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I pulled up crude for the first time over the weekend and just threw some S/R up there to see how it reacted to them today..and damn!

 

Look at CL at the last two day's prior highs:

 

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Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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I have to leave right now to help some people with something and I'll be back later...

 

Here's how the EUR/JPY is looking to me now...of course it may climb higher before declining and breaking the low (it's obvious how the SL & targets would be adjusted accordingly).

 

We'll see how it looks when I get back. It is getting later and later, though (the later it gets, the less confident I am in an impending significant move)...

 

I'm back...following up...here it is now (the last image)...never amounted to much...and it's too late in the day to consider a trade now.

 

-Cory

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Look at CL at the last two day's prior highs:

 

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Best Wishes,

 

Thales

 

Two little demo short attempts lat in the day while testing previous highs

 

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Way late on the post ... but I was on time with the post pointing that crude was at its highs. So, take it for what you will. If its not real time enough for you, scroll on. The second short from 74.91 has a current stop at 74.79, price is at 74.75

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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The blue/red/purple lines where much better than those triangles.

 

I posted the trades so long after the fact that I figured I should exercise a little "CYA" in case the ninja-experts were out and about.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Took you long enough to see the light.

 

Just send 20% of profits to my paypal and we will call it even.

 

As I am currently sim trading crude, I'll need access to your sim paypal account.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Good first reaction from S yday. Unless it is totally obvious, I won't be buying there unless it makes a new low, preferably below 1.5833. I'm keen to look for shorts in the immediate R and of course in the lower edge of that main R zone we just exited from last week. Shorts in the zones are scaled out less aggressively in 1/4ths, longs more aggressive in 1/2s, anything else is scalps (20-40'ish pips) with all in, all out.

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Current view of the ES ... something like that ...

 

I posted this potential short on the ES this afternoon ... it never triggered. Just so that there is no misunderstanding - we try to post trade opportunities in this thread before they trigger. This means that some will not trigger. In this case, a short entry would have been filled on a sell stop placed a tick below the blue line. Price never traded below that point, and instead, made new higs above what would have been the stop loss level. No harm, no foul.

 

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Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Crude has traded to and through two more previous daily highs tonight, and each offered an opportunity to scalp some decnet R/R. I did not trade either of these real or demo, and I am posting this chart just to make the point.

 

 

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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Hi Thales,

 

Thanks for posting the reply about the leverage of the OIRCL experiment. I now better understand what you are up to. I hope my query wasn't perceived as interrogating or chastising, it was mere curiosity.

 

With kind regards,

MK

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I hope my query wasn't perceived as interrogating or chastising, it was mere curiosity.

 

No problem at all, MK. My horns are still a bit twisted, but not by you or any of the thread's regular participants.

 

Best Wishes,

 

Thales

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The markets are sorta idle at the moment so I wonder if I can toss a question at you? In talking about trading off various degrees, I think I have seen you mention that it is a mistake to enter off the smaller degree and manage it from the smaller degree (or was it manage from the larger degree?) with the intent of trading for the larger degree. You said something like most do that way and it is a mistake. I wonder if you could elaborate on that thinking?

 

Cheers,

MK

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