Hooti's Journey

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Hooti, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. Hooti

    Hooti

    short 1324 12:14

    12:27 stop to BE

    12:31 out 1323 +1
     
    #231     Feb 15, 2011
  2. ammo

    ammo

    market profile as support resistance
     
    #232     Feb 15, 2011
  3. Hooti

    Hooti

    Yes Ammo, I got out of that trade because of the likely S/R at 1322...
    cleavage it is!

    Ahhhhhh...
    so long 12:37 at 1324

    opps out at BE must run my folks to a Dr's appt
    Day was just getting fun!
     
    #233     Feb 15, 2011
  4. ammo

    ammo

    hoot,if you watch the uvol/dvol comparison chart ,there are only 4 types,a trenday,those are the 10% of the time to watch for,a back and forth where they intertwine and change leads, a reversal ,and then just a grind up or down where one leads most of the day but the ratio 3/2 or 5/3 doesn't vary much all day.this will give you a clue on how to trade it,expecting nice extensions up or down or being happy with meager new highs or lows and cover there ,expecting it to be well under control ... the chart is feb 1...a trendday up where the dvol flat lined all day
     
    #234     Feb 15, 2011
  5. Hooti

    Hooti

    Here is what I have with $UVOL.
    Was dvol standard deviation? I tried several things but didn't get my chart to look like yours....

    [​IMG]
     
    #235     Feb 16, 2011
  6. ammo

    ammo

    click on studies .add studies,bottom of list it says compare with
     
    #236     Feb 16, 2011
  7. Hooti

    Hooti

    long 7:36 1331.5
    manually trailed my stop at 1 pt
    out -.5 7:38
     
    #237     Feb 16, 2011
  8. Hooti

    Hooti

    short 7:51 1330.25

    out 7:56 -1

    What I'm doing... aim to put a bracket on one of the first couple of bars, with some filters for why. Then I aim to chase it around. In backtesting I over time BE but then gain a few points on the trend from the open days. But I really do this to break thru my instinctive hesitation to place an order each morning.
     
    #238     Feb 16, 2011
  9. Hooti

    Hooti

    8:01 short 1331.75

    out 8:07 1331 +.75
     
    #239     Feb 16, 2011
  10. Hooti

    Hooti

    loong 1331.5 8:10

    stop moved to 1332.75


    for me, what seems to be an advantage to doing this way of trading the open, is that often I can catch the high or low of the day with a swing trade... if I don't trail my stop to close after the first 30 min or so.


    8:37 stop to 1333.5

    that looked overly exhuberant,
    out at 1335.5 8:35 +4
     
    #240     Feb 16, 2011