{"id":516,"date":"2020-04-05T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T11:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/market-and-us.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2020-04-05T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T11:53:09","slug":"bulls-and-bears-are-in-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/market-and-us.com\/blog\/bulls-and-bears-are-in-balance-516\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls and bears are in balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After the first green bar in the weekly chart, this week added another more doji-like candle<\/strong>. And bulls and bears are in balance<\/strong>. So, we couldn’t see bigger movement upwards or downwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next move is near<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ES (weekly)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As you can see, the 200 SMA could not be crossed<\/strong> above but the bears weren’t strong enough yet to break down the -30% price level. Same area as last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week’s candle is similar to a doji<\/strong>, maybe even an inverted hammer<\/strong>. Therefore a move to the downside would be more likely for the next week. But why the bears couldn’t bring the price at least below 50% of the candle before?
Let’s look at hourly candle of the ES<\/strong> to get a more detailed view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ES (hourly)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here you can see that the bulls could cross the -30% level, tried two times to break above the 200 SMA, failed, but the bears also failed to use this perfect double top<\/strong> as the beginning of the second leg down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday and Friday created a range<\/strong>. So, both is possible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bulls could try a third test of the last two highs<\/strong>. The bears could try their break down the range<\/strong> and the double top pattern.
Of course, both is possible but because of the weekly candles the bears are little bit in advantage<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Just pay attention on 2450<\/strong> and about 2525<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some words about my positions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Again I had no changes<\/strong> in my accounts last week. I am still holding what I decided to hold some weeks ago and I did not add any new trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correction hit some of my positions very hard but I expect them to react to the upside as fast and strong as to the downside. The third partial of ACM<\/strong> is still running as my only short position. A buy limit for the next 50% is already set, so I am relaxed with my long and medium term positions and I can focus on futures<\/strong> trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But one position I will mention here. It’s MKTX<\/strong>. I entered it as a trade more than one year ago<\/strong> (12th of March 2019) and sold two partials with good profits<\/strong> before deciding to hold the third partial (small one). And although it is moving a lot the last months, it’s not as affected from corrections like this as other stocks.
Look at the chart, it broke above the trend line connecting the last highs with a huge green bullish candle<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MKTX (daily)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The red line is my critical level for a long time and it just dipped it a little, so I could hold MKTX<\/strong>.
Another strong position is DEA<\/strong>. I just want to note down such stocks because they are not correlating<\/strong> with the SPY\/ES<\/strong> and therefore such stocks are good for a diversified account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The margin for futures trading was much lower last week because of the decrease in volatility<\/strong> and I could trade with real money more often. My rule is to start with the paper<\/strong> account and make two times the daily profit goal of my live account before switching to real money<\/strong>. And that’s the best rule I ever created.
So, I traded 3 days live last week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Week:<\/strong>
\u2022 Live account<\/span>: +$39.92 (3 green days)
\u2022 Paper account<\/span>: +$135.26 (4 green days, 1 red)
Last Month (March):<\/strong>
\u2022 Live account<\/span>: -$387.96
\u2022 Paper account<\/span>: +$1,788.75 (both with a bad first week)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here the cumulative returns of March<\/strong> for the paper account:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It feels like I am now on my way to consistent profits<\/strong>. Volatility decreased, I worked hard on my mistakes<\/strong> and developed my own style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to share my bad beginnings that you can see that it’s a difficult and hard way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay healthy!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now I just wish you a healthy week<\/strong> and not too much difficulties with this exceptional situation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s see if bulls and bears will be in balance the next week or which side will be stronger. Good trades.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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