I am thinking about going short in the YM late today 03.22.07

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by ElectricSavant, Mar 22, 2007.

  1. Holding here as well. Short 3 at 12680. Thin volume into the close. Up until today 12650/660 was an excellent place to short. On to new territory.
     
    #191     Apr 13, 2007
  2. rcj

    rcj

    BK,

    The sht 3 should work at some point Sun nite. Or, maybe you are looking at a longer time frame??
     
    #192     Apr 13, 2007
  3. It cost me about $400 to get that position at the end of the day. I started shorting and getting stopped out at 12630. My trade is short term only. If it drops I will use a trailing stop until stopped out. If not I'll get short again higher up. Would love catch a 400/500 point drop some day (who wouldn't?). Only way to do is be short at recent highs. Ever see a 500 point rise in one day? (I think someone asked you why you trade against the trend earlier, that's why I do it, but I'm not a pro).
     
    #193     Apr 13, 2007
  4. rcj

    rcj

    If anyone were to ck back to some earlier pics they would see i rode trend. But "trend" is dependent/relative to time frame. right?? Yeah, when i entered this sht @ 661 i suspected that there might be a last min push up at the DOW close-happens alot.
    Didnt know for sure though. Thats why i put the stop way up.

    BTW, BK....i hope the way we have been using language here doesnt bother you. E.g. " ... i am winning now with -23 tics".
    It's Electric's fault. His thread. ES is very twisted - a sick person.
    It's kinda Hegelian, maybe.

    Anyway, thanks for posting . see ya soon maybe.:)
     
    #194     Apr 13, 2007
  5. FWIW I'll post back here. Sunday night (Mon., Tues., Wed. . . ., hey, we can only hope). Seems lately when it makes a recent high in this price territory they kick the snot out of it the next day. I had good luck earlier in the day when I had a standing sell limit order get hit at 650 when it ramped up after the open. Bot back around 610 after it bounced off the bottom. Did not have the guts to go long there. Don't quite have the guts to go long near a recent high but then again I'm pretty new at this.
     
    #195     Apr 13, 2007
  6. rcj

    rcj

    im still short @ 12661 (duhhh).

    Es, this is a winner with -27. i can increase my lead on you so much you wont catch me for the rest of the mo. Give up. You cant compete with me.
     
    #196     Apr 16, 2007
  7. There must be a TV show about this...

     
    #197     Apr 16, 2007
  8. I think we know now what happened to being short at 12680
     
    #198     Apr 16, 2007
  9. Short 2 at 12735. Perhaps we've turned the corner. Stops at 12750.
    From NMW p.402 (Jeff Yass): ". . . once in a great while, you may get a day with the Dow down 500 points, but is is far less likely that the Dow will go up 500 points. Given the nature of markets, the chance of a crash is always greater than the chanceof an overnight runaway euphoria."
     
    #199     Apr 16, 2007
  10. rcj

    rcj

    whut trend ??

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    #200     Apr 16, 2007