{"id":134,"date":"2008-09-09T08:44:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T12:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2008-09-09T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T12:44:40","slug":"im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/im-back","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glad to be back and trading.\u00a0 Keep an eye on HK today.\u00a0 It closed below its secondary price.\u00a0 If it shows weakness on the Open I will play the downside momentum.\u00a0 HK closed below the secondary price but it didn&#8217;t show extreme weakness into the Close.\u00a0 So I am looking for confirmation that HK will trade lower.<\/p>\n<p>Not a great sign for LEH that it got hammered after it gapped up on the Open.\u00a0 The XLF did rally a bit into the Close but overall LEH was very weak yesterday.\u00a0 LEH was certainly the weakest of the banks- MS, JPM, GS, MER.\u00a0 Does the market think they are the next market blow up?\u00a0 I hope not.<\/p>\n<p>After a week away from my screens I traded with less size yesterday.\u00a0 A feel for the market is very important.\u00a0 When you are away for more than a few days your feel evaporates.\u00a0 I need to regain my feel.\u00a0 Until I do I will continue to trade with less size.<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to making some more good trades today.\u00a0 Good luck with your trading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glad to be back and trading.\u00a0 Keep an eye on HK today.\u00a0 It closed below its secondary price.\u00a0 If it shows weakness on the Open I will play the downside momentum.\u00a0 HK closed below the secondary price but it didn&#8217;t show extreme weakness into the Close.\u00a0 So I am looking for confirmation that HK will trade lower. 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