Last week I was in St. Martin working on my tan. I definitely have the best tan on the desk and by far. Of course the week I am away the market rebounds 1000 points. It was like they knew I was taking a vacation. So today was my first day back and I treaded lightly.

So I missed all of last week. I traded an easy stock. I traded with manageable size. I traded easy setups. This is how you get back into the game.

It will take me a day and a half to get my feel back. Until I do I must make adjustments. And today I did. I traded JPM. GMan mentioned during our AM Meeting that XLF 8.40 was an important level. I noticed on the Open that JPM would not trade below 24.25 unless XLF was below 8.40. I noticed that JPM could not trade above 24.50 unless XLF was above 8.48.

And then I just waited. I caught a quick short when XLF traded below 8.40. I caught a nice upmove when XLF traded above 8.48. I stuck with very simple trading plays. And this is how you do it when you are returning from some time away.

It was good to get away for a week. Seems like our desk had a nice week while I was away. I wonder if they wished I would have stayed away longer.

Best of luck with your trading.