Jun 20, 2018 – Down But Not Out

Premarket Insight

Normal plan for today, play GC and CL in the premarket, NQ after the bell. Nothing exciting going on this morning. Everything seems to be just business as usual.

On the calendar today is some Fed news right at the bell, should be a very interesting open. Have to make sure I stay disciplined to my 10 min rule even though it went against me yesterday. Also, not as exciting IMO, Existing Home Sales at 10:00 EST.

 

At the Bell

Had a easy, quick play on CL in the premarket, however GC ate up all of that profit chopping around. On the 1st play got filled in on nasty wick before it proceeded to march back to my stop. In hindsight, probably should have just closed the trade when I saw the wick since I pretty much felt it was going to be a loser.

NQ continued a slow bullish climb into the open before bouncing around a bit at the bell for a nice bull pop that could have given me a scalp. 10-minute rule got me again but I’m sticking with the rule looking at the big picture.

 

COB Recap

Somehow, I completely forgot about the 10:00 EST news which made sense why the market had no energy. Tons of indecision.

Welp! Took another beating from the market today. But I’m down, not out. Actually, got some good insight from the chatroom I’m a member of (RealLifeTrading) that was pretty much to do the opposite of my normal strategy on super choppy days like this. I reviewed the market with that insight and it was on point!  A major difference between an up/down red day and a green day with ease.

Good thing I had that win with CL earlier to ease the pain a little. I will give the market the victory today and live to fight (trade) another day. Tomorrow. ?

 

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Jun 19, 2018 – Shaking out the Bears

Premarket Insight

Trump does it again! Apparently, a news event based on another infamous Trump action caused the markets to take a dive after the close of Monday’s session. Imagine my disappointment when I logged into my charts first thing in the morning to see a move I’ve been waiting on for weeks to happen while I was sleeping.

At the beginning of my trading day, NQ down +75 points (1.04%), currently retesting the selloff. As expected, volume is healthy with more than 81K of volume. Nothing else super interesting on the calendar, except Building Permits as reported by investing.com. Will be interesting to see how the day unfolds.

 

At the Bell

Didn’t get any signals in the premarket so no trades placed. Only took a paper trade on GC with a play that will be used in the future.

As expected, NQ hung out sideways after the aftermarket selloff and popped strong bullish at the open. Staying disciplined to 10 min rule and not taking a play yet. It’s still early, there’s a good chance there will be another opportunity sometime throughout the day.

 

COB Recap

Long story short, days like this I really regret missing trades on previous days. Took a major loss today of more than 2R on my first 3 plays. Also, frustrating that if I didn’t have that 10 min rule, my strategy would have been perfect for the bullish pop at the bell. But that rule is there for a reason. Have to remember I’ve had more loses than winners in that timeframe so better to just let those potential plays be. Honestly, I should have known better than trying to go bearish so aggressively with how far the price had already dropped.

However, even with the struggles and size of this red day, still ended there was still some positives. For one, I didn’t make any mistakes in regard to how to play my strategy. If I had traded like this previous days, today wouldn’t matter much. Secondly, I did confirm that I know how to adjust for these choppy days as I was profitable paper trading with those adjustments. Go figure.

 

P.S. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! ?????

Time to go celebrate!

 

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Jun 18, 2018 – Baby Steps

Premarket Insight

Primary focus this week will be on GC (gold) and CL (crude oil) in the premarket and NQ after the open, staying true to my 10 min rule.

 

Logging in to start my day, so far GC is bouncing in a range. CL has already taken off bullish. However, need to keep in mind the volatility of CL. Typically it can always give good opportunities in any direction at any time.

 

I’m not seeing anything super significant on the calendar or in the news today.

 

At the Bell

NQ had significant selloff in the premarket, down 50 points (0.70%) before the open. Most of that selloff happening before midnight Sunday. Possible flash crash coming? … (fingers crossed)

 

NQ continued a bearish dip and bounced off a pivotal point. (insert pun here)

 

COB Recap

Let the choppiness get the best of me after the open today, Only was able to catch several small scalps on NQ, but should have been much more. Started to get frustrated so decided to take a break from my desk. That’s when the market decided to have its bullish pop, where I should have got my nice win. Ended up just scalping the top of that move.

 

The early moves in GC and CL only resulted in a small scalp off GC in the premarket.

 

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