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. rcj

    rcj

    Well ... *(&^$H(*& got stpd out on the second trade ... -7
    another winner!!

    Volume is higher than normal. Looks like sombody knows something. Dwn trend all evening.
     
    #891     May 30, 2007
  2. rcj

    rcj

    This is interesting. Ive been doing screen time with the YM for
    a year. Ive never seen YM running below the previous dow30 close. im sure it has - i just havent enough experience with it(YM).
     
    #892     May 30, 2007
  3. GTS

    GTS

    I just realized I havent seen a post from ElectricSavant in a long time....What's up ES - you are never this quiet this long?
     
    #893     May 31, 2007
  4. rcj

    rcj

    I havent traded much the last few days. When i have though ive lost my a$$. four lozzerz in a row. -25 tics. :mad:
    Maybe i can manage to lose more firday.

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    #894     Jun 1, 2007
  5. rcj

    rcj

    sun nite 3June.
    i got choppped real good Fri. And stopped trading when i saw wht
    may have been the problem for me. Lots of brief up and dwns at pauses in a 10(+) tic or so move. ive been keeping stps at about
    6 tics or so. i would get caught up in that- happened 4 times
    in succession. I didnt want to move the stps to, say, 10 tics so
    i stopped putting on more trades. Result, another winner: -23 tics fri.

    i tried to put on trades 2 times tonite with limit orders. No go. Price just moved out ahead of me too far each time. Both would have been long entries. Didnt like the risk.
     
    #895     Jun 3, 2007
  6. hey RCJ...I noticed your reference to the ER2...do you trade mostly the YM?...or what % do you trade these others?...ES, NQ, ER2 etc...just wondering how you trade...thanks!
     
    #896     Jun 3, 2007
  7. rcj

    rcj

    ER2. traded it a few times - like 6 to 8 trades. That waz months ago, though. Mostly YM with a trade or two in the NQ once in awhile. No ES for now - im tempted though.

    RTH. Scalp mostly using vol and price action. Nothing fancey:) .
    I will keep an eye on longer timeframes: 10,30 min, etc. and watch MACD.
     
    #897     Jun 4, 2007
  8. thanks RCJ...go for it...thanks for the reply!!!...why do most people not trade off the 1 minute chart?...
     
    #898     Jun 4, 2007
  9. rcj

    rcj

    Probably becuz they would be looking to grab more tics than ppl trying to capture a few tics real quick. Granularity isnt always that helpful in the former case; seeing the market in longer time frame perspective is. Some find that easier to do with 10/30/60 min bars with the details(noise) filtered out.
     
    #899     Jun 4, 2007
  10. rcj

    rcj

    Nice move by the nite crew.

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    #900     Jun 5, 2007