Posted 7:23 a.m. The Emini began with reversals, big bars, and a tight trading range. This was a limit order open and it increased the chances of a lot of trading range price action today, whether or not there is a trend up or down. The Emini reversed up from a wedge bottom at yesterday’s […]
Intraday market update: December 14, 2015
Intraday market update: December 11, 2015
Online day traders are waiting for a catalyst
Posted 7:12 a.m. The Emini opened with a big gap down and then had trading range price action. The bears want a selloff today to below the November low and the September high. The bulls want a reversal up from above those levels. When there is a big gap down, the Emini often goes mostly […]
Intraday market update: December 10, 2015
Online day traders will watch for a breakout
Posted 7:09 a.m. The Emini continued its trading range price action from yesterday. Day traders need to see a strong breakout with follow-through up or down. The bears want a breakout below yesterday’s low and then a swing down. The bulls want a breakout above the 60 minute moving average and a swing up. Without […]
Intraday market update: December 9, 2015
Futures trading strategies in a triangle
Posted 7:05 a.m. The Emini began with a strong reversal up from below yesterday’s trading range. The bears see the stall at the 60 minute moving average as another opening reversal down from the 60 minute moving average, like yesterday. However, the reversal up was strong enough so that the Emini is Always In Long […]
Intraday market update: December 8, 2015
Learn how to trade a sell signal on the daily chart
Posted 7:05 a.m. The Emini gapped below yesterday’s low and sold off on the 1st bar, but reversed up strong strongly. The follow-through has been disappointing, which is a reminder that yesterday’s trading range price action and the trading range price action on the daily chart are still important influences. This increases the chances for […]
Intraday market update: December 7, 2015
Learn how to trade consecutive doji candlestick patterns
Posted 7:15 a.m. The day opened with a 8 bar bear micro channel. However, the follow-though has not been strong. The entire leg down from yesterday’s high has had many bull bars, and it is therefore more likely a bull leg in what will become a trading range than a bear trend. A trading range […]
Intraday market update: December 4, 2015
Day trading tip is to expect a trading range day
Posted 7:05 a.m. The Emini opened with a strong bull breakout and an early test above last week’s low. The bears want a sell vacuum test of last week’s low and the 60 minute moving average, and then an endless pullback and a bear trend day. It is more likely that the buy climax on […]
Intraday market update: December 3, 2015
Learn how to trade a bear breakout on the 60 minute chart
Posted 7:17 a.m. The Emini began with big bars and big reversals. This is a dangerous environment for most traders because the big bars increase the risk and the big reversals lower the probability of a swing trade. The 6th bar triggered an expanding triangle buy from a reversal up from yesterday’s low, and the […]
Intraday market update: December 2, 2015
Learn how to trade a divergence
Posted 7:20 a.m. The Emini began with a rally, but it was mostly trading range price action with multiple reversals. This made it more likely a bull leg in what would become a trading range than the start of a strong bull trend. The bulls want at least 1 – 2 hours of follow-through buying […]
Intraday market update: December 1, 2015
Learn how to trade quiet price action
Posted at 7:19 a.m. The Emini had a trend from the open bull trend and it broke above the top of the 6 day trading range. The breakout failed and the bears completely reversed the initial rally. At the moment, the Emini is Always In Short. The reversal was strong enough so that the best […]