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#1 dcengr

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 10:21 AM

Looking for Qs 48.40 ish...
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 10:32 AM

48.24 once R may be R again now that price is below...I have been looking for a QQQQ entry and took it today long using 47.65 as my downside risk measure for minimum

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#3 dcengr

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 10:49 AM

I'm not so sure the downside is done yet.. but I think we need to come close to testing that gap down before the next leg down comes along. It may be done even intra day, and if so, I may flip short again with tight stops. But for now, looks like its starting to float up a bit. Good trading to you Hiker.
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#4 dcengr

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 12:12 PM

Target hit, staying long. Moving stop to break even and now looking for gap test, Qs 48.60, and perhaps gap fill by monday?
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 01:00 PM

posted below that I closed SPY, QQQQ and AAPL long...flipped short and remain short. if QQQQ move below 47.99 will likely see a swoosh.

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 04:34 PM

Target hit, staying long. Moving stop to break even and now looking for gap test, Qs 48.60, and perhaps gap fill by monday?



i got some qqqq calls at the close playing an open gap up ....

#7 dcengr

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Posted 07 September 2007 - 04:40 PM

posted below that I closed SPY, QQQQ and AAPL long...flipped short and remain short. if QQQQ move below 47.99 will likely see a swoosh.


I have bearish leaning IT for a few more months, but trying to be cute here on a swing basis, and I'm horribly paranoid about 9/11 becoming a scorch day.

I'm going to wait for a setup that at least gives me a slight edge, sentiment or momentum/oscillator wise.

Been scanning boards.. theres a lot of bears out there, especially after today. That last minute scorch have a few fuming, so I suspect some capitulation monday.
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