Journal of index futures trading

Discussion in 'Journals' started by masterm1ne, Aug 23, 2010.

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  1. Last time the market trended down (I didn't trust myself and missed out on X profit). Same old story this week.

    Aug 9 - 23 : all 8 indicators were saying sell.

    Sept 1 to today: all 8 say buy.

    The only thing preventing me from making money is me.
     
    #21     Sep 3, 2010
  2. let's play the market today,

    long es @ 1096.75 x 2 contracts

    long nq @ 1860 x 2 contracts

    FX trades doing very well
     
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    #22     Sep 7, 2010
  3. Love those that diss the FX market. It's doing wonders for me.

    I am up over 1k on my Forex account. Started with around $2,300, I added 1k yesterday.

    Futures account still going nowhere. Indicators long for tomorrow, but price patterns are making me weary. I tried making money on the long side today, but I ended up breaking around even.
     
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    #23     Sep 7, 2010
  4. Today's P/C ratio on the indexes was 2.47. Hasn't been that high before that I know of....

    I am being cautious with my long positions. I usually don't fade the index options traders.
     
    #24     Sep 7, 2010
  5. Indicators were all long for today and continue to point higher.

    I want to strangle someone at my broker (OEC) for locking my account today. Yesterday, I bought before the close of the day and didn't get out of the position until after 1530. This triggered my account to be frozen for this entire trading session because I don't have the full margin amount ($5,600) and my account was on "margin call."

    Anyway.... results are posted. FX doing well still.
     
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    #25     Sep 8, 2010
  6. I just realized a major flaw in my trading strategy:

    I have adjusted my index trading strategy and removed the moving averages from most of the indicators. Contains the same basic components though.
     
    #26     Sep 8, 2010
  7. Still hanging in there. Slightly + on both accounts.
     
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    #27     Sep 11, 2010
  8. Going to be short biased on 9/13!
     
    #28     Sep 11, 2010
  9. Shorting this euphoria for good reason.

    Here's an Easter egg: Part of my equation is momentum.

    Other 8 indicators are showing weakness at this level.
     
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    #29     Sep 12, 2010
  10. as of 8:17pm September U is only trading 8k while December Z has 22k rollover was Thursday last week.

    I have resistance on Z at 1115 approx 1121 on U..
     
    #30     Sep 12, 2010
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