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A Modest Proposal
On Thursday night last week I posted a public model trade on my twitter taking a short on ES at 4561.75 looking for the 4350 area. That trade was in thirds, I posted all entries and exits in real time on twitter, and I took the last two thirds at 4399 yesterday for an average gain of 142.5 handles per third. It was a nice trade, and I picked the high area using the SPX 5min chart below on an impressively sweet setup shown below. This move was only a part of the overall scenario here however.
SPX 5min chart (from 14th Sept):

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Slippery September
Now we enter what could be one of the most exciting trading weeks of the year. It is beginning quietly, with the /ES very modestly adding to its big red number on Friday.


