Chaos Clinic Recap
Here are Al's comments
3:55 out for +2; now I am through
3:51 1269 would make an 18 point range
3:48 If still in, I will cover at 4:00
3:45 stop not hit; don't care if it is; hanging tough
3:40 last two highs were at 40 minutes past the hour
3:29 stop to 1275, above the 110 EXMA
3:27 here I'm just watching a SPKISS chart
3:20 stop to 1276, just above the 110 EXMA
3:12 regular TG pointed out that this is quad witching day; added a lot of noise
3:08 focusing just on my stop, and on being patient
3:03 stop to 1277, just above the point where the 110 EXMA crossed the 440
2:58 lowering stop to 1278
2:50 this trade qualifies for the GO BIG rule, so I will try to carry it into the close
2:45 still OK; just waiting for the other shoe to drop
2:30 I'm having a problem with my physical stamina. Really wanted to leave
2:24 disengaging from doing the clinic helped me see that move setting up. I posted a new FOG chart in the CCT room.
2:19 OK, I did come back and take a look at the last trade-sold 1275 stop 1280
1:40 I am going to call it a day. This is a stinker. I've made several trades with small losses, which is OK.
looks like we hold up for the day. Thanks for coming; see you next week. Take a course.
1:38 aborted for -1
1:31 this move needs to continue; stop to 1280.25
1:27 the smell may be about to improve
1:24 in the chat room, regular MM is pointing out that this is turning into a stinker-I call them "MM stinkers"
1:21 one has to sit on a stop and wait and not react to the blips
1:15 there are times to act fast and times to act slowly; in a move 4, one needs to act slowly
1:12 move 4's are often choppy congestions and try your patience; you want to yell "Do something!"
1:00 back-still OK; move 5 is a fractal is the best one to catch if the first 4 are about the same size
12:42 taking a breakfast break; stop is in and me watching the pot boil is not doing any good
12:34 trade still OK ; from the high this is a move 4 of 7 down
12:27 I don't like this blip, but I'm holding fast; stop is in
12:14 posted a Face of God chart in the CCT room
12:11 sold 1278 stop 1281
12:04 pinched between the 440 and 110 EXMA's
11:48 continuation sell on the 20/110 entering second trade window -looking for a good entry
11:40 trading both sides of the 110-stay out and watch
11:38 updated my FOP in the CCT room
11:36 on the MTRainbow chart the 110 and 220 EXMA's have turned down, and the 440 is rolling over
11:31 so much for my bullish scenario
11:26 out for -2
11:23 down to the 1279 prime number; also the 220 minute EXMA
11:06 trade looking good. Moving stop to 1278
10:53 in trading, one will make mistakes. One has to immediately forget them and just keep going
10:47 rebought 1280 stop 1276; third time is a charm; more confident now that I found a FOP
10:45 support came on the Node/Sun flux
10:44 that fractal suggests the low of the day is in
10:40 I have placed a Fractal of Pi chart in the Certified Chaos Trader's Room. That room is open
to graduates of my 4 main courses. See http://moneytide.com -> Courses for details.
10:32 1277 is also a prime number
10:26 1279 is a prime number, looking like support
10:22 have a 20/110 sell, but the 110 is pretty flat; smells like a "hook and go"
10:15 range set by Uranus: +U315 to +U270 flux. Uranus is associated with earthquakes and uranium - hmm
10:08 I still think we hold up today.
10:04 out -3; pressing too hard
9:55 rebought at 1283 stop 1280; bounced off the 110 EXMA
9:53 looks like the Mercury +M279/Saturn +S090 electric field flux are support-on Chaos Clinc astro chart
9:50 looks like following the red -Tide, which does turn up soon
9:48 there I read the 20 EXMA as turning up and it did not.
9:47 aborted for -1; no go
9:45 bought 1283.5 stop 1280.5
9:42 trading around the Moon +T315 flux;
9:39 on the MTRainbow chart the 440 EXMA is up, but clear down near 1272
9:38 watching for a continuation buy opportunity
9:31 a day like this is hard to trade-about 15 point move since yesterday make further advance difficult
while the momentum makes any large decline unlikey
9:25 opening gap up - wild range for the week. Trade times today are 10:11, 12:36, and 14:52
9:00 Good morning from Chaos Manor
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comments from other traders who sometimes share their views,
trades and tips. Below are the chat room comments from this clinic
3/18/2011 11:50:08 AM MT TG****:: MM, since you mentioned 45 minutes, I noticed that the 2nd top that tested R4 was 45 minutes before the first trade time, the low right near R2 was 45 minutes before the 2nd trade time.
3/18/2011 11:39:54 AM MT TG****:: today is a quad witching day too.
3/18/2011 11:18:52 AM MT mm****:: this is developing into a typical Friday Stinker
3/18/2011 10:27:21 AM MT mm****:: The Master says 45 min
3/18/2011 10:00:55 AM MT TG****:: MM, what do you use as a trade window around the projected CIT. for example +/- 30 minutes, or maybe 15 minutes before to 45 minutes after the tide time?
3/18/2011 9:38:56 AM MT mm****:: and I did not like the projected wiggles - they are working !
3/18/2011 9:29:17 AM MT mm****:: TG - as I explained before - I don't just enter on every H or SS - this one was relatively close to a projected CIT - but it was not on a S/R level
3/18/2011 9:15:04 AM MT Al****:: I'll look at those issues. My request code specifically askes for theopen and close. I'll see tonight if I really get them.
3/18/2011 9:09:09 AM MT TG****:: Al, that ticker, when I check it around 4:40 or so gives the daily high and low during the outcry session. It doesn't give the open and I have to infer the close from the current price and the amount of change it shows.
3/18/2011 9:07:18 AM MT TG****:: Posted my fractal grid.
3/18/2011 9:05:43 AM MT TG****:: MM,why wasn't the 3 minute hammer that openend at 10:06 or the one that opened at 10:30 a buy. Do you wait for some sort of display of further strength (or weakness in terms of a sell).
3/18/2011 9:04:40 AM MT Al****:: TG: you just gave me a piece of information I lacked. I've been trying to build an end of day data collector using yahoo, but I could not get the futures part right. Now I can go back to this project. Maybe I can finally replace my EOD data vendor.
3/18/2011 8:59:01 AM MT mm****:: I am going to wait for the next trade time - I don't like the wiggles on the chart
3/18/2011 8:54:26 AM MT TG****:: MM, I've been computing the pit levels myself in a spreadsheet. The yahoo finance web address I posted a few days ago with the SPM11.CME ticker has proven accurate for the daily range. Anyway I put the horizontal lines in place shortly after the close and it those levels seem to work very well in the overnight session as well.
3/18/2011 8:51:34 AM MT TG****:: For what it's worth, this little streak is on my up fractal grid that I started from the 8:24 low.
3/18/2011 7:41:34 AM MT mm****:: yes TG - isn't it amazing how the pit's S/R levels work even though the volume on the e mini is much larger than the one on the outcry S&P ?
3/18/2011 7:10:08 AM MT TG****:: punched all the way to R4 right into preoutcry tide time.
3/18/2011 5:23:23 AM MT mm****:: gm all - in the 40ies here - have a great day
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