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click on the above image to view today's price action of key markets Session Start: Tue Apr 16 06:56:38 2013
Session Ident: ##TheStrategyLab
[06:56:38] * Now talking in ##TheStrategyLab
[06:56:38] * Topic is 'Chat room only for traders using WRB Analysis (WRBs, WRB Hidden GAPs, WRB Zones) for day trading, swing trading or position trading. | WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... 119&t=718'[06:56:38] * Set by wrbtrader on Tue Feb 05 08:11:19
[06:56:38] ##TheStrategyLab url is
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum/[09:20:20] <diesel>
[09:32:56] <diesel> all quiet?
[09:37:22] <wrbtrader> Yep
[09:38:15] <wrbtrader> Yesterday was a TON of volatility
[09:38:48] <wrbtrader> rarely do you see back to back days like that unless something really is bad on a consistent basis
[09:39:24] <diesel> txs
[09:52:32] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini TF @ 909.80 -> large size
[09:52:40] <wrbtrader> 9 contracts
[09:57:01] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[09:57:36] <wrbtrader> Covered Emini TF Short @ 908.40 --> + 1.4
[09:57:38] <wrbtrader> Holding 4 contract remainders
[10:00:35] <wrbtrader> Covered Remainder Emini TF Short @ 909.60 --> + 0.2
[10:02:37] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini TF @ 909.00 -> medium size
[10:02:50] <wrbtrader> Key market events today @ 1000am, 1200pm, 1500pm est
[10:02:58] <wrbtrader> 4 contracts
[10:03:05] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[10:05:13] <@wrbtrader> volatility spike
[10:06:50] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Emini TF Short @ 910.60 --> - 1.6
[10:07:22] <@wrbtrader> price action back inside the range of the WRB Hidden GAP @ 0944am - 0946am est
[10:08:25] <@wrbtrader> Light Crude Oil CL futures low volatility tight trading range since the 0930am est regular session open
[10:13:41] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Light Crude Oil CL @ 87.91 -> large size
[10:13:54] <@wrbtrader> 6 contracts
[10:14:24] <canaandog> good morning
[10:15:32] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[10:15:51] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Light Crude Oil CL Short @ 87.77 --> + 0.14
[10:23:53] <@wrbtrader> Hi Antonio
[10:28:49] <@wrbtrader> volatility spike in Euro
[10:30:56] <Antonio_> Hi, how's it going?
[10:31:17] <@wrbtrader> normal trading day
[10:31:45] <@wrbtrader> lots of contraction in the volatility keeping some key markets range bound
[10:34:28] <@wrbtrader> Forex EurUsd WRB Hidden GAP (1026am - 1028am est) breakout of its most recent reaction point (1004am - 1006am est)
[10:36:11] <Antonio_> Thanks for pointing it out. It is a lot easier to see with live examples.
[10:36:31] <@wrbtrader> Agree...
[10:36:55] <@wrbtrader> A long time ago I use to post real-time charts but that took too much time away from my own trading.
[10:37:13] <@wrbtrader> Now I just post commentaries with the specific (exact) times of the key price action
[10:37:32] <@wrbtrader> Simply, I can write faster than posting charts
[10:40:25] <Antonio_> Makes sense. This is good enough.
[10:47:28] <@wrbtrader> Gold GC futures long upper shadow intervals in the current contracting volatility (past 15 minutes)
[10:48:06] <@wrbtrader> WRB Analysis -> - Your use of this chat room implies you're using concepts from WRB Analysis for price action trading to help trade either Stocks, Emini Futures (EMD, TF, ES, NQ, YM), EuroFX 6E Futures, Eurex/Euronext Futures (DAX, ESTX50, FTSE100, CAC40, BUND), Treasury Futures (ZF, ZN, ZB), Oil Futures (Brent, CL, HO, QM), Gold GC Futures, Natural Gas NG Futures, Exchange Traded Funds (DIA, GLD, IWM, OIH, XLE, QQQ, SPY), Hang Seng HSI Futures, NIFTY Futures, Forex Currencies (GbpUsd, EurUsd, EurYen, UsdCad) and other key market price actions.
[10:49:07] <@wrbtrader> Greece to Cut 15,000 Jobs as Part of Bailout Terms (IBT) @
http://www.ibtimes.com/greece-cut-15000 ... s-1194625# [10:52:59] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Emini TF @ 908.80 -> small size
[10:53:08] <@wrbtrader> 2 contracts
[10:55:54] <@wrbtrader> increasing volatility
[10:57:02] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Emini TF Short @ 910.70 --> - 1.9
[10:58:22] <@wrbtrader> price action back inside the prior contracting volatility of 1012am - 1036am est
[11:00:43] <Zr1trader> GC vol. e min, 5 min
[11:00:44] <@wrbtrader> Long Emini TF @ 912.10 -> large size
[11:00:54] <@wrbtrader> 7 contracts
[11:01:03] <@wrbtrader> volatility still increasing
[11:07:10] <@wrbtrader> retracement of the WRB Hidden GAP
[11:07:33] <@wrbtrader> back inside the range of that earlier mentioned "contracting volatility"
[11:07:46] <@wrbtrader> Looks like that price area is going to be problematic all day
[11:10:45] <@wrbtrader> nice spin around into another UP WRB Hidden GAP
[11:10:53] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[11:11:25] <@wrbtrader> Exited Emini TF Long @ 913.40 --> + 1.3
[11:11:27] <@wrbtrader> Holding 3 contracts
[11:12:51] <@wrbtrader> Yesterday produced many WRB pt3 - pt5 trades
[11:13:18] <@wrbtrader> Today, will be lucky to get a WRB pt2 unless breaking news or key market event occurs
[11:15:19] <@wrbtrader> Exited Remainder Emini TF Long @ 915.30 --> + 3.2
[11:15:24] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt2 reached
[11:16:08] <diesel> nice call
[11:17:41] <@wrbtrader> The key on that trade was the "position size management".
[11:18:37] <@wrbtrader> The prior losing trade help setup that winner
[11:18:55] <@wrbtrader> that losing trade had the following:
[11:19:04] <@wrbtrader> 1) increasing volatility
[11:19:16] <@wrbtrader> 2) WRB Hidden GAP
[11:20:02] <@wrbtrader> 3) No fills (complete retracement) of the WRB Hidden GAP especially when it enter the price area of a recent contracting volatility
[11:20:28] <@wrbtrader> Started smelling like buyers were showing up
[11:21:36] <@wrbtrader> I doubt I would have noticed all of that had I not been in that Short position before the Long position
[11:21:55] <@wrbtrader> I tend to do a TON of analysis when a trade is going "against" me.
[11:22:17] <@wrbtrader> Whereas, if its going in my favor...I tend to get "complacent" (lazy)
[11:23:02] <@wrbtrader> Unless there's a key market event
[11:23:10] <@wrbtrader> Those things keep me on my toes
[11:25:26] <Zr1trader> and being on both sides of the trade gets you a feel for the market IMO .....an example from old trading book..... ie, old man sells 1000 sees how market act, then buys 10,000
[11:26:49] <Zr1trader> especially if it is hard to get filled, that tells you about supply /demand in that moment
[11:34:27] <@wrbtrader> Zr1trader...exactly
[12:53:35] <@wrbtrader> Gold futures up nearly 2% after sharp selloff (MarketWatch) @
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gold-a ... 2013-04-16 [12:53:55] <@wrbtrader> Understanding ##TheStrategyLab -> - Archive chat logs are stored @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/ftchat/forum/ and you can understand some of the words (e.g. Key Market Event, Contracting Volatility, WRB, WRB Hidden GAP, WRB Zone, WRB pt levels) being used here in the chat room for price action trading via the WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718 [14:35:47] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Gold GC @ 1378.30 -> small size
[14:35:55] <@wrbtrader> 1 contract
[14:38:01] <@wrbtrader> Covered Gold GC Short @ 1378.00 --> + 0.3
[14:38:15] <@wrbtrader> Houdini Escape out of the trade error
[14:38:44] <@wrbtrader> Also, I'm surprised at the spread and chop in such "low volatility".
[14:38:59] <@wrbtrader> Usually when something does such...theres a volatility spike aroung the corner
[14:40:39] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Gold GC @ 1376.30 -> medium size
[14:40:47] <@wrbtrader> 4 contracts
[14:40:53] <@wrbtrader> volatility spike
[14:41:06] <@wrbtrader> re-entry
[14:41:45] <@wrbtrader> expansion
[14:42:46] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[14:43:36] <@wrbtrader> tighten trail
[14:48:20] <@wrbtrader> trailing @ profit
[14:54:05] <@wrbtrader> still holding for a WRB pt2
[14:54:09] <@wrbtrader> volatility contracting
[14:55:13] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Gold GC Short @ 1368.10 --> + 8.2
[14:55:23] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt2 reached
[15:21:46] <@wrbtrader> I now regret not concentrating on the price action trading of Gold GC futures all of these years especially from 2009 to the summer of 2011
[15:22:07] <@wrbtrader> I was too fixated on other trading instruments
[15:23:08] <@wrbtrader> Never get married to a trading instrument...gotta follow the money flow
[15:28:37] <diesel> just got back - you raised the dead with the gold trade!
[15:34:35] <@wrbtrader> Can't ignore that type of volatility...we just may not see it again for the rest of the year.
[15:53:00] <@wrbtrader> Emini futures in a creeper up movement
[15:59:27] <@wrbtrader> Nice volatility spike for Emini TF futures into the 4pm est rush hour traffic
[16:02:45] <@wrbtrader> WRB Analysis Price Action Trading -> - Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis (Contracting Volatility, WRB, WRB Hidden GAP, WRB Zone, WRB pt levels) to help improve understanding of the price action their trading and/or improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718 or
http://www.twileshare.com/user/wrbtrader [16:03:26] <@wrbtrader> Take care all and see all tomorrow
[16:03:35] * wrbtrader is now known as wrbtrader_away
[16:03:50] <diesel> txs be well
[16:07:24] <winmax60> thanks...wrbtrader... :-))
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##TheStrategyLab (located on the Freenode IRC network) is
free and is a serious professional trading chat room involving
WRB Analysis in which any trader
(position trading, swing trading, day trading) can use the chat room to post their trades or commentaries about stocks, futures, exchange traded funds or forex currencies. Simply, you don't need to be a client of TheStrategyLab.com to use the chat room nor do you need to be a
price action trader (no indicators) because some members use indicators while others do not. Yet, the only requirement is that you want to learn
WRB Analysis.
Therefore, we welcome
all traders that want to learn about
WRB Analysis regardless if they are beginners or experience traders in
price action trading.
The purpose of ##TheStrategyLab is that it's designed to be a
trade journal for documentation purposes only so that members can have a time stamp archive of trades and market commentaries of each trading day so that they can better understand their broker statements from one trade to the next trade when they review their performance numbers on any given trading day.
Further, members are not obligated to educate nor help other members but members are encourage to ask questions about any trades or market commentaries that's posted by others because sometimes the answers contains useful trading tips.
In addition, our primary job in the
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Commonly discussed trading instruments from stocks, futures, exchange traded funds and forex currencies:
CME Emini Futures EMD, ES and NQ
ICE Emini TF Futures (formerly CME ER2)
CBOT mini-sized Dow Futures YM
Eurex Index Derivatives (futures) DAX and DJ Euro Stoxx50
Eurex Fixed Income Derivatives (futures) BUND, BOBL and Schatz
Euronext Futures FTSE-100 and CAC-40
CME Futures EuroFX 6E and EC
Treasury Futures T-Notes ZT, ZN, ZF and T-Bonds ZB
Forex Currencies Gbp/Usd, Eur/Usd, Eur/Yen and Usd/Cad
Exchange Traded Funds VXX, DIA, IWM, QQQ, SPY, BGU, FAS, FAZ, TNA, OIH, XLE and GLD
NYMEX Energy Futures Light Crude Oil CL, Brent Crude Oil BRN, e-miNY QM and Natural Gas NG
COMEX Metal Futures Gold GC, mini-Gold YG, Copper HG and Silver SI
S&P CNX NIFTY Futures
Hang Seng Index Futures HSI and mini-Hang Seng MHI
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