4/26/19 post market Economic events 8:30 am Gross domestic product Q1 2.3% 2.2% (Q4) 10 am Consumer sentiment index April 97.0 96.9 (March) $NQ_F V: 387,930 OI: 218,470(+1,217) overnight we tested higher and lower currently we are still in range of yesterdays close. From yesterdays action it looks bearish still but i wont have a direction until the open $ES_F V: 1,126,551 OI: 2,664,968(-17,972) normal volume ES overnight still lower but in reference to prior days looks like i could bounce
4/29/19 post market review NQ V: 467,393 OI: 217,313(-1,452) TPO consolidating ES V: 1,250,954 OI: 2,679,548(+13,552) normal volume only 1 IB broken normal day type TPO economic data TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL FORECAST PREVIOUS MONDAY, APRIL 29 8:30 am Personal income March 0.4% 0.2% 8:30 am Consumer spending March 0.8% 0.1% (Jan.) 8:30 am Core inflation March 0.1% 0.1% (Jan.) TUESDAY, APRIL 30 8:30 am Employment cost index Q1 0.7% 0.7% 9 am Case-Shiller house price index Feb. -- 4.3% 9:45 am Chicago PMI April -- 58.7 10 am Consumer confidence index April 126.6 124.1 10 am Pending home sales index March -- -1.0% WEDNESDAY,MAY 1 8:15 am ADP employment April -- 120,000 9:45 am Markit manufacturing PMI April -- 52.4 10 am ISM manufacturing index April 54.8% 55.3% 10 am Construction spending March -0.2% 1.0% 2 pm FOMC statement 2.25-2.5% 2.25-2.5% 2:30 pm Jerome Powell press conference Varies Motor vehicle sales April 16.9mln 17.5mln THURSDAY, MAY 2 8:30 am Weekly jobless claims 4/27 218,000 230,000 8:30 am Productivity Q1 2.8% 1.9% 8:30 am Unit labor costs Q1 0.7% 2.0% 10 am Factory orders March 1.6% -0.5% FRIDAY, MAY 3 8:30 am Nonfarm payrolls April 190,000 196,000 8:30 am Unemployment rate April 3.8% 3.8% 8:30 am Average hourly earnings April 0.2% 0.1% 8:30 am Advance trade in goods (new date) March $73.0bln N/A 9:45 am Markit services PMI April -- 52.9 10 am ISM nonmanufacturing index April 57.5% 56.1%
4/29/19 my initial thoughts for the day was to go short I noticed that we bounced off a level that i had 7830 so i decided to take a long my other trade was a mistake i thought i was buying NQ but bought ES but of course it was the swing high either way it was a loser. stop out ES end of day chart near ATHs so we are teasing that this is a good selling location NQ end of day chart -2.5pts
4/30/19 post market economic events TUESDAY, APRIL 30 8:30 am Employment cost index Q1 0.7% 0.7% 9 am Case-Shiller house price index Feb. -- 4.3% 9:45 am Chicago PMI April -- 58.7 10 am Consumer confidence index April 126.9 124.1 10 am Pending home sales index March -- -1.0% NQ V: 320,989 OI: 215,382(+214) tested 7780 and rallied back above 7800 ES V: 947,826 OI: 2,654,699(-18,713) slightly lower volume overnight action current bookmap
4/30/19 post review I ended up taking 1 trade attempted to buy the close around 3:30 was a good entry but the stop placement was bad. I put stops based on loss versus what makes sense.
5/1/19 pre market review economic events 8:15 am ADP employment April -- 120,000 9:45 am Markit manufacturing PMI April -- 52.4 10 am ISM manufacturing index April 54.7% 55.3% 10 am Construction spending March -0.4% 1.0% 2 pm FOMC statement 2.25-2.5% 2.25-2.5% 2:30 pm Jerome Powell press conference Varies Motor vehicle sales April 16.9mln 17.5mln NQ V: 464,380 OI: 222,838(+9,941) IB low broke then IB high breaks closes above IB bias bullish $AAPL earnings should push the market up but premarket we havent seen much buying... ES V:1,493,078 OI: 2,644,496(-7,909) <-- decent volume
5/1/19 post market trades taken all against what was happening. Of course looking back on it i can see i should have been attempting to short but i was convinced of the liquidity and that what normally happens will happen again(that they buy them back up)
5/2/19 premarket review economic events 8:30 am Weekly jobless claims 4/27 215,000 230,000 8:30 am Productivity Q1 2.9% 1.9% 8:30 am Unit labor costs Q1 -0.2% 2.0% 10 am Factory orders March 1.7% -0.5% $NQ_F $NQ V: 484,854 OI: 216,726(-3,219) a gap up and closed filling the gap $ES_F $ES V: 1,507,202 OI: 2,661,276(+22,362) slightly above normal volume areas of interest NQ for a week basically has opened and not immediately broke highs before testing the ONL I dont know if todays 30pt push up means this wont happen?
5/2/19 post market I had a bearish bias monitored 24s on the open it appear we would be bullish so i sat when my alert that $ES 30s broke i had a thought that we should not visit 24s at all if we did i would be a seller. it work out today. I just need to see that my process works and not go into revenge angry mode.