Day trading strategy using price wedge and price channel patterns on crude oil, euro currency futures

We began the day this morning with a simple day trading strategy; use the clues we get from the markets at 730am EST to help us create a plan for our trading, and then simply follow our trading plan.  Today our day trading strategy helped us earn over 200 ticks of profit on some very […]

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day trading strategies for professional futures traders

Our morning trading strategy begins with the dollar index, we use a faster timeframe for indra-day trading and we look for the short term trend and major turning points on the dollar index 13-range chart.  We can see the longer term trend is down, almost sideways, with the short term trend non-existant, with a flat […]

Day Trading Strategies for Dollar Index , Euro, Crude, Russell and Gold futures

————————————————————————————— The James’ Report:  Day Trading Strategies for Professional Traders ————————————————————————————— ***Notes/Observations from around the world*** –  EU Governments appear to be closer to fiscal union arrangement and agreement on €500B ESM Bailout Fund -ECB Draghi: Fiscal Pact is first step toward fiscal union – Continued optimism on progress in Greek PSI talks – German […]

Day Trading AB=CD Pattern & Price Wedge Crude oil, Euro currency, and Mini-Russell Futures

Today was Monday, the beginning of our week,  so our goal this morning was very simple; don’t get caught up in the slop and chop before the week gets going, and focus on getting mentally and technically prepared for ‘battle’.  The key is getting started with your morning routine and forget about all the worries […]

day trading live trade room up-date @ 1130am EST

Monday got off to a sloppy start, very sloppy price action, had issues with connection to the server, and we had very little market personality at the very beginning of the day The crude oil futures gave us an easy AB=CD Pattern but market personality was slow we didn’t have the confidence for the entry […]

day trading strategy for high reward low risk entries

Our day trading strategy begins with the dollar index, we’re looking for the short term trend and major turning points in the market.  We can see the big bear price channel has recently been broken and we have a short term trend that is BULLISH.  Look for the trigger line (yellow line) to flatten out […]

Day Trading Strategies for Dollar Index , Euro, Crude, Russell and Gold futures

————————————————————————————— The James’ Report:  Day Trading Strategies for Professional Traders ————————————————————————————— ***Notes/Observations from around the world*** – EU Leader meet in Brussels on fiscal compact treaty and ESM facility – France President proposes VAT increase and financial tax ahead of spring elections – Troika officials increased their estimates for the 2nd bailout package for Greece […]

Consumer Sentiment Day Trading Crude Oil and Euro Futures

Our day trading strategy for trading the futures markets is a little different on a Friday.  We know there will be small ‘windows of opportunity’ throughout the day and its up to us to get in early, be selective, and get out early before the market falls asleep after 1130am EST. Our trading strategy this morning […]

day trading strategies weekly review

– A tone of uncertainty overtook global markets this week, as investors contemplated the ambiguous growth outlook for 2012. Trading pivoted around the FOMC rate decision and press conference on Wednesday. The Fed once again moved the goal posts on its “extended period,” saying that rates would remain low until late 2014 (recall that it […]