Emini Levels for March 11th, 2010

We've come a LONG way! I think the market is due for a pullback, but probably not before the $SPX pokes it's head above 1148 for 5 or 6 points to SUCK IN THE LONGS! I'll be mostly watching and maybe getting in a few scalps.

Upside Levels (if we make a sustained upside break)
1230 - 61.8% retrace of entire pullback
1200 - resistance on the 3 year weekly
1175
1148




Downside Levels:
1140.75
1134.75
1123.50

Emini Results for March 9th and 10th

I have not had much time to trade in the last few days. In the last 48 hours, I've made 3 trades. 2 winners and 1 loser. However, the loser was a 4 pointer on Monday. However, today I did make that back. My thinking for the last 2 days has been that the the mid January highs would act like a magnet. We finally hit 1148 today... that's good enough for me as 1148.25 is the high on the Emini March contract. I'll probably be in wait-and-see mode as volatility will probably be the rule in the near-term.

Fibonacci Rocks Your World!

Just a quick note to tell you something you already know...

One of my theories yesterday was that we would get a 50% retrace of Friday's candle. It didn't come to fruition yesterday, but last night we did get a 50% retrace of the entire Friday/Monday move. I've been using Fibs quite a bit lately, and this is just further confirmation that Fibonacci rocks in the trading world!

Emini Results and Discussion for March 8th, 2010

-6.75 points today. 0 wins and 8 losers. I should've stopped after a bad morning that put me on tilt.

Basically, I bailed out of trades early. I over-reacted to three bars (marked on the chart below), and I didn't execute trades exactly when my trading plan says I should (i.e. pshychological low points -800 or +800 on the TICK).

This graphic gives a breakdown of what happened to my morning trades:

Emini Results for March 5th, 2010

+0.25 points! Not really a good day for me.. there was too much "extraneous" stuff going on today. I really shouldn't have traded and couldn't fully concentrate on the market. That said, I was proud of myself that I came back from a dismal performance early on in the day. A few of my trades did get caught up in the narrow range whipsaw that lasted the majority of the day.

Emini Levels for March 5th, 2010 and Beyond!

30 Day Chart for Downside Levels:

1122-1125
1115
1110
1105
1100 - big support



6 Month Chart for Near-Term Upside Levels:

1122-1125 - Current level and 76% retrace of current pullback.
1131 - resistance
1150 - breakout and continuation of bullmarket?



3 Year Weekly Chart - Levels for Dreamers!

Emini Results for March 4th, 2010

+4.75 points today. 4 winners, 2 losers. My last trade of the day was at 1:15 PM EST. The Emini futures had been pushing up against 1119.50 for the previous 10 to 20 minutes. So, I felt like the market would burst through that level and I'd be able to get at least 1 point out of it. Lucky for me, I had my sell limit placed at 1120.50 because the market went to 1120.75 and promptly sold off. Some would say I got lucky there, but I think the trade was successful because of my overall strategy of "hitting singles" and never trying to take too much from the market in any given trade.