Posted 7:15 a.m. The Emini continued its broad bear channel from yesterday, but a broad channel with a wedge shape has about a 75% chance of a bull breakout. The bull breakout can be followed by a trading range or a swing up. There is a 25% chance of a strong bear breakout and then […]
Intraday market update: September 11, 2015
Intraday market update: September 10, 2015
Learn how to trade futures when there are climactic reversals
Posted 7:37 a.m. Yesterday had a reasonable bottom attempt before the collapse into the close. There were theoretical scale in bulls who were buying near yesterday’s low, expecting a test back up to that trading range, just above the 60 minute moving average. The bears needed a strong breakout below yesterday’s low to make the […]
Intraday market update: September 9, 2015
Price action trading strategies in a buy climax
Posted 7:29 a.m. The Emini had a trend from the open bear trend at the top of the 5 and 60 minute channel and below the 1991 lower high. The selloff had reasonable follow-through after each big bear bar and the Emini is Always In Short. There is a 70% chance that we have seen […]
Intraday market update: September 8, 2015
Day trading tip is to expect bullish price action today or tomorrow
Posted 7:23 a.m. The Emini opened with a big gap up, but quickly sold off to a new low and it had trading range price action. Although today can still be a trend day, and the Emini is close to the bear trend line above, this type of price action increases the chances that today […]
Ask Al: How long to get profitable following trading room?
BPA trading room Q&A: May 22, 2015 You said it would take about two years to become profitable after taking your trading course. What about if we only take your trade recommendations in this trading room webinar? Audio duration: 8min 15sec Audio transcript Can I learn to trade profitably in 2 years? Actually, I […]
Emini weekend update: September 5, 2015:
Candlestick pattern is a head and shoulders top
Monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick chart: More sideways to down likely The monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick chart finally pulled back to the moving average after 38 months above it. The monthly S&P500 Emini futures candlestick chart pulled back to the moving average after an extreme buy climax. The two prior times in the past 50 […]
Intraday market update: September 4, 2015
Learn how to trade the markets in a sell climax
Posted 7:20 a.m. The Emini opened with a big gap down, but it lacked momentum initially in either direction. This is trading range behavior. The Emini is oversold and the odds are that it will have at least a couple of hours of sideways to up trading today, but it needs a bottom. Yesterday was […]
Intraday market update: September 3, 2015
Candlestick pattern is an island bottom
Posted 7:15 a.m. The Emini gapped up and formed a 2 day island bottom. The initial rally closed the gap down on the daily chart. However, there were no consecutive big bull bars and many bars had tails on top. This is trading range price action. Although the Emini is Always In Long, this rally […]
Intraday market update: September 2, 2015
Learn how to trade a test of support
Posted 7:31 a.m. The Emini opened with a gap up, but reversed down just below yesterday’s high and entered a tight trading range. It was Always In Short from the 1st bar and the bull reversal attempts were not enough to change it. The bulls wanted an opening reversal up from support, like the moving […]
Intraday market update: September 1, 2015
Day trading strategy when the candlestick pattern is a gap down
Posted 7:08 a.m. The Emini began with a trend from the open bull trend after a big gap down to the midpoint of the sell entries on the daily chart for the scale in bears. However, 5 of the 1st 6 bars had prominent tails, which is trading range price action. The next downside target […]
