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  • #124,701
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:36pm Nov 28, 2012 1:36pm
Quoting kill56
and revers
like clockwork
  • #124,702
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:37pm Nov 28, 2012 1:37pm
Quoting ingmarforex
Funny how they do this on gold everytime on expiration days (Options) geting predictable shorting gold before expiration might be 1 to watch for comming time
Right on point, ing!

I have a growing list of things to watch these bastards for.

Have you gone back and had a look historically yet? Need a bite to eat now, but think I will with a coffee afterward. Definitely in the notes...nice one.
  • #124,703
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:38pm Nov 28, 2012 1:38pm
Quoting kenfen69
Just left click (and hold) on a closed trade in your Account History, then drag it onto your chart. It will appear automatically. Handy feature in MT4 (about the only one I can think of, actually! ).

If you hold Shift + Left Click and drag a trade to the chart, it will do the entire history for that pair. (<--can be a little glitchy I've found, though.)

I just drag them out immediately after I close. Constant trade diary.

Only other thing to mention. I often leave my terminals open for weeks and weeks. If MT4, or your computer crashes,...
appreciate the detailed response and all the tips!

is there anyway to set the default color of trendline and arrows?

or do i have to change them all manually?
Be hopeful in a winning position, and fearful in a losing position.
  • #124,704
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:42pm Nov 28, 2012 1:42pm
Quoting PayTheLimit
Lol, wasn't bad, exept for that Aussie running up again, jags, I sold some more...don't like my chances, but what the hell...getting ready to fix myself a night cap
The bastards...harshing a perfectly fine drink!

Still waiting for a little higher here...

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May even adjust that a little higher now, actually. Been staring at an H4 all day. Switched to M30 just now. Would be surprised if that top doesn't come off. I'll be waiting for them at 0488ish (may go manual on that one)...but certainly at 0508. Two months that bastard has been waiting to be filled! Have to give the fakker a chance to shine!

Night cap sounds good! You're making me thirsty, though.
  • #124,705
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:44pm Nov 28, 2012 1:44pm
Quoting kenfen69
Right on point, ing!

I have a growing list of things to watch these bastards for.

Have you gone back and had a look historically yet? Need a bite to eat now, but think I will with a coffee afterward. Definitely in the notes...nice one.
Naah not historical but something i noticed recently on expiration days. Anyway your coffee is cheap open a coffee chart you might find something. Also cot extreme etc small spec short heaviest. So playing myself bit counterish in the hope to get a decent run outa coffee
  • #124,706
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:44pm Nov 28, 2012 1:44pm
Quoting kenfen69
Little docks may think she's shiny and cheap cheap!
do u remember the $100 on shiny

we had $50 and still one more if the good US news start coming
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  • #124,707
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:45pm Nov 28, 2012 1:45pm
Quoting chazzle
like clockwork
Dipped toe going north. Small as she gets, though.

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  • #124,708
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:48pm Nov 28, 2012 1:48pm
Quoting Rag2RichesFX
appreciate the detailed response and all the tips!

is there anyway to set the default color of trendline and arrows?

or do i have to change them all manually?
Hmmm...never tried that, actually. Somehow I doubt it, though.

I have a script laying around somewhere. I'm not going to do one from scratch, but if I can find it, I'll pass it along. You could set whatever colours you wanted in the code itself.
  • #124,709
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:51pm Nov 28, 2012 1:51pm
Quoting ingmarforex
Naah not historical but something i noticed recently on expiration days. Anyway your coffee is cheap open a coffee chart you might find something. Also cot extreme etc small spec short heaviest. So playing myself bit counterish in the hope to get a decent run outa coffee
Cool cool.

Yeah...coffee IS cheap...considering I'll pay ANY price for it! It has taken some lumps. Not a bad place to look for a bit of a runner. May join you on some of that. Will debate coffee over apres-meal coffee.

EDIT: 150ish may fill an order for me.
  • #124,710
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:51pm Nov 28, 2012 1:51pm
Quoting chazzle
like clockwork
yop and the dog can walk between the lines
  • #124,711
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:52pm Nov 28, 2012 1:52pm
Quoting kenfen69
Dipped toe going north. Small as she gets, though.
GL - might get the mid again - but I reckon it will go something like this in the st (m5 view)
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  • #124,712
  • Nov 28, 2012 1:58pm Nov 28, 2012 1:58pm
Quoting kill56
do u remember the $100 on shiny

we had $50 and still one more if the good US news start coming
Oh yeah! Remember a couple of them...80+ anyway.

This rumour driven market is becoming nuts. Sure...there's the fiscal cliff...but that is FAR from America's only problem. But...the markets just seem to focus on whatever is the event du jour in micro-fashion.

Is what it is. Have to find a way to make the pips, no matter the conditions. But days of extremely tight ranges on Gold followed by a 20 second $30 freefall will put hairs on your chest (No Gold for Ally!)!
  • #124,713
  • Nov 28, 2012 2:03pm Nov 28, 2012 2:03pm
Quoting chazzle
GL - might get the mid again - but I reckon it will go something like this in the st (m5 view)
Wouldn't bet (too much) against that! That's why its a toe dip.

Could be just a scalp to cover some drinks...nearly there now.

I'm not selling from here, so will keep trying small buys toward 1700. Interested to see what Asia thinks of the price.
  • #124,714
  • Nov 28, 2012 2:16pm Nov 28, 2012 2:16pm
Quoting chazzle
GL - might get the mid again - but I reckon it will go something like this in the st (m5 view)
Out now. Not much of a drink, but need to step out again...

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Back shortly.
  • #124,715
  • Nov 28, 2012 2:49pm Nov 28, 2012 2:49pm
Quoting kenfen69
Hmmm...never tried that, actually. Somehow I doubt it, though.

I have a script laying around somewhere. I'm not going to do one from scratch, but if I can find it, I'll pass it along. You could set whatever colours you wanted in the code itself.
thanks, would make it a little easier to see (for my scalps), right now scrolling through m1 or m5 history works best though
Be hopeful in a winning position, and fearful in a losing position.
  • #124,716
  • Nov 28, 2012 2:52pm Nov 28, 2012 2:52pm
Quoting kenfen69
Little adjustment made there. Partial from the top...lower two out. PO reset near top...

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Just looking after the bank. Important not to neglect it.
Filled.
  • #124,717
  • Nov 28, 2012 2:58pm Nov 28, 2012 2:58pm
Quoting kenfen69
Filled.

ahhhhh....
  • #124,718
  • Nov 28, 2012 3:00pm Nov 28, 2012 3:00pm
Inneresting. Straight from Zero Hedge (thanks...and sorry for the hack)...

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Is This Why Gold Dumped And Stocks Pumped Today?

In the pre-market this morning, Gold had outperformed the S&P 500 by over 200bps for the month. By the close today (month-end settlement T-3) - given how synchronized gold and stocks have become - Gold and the S&P 500 will be perfectly unchanged for the month. Whether this morning's plunge in Gold (and rip in stocks) was the unwind of a major hedged position (or vice versa) is unclear - but the coincident reaction around the election suggests today's Gold move (and stock move) had a lot to do with each other - no matter how much they are blamed on cliff schizophrenia...

S&P in ounces of gold - unch for the month now thanks to today... equities were bid up into the election (outperforming Gold by over 4% in the first few days), gave it all back and then some as Obama's election was announced - to underperform by over 4%; the last few days of silence from DC and today's snap managed bring the two Fed-sensitive markets back together again...


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defau...goldES_0_0.png

as they recoupled this morning...


http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defau..._goldES1_0.png
  • #124,719
  • Nov 28, 2012 3:04pm Nov 28, 2012 3:04pm
Quoting kenfen69
Out now. Not much of a drink, but need to step out again...

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Back shortly.
get you a few cans of super at least - nice one
  • #124,720
  • Edited 3:21pm Nov 28, 2012 3:07pm | Edited 3:21pm
Sho nuff...

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Would be perfect sync, too if Gold had bounced $60 from the low instead of $15.
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