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[09:22:18] * Now talking in ##TheStrategyLab
[09:28:49] <wrbtrader> Good morning...
[09:29:00] <wrbtrader> Wow...Crude Oil at some crazy lows
[09:29:15] <wrbtrader> $24.30
[09:30:29] <wrbtrader> Futures just re-open...crazy spike down
[09:31:15] <wrbtrader> Let the Knife Catchers have at it
[09:32:48] <wrbtrader> I transfer a large amount of U.S. dollars yesterday into Canadian Currency between my Canadian / U.S. Banks
[09:33:30] <wrbtrader> Gained an extra almost .40 cents on the dollar
[09:34:20] <wrbtrader> Last time I did that was when I purchased my house and condo here in Canada
[09:34:50] <wrbtrader> Back then...got .51 cents extra on the dollar
[09:35:16] <wrbtrader> Will transfer more if those rates again gets reached
[09:37:08] <Tigerman______> all
[09:37:11] <Tigerman______> hi wrbtrader
[09:37:30] <Tigerman______> limit down today ..again
[09:37:34] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2376.00 -> small size
[09:37:39] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[09:38:23] <wrbtrader> Covered Emini ES Short @ 2374.00 --> + 2
[09:38:36] <wrbtrader> Missed the Short signal @ 2385.00
[09:39:31] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2375.00 -> small size
[09:39:34] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[09:39:37] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[09:40:49] <wrbtrader> Covered Emini ES Short @ 2374.00 --> + 1
[09:40:59] <wrbtrader> trail stop picked pocketed
[09:41:37] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2383.00 -> small size
[09:41:41] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[09:44:03] <wrbtrader> Exited Emini ES Long @ 2387.00 --> + 4
[09:44:15] <wrbtrader> trail stop picked pocketed
[09:45:41] <wrbtrader> Long Upper Shadow interval
[09:45:47] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2376.00 -> medium size
[09:45:54] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts
[09:46:33] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2376.50 --> - 0.5
[09:47:03] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2376.00 -> medium size
[09:47:07] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts re-entry
[09:47:46] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2373.00 --> + 3
[09:48:00] <wrbtrader> weird price action now
[09:48:10] <wrbtrader> That should have dropped like a rock
[09:49:33] <Tigerman______> yeah confusing
[10:00:40] <Tigerman______> wow extreme volatillity right now ES book seems dax or RTY
[10:01:06] <Tigerman______> almoet zero liquidity and jump on my stops
[10:23:58] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2401.00 -> small size
[10:24:00] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[10:25:06] <wrbtrader> I keep hearing about "liquidity problems" in the markets today
[10:25:17] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2404.00 --> - 3
[10:25:29] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2405.00 -> small size
[10:25:35] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[10:26:10] <wrbtrader> strange looking Long Upper Shadow interval
[10:26:25] <wrbtrader> Didn't have time to check my other data source
[10:26:47] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached...first one of the day
[10:27:11] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2414.25 --> + 9.25
[10:55:54] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2387.00 -> small size
[10:56:08] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[10:57:10] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2388.00 --> - 1
[10:58:52] <Tigerman______> absurd no liquidity
[10:59:51] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2386.00 -> small size
[10:59:58] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[11:00:26] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2386.00 --> 0
[11:01:26] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2387.00 --> - 1
[11:03:17] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2389.00 -> small size
[11:03:33] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts re-entry
[11:03:51] <wrbtrader> A big battle in that area
[11:04:04] <wrbtrader> stop stealing too
[11:04:38] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[11:04:53] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2382.00 --> + 7
[11:11:00] <Tigerman______> downmove now head to same level at open
[11:11:49] <Tigerman______> I did a lot of fast trades on mNQ today just testing... too stressful very fast a nd most gain absobed by commissions
[11:12:08] <Tigerman______> simply I use mNQ to limit risk
[11:42:29] <wrbtrader> Dow closing in on -7 down
[11:42:49] <wrbtrader> Currently around -6.51 % down
[11:43:42] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2366.00 -> small size
[11:43:49] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[11:44:17] <wrbtrader> Good price area near a WRB Zone to find support
[11:44:34] <wrbtrader> Will be too afraid to reverse position into a Short i
[11:45:03] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2360.50 --> - 5.5
[11:45:30] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2357.00 -> small size
[11:45:38] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[11:46:10] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2362.00 --> - 5
[11:47:16] <wrbtrader> double fucked
[11:47:44] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2364.00 -> small size
[11:47:54] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[11:49:09] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2375.00 --> + 11
[11:49:27] <wrbtrader> saved by a Long Upper Shadow interval
[11:53:37] <Tigerman______> yep
[12:33:35] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2367.00 -> medium size
[12:33:48] <wrbtrader> 4 contracts
[12:34:07] <wrbtrader> chopping around
[12:34:29] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2366.00 --> + 1
[12:35:21] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2362.00 -> medium size
[12:35:28] <wrbtrader> 4 contracts re-entry
[12:35:46] <wrbtrader> increasing volatility during the prior trade
[12:36:08] <wrbtrader> now retesting most recent reaction low
[12:37:03] <wrbtrader> still chopping around
[12:37:50] <wrbtrader> correction...
[12:38:14] <wrbtrader> chopping around plus strange spread showed up
[12:38:40] <wrbtrader> Now trying to move down the range of a recent Long Lower Shaadow interval
[12:39:24] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2359.00 --> + 3
[12:39:56] <wrbtrader> Long Upper Shadow interval sucked prices back up to my trail stop
[12:40:02] <Tigerman______> lg mES 2359.25
[12:40:33] <Tigerman______> exit all @ 60.25 +1
[12:40:40] <Tigerman______> I ll try re-enter
[12:41:58] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2354.50 -> medium size
[12:42:10] <wrbtrader> 4 contracts intuition re-entry
[12:42:26] <wrbtrader> near that recent reaction low
[12:42:38] <wrbtrader> I don't think it will hold as a support
[12:43:36] <wrbtrader> It's trying hard to hold
[12:44:27] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2356.50 --> - 2
[12:44:33] <wrbtrader> It held
[12:44:52] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2358.00 -> small size
[12:44:57] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[12:45:42] <wrbtrader> more volatility showing up after it contracted in the prior two trades
[12:46:21] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2363.00 --> + 5
[12:46:38] <wrbtrader> snapback to trail pick pocket
[12:47:20] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2356.00 -> medium size
[12:47:30] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts
[12:47:34] <wrbtrader> poor entry
[12:48:19] <wrbtrader> Short signal @ 2364 missed it
[12:48:50] <Tigerman______> SH mES @ 2353
[12:49:11] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2352.00 --> + 4
[12:49:29] <wrbtrader> not a WRB pt1
[12:49:36] <wrbtrader> fear exit...
[12:49:42] <Tigerman______> exit all @ 2351 +2
[12:49:50] <wrbtrader> I saw -7 % and thought we'll go Limit Down
[12:50:44] <Tigerman______> yeah btw NQ just entered under the limit down price level
[12:54:09] <Tigerman______> RTY maybe near limit down
[12:54:44] <Tigerman______> depends if it stop at -7% from today high or is calculated differently
[12:58:27] <Tigerman______> wrbtrader... seems they halted now
[12:58:47] <Tigerman______> more or less levels I calculated
[13:09:03] <wrbtrader> Yep but I swear...I saw -7 % and that's why I dumped that Short
[13:09:49] <wrbtrader> I countinue downward almost another 10 points and then bounced up 2 points before going Limit Down
[13:09:53] <wrbtrader> Bizarre
[13:10:30] <Tigerman______> yep my conclusion is to stop trading well in advance before reach the limit
[13:11:03] <Tigerman______> big concern is they stop trading while one is in the mid of a trade
[13:11:32] <Tigerman______> these days are Very risky in any point tou look
[13:11:48] <wrbtrader> The reason why I'm in fear that when it reopens...it will open 10 points higher and jump over my stop
[13:11:59] <wrbtrader> Market now reopen
[13:12:20] <Tigerman______> Big issue is the health with this pandemia
[13:12:34] <wrbtrader> Rumors swirling in the market that Pres. Trump will shut it down
[13:13:14] <wrbtrader> I don't think that has ever happen although it may have occurred during the market crash that led into the great depression
[13:13:58] <wrbtrader> Big Long Lower Shadow interval
[13:14:04] <wrbtrader> Looks intimidating
[13:14:33] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2338.00 -> small size
[13:14:44] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[13:15:01] <wrbtrader> Big Balls trade
[13:15:09] <Tigerman______> SH mES 2334
[13:15:37] <wrbtrader> price action trying hard to move down the range of that big Long Lower Shadow interval
[13:16:25] <wrbtrader> now getting close to the S area of the Long Lower Shadow interval
[13:16:49] <Tigerman______> exit all mES @ 2327 +6
[13:16:49] <wrbtrader> Covered Emini ES Short @ 2330.00 --> + 8
[13:17:14] <wrbtrader> trail stop picked pocketed after a test of the S area
[13:17:25] <wrbtrader> now below it
[13:17:49] <Tigerman______> VIX was at 85.3 !!!!
[13:18:18] <wrbtrader> Wow
[13:19:31] <wrbtrader> Another Wow...Light Crude Oil CL futures @ 22.48
[13:19:41] <wrbtrader> Unreal
[13:20:33] <wrbtrader> Big savings at the gas pump but it won't matter if people don't have a job to drive to
[13:22:22] <wrbtrader> Emini NQ futures big snapback upwards above the Limit Down price
[13:23:19] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2331.00 -> medium size
[13:23:27] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts
[13:23:52] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[13:24:45] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2330.00 --> + 1
[13:24:55] <wrbtrader> trail stop picked pocketed
[13:25:22] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2333.00 -> medium size
[13:25:32] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts re-entry
[13:26:28] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2329.00 --> + 4
[13:26:32] <wrbtrader>
[13:26:51] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2329.00 -> medium size
[13:27:02] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts re-entry intuition
[13:27:23] <wrbtrader> volatility contracting big time
[13:27:35] <wrbtrader> volatility spike
[13:28:02] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[13:28:57] <wrbtrader> WRB pt2 reached
[13:29:36] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2313.50 --> + 15.5
[13:29:52] <Tigerman______> very good
[13:30:16] <wrbtrader> Crazy trading day especially with earlier back to back trades at -5 points
[13:30:28] <wrbtrader> Plays with your head big time
[13:30:42] <Tigerman______> yep I used to that
[13:31:14] <wrbtrader> Just as crazy to be in a nice profitable Short position and get spooked out of the position for fear of a "limit down"
[13:31:15] <Tigerman______> got many stop hit bad fill and so on
[13:32:05] <Tigerman______> wrbtrader now they limit another -7% from last limt or what
[13:32:22] <wrbtrader> Next level is -13 %
[13:32:32] <Tigerman______> or will be -13% from high today
[13:32:52] <Tigerman______> I mean -13% from todays High
[13:32:59] <wrbtrader> Yeah...its a little confusing
[13:33:17] <wrbtrader> I believe its -13 % from the opening price
[13:33:19] <Tigerman______> blood on street
[13:34:35] <wrbtrader> Will be crazy to see if they just Shut Down the markets for a few trading days
[13:35:07] <wrbtrader> I can't remember how long the markets were closed after 911
[13:35:27] <wrbtrader> I'm going to review those trading notes for that later on today
[13:36:05] <wrbtrader> Market has retraced ALL the gains that occurred after President Trump took office
[13:36:13] <wrbtrader> Wow
[13:36:15] <wrbtrader> Crazy
[13:36:18] <Tigerman______> seems it was closed 5 days or one week
[13:36:34] <Tigerman______> panic sell at max
[13:36:56] <wrbtrader> Yeah...I know it was closed for a few days but I can't remember exactly how long the markets were closed after 911
[13:37:32] <wrbtrader> Especailly want to review my charts about how it re-open
[13:37:46] <Tigerman______> meanwhile VIX almost at 86!!
[13:47:06] <Tigerman______> ok finish for today
[13:47:35] <wrbtrader> Someone asked me why I keep cutting my day short...
[13:47:43] <wrbtrader> Only 1/2 trading days
[13:47:53] <wrbtrader> Its just too stressful
[13:48:26] <Tigerman______> yeah lot of silly questions
[13:48:34] <wrbtrader> Yep
[13:48:39] <Tigerman______> most never trade x really
[13:49:11] <Tigerman______> today it was VERY Super Stressful
[13:50:52] <Tigerman______> wrbtrader I think a trading day or just few our trading is more then a month of normal office work as Stress level
[13:51:18] <wrbtrader> Strong agree
[13:51:53] <Tigerman______> said that ...
[13:52:11] <Tigerman______> enought x me today
[13:53:05] <Tigerman______> take care wrbtrader and all see tomorrow
[13:54:14] <wrbtrader> Take care...be careful
[13:55:33] <Tigerman______> yeah sure thanks... bye
[13:57:02] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2310.00 -> small size
[13:57:08] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[14:02:33] <wrbtrader> volatility contracted...formed another S area
[14:03:59] <wrbtrader> broke below the support
[14:05:04] <wrbtrader> Crazy VIX still > 80
[14:06:43] <wrbtrader> Covered Emini ES Short @ 2303.00 --> + 7
[14:06:55] <wrbtrader> trail stop picked pocketed
[14:34:42] <wrbtrader> back from a break
[14:35:06] <wrbtrader> Emini futures at a prior S area that's now acting like a R area
[14:37:01] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2288.00 -> small size
[14:37:05] <wrbtrader> 1 contract
[14:37:17] <wrbtrader> now above it
[14:37:36] <wrbtrader> breakout
[14:38:53] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[14:39:13] <wrbtrader> Exited Emini ES Long @ 2304.50 --> + 16.5
[14:39:45] <wrbtrader> Ok...I'm done for the day
[14:39:52] <wrbtrader> Take care and see you tomorrow
Session Close