unlike Rennick, I have no crystal ball. I'm purely a read & react trader, with no opinion or clue on what may come next. That goes for my trading and life itself... all the best laid plans never come to fruition as expected. The only thing I know for sure is that I'm going walleye fishing all night on Friday. What happens in the market before then will be a total surprise to me :>)
Best Wishes,
Austin