Day trading derivatives futures.

Discussion in 'Journals' started by maxinger, Sep 27, 2017.

  1. maxinger

    maxinger

    19 oct asian session

    shorted gold 920am,12815
    profit : +ve. good


    checking impact of China GDP news impact.
    China xINHUA A50 not moving.
    sometimes big boys think very hard and long. so have to wait for hours and check for reaction. I better skip my morning exercise and lunch.

    signal missed :
    Long Taiwan index futures @ 920am
     
    Last edited: Oct 18, 2017
    #111     Oct 18, 2017
  2. maxinger

    maxinger

    19 oct European session

    yesterday Bund, BTP long red candle.
    gold 3 red candles already.
    will probably avoid DAX, AUDUSD due to its small range
    energy futures seems to form close edge.

    Look at how Hang Seng dive down massively.
    Just subscribed data from HKFE. so unable to profit from it.
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #112     Oct 19, 2017
  3. maxinger

    maxinger

    cont ....

    longed gold @253pm, 12825.
    missed short gold signal @235pm.
    sigh ... too engrossed setting up Hang Seng chart.
    profit :40 ticks ($400 only). not ok because late entry and hence cannot use multi lots.

    shorted gbpusd @3pm, 13225
    profit : ok

    longed eurex btp @320pm, 13685
    profit : -12 ticks. OK

    shorted dax @340pm, 13012
    profit : good

    something is happening to index futures. Wonder what that is.

    ok. now for short break.
    whether position profitable or not is not within my control.

    signal missed :
    short Hang Seng @226pm.
    sigh.... must quickly setup min six 32 " monitors for trading

    short crude oil 400pm
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #113     Oct 19, 2017
  4. maxinger

    maxinger

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    How do I short gbpusd?

    This way. If you trade with tens of lots, your profit will be thousands of dollars.
    I retired. so quantity traded has been reduced.

    OK. Time for afternoon exercise. then nice dinner.

    Later need to review what's going to happen during US session, considering that index futures dropped alot.
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #114     Oct 19, 2017
  5. maxinger

    maxinger

    19 oct US session

    animal futures have been moving.
    soya, corn, wheat all sleeping. don't know when it will wake up.

    most index futures were down. what's going to happen next ? absolutely no idea. must wait and see.

    copper , oil, gbpusd all down.

    gold has been up. now forming 2nd bull flag.

    finally my Hang seng and China enterprises charts all setup already as I just paid for the data today.
    will archive the violent HO and RB Gasoline futures.
     
    #115     Oct 19, 2017
  6. maxinger

    maxinger

    cont ...

    shorted Russell 2000 @940pm, 14967
    profit : ok. but trading NQ would have been better.

    signal missed:
    short cattle @ 936pm.
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #116     Oct 19, 2017
  7. truetype

    truetype

    Thanks for keeping this journal. Do you track your P/L by trade, and in total?
     
    #117     Oct 19, 2017
  8. maxinger

    maxinger

    definitely
     
    #118     Oct 19, 2017
  9. maxinger

    maxinger

    20 oct Asian session premarket analysis

    yesterday HangSeng went down and many futures (oil, copper, dax, ES, NQ ....) followed.
    at the same time gold went up.

    market might take a rest this morning.
    whatever it is, better be on alert.

    will definitely focus on Asian index futures.
    Its day range might not be great. Even if you target
    Risk reward ratio of 1:2 only , you can earn tons of money with hugh position.


    Yesterday Hang Seng dropped from 28700 to 28220.
    recently it appears it is moving in small range between 28060 and 28300.

    At this moment, I can't detect any patterns from currency/index/commodity markets.
    perhaps everyone waiting for Hang Seng to react.


    shorted Taiwan index @908am, 4043
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #119     Oct 19, 2017
  10. maxinger

    maxinger

    cont ...
    taiwan index
    profit : zero. ok

    shorted gold @911am ,12909
    profit : 35 ticks. also ok
    straight forward trade.


    traded Hangseng which I seldom traded. don't know why cannot set stop order.
    luckily I earnt few cents. must call broker.

    I doubt there will be any more signals.
    So will go for early morning exercise the nice lunch.

    i see that US index futures are rushing to go up
     
    Last edited: Oct 19, 2017
    #120     Oct 19, 2017