Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Art



short TNA after selling the long, add size almost get stopped out, but cover for a decent trade.

















TZA making new lows.....so I buy it!
remember this is an art and not a science

















sell TZA pop
i'll wait on the sidelines for now until some market direction shows

bot ABX on that pop




















sold ABX


after some market argy bargy, a few losses, a few winners,

TNA goes higher














sell/short TNA pop on QQQQ doji
fast market conditions

stopped out SKX on massive market up move

start of the afternoon session, SKX has made a big bounce. now you have to ask yourself, is it just a short squeeze or has something made people really want to buy it? are the buyers in control again?
I'll sell this pop and short it again. if it goes higher then i'll change my mind.

short ITT


















cover ITT

decent short in TNA





















cover TNA

Groundhog day




We were here yesterday weren't we?
SKX.
New lows.
Short.
Add size.
Wait.
Cover .
Play the probable bounce.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Go where the money is





My reoccurring theme here is to make things as simple as you can. I do this because simple equals easy and the easy way is what I look for to do when I need to make rapid decisions for 5 1/2 hours a day. I don't need to take in multitudes of indicators in order to make a trade.
SKX is shown here as it breaks to new lows. That is my signal to short it. I act on the signal.
SKX goes the way probability suggested it might so I add size.
SKX keeps failing so I am letting it make me money by keeping in the trade.
It gets to the point though where it becomes prudent to take the $2+ run in profits and I cover on the biggest volume candle of the day, which not coincidently become a doji on the 15 minute chart. That is a signal to go long.
Signals are what you are after. The market tells you what to do if you are prepared to listen to it.
This trade was very easy with no fakeouts or misdirections. They aren't all like that but you never know what will happen so it's best just to go with the flow.




moments later 15 minute doji appears
time to go long















sell the long

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Simplicity works best





Here are a couple of trades that illustrate a simple style that anyone can put into practice. You won't impress people at cocktail parties much with a lack of technical mumbo jumbo but you will be able to execute this type of trade time after time due to its nature.

BTU making new highs, buy it,







BTU stalling volume after big candle, sell it.
















ANR making new highs, buy it














ANR stalling, sell it