Day trading derivatives futures.

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

  1. maxinger

    maxinger

    20 oct European session


    Always remember :
    DAY trading will overflow your cup.
    So grab the biggest biggest biggest one you can find.
    Day trading will give you big problem in spending money.


    Hang Seng appears to have quietened down.
    US index futures went up this morning. Wonder if there will be continuation or reversal signal. at times, US index futures are tradable during Asian / European session.

    longed Hangseng @ 216pm, 28445.
    profit : zero. flattened position. very annoying system. can't even set stop loss in trading platform. must change broker.
     
    Last edited: Oct 20, 2017
    #121     Oct 20, 2017
  2. maxinger

    maxinger

    cont ....

    perhaps will trade the awful HO and RB rather than stopless Hangseng.

    longed oil 240pm 5175
    profit : zero. good.

    shorted eurex bund 303pm 16179
    status : already adjusted my stop order.. good

    longed gold 305pm 12858. reversal up.
    profit : -1 tick. no problem.

    shorted gold @402pm, 12819

    signal missed:
    long gbpusd. but entry point around 2.30pm not clear
     
    Last edited: Oct 20, 2017
    #122     Oct 20, 2017
  3. maxinger

    maxinger

    20 oct US premarket analysis

    my bund closed with good profit

    also longed gbpusd @ 430pm. stop in place.
    unable to catch 235pm signal as entry point unclear.
    interestingly gbpusd going up in sawtooth manner.

    my gold position
    hope US wake up early and move gold further down.
    Nothing much I can do if market wants to hit my stop.
    seems like the 12830 level was well resisted by the Europeans

    ES / NQ/ Russesll. morning price went up. it seems to be forming bull flag.


    I see that I missed the crude oil short 410pm signal.
     
    #123     Oct 20, 2017
  4. maxinger

    maxinger

    20 oct US market

    markets have already moved during Asian and European sessions.
    It seems like markets have already found its comfort zone and hence will not move.


    There might be signal later but not worth glueing myself to the chair and computer.
    So I am going to off my computer and have some nice cold beer.
     
    #124     Oct 20, 2017
  5. toucan

    toucan

    what country are you trading from..... so I can resolve the posting time versus the time you place your trades...

    thanks toucan
     
    #125     Oct 21, 2017
  6. maxinger

    maxinger

    Time is UTC +8.
    I mentioned about it in my first posting actually.
     
    Last edited: Oct 22, 2017
    #126     Oct 22, 2017
  7. maxinger

    maxinger

    23 oct Mon premarket analysis

    Last Fri,
    Asian index futures hardly moved.
    US index futures went up during Asian session.
    gbpusd up, gold, eurusd down, energy futures up.
    Again heating oil and RB movement have been rather messy/jerky.
    Detecting such signals has been rather challenging.
    soya bean and copper went up initially. bearish big boys took the opportunity to bring it down.

    Honesty speaking, not necessary to really analyse the past.
    During trading, focus on present moment, not what happened last time, not what is going to happen next.
    At times, I purposely hide previous day charts and just show the present day charts. Because previous day charts could be very distracting.
    This is one of the most important principle in meditation; focus on present moment, not the past, not the future.

    Not sure if there are any major sudden events during the weekend.
    Better wake up early tomorrow Monday 6am when the markets open.

    Since I am free now, let me polish my options trading skills. I stopped trading options years ago.
     
    #127     Oct 22, 2017
  8. maxinger

    maxinger

    23 oct mon asian session

    shorted copper @902am, 31560
    profit : -ve. good

    longed sgx simsci @904am, 3738
    profit : +ve. good .

    longed copper @920am, 31730. reverse up
    profit : zero. OK. will not touch copper for the next few hours.

    look at Hang Seng. movement very messy like HO and RBOB movement.
     
    Last edited: Oct 22, 2017
    #128     Oct 22, 2017
  9. maxinger

    maxinger

    23 oct Eur session

    shorted gbpusd @307pm 13215

    signal missed
    long gbpusd @1118am
    short India Nifty @1205pm
     
    Last edited: Oct 23, 2017
    #129     Oct 23, 2017
  10. maxinger

    maxinger

    23 oct US session

    longed Natural gas @804pm, 2989
     
    #130     Oct 23, 2017