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#61 dTraderB

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Posted 19 May 2020 - 09:54 AM

ES long 43.50 

leave this there

close 2949

+5.5

 

will reopen lower



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Posted 19 May 2020 - 11:21 AM

long ES 46.50
added 3 SPY PUTS



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Posted 19 May 2020 - 12:30 PM

long ES 46.50
added 3 SPY PUTS

closed 50.25

+3.75

 

will open lower

market in a congestion zone

 

will trade NQ 6-lot LONG and 4-lot short



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Posted 19 May 2020 - 01:57 PM

Got to buy... hate it but the strategy kicks in.. 

ES long 2929



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Posted 19 May 2020 - 02:09 PM

Got to buy... hate it but the strategy kicks in.. 

ES long 2929

2949

 

busy



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Posted 19 May 2020 - 05:11 PM

Of course I was expecting a reversal if SPX 2960 could not hold - I may have mentioned that earlier today with a bref comment on the congestion zone; but, I did not expect such a sudden downdraft, because of MODERNA? 

No, moderna was a factor but the market was stretched and uneasy for much of the day, mired in that big congestion zone, see my comment on that in one of the post above, yesterday? 
It is fun trading now after hours but I need rest. Will leave that ES long there for overnight, it could lose 200 points ... 

 

41 SPY PUTS

long one ES

 

flat crude & NQ
 



#67 dTraderB

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Posted 19 May 2020 - 05:24 PM

NO!! Is this correct?
 

Amazon.com, Inc.
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2,449.33 USD +23.07 (0.95%)

Closed: 19 May, 5:37 pm GMT-4 · Disclaimer
After hours 1,969.88 −479.45 (19.57%)


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Posted 19 May 2020 - 05:26 PM

a typo, had to be because ES and NQ are slightly up 

 

Amazon.com, Inc.
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2,449.33 USD +23.07 (0.95%)

Closed: 19 May, 6:06 pm GMT-4 · Disclaimer
After hours 2,452.37 +3.04 (0.12%)


#69 dTraderB

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Posted 20 May 2020 - 05:54 AM

 

Got to buy... hate it but the strategy kicks in.. 

ES long 2929

2949

 

busy

 

ah, the hedge! did its job overnight
closed 2950.50
only 2.5 points profit but regained all those ES points from the low last evening. 
 

Will trade N! 6-lots from now, ramped up from 4-lots when ES was open

will reopen ES lower



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Posted 20 May 2020 - 10:30 AM

added 2 SPY PUTS

 

TWO ore may be filled if SPX 2982/84 is traded

 

6 consecutive GREEN NQ 5-minute bars!  6-lot NQ trades, 7 such 5-min bars earlier

 

flat ES & CRUDE

 

SPX 3000 could be traded today, also NQ 9600