can Volume be any LOWER ?!!? . . .
this raging Bull Market and nobody seems to want to participate . . .
makes me think the Big Boys are NOT involved.
I think they are gladly Banking Profits by Selling to the home audience.

very nice 'grasshoppah' . . POG, do not take anything commented here as "against you".
We ALL enjoy your posts and are pulling for you (and ourselves).
Your only justification for your signals is your proprietary system .. end of story.
Please continue to post here often and abundantly.
I currently have the same views as you and am Holding my positions . . .
Down SPY and Up VIX.

LOL! . . sorry, PS . . I just wanted to get you into a snarling mood this morning. Just making sure you are awake.
I just shared my first thought, in good nature, after reading your "Bernanke interview".
I understand your view . . no further discussion necessary.
Just ribbing you this morning.
Good Luck !!

so, we agree . . the Market has been and continues to be manipulated . . .
You will never hear this kind of honesty from him.
Thanks!

setting up for a Down into the Close ??

could be . . . I'll be all out of my Downers if we get another Bullish day on Monday.

I think she's running out of Buyers . . .
and Holders aren't willing to Sell yet.
They all think there's a Big Bull market ahead.

if she doesn't start heading South soon, the pressure will force her Up.

The Pre-Market High is almost the as yesterday's Trading High . . .
even after the "fantastic" Jobs Report.
The only negative is that it may boost chatter of the possibility of the Fed ending quantitative easing sooner than earlier believed.

Looks very weak (not very Bullish) . . see chart below:




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yes! . . not to mention, can there possibly be any LESS Volume ??
Are all the Bulls so excited that they are already ALL IN ??
No one left to Buy ??
Down, baby . . let's go Down.

I just Closed it @ 355 . . .
it had been up to over 400 earlier, but I was a little greedy trying to show off here.

So, I guess 355/243 - commissions = 40% Profits for a few hours of work isn't a bad show either.

Have a great day all !!

Bought AAPL Calls. . . .
see my iHub #board-2546 for details.

Bought AAPL Mar-16 440 Calls @ 243.

This is a Day-Trade anticipating an Intraday UP move

... not for Holding overnight since the Daily Trend is Down.

I'll be looking to Buy AAPL Calls this morning .. real soon.
Right now looking at 430 or 440 Calls.

I'll be looking to Buy AAPL Calls this morning .. real soon.
Right now looking at 430 or 440 Calls.

the Pre-Market Stock Index Futures do NOT look Bullish . . .
so I guess that means they are Bearish ...
even after a Bullish jobless-claims report.

I think so also .. and am hoping for it as I am currently IN Down positions.
Good Luck !!

POG . . . . a few things . . .

1 - I love what you're doing here . . thanks!

2 - If your system works forward as well as it back-tested, don't worry about working for anyone

3 - if you ever want to setup your system as a Pay-Service, it is easy and I will gladly help you . . I have a lot of experience

Good Luck !!!!

be sure to read my post on SPY Gap Analysis . . .
located on iHub here: #msg-85352768

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this morning's Opening Gap has been filled = VST-Bearish . . .
SPY=152.90 (SPX=1525.20) has to be taken out on the Downside
for a more Bearish Trend to appear.

WoW! . . those FACTS at the bottom of your post says it all !!
I think the Market starts to turn Down from here.

very nice board POG . . . here is a good/interesting article wrt VIX Trading
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/letting-the-vix-tell-us-when-to-get-out-2013-03-06

again with that Gap-Tip (see link-back) . . .
will today be a repeat of Jan-2 and not be filled . . .
or will it be filled by the end of this week ??
What it does wrt the Gap left today should determine the near-term Trend.
Read that Tip again!

good move! . . the boys are coming back from lunch soon and
will be pushing her Down for a little bit.
Let's see where that goes to.

and WE have been saying this for a long time . . .
so it must be true !!

My HOT stock picks for the last 7-months:
http://stockcharts.com/public/1892628

read the stuff in the top box and then please VOTE for them !!
( every day even )
Enjoy!

and the key level today is 1531 . . .
we are off to the races higher if we stay and Close above that today.

Volume IS slightly ahead of its figures of late . . .
we can see the Big Boys after lunch have been running Up the price somewhat . . .
I think to bring in Buyers for them to Sell to.
Unless $SPX = 1525 is taken out, I am Holding my Downers.

I do see a good chance of $SPX = 1500 today . . .
so, I'll post the Key Level below that in case of a Break Down . . .
1485.

yes! . . . it sure continues to look that way in the near-term.

these two levels are still very key today for the S&P-500 . . .
click the link-back to see what I posted.
We will probably Open just above that first level . . .
and if we break-down and go lower, that next level will be quite a Drop . . .
but will probably stop the fall.
I will be watching for Up Strength in the Drops for a Reversal back Up.
or not

nice catch!

after all that it still looks weak . . .
it still looks Bearish to me.
Pull up a 10-min/bar price-Chart of $SPX . . .
these past three days look like a nice little Head and Shoulders.
1515 is Key . . and then 1500.
If she stays a day or two under 1500, she will Drop Big soon.
You have a great! weekend too,

hey all . . just back from a day of Relaxing with the wife.
I see the day has been wonderful to us Bears.
She sure continues to look like a Big Down is coming . . .
unless of course the government comes out and "fixes everything"
by kicking the can down the road
or by just saying everything is fixed.
THEN .. the Markets should roar higher in a laughable fashion.
BUT until then .. I will just Hold my Downers and relax.
Don't forget, March-27th is coming when the next government debacle is coming . . .
we hit the debt ceiling and run out of money again and can't borrow more and don't want to stop spending.
Enjoy !!

nice HOD call .. nice Hold.

look at my most recent TIP posted in
the Members' Area of my Stock Trading website . . .
THEN, look at what happened to today's intraday gap. (around 1319.ET)
nice

yea .. I should have listened to my own rule and waited for the Big Boys to come back from lunch before Adding to my position.
I would have gotten those extra shares at a better discount.
I think the HOD is in .. am watching where she Closes to gauge whether I stay IN or not.
Too High of a Close might draw in a lot more Buyers from the masses tomorrow.

I'm just trusting my very-short-term-system Chart to get IN
after my medium-term-system Chart tells me the direction to Trade in.
OK . . 'nuf talk, let's watch the price-action.

that's a great! thing you're doing . . .
all successful Traders go through the process.
I wish I had your passion when I was younger.
Instead, it wasn't until I "lost it all" in the early 2000's
that I forced myself to "know what I was doing".
The same thing I'm doing now with my health .. now that I am 50 years old!
Keep up the "education" and you'll be so thankful when you're a mature Trader.

we shall see . . above 1521.50 and I'm OUT.

OK, my specs were filled . . .
so I Added to my SDS position @ 47.18
I doubled my position to 35% of my account.
65% in Cash right now .. for Adding to my position as it becomes Profitable.
My cost-basis for this position is now about 47.45