As I wait for the FED and watch the Future ROLL in the DAX …
I had time to check my blog statistics
Yesterday was the 128th day since the blog started …
and it was the FIRST day, I had more than 1.000 daily visitors … 1.057 to be exact
Some of you […]

Volatility at its best or at its worst? Dax opened with around 70 point GAP, the high was around 200 points higher als yesterday evening’s low and we sold off below that low, around 30 points below that, only to recover after that.
EXPIRATION DAY or Masochist’s Ball
General Electric figures came in good, […]

Seemingly, selling interest is BIG. Every recovery attempt is met with more than enough supply. And now we got the “GO AHEAD” from Helicopter Ben. He expects weak markets to continue. The investors say, Ok Ben … if you say so
Merill numbers were not too negative, but market took it still negative as still […]

Welcome to Volatility-Land …
20 points in the S&P or 40 in the NQ … no problem … 100 points in the Dax … whenever you want … down … up … down … and next attempt to the upside. I have to admit, that it is DIFFICULT …
No profit is save, no stop is far […]

Usually I like trend days, but today I did not get it until it was too late. Maybe I will adapt my rules a bit to deal better with it.
There are days, when good news is bad news and bad news is even worse news Today was one of them.
Early in the morning […]

The Dax wants to go better, but is still held back.
IBM and SAP with strong earnings, but Credit Suisse cuts Europe to underperform and hikes US markets to outperform. First such move in a decade. So all in all a stabilizing day. Let’s see tomorrow, whether we can break the short term downtrend. Earned […]

Funny could be the description of today’s action … if one would not lose money on it
You are right on US markets, right on central bank decisions, right on Helicopter Ben, see the US charts correctly, the FESX does nothing, which could cost you money, you read earnings well, US figures are ok … BUT […]

On some days you need not only patience, but as well a little bit of luck … apart from the discipline, which is always needed
Today, I had 2 tight stops, just 1 and 1,5 points too tight … so I called it a day …
So …
Trading days - 23 … Points made […]