Solar Power to the rescue… I missed most of the shorting ‘fun’ today, had a few scratch trades. In the afternoon the market started a reversal and I spotted FSLR. It had a 1 min 2 wave pullback and a nicebase after that. As the market was consolidating at the same time it was the [...]
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Out of sync
Today I did not feel very in sync with the market. When I shorted the market went up, or the market went down but my short did go up. It was a struggle, but there were one or two nice trades that saved the day.
Cenx was one of them. It gapped up, just like many [...]
Bear market
Somehow my natural inclination is to go long stocks. Once a bear market start I am usually in trouble first, until I readjust.
Today I had a few good trades, IBN was one of them, but I kept anticipating the market reversal.
I traded CIEN long twice, only to be stopped out. It was all very obvious, [...]
Shots at shorts
That is what I should do in a market like this. It is a bear market, but I am still in bull market mode… looking for long trades. I should more often take a shot at a short.
At least I made some money today.
Nothing great…
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This was a very nice trade. But there could have been more in it. A lot more!
CNQ gapped up and formed a nice base. Just before 11.00 pace changed. The first wave down was the steepest. The second wave was a lot slower and the third wave stayed even more [...]
nEUROtic
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The currency (FOREX) market is hot. The $ is stone cold. The daily EURUSD chart looked like it could breakdown, but instead it broke to the upside with a lot of conviction. Crazy conviction! But in crazy markets there is often money to be made and the EURUSD was no exception today!
DLTR, APOL, PTR
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DLTR gapped up out of a daily consolidation. After a two wave correction during the day I spotted it when it showed the beginning of a 1 min bull flag. I was impatient in entering and cheated on target. There was only 30 minutes of the trading day left [...]
Tiny 2 wave pullback
big momentum move
consolidation
red lines are initial and trailing stops
1st pink line is long entry ( 8.67)
2nd pink line is partial exit (8.93)
3rd pink line is closing trade (9.25)
risk was 0.13, reward was (0.26 + 0.58)/2= 42 cts or more than 3R
