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This is a video from an ES_F scalp from Tuesday morning, June 15th.  My channel is setup as a 23 period and on a 3 minute chart.  I enter long when we move from the lower standard deviation to the upper (opposite for a short) and use the NYSE ticks to confirm the entry....
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I have received several requests for a Zweig breadth update.  Here is the chart from Tuesday’s close:   We are now 5 days out from the exit of oversold  looking to reach the overbought area now by Tuesday of next week in order to confirm a breadth thrust.
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The Zweig/Ned Davis/RedlionTrader systems went back to cash on Friday’s close based on a weekly loss of 4%.  This last trade has been the systems first loss since trading started in March of 2009.
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I have updated my trader pivots indicator to work better with futures.   Sample chart of $SPX.X with pivots enabled. (click on image to get a larger version).   These are the traditional pivot calculations.     ShowTodaysOHLC = if set to TRUE will plot today’s open, high and low lines ShowYesterdaysOHLC = if...
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I am struck by how low the price of natural gas is.  The historic low prices are a victim of oversupply with under-demand and is a lesson about the economics of commodities. Here is a chart of the continuous natural gas contract (NG) price action over the last 10 years.  The 2005 peak was...
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  Barack Obama realizes that some problems are too big to be solved around a patio table and beer.  Inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, the President fires his National Security Advisor General James Jones and hires former Vice President Dick Cheney. The president is later to have been overhead as saying "oh you said, big...
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Tom the Trader (TTT) at TTTHedge.com is currently shooting 81% success for his ES trades in December.  As of December 23rd Tom has made 80 ES trades of which 81.25% have a positive or breakeven out come.  Total profits so far (without taking out commissions)  is $9,200.  Average trade size has been 1.98 contracts ...
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It all began in 1593 when a Dutch importer Conrad Guestner carried back from Constantinople the first tulip bulb from what is now present day Turkey. The exotic flowers became an instant hit and within a few years has established themselves as a status symbol amongst the Dutch elite.   The desire and need to...
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This is my latest version of the !RL_PCT indicator that I use both for trade planning/mapping and intraday monitoring.  Those that trade live in our trading room at http://TTTHedge.com have seen me use this indicator daily. I have added several new features including a Gain mode as well as a Pullback Mode. This is...
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