StrayDog

About trades During the last 6 years, I showed ~1500 live trades on the feed. Yes, that's correct. I am fed up with it. Less of that in the future, since I switched execution on the "dedicated" laptop, while using PC for charting and posting on X. There will be -illustrations- of entries using TradingView. I have always thought that SEEING the trades - from the platform, where you can SEE the ENTRY / STOP / TARGET on the chart - have some value, and wanted to SEE how other traders execute. Showing trades, making real time comments - takes time, and can mess with the managing of those trades. This is very rare to see here on X. What community wants changes over time, and many are more interested in guesswork of "where is this going", than to actual trades. Finally, showing the trade AFTER it is closed as a only a line on the statement is IMO worthless, since a 9-yr old kid can make that. There are service providers that didn't show a single trade in decades, and that's fine - if they can teach you valuable lessons. Everything above is just my opinion. This platform is free to use, and you, and only you - choose who to follow, and / or to trust. I wish good trading to everybody.

If everyone agrees too quickly, somebody forgot to think.

The situation is dumb AF, because 2 days ago there were threats of bombing energy sector, now are talks with Iran - where Iran don't know they are talking... similar like talks with China, when nobody talked on the other side 😂. And it's not just dumb - many brokers froze on this, not to mention the slippage on the orders that were not rejected. If all of this is to save the SPX - like I read in one comment - "save it from falling below DMA200", then it can be short term only. But ultimately, this is something for the US markets to decipher. We just had at least some downside acceleration from SPX/NDX on Friday, and both SPX and NDX are still below DMA200.

@StrayDogTrading I am not trading today. On such news driven moves post-opex, I will let dust settle and today’s US session play out. If I had to choose, I will be a seller if holding below 23k for later but albeit continued lows

Speaking about HALFBACKS FDAX / DAX and halfback from the April 2025 Low News driven bounce - approximately from it But the Question is: IS THIS IT? What do you think - is this THE LOW, like swing low made, happy days... or more shenanigans incoming? Are you trading or waiting for the dust to settle?

This isn't random, but the CONFIRMATION of 2 things: 1) Concept that News Driven Moves Tends to Retrace, and that HALF of the move can retrace quickly - even on OUTLIER news 2) Traders and Algos are trained to buy the Halfback #ES and #YM below. This is POI for RTH

@Bartek23203672 That's the range on Futures. Futures and CFDs went 300 pts over the Index high, which was information on its own.

@StrayDogTrading >TODAY SO FAR: 1653 pts Are you sure? CFD RTH H is different thant DAX index. Could you confirm?

April 7th 2025 vibes - that was a 2022 pts day TODAY SO FAR: 1653 pts - another OUTLIER DAY Half of the News Driven Move is already retraced, with many platforms buggy, not to mention the bid/ask spread at the moment. We got used to 300-500 pts rippers, but nothing can prepare you for 1500 pts one. When I wrote "watch 22000" - this is not what I had in mind. Further, spike high on Index vs. Futures is VERY DIFFERENT. Something to study later.

@Straddl32161987 Yes.

@StrayDogTrading Golden Age of Insider Trading.

HEADLINE RISK playing out this is good account to monitor

@Forgotten_to_Be just posted about that April 7th 2025 a 2022 pts day TODAY SO FAR: 1653 pts

@StrayDogTrading LoL have we just seen the biggest candle ever. i think it is the biggest one of my experience.

Markets are not random. These two zones on #DAX40 are from a YEAR AGO. And yet, market so far dance inside this 130 pts. ⚠️Breaks should give more. 👀 on 22k Discussed on Private X, where examples were shown. 1) range between 2 zones 2) long example 3) short example

@ThreeTwoOneCero No problem! Trump already took a dump on the charts 😂 this is the HEADLINE RISK that sellers had

@StrayDogTrading gracias por tus analisis, pero da la sensacion que todavia hay mucho papel por colocar, y ahora podria venir un repunte precisamente para esto, un saludo

#DAX40 shown his real face today, when it retraced complete Y RTH Session by 11:10 CET. For SWINGS - zooming out usually helps, and there are times when WEEKLY CHARTS say more than Daily. 1) Weekly chart from Weekend Video (quoted post) 2) Now 👀

Short answer: Market can make 1000+ pts per day, so everything is possible, but to close over Friday/Thursday Highs this week... IMO Low odds for that. That need news driven move + short covering. Long answer: Unless we get some headlines about Hormuz / war over... IMO we need lower low for a bounce, because market didn't hit anything significant, OR at least - and for today, to regain 22000, and push over 22040 for a squeeze of today sellers. Below 21870 - we can go directly to 21700 for start. Problem is "FAST AREA" from before, where market just went up/down through it, without making good supports. If the market goes inside it, it can go again to the opposite end of it. Like ~21700 to ~20500. Traders should study the April 2025 Low, and the moves that were BEFORE the final low, and First Pullback after it. Screenshot from video from Saturday, and blank chart to see that area more clearly. Daily charts. Good luck!

@StrayDogTrading should close the week above the 23184 if there were still a higher maximum, thnks

My Spanish is a bit rusty my friend. If this below is accurate translation, IMO any bigger rip will be sold first, since markets are news driven, sellers in control under the breakdown point (~22930); and THE LOW probably when this is over, and Oil starts to go down. Bigger Picture video is posted on the feed, and goes into the previous structure.

@StrayDogTrading si son capaces de subirlo esta semana todavia queda un maximo mas.

@Forgotten_to_Be Potential is there. As long as below ~22,930; sellers in control. Not a bad idea to check top 10 DAX40 stocks as well. Traders need to acknowledge both downside and upside risk here.

@StrayDogTrading I am expecting it to get to 0.618 of Libration day.

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Monkey can make levels. What it can't do - from the last year rant. 👇 YOU are the one that needs to understand where and why to hit the market, THEN to Execute.

Don't complicate in directional markets. These were VWAP + Broken S zone combos. #FDAX

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Next tweet by Trump will probably go like this: “My Saudi friend Sheikh called and begged me not to attack Iran’s power facilities. The devastation it would cause the region would be immense so I will leave their plants intact. I will still destroy the leaders. Thank you for your attention to this nonsense”