What to do when markets are closed?

Just through sheer volatility that will be initiated by trade wars, the wrestling match coming with inflation (interest rate up, interest rate down, interest rate up etc), the Euro zone collapsing and too much debt with U.S. and China.

Being a swing trader, gold is like low hanging fruit in 2017…IMHO…

Agree with all your points except with the Euro which will be a correlated move. How the correlation could break down, i don't know. Perhaps, a concerted move to zero rates including the US. FYI, we have an active gold thread.
 
Today I thought markets would be open, not the case.

I hate it when the markets are closed, what do you guys do trading related when markets are closed?

Any good suggestions?

TIA

TV, sleep, fucking and rest. No particular order is important.
 
Markets open: watch execution of algos, slippage etc.

Markets closed: refine algos and figure out what went wrong during trading hours.

Hello,

I have been reading about you algo traders. Very very very interesting from someone who has been discretionary trading the charts price for about 2 years now. I never know such trading existed.
 
Today I thought markets would be open, not the case.

I hate it when the markets are closed, what do you guys do trading related when markets are closed?

Any good suggestions?

TIA

Get a TD account and use their "Ondemand" platform which is only one click away from the trading screen and replay the option markets from the past. I like to do this before doing an earnings play. I will go back in time to the last four quarterly earnings reports and play the last hour and first hour of trading around the earnings report. I will put my strategy trade on and watch how the bid/ask spreads fly all over the place. It helps to condition yourself for crazy markets and you can appreciate the crappy spreads that have to be used for trading. Then when earnings come out later when the markets are open, it's not a big surprise when the market explodes and you know exactly what to do. clue: stock needs to be part of your strategy so you can trade outside normal hours...
 
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