you have to convert the two respective markets into like units. One full S&P point (or 10 ticks on the full contract, four on the mini) is equivalent to roughly eight Dow points. Once you have that, it’s easy to ascertain whether a given rally is S&P or Dow led. If the former is up five full points and the latter is up 16, the spoos are definitely

Buy November beans the first trading day in March. Take a $2000 profit (40 cents) or a $4000 loss (80 cents). If neither side is hit, exit on the second trading day in July.

look at the consistent results of going with the overextended readings rather than fading them in the manner they were intended (Table 39.1). Table 39.1 RSI Go-With System—5 Min Bars 1-2-01—11-19-05 (Indexes)----5-15--01--11-19-05 (All Others) RSI Go-with underscores an axiom that seasoned traders understand well. Nothing is ever too high to buy

add a filter constructed as follows: we’ll assign the variable “x” a +1 value whenever two closes in a row are in the same direction, up or down. If it’s an up followed by a down or vice versa, then x=0. If over a given number of days, x is greater than or equal to a given threshold, we’ll activate our basic breakout entries.

use day session only hours for all our intraday studies, so you must adjust your windows accordingly under Trade Station’s “use custom session” option. For the indexes, input 8:30 am--3:15 pm CST for start-end times. For all other financials, use 7:20 am-2:00 pm.

If the highest low of the last three-days minus the lowest low of the last three days is less than or equal to 20 percent of the entire three-day range, (highest high to lowest low), then buy the next day. For sells, the highest high to the lowest high must encompass not more than a fifth of the total range. Exit all trades on the close. Fig

If the close is less than the previous day’s low for two days in a row, then buy today at the open minus 50 percent the average three-day range on a limit order. Hold the trade overnight. Tomorrow, take profit at today’s high, or place your stoplosses one tick below yesterday’s low. If neither side is hit, then exit on close. Vice versa for sells.

If the close is less than the previous close for two days in a row and the close is less than the 5-day average low for three days in a row, then buy the next day on the opening. Stay in the position over two nights. On the third day, the previous day’s high is the profit target, and the stop loss is that day’s low minus one tick. Failure to hit

Enter in the Dow Spoo direction any time between 8:45 and 2:45—exit at 3:00. The start-end times are pretty arbitrary. They’re