Tuesday, February 24, 2009

ES Trades 2/24

ES 3min

752.5 - Fri's Low
743.25 - Today's Low

Support for now - 749.75 (doesn't look like it's going to hold for much longer)
Resistance for now - 755.5

I can't decide if I should treat the trades below as winning or scratched trades. If I treat them as scratched (I did scratch them coz setups were just not working out - at least not as quickly as I expected them to), I can continue to trade without feeling like I've broken one of the 1000 rules I have.

I'm finally seeing a very nice HS setup to short all the way to 745, and D just text to say I should just call it a winning day....

This has been a daily battle for me for 3 months now. Some days I think I could tell the difference between overtrading, and the scratching of trades from lousy setups while waiting for the good ones to show; most days I need a very sensible and rational D to point out that the setups good enough for my trading style are virtually extinct now.

Am still working on developing a taste for ES' waltzing up, down and sideways on my chart.

3 comments:

Jennifer said...

Hi Jules,

Certainly choppy indeed (most traders' nightmare) but gave way to a huge rally later on in the day. I'm impressed you withstood the chop and ca!

"working towards consistent daily results"

That's a great goal and so far it looks like you're in the right direction..

Jennifer said...

oops, typo! I'm impressed you withstood the chop and traded well today.

Jules said...

Thank you, Jane :-)
Actually, if you use a 3min chart, you'll see that it isn't that choppy. The patterns are clear on 3min yesterday. 3min is good for daytrades, not just for scalping :-)