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Showing posts with label recap. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Probability of staying within a range ~ forex trading oil

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Clients,

Today I will discuss a topic that is so great. I I wish it was talked about more in the industry but as of yet, it is still a hush hush topic. I cant speculate as to why but here goes.

Based upon past performance of various securities, there can be calculated a probability of a price range move within a specified amount of time. For instance, If the US Tech 100 has moved X points per hour, day, or week over the last X bars, there can be a calculation to figure out the average range as well as a probability of it staying within or moving outside of a range over the next hour, day or week.

Let us take a look at a live example as of today.


Now look at the chart. The expected range is etween 10 and 18 points of movement between 11am and 12pm eastern on the US Tech 100 for today.

There is a 68% chance it will stay in this range and a 32% chance it will move out of this range.

If price moves toward the top of the range and you can sell it for $32 at the top of the range, you will be using a break even strategy. If you can sell it for $50 at the top of the range, you will be using a profitable strategy.

Look at it this way....

Over the course of 1,000 trades, If you are selling for $32, then you will make $21,760 n 680 wins. Likewise, you will lose $21,760 on 320 losses.

Now look at the difference of selling for $50

680 wins = $34,000
320 losses = $16,000
Total P/L = +$18,000

Here is another way to play. If you are comfortable losing a lot and making gigantic winners, you can reverse it.

Lets assume you buy for $10 or sell for $90 to try to capture gains if price moves outside of the range.
Now remember you have to sell or buy back at $50. Let us look at 1,000 trades.

320 wins = $28,800
680 losses = $6,800
Total P/L = $22,000

So it is 10:30am eastern right now. Lets see what price on the US Tech 100 does before 12pm. Let us observe if this time period will be a 68% day or a 32% day.










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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Abbreviations for our signals and a few guidelines ~ forex trading on td ameritrade

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Here is a list of abbreviations we use in our signals and what they mean. I will try to fit the actual words in the text but I often abbreviate due to limited space.

WS30 = Wall ST. 30

USSC2000 = U.S. Small Cap 2000

TP = Take Profit. This is the area that you want to close your trade at a profit.

SL = Stop Loss. This is the area you want to close your trade at a loss.

WO = Working Order. If we send our a price level to buy or sell at and it is not where the market currently is, Nadex will place this trade in a working order window to fill at a later time.

BS = Bull Spread Trade

BO = Binary Option Trade

B/E =  Break Even

@ = "At" a certain price

Also, Below are a few guide lines to remember:

If we set a TP @ 16540 and price is at 16535, you do not have to message me to ask if it is ok to take your profits now. If you want to take your profits, go ahead but I will let you know when I am taking mine.

Please do not message me to ask me what I think the market will do. I dont know what the market will do. I never have and never will.

If I send out a signals such as this... BUY WS30 16500-16900@16510 and the market currently is at 16505, then YES YOU CAN BUY IT AT 16505 because it is a cheaper price. Anything between there we say buy it and the floor/ceiling is an ok price to buy or sell.

So anywhere between 16510 and 16500 would be an ok area to buy

If i say to sell the 16500-16100@ 16480 and price is currently at 16490, then sell it because you got 10 points of a better price than we did.

The exception to this rule is that it must be within a few minutes of when we send the signal. You can not wait around all day and do it because it will not work then.

Alrighty, thats it. You have a great day!!
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Monday, May 2, 2016

Weekly Nadex Market recap 8 8 14 ~ forex trading on the weekend

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We had another profitable week. If a trader took every signal as posted, below are the results

Monday +21
Tuesday +20
Wednesday +11
Thursday -15
Friday (No Trades)

We took a DEMO trade on Thursday evening that carried over into Friday. As of right now, that trade is at a floating loss of -29. It has fluctiated between +20 and -35 for the past 16 hours now and I suspect it will expire about -15 or so.

Had we taken that trade live, our weekly P/L would be (with the current -29 trade) around +8, which is what I would consider a slightly better than break even week.

Since we are discounting the demo trade, our week will end at +37.

I have talked about this before but +37 may not sound like a lot but it all depends on the amount of contracts you are trading.

$37 on a $1,000 account is still a great return. 3.7% for the week.

Trading 10 contracts, this is $370. On a $10,000 account, this is a 3.7% return for the week or 192% per year. Compound interest is a grand thing if you use it right.

To my Clients:

I have had conversations with people this week and want to relay my thoughts to you about an issue. Many, many future clients all told me the same thing which is this, " You signals only trade 1-3 times per day. I cant make any money that way." I am sorry but they dont know what they dont know....yet.

Trading is a long term business model. It can compound your account into unbelievable amounts in a relatively short amount of time, over months and years. It can also be a great source of extra income. Treat this like a business and not a hobby and your account will stop taking giant hits. If you are unsure about something, DEMO trade it until you are sure. The market will be here tomorrow and the next day and 100 years from now (in some form) so just relax and stop trying to push trades through in the hopes to make more and more. Sit back and think to yourselves, "Are these signals, if taken correctly, making a profit?" If the answer is yes, then relax, be patient, enjoy the ride, and take a look at the tab above, entitled "compound interest".

Clients, you are all great and have had some awesome feedback this week from you. I am listening and if all goes well, next week I will be offering the bull spreads and also will be offering a lot more binary trades throughout the day.

Have a great weekend!!!




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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Nadex Trade Signal Recap Profit Loss for this week ~ forex trading opening hours

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Here I will recap this weeks trades. Did we make any money or lose money? See below. Traders often ask me how much they can make. We have traders who trade all different amounts of size so at the bottom, I posted a list of the amount of money they made or lost if they traded X number of contracts.

Monday July 21, 2014
Bought Wall St 30 - $45 Profit

Tuesday July 22, 2014
Sold US TECH 100 - $25 Loss
Sold US TECH 100 - $0 Break even

Wednesday July 23, 2014
Sold US TECH 100 - $20 Loss
Sold US TECH 100 - $44 Profit
Sold Gold (weekly)  - Still open at the end of the day
Bought Silver  (weekly) - Still open at the end of the day

Thursday July 24, 2014
Closed Gold - $25 Profit

Friday, July 25, 2014
Closed Silver  - $75 Loss
Bought US TECH 100 - $44.50 Profit

Total profit/loss for the week:
Total - Profit of $38.50 if you traded one contract
Total - Profit of  $194.50 if you traded 5 contracts
Total - Profit of $389.50 if you traded 10 contracts
Total - Profit of $974.50 if you traded 25 contracts.

Some of the traders did not trade the gold and silver trades. If thats the case, then profits this week were $88.50 instead of $38.50.

Some traders told me they increased their contract size after a loss. I advise against that because it can become your death trap but if they did, they made more than whats posted. Remember though that there will come a day when you cant martingale your way to success. There will be strings of losers so that habit is ok if you limit it to one or two times but just keep yourself in check.

Lessons learned this week: One bad ITM trade can screw2/3 of the weeks profits. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this week as a 2.5. I was not happy with the results, even though we made a profit.

Highlight of the week: Our first trade of the week soared within a few minutes of buying it. Our Gold trade tanked once we sold it. These were 2 happy moments.

Note: This doesnt account for fees or commissions.

Happy Trading and see yall next week!
-Ryan
admin@joaquintrading.com


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Monday, April 25, 2016

What the H E Double Hockey Sticks happened today ~ forex trading orange county

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As you are well aware, we had a losing day today. Remember all that talk about probabilities? Here is why I took a long position.

The wall street 30 had not closed below 200 points since may 13, 2014. There have been 65 trading days since then. The day was a bear day but to drop below 200 points was beyond me. The statistical probability of it closing below 200 points today was really low so I stand by my trade, win or lose. I say this because in the long run probabilities work.

Now on a brighter note... Yesterday, many of you made a lot of money on that bull spread. One person raked in $700 yesterday and that is fantastic! Congrats! I have been getting a lot of feedback about wanting more bull spread trades so tomorrow, I will send one out. I may do it tonight at 6pm but highly doubt it. It will most likely be tomorrow morning around 8am eastern.

There is a data table I posted in the facebook group "Nadex Trading Ideas" and it will show you a lot of statistical information about daily prices over the past few years such as the range, open to close, open to high, open to low, etc...

Bull Spreads, if you can get close to the floor or ceiling, work great. I will be sending out signals of probable TP targets. Whether you take them is up to you but hear this. The TP targets work. They may keep you from making a killing one day but they will also keep the money stream steady and smooth.

I will show you how the signals will look and explain how to read and trade them...

Example signal (This way I can fit everything in 140 characters...

Buy WS30 16800-17200 for 16810. Sell WS30 16400--16800 for 16790. TP=15 each side. RR +30/-20

How to read it...

WS30 stands for Wall Street 30 (I am trying to save space)

If I say buy for 16810 and currently price is at 16830, just place a working order for 16810 and go to bed.
If price is currently 16805, then great because you can get a better price.

TP=15 means that you will want to take profits at +$15 on each side. This means that as the price swings occur throughout the day, if price swings up 15 points, you will take profits on your buy position. If price swings down 15 points, you will take profits on your sell position. Leave the other side open if it has not taken profit yet.

RR+30/-20. This is where I tell you what the risk/reward is on the trade. This means that max win would be $30 for both contracts and the max loss will be -$20 for both contracts. If you get in the trade and one side takes profit and the other side expires worthless, then your P/L for the day (on the trade I just mentioned) would be +5 because you won one for +$15 and lost one for -$10. that equals +$5.

As long as one side gets hit at some point before expiration, you will have made money on this trade.

This is called a Non-directional trade. It does not matter which way the market goes. As long as it moves, you will have a successful trading day.

If the market does not move, you will have an unsuccessful trading day. If this is something you are interested in, please send me a message on facebook and I will start sending these out.

Have a great day and Happy Trading!












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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

This weeks recap Nadex Performance ~ forex trading on mac

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Yeah this week was a osing week! Last week was as well. However we are still up. Here is the performance numbers so far...

Week                    Weekly Performance   Running Total

July 21-25, 2014              +38.50              +38.50
July 28-Aug 1, 2014        +92.00              +130.50
Aug 4-8, 2014                  +37.00              +167.50 
Aug 11-15, 2014              +9.00                +176.50
Aug 18-22, 2014               -19.50              +157.00
Aug 25-29, 2014               -45.00              +112.00
Sep 1-5, 2014

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I am constantly trying to improve my strategies. Many times, I will get an email about why we took a certain trade or why we lost the trade. The answer is no one knows. If you have a strategy and trade it, you must take the ups with the downs. If it has been back tested enough and put through rigorous trial, you should have a strategy that you can rely on.

I posted a book on our group site today. It is called  "Trend Following" by Michael Covel. A trader really needs to read that because it has all the statistics anyone would need to learn to ride out the losses.

Mark my words, there will be a few weeks in the next year which produce hundreds of points of profit. You just need to keep striving. Keep learning. Always keep getting better and better.

Some clients asked me this week, "Why did you change your strategy?" I didnt. I have a toolbox of strategies I use because the market is always changing, always evolving. 

I did a webinar this week that showed how a trader could make a living by one strategy alone. If you want to stick to it day in and day out, you must first back test it. I showed a month or so of back testing in the webinar but in order to put your own money on the line, make damn sure you know it inside and out. If you want to test it, here it is...

At 8am every day, if the Wall Street 30 price is above the hourly 30 period exponential moving average, then buy the 8am-415pm upper bull spread at $30 risk or less. Set your Take Profit at +20. Vice A Versa goes for a sell. Thats it.

Now this strategy wins way more than it loses and it works great during trends. During consolidations, it doesnt work so well. 

Back test it. Back test it for the past 10 years, day by day and you will gain confidence. Always trade on a demo account until you have that confidence.

Well until next week! I am excited for September!

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

This weeks nadex recap July 28 Aug 1 (updated) ~ forex trading on fidelity

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Here I will recap our trades for this week. If you took every signal, this will show how our profits and losses happened. On some trades, some clients got filled at different prices but all I can show is the exact signals.

Monday July 28- 

Buy WS30>16830 (4:15pm) for $50. We took profit at $95 at 1:25pm. Profit = $45

Buy US Small Cap 2000>1145.0 (WEEKLY) for $41
Profit for the day = $45


Tuesday July 29- 
Sell WS30 bull spread16500-1690 415pm @ 16495. We took a slight profit.. Profit = $3

Buy WS30>16890 for $50. (This trade went down to $49 and then shot to 95 in about 15 minutes.. Some clients had their entry set at 55 got filled at this price and took profit at $95. I did not get filled because I kept my entry at 50. Even though some clients got filled, I can not include this in my daily P/L)

Profit for the day = $3

12:21 pm Sell US TECH100>3950 WEEKLY for $55

After Nadex opened back up at 6PM, We took these trades and held them all night.

Buy WS30 daily 16900-17300 @ 16914
sell US500 daily 500 1920.0-1960.0@ 1958.2

Wednesday July 30 - 
We took profit of $24 on both bull spreads. Profit = $48. Some clients didnt take profit at $24 but held and made more. Some clients didnt take profit and lost both for a net loss of -$32

Profit for the day = $48

Sell US Tech 100>3950 (WEEKLY) for $55

Thursday July 31- 

We closed US Tech WEEKLY Sell Position for $10. Profit = $45

Buy WS30>16700 for $50. Closed at a loss -$30
Buy WS30>16640 for $50. Closed at a loss -$25

Loss for the day = ($10)

Friday Aug 1 - 
Our Weekly US Small Cap 200>1145 expired OTM. Loss = $41

Buy DAILY US500 1930-1970 @ 1931. Took profit @+$30
Sell WS30 8am-415p 16100-16400 @ 16389. Took prfit @ +$17

Profit for the day +$6


Total P/L for the week = +$92
Trading 5 contracts = $460
Trading 10 contracts = $920
Trading 25 contracts = $2,300

Thoughts about this week...

Even though we were profitable, there was a time this week that I was just in misery. On Thursday, the DOW dropped something like 317 points. We were trying to buy on a dip. Lucky for us, we were in a binary trade and only lost a small amount. Losses happen. When they do, try not to beat yourself up. I spent the whole day with an upset stomach because I had lost my clients their money. But as I tell them all, in the end, it will be ok...and it was.

Take each trade but do not focus on it. One trade is just one trade. You look at the end of the week or end of the month and you will be fine.

Here is to another successful week!

Things I need to focus on...

Often when I send out signals, some clients have told me they didnt know exactly what I mean. So yesterday, I started streamlining the "wording" to make it a bit easier. I think that is fixed but I will continue to strive to be as clear as possible.

To my clients...

You are all awesome! Thank you and feel free to ask me questions about anything you dont understand.
















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Saturday, March 19, 2016

i needed to upload some artwork for my channel ~ forex trading online course

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Go to the roku channel store. Click on "internet tv" and add my channel!

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