Finiamo con questa terza parte la serie di articoli sulle novità con cui comincia lo sviluppo della terza LTS di ubuntu.

Testdrive Questa applicazione è volta a quelli che vogliono testare l’ISO in sviluppo di ubuntu. In pratica consiste in un programma che scarica l’ultima immagine disco disponibile e la fa partire in una VM con impostazioni preconfigurate, tramite qemu o kvm (a seconda del processore). Qui la pagina su LP.

Indicatori di sistema L’idea innanzitutto è quella di uniformare tutti gli indicatori del pannello, che ad oggi sono abbastanza disomogenei: l’indicator applet, l’indicator session, l’applet batteria, il controllo volume, …, dovranno ricalcare la stessa struttura. Qui gli schemi preliminari.
I programmi contenuti nell’applet indicatore saranno aumentati, e quello eventualmente attivo al momento sarà indicato con un triangolino sulla sinistra. Per il resto si continuerà sulla strada tracciata da karmic.

Fine del supporto a LPIA Con Lucid Ubuntu metterà fine al supporto per l’architettura LPIA, dato lo scarso interesse degli utenti, destinando altrove le risorse spese per questa architettura. Tra l’altro, LPIA condivide molte caratteristiche con l’architettura i386, intel ha assicurato che continuerà ad essere così e inoltre la configurazione del kernel di ubuntu per i386 e LPIA è pressocché la stessa. Gli utenti di questa architettura non potranno dunque effettuare l’upgrade a Lucid, e gli sviluppatori incoraggiano i vecchi utenti che devono ancora aggiornare a Karmic di farlo installando la versione i386.

Varie ed eventuali La versione di OO.o di Lucid sarà la 3.2.1, quindi non avrà il restyling grafico dell’interfaccia, previsto invece per la 3.3. Come DE, visto lo slittamento di GNOME 3 a settembre 2010 e quindi alla 2.32, monterà la versione 2.30, ultima della linea 2.x. Confermata anche la prevista cernita sui giochi (di cui ho parlato qui), alla luce dei princìpi di razionalizzazione e socialità.

Market Commentary November 23, 2009

Well the markets this morning were predominately up; everything from financials to currencies and commodities in the U.S had some great gains, most likely due to positive Existing Home Sales in the U.S as well as positive Core Retail Sales in Canada. The only indexes that showed downward pressure were during the Asian trading session, and even that proved to be decimal. With the Dollar selling off once again, it was no surprise that Gold made a new all time high yet again and commodity related currencies were up big today as well. We were able to take some great trades in the markets this morning, especially considering the U.S Thanksgiving holiday at the end of this week, which usually brings lower volume to the markets. With possible lower volume, we made sure to keep our stops tight to prevent any significant losses today and will do so for the remainder of the week. We were able to take 5 trades this morning and ended up 5 for 5 with $630 in profits! 

Our first trade came on the Crude Oil market, (Symbol CL). Prior to taking a trade on the Crude Oil this morning, we made sure to wait for the Core Retail Sales to be released in Canada, because Canada is a major producer in many commodities, especially in Crude Oil. The Crude Oil market was up today, along with many other commodities, and once the Canadian Core Retail Sales were released, along with the opening of the outcry pits at 9:00am EST, the buyers in the market didn’t waste any more time, and continued to spend price action higher. Once the added volatility in the market had died down, and price action was moving at a continuous pace, we decided to enter the market in the direction of the overall trend, the trend being our friend, of course ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). We saw a great opportunity to enter long at 9:07am EST by taking a Breaker pattern at 79.42. As our order was filled, we saw even larger buy orders come across the ticker tape, thus showing us that the majority of market participants wanted to continue this rally. With the help of other buyers in the market, we were able to scale out of our trade at our first profit target of +4 ticks (2 contracts) before closing the order for a profit of +8 ticks ($80).

Our second trade came shortly after the U.S Equities market opened at 9:30am EST and was taken on the Mini-Russell (Symbol TF).  For a good portion of the trading session today, the Mini-Russell rallied strongly, and only began pulling back in the past hour or so of price action.  With the opening of the U.S Equities market at 9:30am EST brought with it a great rally in price action on the Mini-Russell. As the buying pressure continued to build, we were quickly given a green light to take a trade based off our Pace of the Tape indicator (E-MINI Futures Day Trading Video).  At 9:35am EST our Breaker pattern set-up perfectly for us, and we entered the market to the long side at 597.0. As soon as our order was executed, we continued to watch price action closely, and after seeing it begin to slow down, we quickly made an executive decision to move our stop loss up to our entry price in order to conserve profits and limit losses. This proved to be a smart decision because the market soon pulled back on us, and we were still able to close out at a small profit of +1 tick, for a total of +4 ticks ($40).

Our third trade of the morning came after the U.S Equities market opened, on the Gold futures market (Symbol GC). The Gold market continued its rally today from last week, once again making new all time highs during the Asian trading session.  As Gold continued its rally into the U.S trading session we waited patiently for a set-up to occur in the market that we could take advantage of (Gold Futures Day Trading Video). We saw this set-up at 10:05am EST and reacted rather quickly to gain an acceptable entry price. With our 2-step pattern giving us an entry signal, we entered the market long at 1171.8. The market continued to rally, and as more buyers entered the market with us, it allowed us to take some profits at two of our targets, for yet another profitable trade, for +4 ticks (2 contracts) and +1 tick (2 contracts) for a total of +10 ticks ($100).

The fourth trade of the morning came on the Mini-Russell yet again. The mini-Russell had been rallying for most of the morning, but we could tell, based off our technical indicators, that the sellers could quickly gain control of the market soon. With the buy orders on the tape slowly decreasing, and more and more sellers coming into the market, we looked to identify a possible short trade to take. After the market began consolidating around its highs of the day, we knew anything could happen, but also realized that the probability was in the sellers favor (Sideways Market Day Trading Futures). At 11:16am EST we were able to capitalize on more sellers entering the market by using our Breaker short pattern to enter the market at 597.5. Once our order had been executed, volume began to increase to the short side, and the market began selling off rather quickly, allowing us to scale out of our trade at all three of our profit targets; giving us profits of +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and +5 ticks for a total of +21 ticks ($210).

The fifth and final trade of the morning came at 11:58am EST, just prior to the U.S lunch hours. Price action, surprisingly, showed us a good level of volume, and so we continued to look for possible trade set-ups. The Crude Oil market rallied for the better part of the morning, but the buyers eventually began to take profits, and as price began selling off, more sellers jumped in the market to push price further down. After seeing this continued sell off in price, we decided to enter the market for one last trade, to the short side, with a Breaker pattern. Our price pattern gave us a range of possible entry prices, and we were filled in the market at 78.95 (Price Patterns Technical Analysis Futures Video). As our order was filled, selling pressure continued and the market sold off quickly, giving us the opportunity to close our trade after taking profits at all three of our targets, at +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and +4 ticks for a total of +20 ticks on our last trade ($200).

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เคยมั๊ยครับ ที่เวลาคุณเทรดหุ้นด้วย MT4 แล้วคุณก็ทดลองเปิดอินดิเคเตอร์ไปเรื่อยๆ ดูว่าตัวไหนเป็นอย่างไร ตัวไหนน่าใช้บ้าง ปรากฏว่า คุณดันไปเจออินดิเคเตอร์ตัวหนึ่ง มีเส้นอะไรก็ไม่รู้ยั้วเยี้ยไปหมด ดูไม่รู้เรื่องเลย ถึงแม้ว่าจะพยายามทำความเข้าใจกับมัน โดยนั่งมองดูมันไปเรื่อยๆ สุดท้ายคุณก็ปิดมันไป โดยที่คิดไว้ในใจว่า “อินดิเคเตอร์อะไรวะดูไม่เห็นจะรู้เรื่องเลยวุ้ย -3- ” แต่ผมจะบอกคุณว่า อินดิเคเตอร์ที่มีหน้าตาไม่ค่อยรับแขกตัวนี้ มีอะไรดีๆ ที่ผมจะพาทุกท่านไปล้วงความลับของอินดิเคเตอร์ตัวนี้ ที่ทำให้คุณได้อึ้ง ทึ่ง และเขียว ไปพร้อมกันครับ ขอเชิญพบกับแขกรับเชิญของเราในวันนี้ได้เลยครับ Ichimoku Kinko Hyo

วิธีการใส่อินดิเคตอร์ตัวนี้ลงไปในกราฟของ MT4 ก็ง่ายๆ ครับ คลิ๊กเพิ่ม อินดิเคเตอร์ เลือก Oscillators > Ichimoku Kinko Hyo
สำหรับการตั้งค่านั้น ในตัวอย่างของผมจะตั้ง Tenkan-sen : 7 , Kijun-sen: 22 , Senkou Span B: 44 จากนั้นเมื่อใส่อินดิเคเตอร์ลงในกราฟแล้ว คุณจะเห็นว่า จะมีเส้นอยู่ 5 เส้น คือ
1. Tenkan-sen 2. Kijun-sen 3. Chinkou Span 4. Senkou Span A 5. Senkou Span B

ผมจะอธิบายวิธีการวิเคราะห์ของแต่ละเส้นก่อน โดยจะมีรูปตัวอย่างให้ดูด้วย จากนั้นค่อยวิเคราะห์รวมทั้ง 5 เส้นกัน

1. Tenkan-sen

Tenkan-sen

เส้นนี้จะทำหน้าที่คล้ายๆ เส้น Fast MA คือเส้น Moving average ที่มี Period น้อย ในหลักการ MA Cross
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เมื่อราคาอยู่ต่ำกว่าเส้น Tenkan-sen และ Tenkan-sen มีความชันเป็นลบ แสดงถึงสภาวะตลาดหมี และเมื่อราคาอยู่สูงกว่าเส้น Tenkan-sen และ Tenkan-sen มีความชันเป็นบวก แสดงถึงสภาวะตลาดกระทิง

2. Kijun-sen

Kijun-sen

เส้นนี้จะทำหน้าที่คล้ายๆ เส้น Slow MA คือเส้น Moving average ที่มี Period มากกว่า ในหลักการ MA Cross
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เช่นเดียวกับเส้น Tenkan-sen เมื่อราคาอยู่ต่ำกว่าเส้น Kijun-sen และ Kijun-sen มีความชันเป็นลบ แสดงถึงสภาวะตลาดหมี และเมื่อราคาอยู่สูงกว่าเส้น Kijun-sen และ Kijun-sen มีความชันเป็นบวก แสดงถึงสภาวะตลาดกระทิง และในส่วนของเส้น Kijun-sen ที่มีความชันเป็นศูนย์ หรือช่วงที่เส้นขนานกับแนวนอน ในช่วงใดๆ สามารถนำราคาช่วงนั้นมาเป็นแนวรับหรือแนวต้านได้ ยิ่งช่วงที่เส้น Kijun-sen ที่มีความชันเป็นศูนย์ มีความยาวมากเท่าไหร่ แสดงให้เห็นถึงความแข็งแกร่งของแนวรับหรือแนวต้าน ตรงช่วงราคานั้นมากเท่านั้น

เมื่อนำ Tenkan-sen และ Kijun-sen มาอยู่ด้วยกัน

Tenkan-sen + Kijun-sen

ลักษณะของมันก็จะคล้ายๆ กับใช้ MA สองเส้นเลยทีเดียว จะสังเกตเห็นว่า ราคาจะชนเส้น Kijun-sen ที่มีความชันเป็นศูนย์บ่อยๆ แสดงให้เห็นว่า เส้น Kijun-sen สามารถใช้เป็นแนวรับหรือแนวต้านได้ และเมื่อราคาอยู่ในช่วงระหว่างเส้น Tenkan-sen และ Kijun-sen จะเห็นว่าสภาพตลาดมีลักษณะไซด์เวย์

3. Chinkou Span

Chinkou Span

สำหรับเส้น Chinkou Span นี้ไม่มีอะไรมากเป็นเพียงเส้น MA 1 ของราคาปัจจุบันที่ถูก shift ไปอยู่ในอดีต เพื่อศึกษาอดีตมาพยากรณ์ปัจจุบัน

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จากรูปจะเห็นว่าเมื่อเส้น Chinkou Span ตัดกราฟราคาในอดีตขึ้น สะภาพตลาดจะอยู่ในตลาดกระทิง ในทางกลับกัน ถ้าเกิด Chinkou Span ตัดกราฟราคาในอดีตลง สะภาพตลาดจะอยู่ในตลาดหมี

4. Senkou Span A + 5. Senkou Span B

Senkou Span A&B (เมฆ)

สำหรับสองเส้นนี้เราจะใช้คู่กันไป จากที่เห็นในช่วงที่เป็นสีระหว่างทั้งสองเส้นนั้น เราจะเรียกมันว่าเมฆ เจ้าเมฆนี่จะยื่นออกไปข้างหน้าในอนาคตที่ยังไม่เกิด เพื่อทำนายสะภาพตลาดที่กำลังจะเกิดขึ้นในอนาคต

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เมื่อราคาอยู่เหนือเมฆหมายถึงสะภาพตลาดกระทิง เมื่อราคาอยู่ใต้เมฆหมายถึงสะภาพตลาดหมี และเมื่อราคาอยู่ในเมฆหมายถึงสะภาพตลาดไซด์เวย์ และเราสามารถใช้ เมฆเส้น Senkou Span B ที่มีความชันเป็นศูนย์คือเป็นเส้นตรงในแนวราบ แทนแนวรับแนวต้านได้เช่นเดียวกับ Kijun-sen แต่จะมีนัยสำคัญน้อยกว่าเส้น Kijun-sen
เช่นเดียวกับเส้น Kijun-sen ยิ่งมีความยาวของเส้นในแนวราบมากเท่าไหร่ ความแข็งแกร่งของแนวรับแนวต้านช่วงราคานั้นยิ่งมากขึ้นเท่านั้น จากรูปเมื่อเมฆมีการบีบตัวให้แคบลง เราสามารถคาดการณ์ได้ว่า เทรนปัจจุบันกำลังจะเปลี่ยนแล้ว

เมื่อรู้จักทุกส่วนของ Ichimoku Kinko Hyo กันแล้ว จากนี้ผมจะนำทุกส่วนมาประกอบเข้าด้วยกัน และจากนั้นเราจะมาดูวิธีการเข้าทำกำไรกันครับ

Ichimoku ภาพที่ 1

หลักการเขาทำกำไร (วิธีที่ผมใช้)
-เปิด Long Position เมื่อ
ราคาเปิดเหนือเส้น Kijun-sen และเส้น Chinkou Span อยู่เหนือกว่าราคาในอดีต 22 ช่วงจากปัจจุบัน และถ้าเข้าเมื่อราคาปิดเหนือ Kijun-sen ไม่ทัน คุณสามารถ เปิดได้อีกครั้งเมื่อ ราคาเปิดเหนือเส้น Senkou Span B (เมฆ) และเส้น Chinkou Span อยู่เหนือกว่าราคาในอดีต 22 ช่วงจากปัจจุบัน
-เปิด Short Position เมื่อ
ราคาเปิดใต้เส้น Kijun-sen และเส้น Chinkou Span อยู่ใต้ราคาในอดีต 22 ช่วงจากปัจจุบัน และถ้าเข้าเมื่อราคาเปิดใต้ Kijun-sen ไม่ทัน คุณสามารถ เปิดได้อีกครั้งเมื่อ ราคาเปิดใต้เส้น Senkou Span B (เมฆ) และเส้น Chinkou Span อยู่ใต้ราคาในอดีต 22 ช่วงจากปัจจุบัน

สำหรับการตั้ง TP และ SL นั้น เราสามารถใช้แนวรับแนวต้านต่างๆ ที่เส้น Kijun-sen และเส้น Senkou Span B ทำเอาไว้เป็นTP ได้ ส่วน SL นั้นเราต้องตั้ง ให้อยู่เลยแนวรับแนวต้านไปซัก 5-8 จุด เพื่อป้องกันการง้างธนู (ย้อนกลับมาเด้งแนวรับแนวต้านอีกที เพื่อเอาแรงก่อนจะพุ่งด้วยแรงมหาศาล) เพราะว่าชื่อก็บอกว่าแนวรับแนวต้าน ยังไงราคามันก็ต้องมาชนอยู่ดี

เอาล่ะเรามาดูว่าเกิดอะไรขึ้นต่อจากภาพที่ 1 ดีกว่า

Ichimoku ภาพที่ 2

จะเห็นว่าเข้าเงื่อนไขการเปิด Long Position ณ จุดที่ผมวงกลมไว้ และ TP กับ SL จะอยู่ ในส่วนที่ผมขีดเส้นไว้ จะเห็นว่าส่วนนั้นเป็นส่วนที่ สองเส้นสำคัญ Kijun-sen และเส้น Senkou Span B ได้มีการสร้างแนวรับแนวต้านเอาไว้ จากระยะครั้งนี้ ถ้าเข้าซื้อคุณสามารถทำกำไรได้ 20 จุด

หวังว่าบทความนี้คงจะมีประโยชน์กับหลายๆ คนนะครับ และต้องขอขอบคุณ kharvell หรือ Kevin แห่ง Forexfactory ที่บทความของเขาเรื่องวิธีใช้ Ichimoku Kinko Hyo นั้นทำให้ผมเขาใจอินดิเคเตอร์ตัวนี้ได้มากขึ้น ต้องบอกว่าถ้าคุณอ่านบทความของเขาได้ จะดีกว่าอ่านบทความนี้ที่ผมเขียนซะอีก เพราะเขาอธิบายละเอียดมาก มีอีกหลายเรื่องที่ผมไม่ได้เขียนไว้ เนื่องจากมันเยอะมากผมจึงอธิบายแค่คล่าวๆ ยังไงซะ แค่นี้ก็อาจจะทำให้หลายๆ คนพอจะเข้าใจอินดิเคเตอร์ตัวนี้ขึ้นมาบ้างล่ะ และขอให้รู้ตัวไว้เลยนะว่า ตอนนี้คุณเทพแล้ว เพราะว่าคุณสามารถเข้าใจอินดิเคเตอร์ขั้นเทพตัวนี้ได้ ฮาฮ่า

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University of Texas professor James Galbraith was never a believer in the V-shaped recovery and says it’s going to take a very long time for the U.S. to recover from a “truly extraordinary slump.”

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Galbraith predicts the unemployment rate will continue to rise into 2010 and decline “very slowly” thereafter. The U.S. economy needs “substantially greater policy intervention,” he says, focused on the following:

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Housing Woes: As of Sept. 30, over 14% of American homeowners with a mortgage are either behind on payments or in foreclosure, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. Those figures suggest the real inventory of homes for sale is much bigger than the “official” 8-month supply, as The WSJ reports. The government must do more to prevent foreclosures, Galbraith says.

Smart Jobs: Beyond merely putting people to work, Galbraith seeks policies that would both “create employment and set a strategic direction for the economy,” most notably in the area of renewable energy.

Boomer Blues: With millions of Baby Boomers at or near retirement age, Galbraith advocates aid for new retirees, “so the demographic transition goes more smoothly than it otherwise would. “

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In sum, Galbraith still says we need a second stimulus package, as we’ll discuss in more detail in a forthcoming segment,

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Disappointing reports this week on housing starts and foreclosures, as well as the index of leading economic indicators, have cast a bit of a pall on the “robust recovery” story, putting a crimp in the stock market’s ascent in the process.

University of Texas professor James Galbraith was never a believer in the V-shaped recovery and says it’s going to take a very long time for the U.S. to recover from a “truly extraordinary slump.”

What the optimists are missing is the impact the housing bust is having on both American’s ability to borrow and banks willingness to lend. The resulting credit contraction will prevent this recovery from following the path of those following prior post-war recessions, he says.

“There’s no question the U.S. economy has stabilized but [it] remains very weak and will likely continue to be weak,” Galbraith says. “There’s very little sign the benefits that are being felt on Wall Street will be felt in the broader country anytime soon.”

Galbraith predicts the unemployment rate will continue to rise into 2010 and decline “very slowly” thereafter. The U.S. economy needs “substantially greater policy intervention,” he says, focused on the following:

(This is a random link Article Submission Software).

Housing Woes: As of Sept. 30, over 14% of American homeowners with a mortgage are either behind on payments or in foreclosure, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday. Those figures suggest the real inventory of homes for sale is much bigger than the “official” 8-month supply, as The WSJ reports. The government must do more to prevent foreclosures, Galbraith says.

Smart Jobs: Beyond merely putting people to work, Galbraith seeks policies that would both “create employment and set a strategic direction for the economy,” most notably in the area of renewable energy.

Boomer Blues: With millions of Baby Boomers at or near retirement age, Galbraith advocates aid for new retirees, “so the demographic transition goes more smoothly than it otherwise would. “

(This is the previous link Article Submission Software).

In sum, Galbraith still says we need a second stimulus package, as we’ll discuss in more detail in a forthcoming segment,

You can read more at Here

Today we saw decent overall volume in the markets, but still far from optimal. Early on the in the morning we noticed the volume was rather sluggish, and it really took the U.S market opening to get price action up to speed. This didn’t prevent us from trading though, as we exercised discipline and patience, the trades soon came to us. We were able to go 4 for 4 today, with a total profit of $690! Also, remember this +10% return today was all done on a $4,000 account trading account! (Futures Day Trading Account Management Video)  

The first trade of the morning came on the Gold futures market (Symbol GC) roughly an hour after it began trading in the open outcry pits at 8:20am EST. Once again, the Gold futures were on its way to making new all time highs early on in the trading day, eventually reaching a top of 1153.4. During this impressive rally, there were periods of minor pullbacks in price, allowing us to take full advantage of them (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). At 9:20am EST, we decided to go against the trend and take the Gold market short on one of these pullbacks. We entered the market based off a 2-step short pattern, and were filled rather quickly at 1149.1. Once the order had been executed, we began to manage it through our ATM strategy as well as keeping a keen eye on our technical indicators. The market quickly sold off, allowing us to lock in profits for at least one price target of +4 ticks (2 contracts), leaving us with a total profit of +8 ticks ($80).

Shortly after our first trade was taken, along with the opening of the U.S Equities market, we found yet another opportunity to trade the Gold market!  With the opening of the U.S Equities market at 9:30am EST, also brought more volume, and with it, new all time highs in the Gold futures market. As we continued to watch price action though, it was clear the buyers that took the market to new highs were quickly starting to take profits and sellers were more than willing to help push price back down (Gold Futures Day Trading Video).  With this trend reversal occurring, we reacted hastily by entering the market short as well with a 2-step pattern to the short side. Our order was executed at a basis of 9:49am EST, giving us a basis in the market of 1152.3. This turned out to be a great entry price, because more sellers began to join the market, fueling it to the downside and giving us profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and +13 ticks, for a total of +29 ticks ($290)!

After closing out our second trade, we had to wait once again for the market to show us another trading opportunity. That opportunity came shortly after the Crude Oil market released its Inventories at 10:30am EST, bringing the market to life once again. For the most part the Crude Oil market consolidated throughout the day at $80/barrel, and has only recently made its push back below $79/barrel (Sideways Market Day Trading Futures).  With the news being released at 10:30am EST, it gave the Crude Oil some great volatility and with it, great trading prospects. Not too long after the Inventories were released, we watched as the Crude Oil market climbed higher in price, giving us a chance to enter to the long side as well at 10:35am EST.  We took our third trade based off a Breaker pattern long with a basis of 80.11. Our price pattern soon paid off, giving us a quick profit of +4 ticks (2 contracts) and +2 ticks (2 contracts) for a total of +12 ticks ($120).

The fourth and final trade of the morning came closer towards the end of our trading session, as we usually will continue to watch the market until price action tells us otherwise. Our entry price on this trade, oddly enough, was the same as our third trade. As the Crude Oil market continued its fade off the recently made highs, a brief pullback in price gave us a great chance to enter long. At 11:28am EST we entered the market long at 80.11, due to our Breaker pattern coming to fruition. As we watched price action closely with a live order in the market, price quickly pushed upward, with larger buyers scrolling across the ticker tape and allowing us to scalp some profits from the market (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). We were able to close our final trade of the morning with profits of +4 ticks (2 contracts) and an additional +1 tick (2 contracts) for a total of +10 ticks ($100).

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Market Commentary November 18, 2009

Market Commentary November 16, 2009

It has been another great Monday morning for all of us at the School Of Trade. We saw some great price action this morning, and the market really started to pick up after the U.S released better than expected Retail Sales this morning at 9:30am EST (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). After this news had passed, we decided it was best to be patient and pick our trades carefully with the added volatility in the market. Our patience certainly paid off, as we went 3 for 4 today with $320 in profits!  

All of our trades today came in the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). The Crude Oil market has currently rallied quite significantly today, mostly due to positive U.S Retail sales being released at 9:30am EST. The market has ranged today from a low of roughly 76.60 to a high of 79.24, taking off to the long side once the U.S Equities market opened. After the news had been released, we waited for our perfect set-up to form, and thought we had found it at 10:00am EST ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). With the trend being up, we decided to enter in its direction, long, with a Breaker pattern. Our order was executed at a basis of 77.92, which at the time was the high-of-day. We initially saw positive price action in our direction, but it wasn’t long before the sellers quickly changed the direction of the market, pulling price back and stopping us out at a loss of -18 ticks ($180).

Soon after our first trade of the day was taken, we once again saw a possible School Of Trade set-up occurring. The market had continued to push forward after our trade, and finally seemed to be creating a top. With the buying pressure becoming lesser and lesser, we decided to look for a possible trend reversal trade to enter the market on (Price Patterns Technical Analysis Futures Video). That trend reversal came a 10:17am EST with a 2-step pattern short. We were able to execute our order with a basis of 78.38 and got a great fill, because the market soon collapsed, allowing us to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and finally an additional +3 ticks for a total of +21 ticks ($210).

The third trade of the morning, which came shortly after our second trade, was also taken on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). With the market continuing to pullback in price from its rally at 9:30am EST, the sellers looked to push price even further downward and we looked for another opportunity to enter the market short (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). We found this opportunity once the market had finally broken its recent lows, and we entered the market short at 10:34am EST. With our 2-step pattern setting up perfectly, it wasn’t long before more sellers jumped in the market, allowing it to sell off even further than before. Our order being executed at 78.23 proved to be a great entry, because we were able to take some great profits off the table at +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and +3 ticks, for another +21 tick winner! ($210).

After our first three trades in the market, we continued to scan all possible opportunities in any market. Our fourth and final trade of the morning came about an hour later and once again on the Crude Oil (Symbol CL). With the markets taking a break in their volatility prior to U.S news at 11:00am EST, we decided it was best to sit patiently and wait for the market to come to us, instead of forcing a trade (3 Key Components To A Day Trading System Video). After the U.S Business Inventories had been released at 11:00am EST, volume also entered the market with it. The market quickly began to rally once again after the news had been released, and we continued to qualify possible trade set-ups. After a brief pullback in price, we were finally able to identify a possible long set-up with our Breaker pattern. We entered the market long at 11:36am EST with a basis of 79.14; as we executed our order, the market took off to the long side, giving us a great chance to lock in some profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) for a total of +8 ticks on our last trade of the morning ($80).

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Today I had what you’d probably call my “proper” booking in appointment with the midwife at the hospital.

I actually was expecting a consultant appointment, and a midwife appointment (cos that’s what it said on the letter) but actually it was only with the midwife.

It was all pretty routine, updating my details and taking a few notes about Lilly’s birth. We talked very briefly about me wanting a VBAC but she said the consultant is the person who’ll really talk about that with me. She had a quick scan over my labour notes and said the reason had been put down as “fetal distress” and “failture to progress”, and she said that those reasons meant it shouldn’t be a problem if I want to “try again”.

I agreed to all the blood tests, but I’m not having the triple test / quad test which screens for likelihood of Down’s Syndrome. I did have it last time, and it all came back fine, but last year my friend had a really horrible experience after coming back high risk. She had to agonise over whether or not to have the amniocentisis procedure (which carries a risk of miscarriage but will tell you 100% if your baby has Down’s). While my poor friend was making up her mind I spent a lot of time thinking about it and what I would do if I were in her position.

In my first pregnancy, I just said yes to every test going and never worried about anything. But since then, I’ve learnt that those triple tests are pretty inaccurate, and can give you a worryingly high risk factor when, in fact, your baby is just fine. It’s really a matter of personal choice but I really don’t think I could risk an amnio and the possibility of miscarrying a healthy baby, or the even worse option of getting rid of a baby just because it had Down’s. So the test really isn’t of any interest to me. I hope and pray that my baby will be fine, of course, but I could never get rid of it if it wasn’t. So, that’s why I’ve made my decision. Hubby was a bit unsure at first but I think he now understands my reasons and is supportive of them.

Incidentally, my friend did have her amnio, her baby was unaffected and the test results were clear.

Anyway, I had my other blood tests and got my bounty pack, and that was it. Roll on two weeks and the 12 week scan!

See the below images relating to a battery charger that Jacob was using to charge the battery of his car.
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This is a “tape like” MACD. The difference between the MACD and the signal line is plotted as a tape instead of plotting two separate lines. You can customize the MACD variables and the colors.

MACD stands for Moving Average Convergence / Divergence and measures the difference between two Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs). Read more about it here: Color MACD for Metatrader 5

The most popular formula for the MACD indicator are the 26-day and 12-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs).

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And How “The Lipstick Indicator” Affects Men!

Do you remember comedian Billy Crystal’s imitation of actor Fernando Lamas on Saturday Night Live in the ’80’s? One of his big catch phrases was, “It’s better to look good than to feel good.” And that’s what “The Lipstick Indicator” is all about. Guys, stay with us here – it does carry over to our gender.

What’s The Lipstick Indicator? No, it doesn’t have anything to do with pigs, pitbulls, or Palin. Believe it or not, it’s a sign of economic distress, as devised by Leonard Lauder, chairman of the Est�e Lauder cosmetics company shortly after the 9/11 attacks of 2001. Lauder noticed that lipstick sales spiked as the stock market dived downward in the days that followed. And he had the bright idea that when business goes bad, people start a stampede towards affordable luxuries – since buying big-ticket items is suddenly not an option.

Lauder’s theory was validated by a little more research – turns out, during the Great Depression in the 1930’s, the cosmetics industry actually boomed – with an annual increase of 25%. Not many other businesses could make that claim! With that track record in mind, Est�e Lauder and other lipstick companies are suddenly releasing new shades and new lines for sale, to maximize their advantage in the wake of this year’s “Wall Street Meltdown.”

The New York Times did an entire article on the dynamic this past May – and quoted Dr. April Benson, a Manhattan psychologist, on why women lap up the lipstick when money’s tight: “When women use lipstick in times of stress, they’re doing it to put forward an image that they are more alive and vibrant, and not as down in the mouth.” Yep. Better to look good than to feel good.

But what does that have to do with guys? Well, it turns out men aren’t as different from woman as they might like to think. Maybe they can’t afford that hot new sports car – or they have to pass on that boys-only Vegas weekend for now. But they too, look for affordable luxuries that can make them look good – it turns out, feel good as well.

That’s why many men are suddenly flocking to new barbershop franchises that brings back the classic barbershop services and atmosphere – and adds a few modern twists that make for an awesome, self-indulgent, yet affordable experience. By featuring authentic straight-razor shaves administered by expert, licensed barbers, modern grooming products, and other extras, including complimentary beverage service (even Beer!), these clubs turn the traditional shave and a haircut into a luxurious but affordable “time-out” from the stresses of today’s economic woes. That’s why these franchises are being bought up quickly as smart investors realize The Lipstick Indicator Theory really points to one of those rare opportunities not to be passed up.

Contrary to Billy Crystal’s catchphrase, you CAN look good and feel good – just ask any delighted Barber Club member. And don’t be afraid to admire that member’s outstanding new shave and haircut by using that other famous Billy Crystal catchphrase: “You look marvelous!”

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MACD stands for Moving Average Convergence / Divergence and measures the difference between two Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs). It is a very popular technical analysis indicator that is widely used in many forex trading strategies because it provides reliable signals of trend changes The most popular formula for the “standard” MACD is the difference between a security’s 26-day and 12-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs).

Color MACD for Metatrader 5 is much better than the standart one because you can customize the histogram colors.

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Volgens mij is men de ranglijstjes in de zorg een beetje moe aan het worden.
Toch blijft het mij verbazen, dat ik steeds weer blije foto’s zie in een huisorgaan, waar de medewerkers getrakteerd worden op taart, omdat, jawel, ze gestegen zijn op de ranglijst van beste ziekenhuis, bovenste beste afdeling, allerbeste specialisme, meest klantvriendelijk, goed, beter, best daar draait het om. Maar dat moet toch het normale streven van alledag zijn.

Maar als patient – hoe maak je je keuze : Lijstje, reisje, prijsje?

Moet ik dan eerst een puzzle oplossen via www.kiesbeter.nl ?

Raak daarvan uit mijn evenwicht, dan is daar,  geen behandeladres voor aangegeven?
Een digitale benchmark met alle behandelingen op een rijtje (weergave van alle gepubliceerde lijstjes) wordt onmisbaar.

Kies je voor behandeling a het beste ziekenhuis, dan ga je naar Heerlen, vervolgens voor behandeling b naar Den Haag en gelukkig voor behandeling c kun je je in eigen regio prima laten opnemen. Krijg je nog eens bezoek en zorg je niet voor een verkeersinfarct. “Makkelijker kunnen we het niet maken”.

Nieuwe hype: Eigenlijk ben ik toe aan een nieuwe hype. Misschien had ik even niet opgelet, maar ineens valt het me op dat er zoveel prijzen in de zorg te winnen zijn. Dan heb ik het niet over iets vergelijkbaars met de jackpot,  die gisteren in het casino toeviel aan iemand die slechts met een inzet van  3,75 euro het duizelingwekkende bedrag van 1.384.486,01 won.
Dan ben je bijna toe aan een opname  – welke locatie zal die persoon dan kiezen? Lijstje, reisje, prijsje?

Een greep uit de prijzenpot van deze week?

Nominaties bekend: Overheidsmanager van het Jaar http://www.overheidsmanager.nl/nm/index.html

VIRGO Consortium wint Valorisation Award 2009 De jaarlijkse kennisvalorisatieprijs van het Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI)

Zorgvisie zoekt Zorgmanager en Talent van het jaar

Boodschappenpakket is Het Beste Zorgidee 2009

Libelle kiest beste verpleegkundigen

Kandidaten Anna Reijnvaanprijs gezocht!

Market Commentary November 2, 2009

 Well it was yet again another great Monday morning for all of us at the School of Trade! We saw some great volume today in the markets, thanks to some added volatility courtesy of the U.S news events released later on in the morning. It is also important though to remember that we have the FOMC day on Wednesday, so volume was a little bit sleepy today early on, and you should expect the same tomorrow as well. Even with the inconsistent level of volume, we were still able to go 5 for 6 today with a profit of $495.00. Let’s review those great trades…….

Our first trade of the morning came on the Crude Oil market, (Symbol CL). Today, the Crude oil market produced a rather large channel throughout the day, oscillating from roughly 78.60 to 77.00. Early price action was slow to start, most likely to the FOMC decision about to take place later this week, but the opening of the pits trading at 9:00am EST as well as the U.S Equities market at 9:30am EST brought the market lower with added volume. It once again tested the highs of the day shortly after that, but when watching the tape at the highs, it was clear that the market participants looked to keep the range they had set early on in the morning (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). As the market was selling off earlier in the morning after the open outcry pits began to trade, we looked to take advantage of the short side pressure and join the sellers. At 9:16am EST we entered the crude oil market based off a Breaker short patter at 77.15. Once our order had been executed, we didn’t have to wait long before our first price target had been reached, allowing us to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) before closing our trade with a total of +8 ticks ($80). 

 The second trade of the morning came about an hour later, due to the release of news in the U.S, and we were able to identify a great set-up on the Mini-Russell (Symbol TF). The Mini-Russell consolidated amid the early hours of electronic trading, but once the U.S equities market opened up at 9:30am EST, the sellers jumped on the opportunity with significant volume, pushing the market even further south (E-MINI Futures Day Trading Video). The sellers finally found a bottom around 10:00am EST, at which time the buyers began to rally once again towards the highs of the day. Once this happened, we knew it was time to enter the market, with volume seeming to be on our side, we entered the market at 10:19am EST off a Breaker long pattern. Once our order had been executed though at 566.8, it seemed that the buyers no longer wanted anything to do with the market, and price action began to slow down considerably. Upon seeing this, we decided it was best for our trading account to exit the trade at our entry price, +/- 0 ticks.

 Not long after our scratch trade on the Mini-Russell occurred, we decided to scan the markets for another set-up, this time taking refuge in the Crude Oil market once again. The Crude Oil had continued to oscillate, finding a top around the mid-$78 price level. It wasn’t long before the sellers took over control of the market, allowing us to look for a possible entry to the short side ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). At 10:29am EST we found just that; with a Breaker to the short side. We placed out stop limit order at 78.17 and were executed shortly, once in the market, volume kicked in with more sellers coming across the ticker tape, allowing us to get +4 ticks (2 contracts) before closing our trade with a profit of +8 ticks ($80). 

 It was only a matter of minutes before our next trade set-up yet again on the Mini-Russell market (Symbol TF). The market had been pulling back sharply from its latest decline in price action, and we looked to take advantage of this pullback (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). The short term trend began to change ever so slightly to the long side, which is when we entered the market long with a Breaker patter at 10:32am EST. Once in the market, it wasn’t long before we were able to scalp off some quick profits from the market, with an entry price of 568.6, we quickly picked up +4 ticks (2 contracts) for a total of +8 ticks on the trade.

The fifth trade of the morning came only minutes after we had closed our trade on the Mini-Russell, but this time it was on the British Pound futures (Symbol 6B). The British pound futures also kept a rather tight price range today, hardly exceeding 1.6430 – 1.6330 (Sideways Market Day Trading Futures). The market oscillated multiple times today inside this range, and we waited patiently for a trading opportunity. At 11:02am EST opportunity finally knocked and we were there to take advantage of it. With the market coming off its recently made lows, it began to pull back to the long side, which is when we took our trend reversal trade, the 2-Step, long at 1.6382. As soon as our order had been executed, larger buyers came across the ticker tape, obviously wanting to push this market higher, which indeed it is, allowing us to take profits at +4 ticks (4 contracts) and again at +3 ticks (4 contracts) for a total of +28 ticks; we trade double the contract size on the British pound because of tick value ($175). 

 We ended up trading later into the morning than usual today because there was a steady flow of volume still in the market. At 12:08am EST we once again saw volume pick up on the Crude Oil market, (Symbol CL), allowing us to enter the market for one last trade. With the market trending to the short side, we were able to identify a Breaker price pattern and enter the market shortly after that at a basis of 78.32 (Price Patterns Technical Analysis Futures Video). With not only the trend, but also the volume of the market on our side, it wasn’t long of a wait before we took profit from the market at +4 ticks (2 contracts) for a total of +8 ticks on our last trade of the day. Review Our Trades From Yesterday! See All Of Our Previous Trades Click Here To See How We Set-Up Our Workspace

Market Commentary October 29, 2009

Another great day of trading for the School of Trade! We saw a number of different news events come out during our trading session this morning; at 8:30am EST Unemployment Claims and U.S GDP q/q was reported. Then at 9:30am EST Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke as well as at 10:30am EST we had the Natural Gas storage stats being released. With all these news events affecting all the markets we trade in different ways, we had to be careful to pick only the very best set-ups on the most liquid markets. This proved to work just fine for us, as we went 5 for 6 today, with a total profit of $780; and all done on a $4,000 trading account (Futures Day Trading Account Management Video)!

We started off our trading day on the British Pound futures (Symbol 6B). Since the start of the European trading session, the pound futures had been in rather narrow choppy uptrend, but started to oscillate with wider price swings once greater volume enter the market in the U.S (Sideways Market Day Trading Futures).  After seeing price rally after the 8:30am EST news events, we looked to enter the market with the added volume; and waited for a set-up. Shortly after the news had been released we saw a possible Breaker short set-up, and were able to enter the market at 8:37am EST at 1.6493. Once our order had been executed, we were quickly given the opportunity to take some profits, and closed our trade with +4 ticks (4 contracts) giving us a total of +16 ticks for our first trade of the morning ($100).

Our next trade came rather shortly after our first, but this time on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). With the natural gas storage numbers being released later in the morning, we weren’t sure if the crude market would produce much of anything; but today it actually did! With good volume and just the right amount of volatility added to the market, we were able to take some great trades off it this morning. It rallied strong after the GDP and Unemployment figures were released, and didn’t pullback in price until the start of the open outcry pit trading at 9:00am EST (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). At this time we saw a great opportunity to enter the market to the short side because of greater volume enter the market, and larger sell orders coming across the ticker tape. At 9:02am EST we decided to enter the market short with a 2-step pattern and a basis of 78.67. While in the market, we didn’t have to wait long for our profit targets to get filled and even got a chance to let our final contract run with price action, locking in profits of +4 ticks (2 contracts) +8 ticks and +7 ticks for a total of +23 ticks ($230).

Seeing this trend to the short side continue in the Crude Oil, we didn’t wait long before entering that same market once again to the short side (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). With a continuation of the trend setting up, we looked to take a Breaker pattern to the short side. This is exactly what we did at 9:08am EST, as we entered the crude oil market with the trend on our side and a basis price of 78.35. With the trend in our favor, we were able to scalp off another +4 ticks (2 contracts) on this trade, for a total of +8 ticks ($80).

We continued to wait patiently as the market trended higher in the Crude Oil market. It wasn’t long before the Crude Oil had made a run at its daily highs; giving us yet another opportunity to trade. After seeing the market test the previous highs, it was clear to use, based off our technical indicators, that the buyers were not going to hold price for long, anticipating this, and waiting patiently for our price pattern to set-up for an entry, we looked to take the market short after the buying pressure had been exhausted (Swing-High Swing-Low Technical Analysis Day Trading Futures Video). Finally at 9:41am EST the buyers looked to take profits, and sellers once again entered the market, giving us a great Breaker short pattern and enabling us to enter the market at 78.67. Price soon took off to the short side as more and more sellers joined the market, giving us the chance to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) +8 ticks and an additional +4 ticks on our final contract, for a total of +20 ticks ($200).

After seeing the Crude Oil market test its daily highs once before, we continued to watch the market as, after a slight pullback, it rallied once again and finally broke the highs of the day around the $79 price level. It was evident though to us, via the P.O.T indicator, that the buying pressure would not hold for long, thus giving us a change in the short term trend and a possible trade set-up. At 10:08am EST we were given our quick trend change, and were able to take advantage of it with a 2- step short ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). We entered with added selling pressure coming into the market, with a basis of 79.13; and it wasn’t long before our profit targets were getting hit, helping us lock in profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) +9 ticks and an additional +15 ticks for a total of +32 ticks ($320).

Our sixth trade of the morning, and our last came on the British Pound futures (Symbol 6B). Simply put, we thought the market was going to go higher based off our price pattern set-up, but unfortunately, since the market is always right, we were wrong on this trade. As all of our traders are taught, you simply can’t have every trade be a winner. Although it was a disappointment to take a loss as the last trade of the day, it also provided us with another learning experience, that all traders take a loss at time and no one is perfect. Our trade set-up at 11:06am EST as the British Pound was looking to make new highs, so we entered the market with a Breaker patter long at 6589; and ended taking a full stop out of   -24 ticks (-$150).

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Market Commentary October 27, 2009

It was yet another great day in the markets for all of us at the School of Trade. We were able to take 2 trades, and went 2 for 2 with a total profit of $470.00 on 4 contracts. Both of our trades this morning came on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). The Crude oil market retraced off its highs yesterday afternoon, and never looked back, closing inside the $78/barrel price at the end of the day.  The commencement of trading in the open outcry pits at 9:00am EST this morning as well as the U.S Equities opening at 9:30am EST only brought the market lower yet again, into the $77 price level. It wasn’t until the late morning when price action began to trend back up towards $80/barrel (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures).

When we finally saw the pace of the tape increasing at a speed we liked (showing green P.O.T bars), and noticed more and more participants entering into the market, we knew it was time to take a trade. At 10:19am EST we noticed that price was beginning to retrace off its lows of the day, and after a slight pullback in price, we noticed the sellers might not be finished with the market. We decided to enter the market to the short side with a Breaker pattern completing its formation, and our order was executed at 78.32 ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). Once in the market, we kept a keen eye on all of our technical indicators to ensure the best possible outcome. It wasn’t long before our momentum was turning to the short side, and more sellers came across the ticker tape, allowing us to take some quick profits at +4 ticks (2 contacts) for a total of +8 ticks on our first trade of the morning ($80).

Our second trade came shortly after our first was closed at a profit and was also taken on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). The selling pressure didn’t last long, and hindsight showed us we got out at just the right time, because buyers began to quickly file into the market and sellers raced to take profits (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). With strong buying pressure entering the market, and larger than normal order flow ticking across the tape, we looked for a possible entry signal into the market. At 10:26am EST we got exactly that, and entered the Crude Oil market long with a Breaker pattern. Our stop limit order was filled instantly, with a basis of 78.75; and we watched as the buyers soon took over the market, pushing price much higher than we expected, allowing us to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and an additional +23 ticks on our last contract, netting us a total of +39 ticks on our final trade of the morning ($390).

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Market Commentary October 26, 2009

Well today’s price action sure proved to use that it was a Monday morning! We saw some decent volume enter the market as the U.S markets began to open up and begin their trading, but didn’t take any trades until later in the morning. We saw many great trading opportunities, but the price action wasn’t quite was we were looking for. Fortunately, we were still able to take 2 trades today and going 2 for 2, we closed out our day with a total of $320 in profit!

Our first trade of the morning came on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). In the early electronic trading hours, the Crude Oil market had rallied roughly a dollar, and then began to consolidate at its highs until the start of the open outcry pits began trading at 9:00am EST; at which point price rallied even stronger into the $81 price level. The opening of the U.S equities market at 9:30am EST brought the Crude Oil market even higher into the 81.50 levels, but the rally didn’t last long, and it started to pullback strongly as sellers entered the market and buyers ended up taking profits. It wasn’t long before the Crude Oil market was testing the high $79.00 price level once again, giving us even more opportunities for possible trades ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). We finally were able to execute one of the School of Trade’s set-ups, the Breaker short, at 11:15am EST. With price action as well as the trade pattern setting up perfectly, our order was executed at a basis of 80.57 and the sellers in the market didn’t wait long before selling the market even further. The selloff allowed us to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contract), +8 ticks and +16 ticks for our final contact, netting us a total profit of +32 ticks on our first trade of the morning ($320).

Our second trade of the morning came shortly after our first, when we began to see increasing price action via the Pace of the Tape indicator, on the British pound futures (Symbol 6B). The British pound futures trended higher for most of the morning, and it wasn’t until the late morning that it started to take back about 50% of its rally.  With the price action finally showing us a top around 11:00am EST, we waited patiently for another quality set-up to take into the lunch hours of the U.S markets. At 11:59am EST price action finally gave us a great opportunity, setting up a Breaker pattern to the short side. We were able to enter the market with a basis of 1.6340, and waited patiently for the market to make its decision on a direction. After seeing price action slow down considerably to a crawling pace, via our P.O.T indicator, we made the decision to exit our trade early, at our entry price (+/- 0 Ticks). Granted, the bottom soon fell out of the market , which would have resulted in a profitable trade for us, but it is of utmost importance for all traders, of any skill set, to react to price action, and not try to predict it, which is exactly what we did; and it saved us money (3 Key Components To A Day Trading System Video)

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Market Commentary October 23, 2009

Well it has been another great week of profits for all of the traders at the School of Trade! We saw some decent price action today; earlier in the morning many of the markets seemed to consolidate from yesterday’s close. This didn’t last long though, with the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Big Ben Bernanke, speaking at 8:30am EST as well as the Existing Home Sales figures being released today for the United States (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). With another exciting day in the markets come and gone, we were able to scalp off two trades, for a total of +$260 to end our week!  

Our first trade of the morning came on the Gold market (Symbol GC).  Today the gold market continued its consolidation throughout the early electronic trading hours, but once the currency and commodities trading began at 8:20am EST, the Gold market really started to rally. We believe this rally also had to do with the Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke’s speech at 8:30am EST. With the passing of some of the news events and added volatility, we began looking for possible School of Trade set-ups on the Gold market (Gold Futures Day Trading Video).  Our opportunity came about an hour later, when Gold was finally starting to retrace off its highs.  At 10:08am EST we entered the market short, off a Breaker pattern; getting our order executed at 1062.8. The stochastics began to rollover to the short side, and as more sellers joined the market via our pace of the tape indicator, we were able to pick up +4 ticks (2 contracts), +8 ticks and another +10 ticks for our final contract, for a total of +26 ticks! ($260)

The second and final trade for us on this Friday morning came on the Mini-Russell (Symbol TF). We also saw a lot of consolidation today on the Mini-Russell; and didn’t see any real significant price action until the U.S Existing Home Sales numbers were released at 10:00am EST (E-MINI Futures Day Trading Video).  With added volume finally entering into the market after 10:00am EST, we were able to start looking for possible quality School of Trade set-ups. At 10:46am EST we were able to qualify a Breaker pattern short; gaining an entry into the market at a basis of 603.8. Soon after our order had been executed, we continued to watch price action on the tape and our P.O.T indicator to see where the market was going to show us any follow through. After seeing our first target just barely missed multiple times, we decided it was in the best interest of our account balance to exit the trade early, for a scratch (+/- 0 ticks).

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Market Commentary October 22, 2009

Today was another great day of trading for all of us at the School of Trade! All of the trades we took today were after the major U.S news events, and we made sure that the U.S Unemployment Claims were released before looking to take any trades. The reason we did this was because, many of the larger institutional traders will wait to play the news events, which is very dangerous to day traders such as ourselves (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). We were able to take three trades this morning, and went 3 for 3 for a total profit of +$260!  

Our first trade of the morning came prior to the U.S Equities opening at 9:30am EST. Of course we also had to wait for the U.S Unemployment Claims number to be released at 8:30am EST, which gave us roughly an hour to trade before the U.S open (3 Key Components To A Day Trading System Video).  After the news, we began scanning all markets for possible trade set-ups, and it wasn’t long before we found one on the British Pound futures (Symbol 6B).  The pound had been retracing off the lows of the day, and once volume stepped into the market after the news, it began selling off once again; we decided to take advantage of the short term trend by entering the market short with our Breaker pattern. At 9:02am EST our order was executed with a basis of 1.6532, and we were swiftly able to lock in profits at our first profit target of +4 ticks (4 contracts) for a total of +16 ticks on our first trade of the morning ($100).

The second trade of the morning came shortly after our first, when we were able to scalp some ticks off of the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL) (Scalping Futures Day Trading Video). The Crude Oil market had been consolidating inside the $80 price range ever since the beginning of electronic trading, but once the open outcry pits opened up at 9:00am EST, the market began a strong sell off into the $80.00 price level. Taking advantage of this short term trend change, we entered the market at 9:04am EST with a Breaker pattern. Our order was executed at 80.34; where our stop limit was placed, and as more sellers joined the market, price action was able to lock in +4 ticks (2 contracts) for a total profit of +8 ticks ($80).

Our third and final trade of the morning also came on the Crude Oil market (Symbol CL). Ever since the open of the U.S Equities market, price hadn’t really broken out of its range near $81/barrel, so we continued to be patient and wait for our set-ups to come to us, we were not about to force any trades and risk losing all of our profits for the day. Our patience finally paid off at 10:22am EST when we noticed that the Crude Oil market was beginning to rally into the $81/barrel price level ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video). Seeing the short term trend to the upside, we quickly entered the market with a Breaker long at a basis of 81.09. Once our order was executed price action began to speed up and momentum once again curled in our favor; with an increase in the speed of the tape to the long side, we were able to guarantee +4 ticks (2 contracts) on our final trade of the morning with our ATM strategy, for a total profit of +8 ticks ($80).

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Market Content October 21, 2009

Today was another day of profitable trading with the School of Trade! We had to be very selective in our trades today, mostly due to the Crude Oil Inventories being released at 10:30am EST. It is always important to be aware of any and all news events that are coming out during the trading day; because you never know how it will affect the market you might be trading. We were able to take a total of 3 trades today, going 2 for 3 with a total profit of $80 on 4 contracts.

Our first trade of the morning came on one of the E-mini’s, the Mini-Russell (Symbol TF).  The mini-Russell stayed relatively flat with little volume until the start of the U.S Equities market opened at 9:30am, at which point buyers jumped in the market and price began quite an impressive rally into the 10:00am hour. It was at this time though, that the rally began to weaken, and as the buyers began to take profits off the table, more and more sellers looked to be entering the market; setting up a perfect counter-trend trade for us. At 10:17am EST we were able to capitalize on the quick trend reversal with our 2-step pattern, getting an entry price of 620.9 to the short side.  After seeing price action form a double top in price it wasn’t long before the market started to sell off, allowing us to take profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) for a total of +8 ticks on our first trade of the morning ($80) (Price Patterns Technical Analysis Futures Video).

The second trade of the morning came shortly after our first, and was also executed on the Mini-Russell (Symbol TF). The market had continued to oscillate around its newly made highs, and after a pullback in price, we began to look for another quick trend reversal, this time to the long side. At 10:37am EST, with our Pace of the Tape indicator as well as other technical indicators we use, showing decreasing selling pressure, we placed an order to go long on the Mini-Russell at 620.4. Our order was executed quickly, and we watched with the utmost concentration on the price action, to see if our first target would get filled (Identify Market Sentiment For Day Trading Futures). After seeing price trade up to, but not execute at our first profit target, we quickly decided that it was time to exit our trade, and ended up closing at a small loss of -2 ticks (4 contracts) for a total of -8 ticks (-$80).

At the point in the morning, all the news had been released, and we were at break-even, which considering the price action today wasn’t too bad at all. Many traders that are in this position make a decision to either continue trading, or stop for the day, we continued. Our third and final trade of the morning didn’t come for about an hour after our previous trade, and this time we looked to the Crude Oil market to provide us with the right opportunity ( Crude Oil Futures Day Trading Video).  At 11:49am EST, the Crude Oil market provided us with a just that; after a small rally to the long side, we entered short with our 2-step pattern at a basis of 80.42. It wasn’t long before more sellers scrolled across the ticker tape, and we knew we were in the correct direction of the market; we were able to lock in profits at +4 ticks (2 contracts) before closing our trade, for a total profit of +8 ticks ($80).

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