Day trading derivatives futures.

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

  1. toucan

    toucan

    ahhh…. so you didn't take the natty signal
     
    #581     Nov 5, 2018
  2. maxinger

    maxinger

    7 Nov Eur session

    signals so far ...

    NQ reverse down 835a
    NQ reverse up 853a
    NQ up again 920a
    Hangseng up 1104a (perhaps due to US index ?)
    Hangseng reverse down 114p. max reward risk ratio 22:1

    ZB - going up strongly. but is it open wedge formation?

    NQ appears to have stablised.

    of course, I also stepped on quite a few NQ land mines.
     
    Last edited: Nov 7, 2018
    #582     Nov 7, 2018
  3. maxinger

    maxinger

    8 Nov NQ analysis

    Asian session
    3 signals with some land mines scattered across the region

    Eur session
    2 signals with some land mines scattered across the region

    US session
    thousands of land mines everywhere !
    Not suitable for day trading.
    Swing traders should be happy.

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    Last edited: Nov 7, 2018
    #583     Nov 7, 2018
  4. maxinger

    maxinger

    oops! my #583 posting should be for 7 Nov NQ

    8 Nov US session

    what happened so far ....
    Hangseng long red candle
    eur gbp gold all sleeping
    copper down a little probably due to Index
    crude oil inside day
    Natural gas - shrinking day range since 5 Nov.

    yesterday NQ long blue candle with day range 250 points.
    probability of NQ moving substantially today seems to be low.
    anway there 2 down signals during today Asian and Eur time most likely
    triggered by hangseng.
     
    #584     Nov 8, 2018
  5. maxinger

    maxinger

    crude oil

    hmmm. interesting.
    since 4th Oct, day range has been > 120 ticks.
    so far there are at least 10 long red candles with day range > 200 ticks.

    at times, entry point is not straight forward ;
    Have to wait for price to retrace very high, then get ready to short.

    today movement is very trendy.

    it has been working very very hard.
    soon it has to rest.

    Hangseng also working very hard. After RTH still work.
     
    #585     Nov 9, 2018
  6. maxinger

    maxinger

    9 Nov summary

    asian session
    first 2 hours after opening - 8 signals

    eur session
    first 1 hour after opening - 4 signals
    mid session - 3 signals


    US session
    first 1 hour after opening - 5 signals

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    #586     Nov 9, 2018
  7. maxinger

    maxinger

    12 Nov Asian session :

    last Friday ...
    ES RTY NQ, Taiwan index, China A50, hangseng long red candle

    gold copper gbp long red candle

    crude oil long red candle

    NG Long blue candle


    hmm. crude oil dropped from 76 to 60 ie 20% drop in 5 weeks.
    Natural gas rised from 3.3 to 3.8 ie 15% rise in just 1 week.
     
    #587     Nov 11, 2018
  8. maxinger

    maxinger

    14 Nov Eur session

    what happened so far :


    NQ shrinking day range from 280 points on 12 Nov to 160 points

    Hangseng shrinking day range from 850 points on 13 Nov to 300 points

    yesterday
    - gbp long blue candle
    - crude oil very long red candle. unfortunately very difficult to day trade.
    swing traders and heavy scalpers should be very happy.
    - copper went up alot then down alot.


    Natural gas 3 days long blue candles
     
    #588     Nov 14, 2018
  9. maxinger

    maxinger

    cont ....

    NQ signals so far :

    NQ up 716a (moved before Japan market was opened)
    NQ down 210p

    NQ down again 430p This is a great trade; profit target hit in less than 1 second.
    There must be lots of very fast traders or algo players or whatever.

    Look at how slow and lethargic DAX is moving; slower than tortoise.

    As of now, NQ day range is 120 points which is very decent.

    hmm. seems like Natural gas and crude oil are resting.
    It might rest for few more hours or even a day or two ..
     
    Last edited: Nov 14, 2018
    #589     Nov 14, 2018
  10. maxinger

    maxinger

    14 nov US session

    was very busy trading Natural Gas.
    today NG day range close to 900 ticks.
    winter must be extremely cold.

    will continue to trade NG throughout US session.
    now price is swinging up and swinging down and ...
    there were tons of signals.

    ES NQ - not interested to trade.
    It went down during early Eur session and it went up during mid eur session.
    NG will be more trendy.

    I like NG - only 4 digits.
    hang seng, NQ, ES - 6 digits !

    Crude oil - will check if it will move during inventory news announcement.
     
    Last edited: Nov 14, 2018
    #590     Nov 14, 2018