I seem to remember Anek suggesting AT LEAST 4:1, but senility might be setting in.
Right now it's 11:26 Eastern time. The long-term trend (on a 10k Volume bar ES chart) is down, but the short-term trend (on a 1k volume bar...
Does anybody know how to do this with AmiBroker and IB data?
I can't imagine how anybody could say it hurts. Compared to some of the sheer nonsense floating around ET, this is just real basic stuff no...
A very pleasant surprise. Now I have a reason to read ET again! Glad to have a positive influence back here amidst the trolls, posers and just...
All good points. Thank you.
Anek, when you say "obvious chop" what made it obvious to you? The symmetrical triangle wasn't apparent in ES today unless I'm missing...
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. It's easy to see now that there was a long-term downtrend today, but when it was jinking around I kept getting...
I shoot for entry prices right around one of the fib levels, but sometimes when the market starts to move it moves fast and while I'm waiting...
When you create a limit order with BookTrader and have a stop order attached, when the order fills it adds two sliders in the same column to...
Never mind, I got what you're saying, i.e. the range is getting narrower.
It sounds like you're describing a symmetrical triangle or something else? Like this morning, so far (about 11 AM Eastern time now), the ES is...
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you know when you're entering a choppy period? I mean, it's easy to look back and say "wow, that...
Did you guys do anything different today because of the FOMC minutes at 2? Choppy this AM, did a couple of break even trades and decided to stay...
Anekdoten, I wanted to add my thanks to the many others you have gotten for starting this thread. I read the first 250 pages but got impatient...
If I had been told this last week I would not have closed my account, once again. The thing is when there clearly is a problem and tech support...
That's pretty much what I thought. Thanks for your response.
He didn't say that exactly, but he did say a lot of anxiety comes from the fear of making a wrong decision, which is why it's important to embrace...
Is there a reliable way to tell that the market is trading vs. a new trend starting? I've tried ADX, channels, r-squared, volume, TICK, etc., and...
If you haven't already read it (and maybe if you have), read Trading in the Zone by Mark Douglas. It's about how to deal with fear. I have the...
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