While the Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader focuses on investment over a one week to six-month time frame, Mad Day Trader, provided by Jim Parker, will exploit money-making opportunities over a brief ten minute to three day window. It is ideally suited for day traders, but can also be used by long-term investors to improve market timing for entry and exit points.
Current Positions
LONG? AAPL ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?????????? 129.50 ?
LONG UVXY?????????????????????????????????? 9.76
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Today's Working Orders
No working orders
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Stocks...
Every instrument is an Island unto itself.
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Bonds ...
Bunds...159.00 is the qtrly pivot. A close under the 50 DMA @ 158.84 is needed to confirm lower. 159.85 is resistance,yesterday's breakdown level.
30 Yr. ...is getting oversold. We're getting into an area where selling weakness is risky, particularly in front of a Fed Statement. 159.15 is the .618 Fib retrace from the March low.
10 Yr....128.24 will be pivotal all day.
FX...
EURO...held mvg avg support last night. Pattern buy stops are @ 110.36
USD/JPY...118.75 ( 84.50 Futures) will remain the closing level to see a stronger Yen.
GBP/JPY...has had a big three week rally. 183.95 is an area that can reject given the length of the move and the day of the week.
Commodities...
OIL..55.25 is a bear trap the first time down.
The upside breakout in Oil is over 58.65 close (20.25 USO)
Natgas...is putting in a possible bottoming formation. There is a lot of overhead resistance and the trades looks like it could be a slow grind.
You need to see it stay above 2.48 for this to mature into a bottom.
General Comments or Valuable Insight
Equities are a mixed bag, earnings that you would expect to be good like Matercard and the Hotel chains have been strong.
Today is a big inflection day. I bought the Vix ETF again as a hedge and a trading vehicle for a Risk off event which could be triggered by a hawkish statement.
Downside in the Vix seems limited every time the Vix trades into the low 12's.?We see a bounce. Yesterday it was an Iran rumor that gave it a quick 15% lift.
The bonds side has been running the Equity spreads for the past couple of days. it should be no different today.
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