Indicators are liars! Support and Resistance Trading for the S&P emini

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by ESResistance, Sep 3, 2008.

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  1. well done mate, looked like it worked well.

    That level was on my radar a couple of days ago and it does look pretty good after looking at that trade.

    As I have said many times in the past trading is about odds, I didnt use that number because I thought its odds were reduced, just my opinion.

    Spotting S/R is lot like painting a wall. For example lets say the wall you are about to paint is Lime glow in the dark green! it sure does stand out, everyone from miles around can see it!

    Now you paint the first coat of white paint, it covers some of it but you can still see a lot of the green. So you give it another coat and this time almost all the green is gone, just a little left. One last coat and the green is all gone!

    S/R levels in price are the same, a level that was strong in the past gets broken a fews times (painted over), more recent price movement is not as respectful of that level as it once was. the more a level gets painted over the lest prominance/odds of success it has.

    Nice catch on that level, seems to be working very nicely today.







     
    #611     Oct 27, 2008
  2. Here's a longer term view:

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    #612     Oct 27, 2008
  3. Before then we had a nice set up at 9:46 at the 71 level.

    At 10:04 we caught a reversal at 82.25, their were a couple more set ups around the 82 area.

    A great set up around 13:46 at 93.75 where we caught the high of the day.

    At 14:35 A nice bounce off 71

    The numbers worked as magnets throughout the day with other little trades also.

    The trades at 13:44 and 10:04 are good examples of nice set ups, well worth making the time to study.
     
    #613     Oct 27, 2008
  4. WTG Preach, your 65.25 is kicking butt today. Just caught the low at 15:00. Nice job

     
    #614     Oct 27, 2008
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    #615     Oct 27, 2008
  6. Hi everyone

    Please find attached todays levels. The S/R numbers are in the black column, the MP, Pivots, Fibs and summary are for confluence and information.

    Always remember to use the numbers as a guideline for potential areas of high probability plays

    Always use a set up based upon your system to enter a trade.

    Good trading all
     
    #616     Oct 28, 2008
  7. xburbx

    xburbx

    Did anyone else plot the lines for today that were sent out? I thought I had the S/R approach down, but when I went to plot them today, I could only see two or 3 that made sense with the way I was doing it. The one near 897 and 894 made sense because of those 2 wicks that stood out on top of to uptrends in the last 2 days. I dont understand why 840 and 837 were not picked. I must be missing something. I am attaching a 1hr chart of 15 days.

    Ian
     
    #617     Oct 28, 2008
  8. Haven't plotted them yet, but I'm sure I need some work on my level picking.
    I didn't have 837 and accidentally left out 840. Part of the problem is not making enough time so I'm working on that.
     
    #618     Oct 28, 2008
  9. xburbx

    xburbx

    840 looks like an R to me, but it isnt on ESR's list so I am trying to see where I am missing my points.
     
    #619     Oct 28, 2008
  10. Hey

    Dont stress yourself out, as I have said I view levels as probabilities, 40 has been used a lot very recently so I think its odds of working are reduced. It does not mean it wont work just that I think it has less chance based upon my experience. You're doing well in picking this up, dont beat yourself up.

    S/R is not a science, its an art, you have to roll with what you think works for you. Think about it logically we are predicting areas in which the market will turn hours/days before it happens. Thats amazing! However as incredible a concept as that is, there are no hard rules. The market is evolving and you have to grow with the evolution, its just a matter of experience and practice.

    If you go to 20 different S/R practitioners they will all offer 20 DIFFERENT sets of numbers! Thats just the way it is.

    Keep up the good work




     
    #620     Oct 28, 2008
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