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April 14th, 2018, 12:00 PM
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My Story
I’m still here, still reading the tape, and let me tell you, these days it’s scary. The sheer size and volume of the sales on the tape are truly staggering. Never have I seen such a motivated and...
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March 23rd, 2018, 08:49 AM
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Your presumptions as to the utility of my posts...
Your presumptions as to the utility of my posts are smug and pretentious. Making passive-aggressive insinuations about the value of my journal entries is uncouth, at best.
For my part, I will...
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March 22nd, 2018, 06:23 PM
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Right. Well I've deleted what I can, but for some...
Right. Well I've deleted what I can, but for some reason I'm unable to get rid of the rest of the clutter. Sorry for messing up your forum, I didn't realize...
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March 22nd, 2018, 04:58 PM
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No idea. I'm just talking to myself. If you don't...
No idea. I'm just talking to myself. If you don't see any value here, you are more than welcome to report it and have it deleted, no hard feelings.
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March 21st, 2018, 04:51 PM
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My experience with thick markets (ES, large cap...
My experience with thick markets (ES, large cap stocks) is that the tape is convoluted, slower, and more more difficult to read. The mini NASDAQ has a good tape, it's thin enough that you can spot a...
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March 21st, 2018, 12:02 PM
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I've been getting beat up all morning, in and...
I've been getting beat up all morning, in and out, hard to read the tape with so little volume but oh what a move that was and I was fortunate enough to be long whilst my tapereading got me out...
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March 21st, 2018, 10:42 AM
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Two big players playing whack a mole this...
Two big players playing whack a mole this morning. one shows his hand and drops at 250k buy order on the market, clears the book for 30 cents and the other responds with an equal sell order. Just...
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March 21st, 2018, 08:33 AM
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Good morning to everyone. Looking forward to...
Good morning to everyone. Looking forward to perhaps a mediocre morning and a busy afternoon. It's options expiration day on the SPY today and the Fed meeting is wrapping up with a press conference...
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March 20th, 2018, 06:39 PM
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Got distracted and forgot to recap. All in all,...
Got distracted and forgot to recap. All in all, the afternoon did pick up a little and although I was up and down, I ended up positive for the day, mostly thanks to the last downswing right before...
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March 20th, 2018, 01:25 PM
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Slow afternoon so far, low volume, last two...
Slow afternoon so far, low volume, last two trades have been a loss and a scratch so I will wait until I see some strength and volume come into the market before trading more.
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March 20th, 2018, 12:19 PM
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Had an appt this morning so I missed the whole...
Had an appt this morning so I missed the whole rollercoaster. Just getting my bearings here.
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March 19th, 2018, 03:33 PM
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I finished my trading day just after 1pm today....
I finished my trading day just after 1pm today. I've just been cataloging and reviewing my trades since, watching the market out of the corner of my eye, and reading a statistics textbook.. but I've...
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March 19th, 2018, 02:06 PM
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Yes, orderflow. Yes, that is one type of trade,...
Yes, orderflow. Yes, that is one type of trade, if I'm looking for a move, i will scale into a trade as it 'moves against me' and then scale up as it goes my way and eventually dump into liquidity if...
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March 19th, 2018, 11:57 AM
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Had an okay morning so far, my reflections over...
Had an okay morning so far, my reflections over the last couple of days have helped. I've been changing up my style the last few weeks, and getting killed in the process, but a change is necessary...
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March 19th, 2018, 09:10 AM
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In other news, I spent literally all day...
In other news, I spent literally all day yesterday going through every single one of my trades for the last month in an exercise to rout losing trades and maximize winning ones. Always a good...
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March 19th, 2018, 09:02 AM
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Another gap down this morning on the SPY. This is...
Another gap down this morning on the SPY. This is not boding well. I'm pretty sure the Fed policy meetings are this week and then Powell will be making an announcement on interest rates. But we will...
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March 16th, 2018, 11:11 AM
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Out here for now
Out here for now
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March 16th, 2018, 10:52 AM
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Geez what a slow morning so far. I've been seeing...
Geez what a slow morning so far. I've been seeing some selling on the tape but the guy is exercising caution and letting out his line slowly, which is not normal for an aggressive seller. So for what...
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March 16th, 2018, 08:37 AM
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I'm not an options geek so perhaps I'm not using...
I'm not an options geek so perhaps I'm not using the correct terminology, feel free to correct me. Buying or selling out of the money calls or puts is extremely cheap and generate substantial return...
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March 16th, 2018, 08:19 AM
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Lastly, quadruple witching today, so beware the...
Lastly, quadruple witching today, so beware the volatility.
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March 16th, 2018, 08:14 AM
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Having said that, if we can't hold the low today,...
Having said that, if we can't hold the low today, I still assert that there is a large possibility that some entity has built a massive long position which would mean a run-up to 281 for liquidity...
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March 16th, 2018, 08:04 AM
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Quite a divergence this morning between the SPY...
Quite a divergence this morning between the SPY and the ES, which tend to track each other pretty well. At this moment the SPY is trading almost $1 below its close price (which is the equivalent of...
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March 15th, 2018, 04:30 PM
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Glad I got out of my long trades and sat on my...
Glad I got out of my long trades and sat on my hands. More of the same at 275 today. Again, what looks like a solid selling effort on the tape only to be bought right back again at the low and held....
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March 15th, 2018, 12:30 PM
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Sorry but to answer to your question, no I don't...
Sorry but to answer to your question, no I don't see it because the fx market exchanges are decentralized and there is no consolidated tape, so I can't see who's doing what. On any given day, I trade...
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March 15th, 2018, 12:25 PM
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I guess it would depend on who's defending the...
I guess it would depend on who's defending the position. A central bank or government or group of allied nations would have a shared agenda and vested interest in defending or devaluing a currency,...
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