The best trades today were the oil futures, which offered potential profits of about $2,500 per contract in two distinct moves defined by Nat’s Control line. The first move, potentially about $1,200 per contract, started in the pre-market and stalled at Nat’s control line. The second, potentially worth about $1,300 per contract, broke out from the Control line after noon and rallied strongly. Oil still looks volatile, especially compared with the ES today.   The ES made a decent move overnight that stalled right at Nat’s control line at the … Continue reading →

Some of the wonder is wearing off Nat’s fabulous system trades. After three weeks of virtually unalloyed successes, last week we had two trades — of 10 total — that failed to behave as expected. OMG! On Wednesday the ES dropped substantially below her buy level, far enough that any reasonable trade would have been stopped out. It later recovered and turned into a good-sized winner, but a lasting dip below the Buy entry is a novelty this year. Friday it happened again, in the oil futures. The price moved … Continue reading →