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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Market update - Apr 16th '09

ES is swinging around pivot level from stall level to stall level. One should not ignore that ES is still quite resilient even if it is peaking now on the daily chart.
It may be a little early for most to go short on that time frame still, but the risk is relatively limited.

Note that going short on the 60mins chart is considered technically as a contrarian trade since swings are still UP on the daily and weekly charts. We generally go with the flow, i.e. only take aggressive contrarian trades if pivots start showing even if unconfirmed. There is nothing wrong with being more cautious and wait for a clearer pivot on the daily chart.

ER (aka TF): similar picture, however may be slightly leading ES.

NB: a commented chart is posted on the technical blog:
http://ts-trading-technique.blogspot.com/2009/04/es-chart-with-commentaries-apr-16th-09.html

( posted 7:50 AM UK)

Welcome !

And enjoy your visit to this little "Market Snapshot" blog.

The market report blog has now moved to ForeTrade while this one will (time permitting) focus on actual chart commentaries on TF and ES eminis, as well as EURUSD to show how accurate and yet simple our proprietary method is. The reason for this change is that the Toolset itself is no longer for sale itself, simply because the sales effort and training/support activities were too time consuming. I now provide market analysis exclusively to fund managers until the technology is finally sold to a fund or financial institution. The blogs and Twitter will then be closed or turned private. Anyway, enjoy while it's there...

A closer look:
Behind these market snapshots lies an advanced TradeStation toolset including a set of C++ DLLs and API to access various advanced realtime calculations stored in the DLL to be used either within TS or with custom VC++ programs. While seemingly a little complex at first, the technique is actually relatively easy to grasp. In fact, since most humans can only memorize 3 to 5 (sometimes up to 7) pieces of information at any one time, and the technique being discretionary, it was essential to keep it as simple as possible.

What are those snapshots made of ?
In a nutshell, all reports are based on a minimum of 1 symbol in 3 Time Frames: 60mins, daily and weekly, themselves using more or less the same indicator set: self-adaptive swing indicator, MTFS (formerly AdStoK) and self-adaptive Entropy and a few visual aids (swing direction, support/resistance levels and paintbars). "Self-adaptive" is the key word here. There is virtually no parameter to tune, and it can be used as is, for virtually any market symbol. Each chart provides a visibility 3 to 5 bars ahead, so actual trading should obviously be complemented by a sound money management technique.

A common question : Why isn't there a user documentation then? Hmmm... Who ever reads manuals...? Well, I might provide one eventually but at the same time I might not... The reason is that it is more important to absorb the method over a period of time and make it one's own, i.e. then adapt it to one's own trading profile.
For the keen developer, a detailed API documentation for this set of advanced TradeStation Analysis Techniques will be released shortly.
For the time being a separate technical blog has been launched for those of you interested in learning a little more about what's under the bonnet.
For more info: voisin DOT bruno AT gmail DOT com

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Market update - Apr 16th '09

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