Monthly Archives: September 2014

Beautiful one and done in AAPL this morning

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  I hopped on AAPL short this morning just after the markets open and watched as prices crashed hard.  AAPL hit all of my targets plus I had one add and reduce area where I added more shorts and reduced … Continue reading →

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Natural Gas Storage a trade in the NG

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  Trading Natural Gas is probably the riskiest trades out there especially during a news release, but that is exactly what I did today and successfully.  Basically this was my trade of the day since I was not profitable today … Continue reading →

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Quick play in NTAP

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  Sometimes a play just leaps at you and that was the case this Monday morning in NTAP.  The Daily chart just screams of breakout and I even brought this up with friends during Sunday night dinner.  So when price … Continue reading →

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2 plays in MET

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As the market continues to be wide and whippy, traders have to buy at the bottom and sell at the top.  I’ve been expecting the bottom to fall out but this has just not happened.  I found my trade of … Continue reading →

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First trade in the ZC – CORN

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  I traded corn live today for the first time with a nice 9 tick profit.  I’ve been testing the JoBracket breakout system using Ninja Trader with great success trading the news.  I traded 1 contact of ZC just after … Continue reading →

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WAG breakout continued on Friday

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I was able to capture a nice move on WAG on Friday.  On Thursday WAG had closed with a first higher low after a gap down over two weeks ago.  WAG finished Thursday with a nice wide range green bar … Continue reading →

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Two daily chart plays

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  My two trades today gives you a really good look on how important the daily chart is to the success of your day trading.  My first trade in XLNX I found on my list because of a red bar … Continue reading →

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OMG trade in the QQQ

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My first trade today came in the market (QQQ) this morning as the first 5 minute buy setup failed in the QQQ.  I was all over it shorting the breakdown.  Price attempted to recover but finally the Bears took over … Continue reading →

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Break out play in AAPL

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  Another crazy day of trading as the market finally sold off hard only to recover later in the day.  My play of the day came in AAPL which made my early morning list as a Tier III gap up. … Continue reading →

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