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Re: T-Bond Day Trading/pivot calculation question


  • To: RealTraders Discussion Group <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: T-Bond Day Trading/pivot calculation question
  • From: Arnold Thompson <arnoldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:59:41 -0500 (EST)
  • In-reply-to: <199903111456.GAA00505@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Yes,  would be interested in your trading synopsis.  Am Currently watching for an
entry point to go long myself.  Also new to bonds as a market..
I wonder if most traders don't publish mostly for the benefit to themselves.

My thought is that the written word casts ones reasoning in concrete to be seen
objectively and clarifies the ever changing and liquid nature of ones thoughts.
But then that's only a thought.

Bob Hunt wrote:

> I have received many questions regarding the methods and formulas that
> I use in creating my daily T-Bond Day Trading reports.
>
> I am currently in the process of creating a guide to these methods,
> and I hope to have it completed next week. The guide should answer
> most of your questions and give you the footing to make similar types
> of analysis on your own.
>
> If you have not yet requested to be put on the distribution list,
> please contact me directly. I think in many instances it has helped
> deliver this report a little more promptly.
>
> Bob Hunt
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Joe Zelwietro wrote:
> >
> > Hello Bob:
> >
> > Your continuing bond posts have been educational and have taken some of the
> > mystery out of bond movements for me.  Thanks.
> >
> > I have a simple question re: pivot points.  I have compared the way I
> > calculate pivots and find that they don't quite match yours.  It could be
> > because you include night trading and I don't, or perhaps its because you
> > calculate the pivot points differently.
> >
> > Here's how I calculate them:
> >
> > The calculation for the new day are calculated from the High (H), low (L)
> > and close (C) of the previous day.
> >
> > •Pivot point = P = (H + L + C)/3
> >
> > •First area of resistance = R1 = 2P - L
> > •First area of support = S1 = 2P - H
> > •Second area of resistance = R2 = (P -S1) + R1
> > •Second area of support = S2 = P - (R2 - S1)
> >
> > I know you also use a third level and assumed that you made an extra step:
> > i.e.[R3=(R1-S1) + R2], but you know what happens when ones assumes :-)
> >
> > Appreciatively,
> >
> > Joe Zelwietro