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Thursday, February 18, 2021

LEMONS!

 

“The art of making the best of a situation!”

I’m pretty sure “clusterfark” & “FUBAR” can be found somewhere in the word

“trading” … like POLS & corruption, they always seem to fit nicely together in a

nice, neat package … I had hoped crypto could be traded at Turnkey, but the

reality is it can’t, unless you like giving money away for nothing … FX is a

complete joke of central bank manipulation … “has EURUSD OR USDJPY moved

200 PIPS this YEAR yet? … what a disgrace ... metals getting clubbed like a baby

seal at a Japanese whale hunt, with spreads that are barely legit … the energy

complex a joke with high spreads … and while I didn’t wanna go there, I’m on

the bus to “there”, cuz it’s all that’s left! … hello again “Stock Bellies”, specifically

the DOW30 … and as long as we don’t have another pandemic selloff, or civil

war 2.0 starts in earnest, or interest rates skyrocket ala the early 1980’s, the

“Tulip Bulb 30” has a lot going for it as a trading vehicle … with a 1 - 2 index

point spread, RT commish that’s meaningless, and a 20 Day Range MA currently

sitting at approximately 423 index points, there isn’t anything on the MT4 or MT5

that is even close to this … it’s the best deal going period.


While the “original” TUNNEL TRADING [TT] ALGORITHM was released about

15+ years ago, and was developed then for volatile FX, the basis for this was my

floor trading algo I used in the SP500 pit … at the turn of the century, stock

indices were not developed as CFD’s like they are now … the only index around

back then on the MT4 was the DAX30 … fast forward to today, and the MODIFIED

TUNNEL TRADING [TT] ALGORITHM is ideally suited for a CFD like the DOW30

… before U.S. citizens got kicked out of most offshore brokerages back around

2009 - 2010, I used these concepts to trade the MIB40 [Italy] at Saxo, when that

index was in the 30,000’s - 40,000’s, right where the DOW30 is at now on the lower

end … I’ve made some key changes and modifications, and have other indicators

[some proprietary, most now developed and released by others] that make the

MODIFIED version much better.


It’s important to remember, that the DOW30 is manipulated by the “Plunge

Protection Team” [PPT], and is subject to the “88/6/6” trading paradigm [88% of

the time UP, 8% of the time SIDEWAYS, and 8% of the time DOWN], and so from

my perspective it’s only a LONG trade … and while the longs definitely have the

advantage, as history bears out, it’s critical to remember that if you do

“stupid shit” in the DOWN 6%, and get stubborn, the losses can wipe out years

of gains very, very quickly … down days are one thing, “bat shit crazy” selling

panics are another.


Granted, I would rather trade crypto cuz it has by far the best trading markets bar

none [or even silver], but when handed the “lemon” by Turnkey, I’ll move to the

market where we’re most welcome and can get the best deal … if silver & gold

aren’t gonna play nice, and continue to screw around inside the

“Comex Con Game”, screw ‘em I’ll trade the DOW30 … “IF” the spread can stay

stable, and the ranges hold up, the algorithm will do the rest and deliver … the

key word here is “if”, but I don’t see why it should devolve into the nightmare

scenario we had back at the start of the pandemic last year at this time … but hey,

if it gets nuts and Turnkey’s scumbag HFT LP’s don't wanna play, then we’ll sit it

out until they “play ball” … simple as that.


Starting tomorrow, look for new blog posts once stocks close after 4 PM EST

… while I’m not crazy about afternoon New York trading, “Stock Bellies” are

somewhat different and can make some very nice runs into the close … unless

I’m already in a winner and riding it [let the pony run!], I’ll take on my usual

persona in indices and not usually trade the last hour … so, kinda “Back To

The Future” so to speak, and let’s make some money while the other markets

on the MT4 diddle … if/when silver moves, we’ll be there, but in all frankness

that could be a while … or in 5 minutes, who the hell knows anymore with these

manipulated markets? … in any case, we need a “day-in-day-out” money maker,

and unless I’m missing something, I don’t see anything that has the

“trade logistics” better than the DOW30 … the extra bonus of course, is that the

vast majority of the moves come during the New York trading day, from the

pre-market start around 7:30 AM - 8 AM EST, to the close at 4 PM EST … that’s a

decent approximate 8 hours of trading [⅓ of the day, for about 85% of the day’s

range … usually].


Algorithm signals today in the DOW30 … TURNKEY PAMM / MAMA DOWN

SLIGHTLY.


The signals were excellent, my execution on one of the signals “piss poor”, and

that cost us a couple of bucks … no biggie, tomorrow is another day!


Over at PHEMEX, I was in ETHUSD all day since the European open, and it was

one of the slowest trading days I’ve seen since before the Holidays … not even

$20 for a range after I came in, and the “chop” was unreal … algo parameters on

top of each other and “flat” as well … and that means leave it the hell alone! … so,

no trades today for “The Syndicate” … hopefully tomorrow sees a pick up in IVIX

… and as I write and glancing at another screen, while “stonks” partially rally,

ETHUSD just blew up about $25, before backing off some … “lightning in a bottle

… crickets … rinse, repeat … welcome to “Big Dog” [ETH & BTC] trading in

crypto! … quite frankly, if you don’t LOVE the way crypto trades, you either

aren’t paying attention OR don’t care! … and once you have the algorithm in your

hands, no matter where you trade, you’ll have the upper hand! … I GUARANTEE

IT! … more tomorrow on the algorithm.


… outta here … until tomorrow … “the future’s so bright I need sunglasses”!  😎

… Onward & Upward!! 


-vegas





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