AskSlim, Welcome to ET. I also enjoy reading your column. You'll find ET to be very much like the market itself. Some threads will make...
I wish I didn't watch the Tradestation intro videotape hosted by Bill Cruz 5-6 years ago. Developing a profitable system was shown to be...
Yes, individual trade volume is not reported during the day. Only daily volume is available after the close. Chinook
The link in my post mentioned stop orders but they took the link out! Anyway, I sent CBOT an e-mail. Chinook
It looks like everyone is doing it in a dfferent way. Thanks for the suggestions. Chinook
Paul, I have a similar document for my trade logs. It's not as detailed as yours though but still I can go back and review my performance (not...
Yes, I'm losing my mind :)
Vega, Good suggestion! This is the way I see it: Let's say my intraday swing system has 50% winning trades with avg win / avg loss ~1.5 . Of my...
I have a suggestion for a new forum: "Venting Room" . This can be a forum where we can vent our trading related frustrations after a bad day or...
Acrary, Thanks for your post. I see your point and we both agree on the actual reward. When I open a position, my protective stop order (risk)...
I think you can do this in more than one way. I'm keeping track of my P/L and Risk(initial entry stop) for each trade in a day. Let's say I made...
Does anyone have more info on the US equity index futures Eurex-US is planning to offer? Thanks, Chinook
sp500 is only traded in the pit. So most likely, your orders will have higher slippage than e-mini orders. Chinook
I got this from today's Innerworth Newsletter. I like the following quote: "Rarely do any of us grow up learning how to operate in an arena...
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http://elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21793 I'm hoping CBOT will do something similar for YM. Chinook
I also don't have a daily $$$ goal. This is the way I see it. Market is a like a psycho girlfriend; you don't know what she's going to do next....
Trade_addict, Thanks for the feedback. I like your handle! I guess we're all here trade addicts in a way :) Chinook
I suggest you stay out during the "lunch" time: 11:30-14:00 EST. Most of the time, market chops around with low volume. Chinook
FX-Trader, I think we discussed about this in the past but it looks like new platform will also support stop orders (page 904B)....
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