Mini Dow Futures Trading

2011-02-13T04:18:00.000-08:00

20110211 Mini Dow futures 5 min... an exponential rally in this timeframe...

20110212 Update: News from Bloomberg says Egypt president Mubarak resigna and stocks advance. Now we know the reason.... $ ebbs ad flows nowadays in the markets, we only have charts as guideposts in the trading journey.

2010-07-26T08:18:00.001-07:00

20100726 ES futures, the 13 ema on the imp momentum chart provides the levels to long off.

Fwd: Scalp trade setup

2010-07-26T07:48:00.001-07:00

20100726 This is a trade that any trader can do, it takes discipline and patience. The 30 min chart of the ES futures is up, with both mov averages sloping up. Switching to 5 min we go long at the 13 ema at 1004. Use appropriate stop with no more than usd150 risked per contract. Good for a low risk gain of 1-1.5 points.

2010-07-24T09:29:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-31T01:09:00.000-07:00

20091031 Outcome of the ES short, based on the cash SPX chart.

2009-10-30T08:05:00.000-07:00

20091030 1104 ET The S&P500 index is beginning its continuation move in the downtrend.... As expected the upside move was just a corrective one.

2009-10-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

20091029 The parameters for the short on the SPX (sorry not ES futures, but is the same thing) are stil intact.

2009-10-29T09:32:00.000-07:00

20091029 ES hourloy, still in downtrend.

2009-07-26T23:03:00.000-07:00

20090727 Turns out the long signal fired off first at 311.6.

2009-07-26T21:23:00.001-07:00

20090727 1221. We are thinking of shorting jul simsci futures if 310.4 breaks.

2009-07-23T07:29:00.000-07:00

20090723 1025 EURJPY rises concomitantly with the rise in the mini Dow futures.

2009-07-23T07:11:00.000-07:00

20090723 1002 ET. A long trade on the break of 8855 on YM futures.

2009-07-15T07:15:00.001-07:00

20090715 1013. You have to get ahead of the R2 level to go long for the move upwards.

2009-07-15T06:28:00.001-07:00

20090715 0930. We are going to long the YM futures if the level of R2 is tested, around 9389.

2009-05-20T06:55:00.000-07:00

20090520 0955. Mini Dow, a look at the 45 tick chart means it was time to ignore any shorts and go long around 20s region.

2009-05-14T07:06:00.001-07:00

20090514 1005 ET. Buy signal @8262, off the small reversal pattern and continuation. Small trades can add up...

2009-05-14T06:56:00.001-07:00

20090514 0956 ET. Two shorts @8290 and 8266 areas for the mini Dow futures YM contract.

2009-05-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

20090514 0940 ET. Picture perfect long signal on mini Dow @8285-90 for the small gap fill trade.

2009-05-08T08:07:00.000-07:00

20090509 1107. The position was exited because there was no headway.

2009-05-08T07:55:00.000-07:00

20090509 1052 Reentry short at 1878 for the NQ Nasdaq 100 futures in this short sequence.

2009-05-08T07:51:00.001-07:00

20090509 1059. NQ futures sqquence turns short and managed to enter @ 1879, reaches 1876 for the quickest scalp trade.

2009-05-08T07:48:00.001-07:00

20090509 1048 Could not get anything going so we cut the position at 1879.75.

2009-05-08T07:41:00.001-07:00

20090509 1041. Reentry at 1880.5...

2009-05-08T07:39:00.001-07:00

20090509 1139. This one is stopped out for breakeven on the NQ futures, after hitting above 1884.

2009-05-08T07:36:00.000-07:00

20090509 1038. A long sequence on the NQ futures, the first entry point is 1879l25. Target is 1885 and beyond...

2009-05-08T07:17:00.000-07:00

20090509 1037. A similar shorting sequence on the Eur futures 20 tick chart.

Meantime, the YM accelerates to the downside....

2009-05-08T07:06:00.000-07:00

20090509 1030. On NFP day, we continue with a new technique of median lines for Mini Dow trading. Two sequences to job long first, then to job short....

2009-05-07T08:17:00.001-07:00

20090507 1115 ET. Today's trade is on the YM mini Dow Jones Ind Futures, entry short @8400. Thrown in a 20 tick chart for comparison.

2009-04-30T08:44:00.003-07:00

20090430 The same 2 min setup can be applied to Euro futures, June 09 contract traded on CME Globex. This one is a short.

2009-04-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

20090429 1030. Outcome of the ES long.... The momentum of the macd histogram on the 10 min chart shows the way.

2009-04-29T06:51:00.001-07:00

20090429 0950 ET. Long on ES signalled @961.

2009-04-22T07:04:00.000-07:00

20090422 1002 ET. ES emini S&P500 futures flashed a buy signal @840.5.

2009-04-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

1141 ES continues on to rally further....

20090421 1103. A buy signal on the 2 min ES emini S&P 500 futures chart tonight @928.50.

2009-04-09T21:34:00.001-07:00

20090410 ES emini S&P 500 futures ocntinues to roll on, crushing those experts who called this a 'dead cat bounce'...

2009-04-07T08:03:00.000-07:00

20090307 A look at thetremendous rally in the ES emini S&P 500 futures, given many wrote this off as a 'bear market rally'. Shorts were forced to cover.

2009-04-07T07:36:00.000-07:00

20090307 3 min ES emini S&P 500 chart. I like this setup for the buy signal....

2009-04-01T07:03:00.000-07:00

20090401 1029. ES futures breakout on the setup + confirmation on 3 min chart.

2009-03-18T07:23:00.001-07:00

20090318 1022. Sell signal, on the emini S&P 500 albeit the price action is choppier on this one.

2009-03-16T07:15:00.000-07:00

20090316 1013 ET. The short term buy signal on the emini S&P 500 futures has now progressed nicely. We think this is the point in the market for a correction to hit the market, maybe a bout of profit taking today.

2009-03-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

20090213 ES emini S&P 500 futures 30 min chart, the uptrend is still intact despite the correction in the morning.

2009-03-13T08:57:00.000-07:00

20090313 1152 ET. ES continues downwards after the entry short.

2009-03-13T08:14:00.000-07:00

20090313 1114. ES signal was the sell at 749 a few candles ago.

2009-03-12T07:26:00.000-07:00

20080312 1025 ET. Buy signal came in at 716 on the ES today.

2009-03-06T17:15:00.001-08:00

20090307 The last hour rally on the ES today. We were sleeping, so not on board!

2009-03-06T06:51:00.000-08:00

20090307 1051 ET. Long signal on ES @ 692.

2009-03-05T07:06:00.001-08:00

20090305 1000 ET. This one was a 7 pointer.

2009-03-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

20090305 1042 ET. The buy on the ES was at 695.5.

2009-03-03T08:19:00.001-08:00

20090303 1213 ET. Another sell on ES at 702.

2009-03-03T07:18:00.001-08:00

20090303 1118. A 6 point move in the ES since the sell signal.

2009-03-03T06:50:00.001-08:00

20090303 1049 ET. Sell signal on ES at 710, but this one you had to wait a while for it to move in favour.

2009-03-02T07:21:00.001-08:00

20090302 1120. A sell signal on ES later on at 718 on 2 min chart.

2009-03-02T06:44:00.001-08:00

20090302 1044. We came into today with a massive red tide on world indices, but on the 2 min chart there is a buy signal at 719.75.

2009-02-27T07:25:00.000-08:00

20090227 1124. ES Mar 09 contract continues to rise in extension move, another quarter off, leaving runner, with stop at breakeven.

2009-02-27T07:10:00.000-08:00

20090227 1109. Can take half position out at 4 pts.

2009-02-27T07:01:00.000-08:00

20090227 1100 ET. Buy signal on 2 min ES at 838.5, stop at 834.

2009-02-10T07:24:00.000-08:00

20090210 1522 GMT. My first post here for a while. ES S&P500 futures on 15 tick with the Squeeze setup.

2008-10-17T18:58:00.001-07:00

20081017 Options expiration today saw some stability in the indices. But most likely next week the market will be within this week's range.(doesn't take rocket scientist to figure this one out, given the large weekly range)

2008-10-10T21:36:00.001-07:00

20081010 Dow capitulates, falling below 8000 in the first few minutes of trade. This looks like the climax of the selling.

2008-07-07T07:46:00.000-07:00

20080707 The long signal comes inat 11352 on the YM futures.

2008-06-26T08:58:00.000-07:00

20080626 1157 EST. Long signal on YM nini Dow futures at 11585.

2008-06-26T07:32:00.000-07:00

080626 Long mini Dow YM futures at 11661 gets to 11679.

2008-06-26T07:07:00.000-07:00

0080626 A sell signal on YM mini Dw @ 11672.

2008-06-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

20080613 0954 ET. Another long signal that turned out well on the YM mini Dow futures Sep 08 contract.

2008-06-12T08:09:00.000-07:00

20080612 This is a free video lesson from Hubert Senters from tradethemarkets.com. He is talking about limit moves in Corn, Soybeans and Wheat, electronic Ags traded on ecbot, and how to hedge if there is a limit move against a trader. I have a personal opinion which I would like to express. Basically don't bother with such markets where the markets are thin and the big commodity funds and locals can make these limit moves. Trade something like stock index futures or foreign exchange, where limit moves are non existent and rarely happen. Period. End of story and anxiety. Only my honest opinion.

2008-06-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

20080611 A long setup on the 9 range bar for the YM mini Dow futures contract. Use the moving average crossover, ADX and stochastics.

2008-06-10T08:20:00.001-07:00

20080610 A short signal followed by a long signal. Remember this is a scalping type trade for 3 to 8 points, with sometimes a bonus 'run' thrown in.

2008-06-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

20080604 1053. A better long trade in mid morning, using the indicators and moving averages, for the YM mini dow.

2008-06-04T06:33:00.001-07:00

20080604 0933 ET. This signal gets you in at 12379 long the mini Dow futures just before the market opens. Good for 10 points on opening.

2008-06-03T08:07:00.000-07:00

20080603 A viable scalping strategy for the YM mini Dow futures contract. Based on a 9 point YM range bar chart and simple trend indicators of 2,5 moving averages, 4 period DMI and 5,3,2 stochastics.

2008-03-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

20080326 1134 Et. To complete the picture of the trade, we can see the may 08 jul 08 ZW wheat spread is now trading in the 50s.

2007-12-11T23:52:00.001-08:00

20071212 0749 GMT. One of the professional traders here has given the idea to buy the (Jul/May 08) Wheat spread. Might be worth considering.

2007-11-15T07:23:00.000-08:00

20071115 1021 ET. Cash DJIA buy signal indicates a buy on the mini Dow futures at 13238-40.

2007-11-15T05:50:00.000-08:00

20071115 0848. YM short at 13215, using the 2 min trigger on the FTSE cash market.

2007-11-14T07:04:00.001-08:00

20071114 1100. A short signal on the cash DJIA gives 20 pt move down for the YM mini Dow futures.

2007-09-05T07:19:00.001-07:00

20070905 1017 ET. Short squeeze fires off on YM mini Dow futures at 13365-70 area. The 5 min remains red candles, keeping any trader short in the position.

2007-09-04T08:07:00.001-07:00

20070904 1106. The rise in the YM futures on the 5 min chart this morning.

2007-09-04T07:44:00.001-07:00

20070904 1042. Seasonally the US stock markets open strong after the Labor Day holiday. Today there was a gap down, but having this seasonal tendency in the back of your mind, would create a bias (bad word I know) towards taking the long signals that came by this morning on the mini Dow futures contract.

2007-08-29T08:03:00.001-07:00

20070829 1100. Long squeeze signal on mini Dow 50 tick chart. A complete reversal of sentiment from the 200+ point decline yesterday.

2007-08-14T08:08:00.001-07:00

20070814 1105. YM futures daily charts shows the bearish breakout formation. Changed since two weeks ago, but is nevertheless a bearish formation breakout.

It was interesting how on 13 August, the TV business news channels were expousing the Goldman Sachs US3 bn injection into one of its hedge funds were "painting a positive tone for the US stock markets" to rebound. Well it is now clear that the market saw this as a bailout and a negative factor.

2007-08-14T07:16:00.001-07:00

20070814 1010. Textbook short squeeze on the mini Dow futures today. Classic on the 50 tick chart.

2007-08-08T07:49:00.001-07:00

20070808 1047. Minin Dow futures fires off a long squeeze, good for about 10 points. Not very much, but they do add up in the longer term equation for the day trader.

2007-07-31T07:06:00.001-07:00

20070731 1004. A long squeeze fires off at 13518. Scaling out of the positin is recommended by J carter of Tradethemarrkets.com.

2007-07-30T06:44:00.001-07:00

20070730 0942 ET. Mini Dow futures short signal triggered at 13350, with a quick move downwards.

2007-07-23T08:26:00.001-07:00

20070723 1124. A long signal at the pivot at 13980-85 for the mini Dow futures contract. The DMI/ADX system provided the clue as to the direction of the trade to be on.

2007-07-16T07:42:00.001-07:00

20070716 1041. A nice long setup for the mini Dow. Break of resistance line and coming out of the low volatility zone. 14010-15 provides the entry price.

2007-06-29T07:43:00.001-07:00

20070629 1041 ET. Soybeans open limit up, but Corn gaps down slightly. Long on 2 blue bars provides a quick entry into a profitable position. The limit up on Soybeans creates a 'pull' on the other grain markets.

2007-06-27T08:31:00.001-07:00

20070627 1130 ET. Dec corn moves down nicely to 363 1/2. Trading this breakout on a day of range in the equity indices (FOMC) can bear fruit.

2007-06-27T08:18:00.001-07:00

20070627 1116 ET. A nice short in the Agricultural corn contract, ZC on the ecbot at 370 3/4, on the break of the low of the first 30 min range on the floor session. A nice setup for the 4 tick, 8 tick T1 and T2 targets. Remainder of 1/3 position is exit at discretion, to try to milk the trend.

2007-06-27T07:38:00.001-07:00

20070627 1037. 2 minutes was all this trade lasted, with the emergence of 2 consecutive red bars, closed out for small profit.

2007-06-27T07:37:00.001-07:00

20070627 1035. 13404-9 area provides the entry level for the mini Dow futures breakout trade today. FOMC meets later in the afternoon, so breakouts could be limited to small moves today.

2007-06-26T07:42:00.001-07:00

20070626 1040. Buy signal on YM, on the break of the 70-75 area, with the needed lowvolatility region breakout and resistance level break.

2007-06-25T08:26:00.001-07:00

20070625 1025. YM reaches 13580, loss of momentum from the indicators indicate time to close the position.

2007-06-25T08:05:00.000-07:00

20070625 1005. YM gets to 13575. DMI provides the 'bull stance' to support this trade.

2007-06-25T08:01:00.001-07:00

20070625 1059. Buy fires off on the mini Dow futures at 13538-43. Red dot zone, break of previous high provide the fuel.

2007-06-21T08:41:00.001-07:00

20070621 1139. YM short set up, but was not a clean break. Had to dally around the entry level 13586-89 before moving down. Let's see how this oue, which initially stalled goes.

2007-06-21T07:34:00.001-07:00

20070621 1031. Mini Dow buy signal fires off at 13549-55 region. Breakout of previous high resistance, formed by movement of 'thrust' candles out of low volatility region (red dots)

2007-06-20T07:52:00.001-07:00

20070620 1050. 2 red candles, and the position is closed out at 70. Objective signals are the must have in trading, removing the human element, which will surely in the end screw up the trade.

2007-06-20T07:38:00.001-07:00

20070620 1036. 13748-50 is the region of the breakout of the previous swing high resistance, coming out of the red dot (low volatility) area. Long with 10 point stop. First target 10 points then discretion on 2nd 1/2.

2007-06-19T08:04:00.001-07:00

20070619 1101. YM trend continues to high of 13740. At this point some profits should be locked in, with break even stop to ride any remaining trend.

2007-06-19T07:35:00.001-07:00

20070619 1032 ET. A long squeeze (movement out of red dot zone) along with break of resistance of previous highs, indicating a long signal on the mini Dow YM futures contract at 13710.