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April 24, 2013 at 4:11 PM The answer to the question, lies in the STOP! On December 20th 2012, the unthinkable happened.. the S&P 500 Emini Futures dropped 45 points in a matter of minutes prompting me to pen a cautionary tale turned prime directive -
March 16, 2013 at 1:01 PM For CFRN Partners who rely heavily on the Weekly Trading Zones as a cornerstone of their Emini Trading Strategy, this has been a stellar week. You can browse charts from the last few years right here on the blog, you can also watch a slide show Emini Futures - 2012 The Year In Pictures (be sure to use the slide show option for optimum viewing). Either way, you will see the beauty of the Zones. I could create creepy analogies like it's a "symphony", wait... I may have said that in the past, anyway - my real point is this > However you choose to use the Zones, it's a heck of a tool to have in your trading toolbox.
March 14, 2013 at 7:52 PM We've watched the 1548/1549 Weekly Trade Zone serve as resistance for 2 days now. We watched price channel between the Upper Zone I just mentioned and the Lower Zone @ 1542/1543. The last 2 blog posts have the charts in case you missed the trades and or the price action as it unfolded. Price made the Zone to Zone round trip, a total of 9 times over 3 days. We knew this wouldn't last forever, nothing does.. at least not in this lifetime. The total of what the market made available (not us - the market), was 45 points.
We talked last night about how some traders were horribly frustrated by the 5 point range, while other traders (Partners perhaps?) were basking in the glow and wearing a "cat ate the canary" grin. Think for a moment about where you fall in. Was it nerve breaking, nail biting hell..? Or did you wear it like Mr. Rogers cardigan or your favorite pair of tennis shoes (the stinky ones)? Well, whether it was torture or a treat, we finally broke to the upside. That stubborn resistance @ 1548/49 (Weekly Trading Zone), finally gave way and within a couple of hours became the new support.
December 22, 2012 at 11:55 PM I hear the term "Professional Trader" thrown around quite a bit. Pundits seem to enjoy pointing out the foibles of the retail trader while facing Wall Street thrice daily and bowing down to the brilliance and elegance of the professional trader.
According to the I.R.S. there is no true legal definition of a PT, so I turned to my dear friend the internet to see what the general consensus was. You might want to jot this down... (so you can burn it later)
My Google Search returned 383,000 results. In the interest of brevity I chose to share just a few...
"I'd say any institutional trader, as well as retail traders with an annual income at or exceeding U.S. $550,000 and/or net worth greater than U.S.$ 3 million."
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