Ah, thanks for letting me know. I rarely check my email attached to my account here, LOL.

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Hey COGSX86, I sent you a PM. I don't think this forum lets you know when you get a PM so I figured I would let you know here.

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My guess is they have been raising due to the economy looking slightly better and they want any reasone possible to raise them after being so low for so long to make them look like a better investment. The big issues impacting the economy have not ...

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Closing in on $21 trillion. I wonder how much longer China will buy US Treasury bonds. At this rate they could threaten to stop buying our bonds if we don't do as they please. I know they only own like 8% of our debt, but that is still a sizable ...

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I just view it like they are pulling the strings and my job is to decipher in which way they are pulling the strings and jump on board with them and off board quick enough to save my butt.

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BTW, what is Powell saying, that the USD will be the strongest currency of all time? My goodness at the USD strength right now.

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My hobby, other than working all the time, is reading what the young men think and are doing. They are the future. And it appears more of them are aware of this and are very unhappy about it. I think the whole Iraq war debacle and the debacle that ...

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I was reading how Nathan Rothschild basically bought the Bank of England in 1815 by getting information of Napoleon's defeat first, then shorting English bank bonds causing a selling panic and then buying all the bonds at bargain prices.

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I totally understand your reason for going short. I have a different way of looking at the markets than you do, and it was tempting to short up there where you did, but the truth is I would not know when to get out or why. Which is why giving ...

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True and excellent advice!

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I've seen it happen enough I am tempted to fade the pre-news move as soon as news is released. But I don't have the confidence in it, especially where to set my stop and my profit levels. But I do seem to see it happen often, where the entire ...

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I always guessed when price moves so strongly right before news, like it did today, the big boys are either pulling their orders, allowing the little guys to push the market in one direction OR the big guys manipulate the market to get it to a pool ...

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I don't think we truly have a direction, up or down, until one of the two gray areas is consumed. The longer term trend is down, so I would be more apt to play shorts from the higher gray area down to the lower gray area, if PA sets up. But thanks ...

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I appreciate it Nealpek. I know you said you don't really look at Supply and Demand. I am interested in how you trade, not because what I do does not work, but because I think the more you know, the better, you know lots of things I have never seen ...

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Neal, I just want to post the PA I saw on the UJ that caused me to go long. I am sure we trade very differently, but this is what I do. I see the gray area as supply. A strong drop base drop and fresh as well. Price moves strongly to it and the ...

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I would never trade these in isolation, I combine them with my knowledge of supply and demand and an idea of what the HTF charts are showing.

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I'm always amazed at the power of outside bars. Two bearish outside bars on the UJ 15M, and both worked out to the first target. The first was right into demand but it still held and eventually priced pushed down to the lows (at this time). 2nd was ...

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SunTrader and Nealpek, I agree with much of what you are saying. I don't have too much in stock long term anymore. Maybe 25% of my net worth. I am not yet 40, so that is why I keep some there. I think this thing has to cool off and give us some ...

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Yep, looks like 107.30 has a lot of recent history. If I were a betting man, I would bet that price oscillates around 107.30 until after FOMC is released.

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We all trade differently, I appreciate your input and Nealpek's as well. I just think 107.60 is an area Nealpek would find interesting, but maybe not. If so, it was a great area to short from with multiple R available.

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