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Old 06-25-2008, 12:30 PM   #1
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Broken head n' shoulders do the downside. Light volume on the break so do be cautious, but I'm in for a paper short on this.

Weekly also seems to show rejection on the attempt at a new high.

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Re: VRSN - Verisign

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Here's my 1 minute review while working an ES trade...





In the above chart, I see:

Possible support area here w/ the Bollinger Band and previous attempts to break this. I would love to short BELOW this level.





In the above chart (bigger timeframe), I see:

The Bollingers and Candles can provide some trades, but you can also get caught into a trending move that just moves up/down the band. Entry method would be vital here.

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In other words, I can see why you took a short here. I can also see reasons to be a bit hesitant on shorting here as well.

We'll see how it reacts on the FOMC, if at all.

I know nothing about this stock so hard to say 'based on' statements.
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Re: VRSN - Verisign

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MC,
Here's my 1 minute review while working an ES trade...





In the above chart, I see:

Possible support area here w/ the Bollinger Band and previous attempts to break this. I would love to short BELOW this level.





In the above chart (bigger timeframe), I see:

The Bollingers and Candles can provide some trades, but you can also get caught into a trending move that just moves up/down the band. Entry method would be vital here.

=======

In other words, I can see why you took a short here. I can also see reasons to be a bit hesitant on shorting here as well.

We'll see how it reacts on the FOMC, if at all.

I know nothing about this stock so hard to say 'based on' statements.
I have a plan for 1 scale in and then a tight stop since I'm being aggressive on it. Lil pop on FOMC but light volume so far.

Thanks for the input.
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Re: VRSN - Verisign




So up on the day, but like the market, it came down towards the EOD. As a long, I would have liked to seen it close near the top, so we'll see how she acts the next day or two.
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Re: VRSN - Verisign

Volume was moderate on the bar so it did have some buying pressure. Time will tell, I have the stop in GTC and embrace the full risk. (It's paper but for all intents I would trade this the same live at this stage of my education)

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Re: VRSN - Verisign

MC - outline entry, stop and profit target(s) for us/me. Just finding the pattern is step 1.
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Breaking down nicely so far today for the short MC. The bulls just did not have much force behind it yesterday so we'll see how today goes.
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Re: VRSN - Verisign

I didn't have time to reply yesterday, sorry.

I'll say this I scaled out 1/2 and moved the stop to $39.75 on the last half.

$39.26 is my cost basis. An aggressive 1st entry and then a higher scale in as planned.

Like I said though...again I'm on paper guys, just to be 100% forthcoming.
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