Thought it'd be a great day, but turned to crap......HOD on ES at lunchtime...bunch of crap.
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That was the backup plan if trading didn't work out. Fortunately there were no big differences going from paper trading to live. So the Subway...
I think you can make trading much harder than it is. When I tried discretionary trading I thought it was very hard. I consistently lost money on...
For my main Volatility Breakout strategy I trade using a progression on loss. It starts at .9% after a win and can grow to as much as 3% per-trade...
I'm sure you guys realize if you're using Fixed Ratio MMgt then you're using a Martingale strategy (increasing size on losing trades relative to...
You can also buy T-Bills. The broker is required to keep them in a segregated account. Also, pull excess money out on a regular basis and open...
For short term trading its better to use the modified sharpe ratio. Just take the daily average return and divide it by the std. dev. of daily...
Taking it in the shorts today....:D Somedays I think I should override the models. This is one of them.
Remember to use today as the last date when you setup the chart. Then plug in like 50 days for days back to include all the data.
Russell 2000 Emini wasn't available when 2000i came out. You have to use Add New from the insert symbol menu. Then use future for the category and...
Well, I'm done for the day. No system trades just a one lot discretionary trade (I take big risks when I haven't a clue, lol). I think I'm going...
I lost plenty when I started (on a simulator). What it taught me was I didn't have a clue how to trade. I spent countless hours going through...
Yes, this is a different system than the first one I developed in 2002. This system signals trades on the close for the following opening. I got a...
I'd bet it's the 80/20 rule. Of the winners, 80% of the profits are made by 20% of the participants. 43yotrader
Got a decent trade early today in ES.
Apparently 100% of associations claiming to be the voice of daytraders have also gone out of business. Here's the electronic Traders...
Doesn't look like it's going to be a losing day. Up over 2k right now. I won't post another one until I can show a good loss at end of day like...
I trade ES. This system is pure daytrading. When I started out I did a journal though I abandoned it just before I went live because all the...
Your numbers sound incredible! I thought I had a good system. 19:1 R/R is fantastic! For what it's worth (probably nothing) I separated my...
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