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 DaxyMcDaxFace 
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long got out out at 50,75 from 48.75 too narrow

cool, well you banked something.

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well i got one thing right. shame i got 3 entries wrong.

i am going to be super cautious from this point on til January, as think its bit dangerous around certain levels - some of the price action looks weird, and i may go into scalping mode for quiet times.

New swing trade rule: i can only buy/sell once at 1 level if i get stopped at it. If i scratch/win then i can re fade that level.

I was in meetings up til just now, i am ultra busy with other stuff, but should be back on this full time tmrw.

Think that rule makes a lot of sense, I have something similar.

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Yesterday was odd in Bund - had some good action and then later just deflated like drippy balloon 2 weeks after a kids birthday party.

1- Got short on the pullback to VWAP (thick orange line) at 161.16 after the good high in the IB and rising RVOL. Took the 1L off at the LOD.
2 - We had an A-down again on good RVOL, I got short on the touch of OR low - unfortunately A-down failed and then we moved to OR high.
3 - I looked for C-up (going against what I said the other day about holding a big stop on C trades) - big buyers stepped up at OR high and I hit the offer. RVOL was decent and we had an immediate extension. Stop was at OR low. I held the pullback to OR mid where I would have added if I had another lot to trade - only $100 till I get the extra margin. We then had the second extension. The market ONE TICKED my target where I would have netted a nice 32 ticks. The market started to pullback again. I thought fine I'll be patient and hold the trade as context is still all good.
Then RVOL as you can see starts to decline and we pullback to VWAP. I know I may be holding till US Open. I moved my stop to -2 to OR high as the market really should hold at VWAP.
The drift of death occurs, RVOL is dead and I get stopped -2... Annoying when all stars were in alignment before.
The market for the rest of the session rotated around the OR.

Don't think I did too much wrong today, just probably the first sign of the light Christmas market.

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Yesterday was odd in Bund - had some good action and then later just deflated like drippy balloon 2 weeks after a kids birthday party.

1- Got short on the pullback to VWAP (thick orange line) at 161.16 after the good high in the IB and rising RVOL. Took the 1L off at the LOD.
2 - We had an A-down again on good RVOL, I got short on the touch of OR low - unfortunately A-down failed and then we moved to OR high.
3 - I looked for C-up (going against what I said the other day about holding a big stop on C trades) - big buyers stepped up at OR high and I hit the offer. RVOL was decent and we had an immediate extension. Stop was at OR low. I held the pullback to OR mid where I would have added if I had another lot to trade - only $100 till I get the extra margin. We then had the second extension. The market ONE TICKED my target where I would have netted a nice 32 ticks. The market started to pullback again. I thought fine I'll be patient and hold the trade as context is still all good.
Then RVOL as you can see starts to decline and we pullback to VWAP. I know I may be holding till US Open. I moved my stop to -2 to OR high as the market really should hold at VWAP.
The drift of death occurs, RVOL is dead and I get stopped -2... Annoying when all stars were in alignment before.
The market for the rest of the session rotated around the OR.

Don't think I did too much wrong today, just probably the first sign of the light Christmas market.

Interesting that you had Bund doing an A_Down, I didn't have that, only an A_Up.

Although I was expecting A_Down given the pre-cash action.

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Hello all,

Another busy morning for me, but feeling fresh for today. ETH action can be very annoying, so RTH close was the ETH low.

Heres some levels:



Gap fil is 2252; ETH vwap ~2258.

Will post some charts later.

Thanks to the bund guys for ticking the thread over, what happened in FGBL this morning?

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Is long for obvious reasons, as per yesterday but extra cautious today and trading 2 lot size til i get 2-3 winning swing trades.

Throughout US morning will look for long levels at ETH vwap/day SD1/OR & IB highs etc,. and hopefully get some confluence, but i wont be stepping in front of anything, it will be watch and wait and probably lift of the offer after a small bounce.

Good luck everyone.

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...long after bounce off of OR high/ETh vwap, 2 pt stop targets are R3ish.

Tick div not great, and avg bit poor also as bounced quite quick.

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...long after bounce off of OR high/ETh vwap, 2 pt stop targets are R3ish.

Tick div not great, and avg bit poor also as bounced quite quick.

Same here, good vol here so far. Let's see.

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Same here, good vol here so far. Let's see.

yes was quite good vol.

scalped and improved position slightly, hard stop @2261.

Really not liking this jerky PA.

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my good run is continuing nicely - wow, this is shocking. 1 lot now, til i get one swing winner.

gap fill?

no idea.

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