ES Trend Following

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Bombardier, Sep 8, 2011.

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  1. Yep, I'll be long Monday, but only after a retracement.
     
    #61     Oct 22, 2011
  2. Very rational and understandable. You've got to do what you're comfortable with.
     
    #62     Oct 23, 2011
  3. Short @ 1229.00, Stop @ 1241.75

    Finally I spotted an entry opportunity again after idling many days! I figured that the former resistance area at 1227 was of importance and price actually reacted to it perfectly at the beginning of today's trading session. Once we turned around in the afternoon, I took the chance to exploit the downside. I am fully aware that we are expecting some announcements from Bruxelles tomorrow, but that shall not bother me much because I trade what I see. The trade's risk is limited to the intermediary top.
     
    #63     Oct 25, 2011
  4. drm7

    drm7

    Just curious, why didn't you short the 1242 overnight support level, with a stop at 1255-ish?
     
    #64     Oct 25, 2011
  5. I was thinking about that, too. It was a compelling trade even at that time, especially because 1255 is a very obvious resistance in the daily. The thing is, I don't want to consider any low a support so I held off. I was looking for a downtrend pattern to emerge plus a more decisive support to break. Someone who entered higher is now sitting on a more advantageous position and could drag the stop lower to near 1241.
     
    #65     Oct 25, 2011
  6. Stop adjusted lower to the recent peak: 1240.75
     
    #66     Oct 26, 2011
  7. Yea I tried to short into this too, but per the usual we zoom right up into all the buy stops, and the market winds up + 30 points... PRE-F***ING MARKET! I think I might start taking trades based on the opposite of my intuition.
     
    #67     Oct 27, 2011
  8. You've been sitting out since the 26th of Oct?
     
    #68     Nov 8, 2011
  9. Adam, I have been flat since the last trade as I could not detect any clear support or resistance area forming recently. I will chart a summary of my past trades and continue posting as I enter a new position.
     
    #69     Nov 9, 2011
  10. Abetrader

    Abetrader

    Hi Bomb,

    Have you tried your style of trading in the European markets such as DAX or Stoxx 50?

    //Abe
     
    #70     Nov 9, 2011
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