Day Trading the Dow Jones

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Slepoy, Feb 5, 2021.

  1. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Anyone else short Dow out there? Just wondering what some of you may have in mind for a TP?
     
    #131     Feb 16, 2021
  2. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    I will always welcome comments here on my ' journal ' which are helpful and constructive, but vacuous comments such as this one will never be welcome.
     
    #132     Feb 16, 2021
  3. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    She's falling again. Tempting to take profits on my 10m 200ema if it gets there, as that sent it back up earlier. I have that sitting now @ 629
     
    #133     Feb 16, 2021
  4. Not in the market at the moment, but curious how experienced you are?

    I remember (and this is something I seem to have seen in other new traders) being very attracted to the short side when I first started out in the markets.

    These days it's the other way around and I've become much more reluctant to go short. Even if I have a downside target I may very well wait for price to get there and go long instead of shorting the down move.
     
    #134     Feb 16, 2021
  5. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Second week of trading. Did a month of backtesting and have settled on a system, for now. I don't think I'm attracted to the short side, it's just that the trading opportunities I've had so far have been on the short side. The main up moves seem to have been during the London session which I don't trade.
     
    #135     Feb 16, 2021
  6. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    So the price is stalling right on the S1 pivot. Tempting to take profits here, but it does look to me like it may well fall further today, so I'm holding for now. I took profits way too early last week on a big down move that I got pretty much from the top, and don't want to be guilty of doing the same this time around. I think 580ish could be on the cards today, maybe even lower. Hope I'm not guilty of being greedy!
     
    #136     Feb 16, 2021
  7. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Price just rebounded strongly off of my 15m 200ema which I have at 597. Looking at my hourly chart, this move can fall a long way, but it can also come back a long way first.
     
    #137     Feb 16, 2021
  8. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Just to share a thought. I read in a book that the best traders are not the ones who constantly look for the big moves, but the ones who take what the market has given them and wait for the next trade. Yet here I am holding my position in anticipation of a bigger move when I could already have taken over 100 pips on this trade, especially when I really haven't got a clue what the price will do this afternoon.
     
    #138     Feb 16, 2021
  9. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Reset my TP for 31,510.
     
    #139     Feb 16, 2021
  10. Slepoy

    Slepoy

    Okay, I'm out @ 610, so got the 100 pips I had originally hoped for. A wise move I think as I really have no idea which way they'll take it at the open. Will look for another trade later.
     
    #140     Feb 16, 2021
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