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Scataphagos replied to the thread SPX prior high is 5669.67... has just been exceeded and is a technical pivot.

On my screen, the chart on this has disappeared (??). Suggest looking lower in the thread for the graphic.

Scataphagos replied to the thread Wallstreet Finally getting what they want from powell.

IMV, it's that $5T Covid stimmy + another $4T Dem deficit spending.. $9T of EXCESS money sloshing around in the system. It keeps...

Scataphagos replied to the thread Keyboard keeps connecting & disconnecting.

What can be the culprit? Virtually anything. I once had an issue where I started out with a RAM test... passed as "OK". I eventually...

Scataphagos attached a file to the thread SPX prior high is 5669.67... has just been exceeded and is a technical pivot.

[ATTACH] Can't say the market didn't give y'all a shot at it.

Scataphagos replied to the thread SPX prior high is 5669.67... has just been exceeded and is a technical pivot.

As to the notion of a "false upside breakout", we all just have to cope with it. Suggest playing the breakout level to be a pivot... so...

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SPX prior high is 5669.67... has just been exceeded and is a technical pivot

If SP breaks above, holds, and follows through, it's a buy/long indication. If this level fails, it's a sell/short indication. (Not a...

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Scataphagos replied to the thread never had i thought slippag3 would be a huge issue in trading ES.

Slippage is still a concern. I define slippage as the price differential between the time when I "decide to make a play" and when it...

Scataphagos replied to the thread never had i thought slippag3 would be a huge issue in trading ES.

IMV, one should not be trying to scalp the ES/SPY... too noisy for small potential gains. Suggest playing for "swing" type moves.

Scataphagos replied to the thread never had i thought slippag3 would be a huge issue in trading ES.

Electronic markets evolved to replace "open pit outcry markets" like in the old days. The primary benefit was reducing the overall...

Scataphagos replied to the thread Keyboard keeps connecting & disconnecting.

Could be just the failure of your keyboard. Do you have a spare you can test? If not, you should have one... even a cheap one for backup.

Scataphagos liked Robert Morse's post in the thread never had i thought slippag3 would be a huge issue in trading ES.

Buying on the ASK and selling on the BID is NOT slippage. You are also talking about a symbol with a notional value of $281,700. The...

Scataphagos replied to the thread Here's an excellent example of "Price TA".. support/resistance.

YES! Support/Resistance levels are partly reinforced by other players seeing and trading them... "monkey see, monkey do". So... if...

Scataphagos replied to the thread Here's an excellent example of "Price TA".. support/resistance.

Well, I'm not preaching anything novel. "Buy Support, Sell Resistance, Chase Breakouts" should be in any book on TA... Chapter 1, even.

Scataphagos replied to the thread Here's an excellent example of "Price TA".. support/resistance.

LOL. I've received many replies that I'm a blowhard and a charlatan. This is the first one where someone is concerned that if I keep...

Scataphagos replied to the thread Here's an excellent example of "Price TA".. support/resistance.

Chaper 1 in Price TA.. .not everybody gets is somehow.