12/11/2003 8:57:52 AM - ** BOUGHT 2 NQ contract(s) @ 1401.5 12/11/2003 8:57:52 AM - Points total = 0 12/11/2003 8:58:03 AM - ++ USER COMMENT >...
I don't know what you're talking about. My results have never been better or more consistent. I haven't been posting them, I have other...
I think that was a great exit. There was a long lower shadow. That's support, man, the right thing to do was close up. If you had some other...
I don't have anything quantitative to answer with, but you should definitely take a look at it and see if it helps. I wouldn't take entry...
I think he is trading computerized, backtested systems; that's why he made the statement. If a system is based on historical market action...
In the past week or so I have noticed a huge change (for the better) in my P/L, as a result of standardizing my exits. Before they were pretty...
What has helped me with the big picture of the day is keeping up a chart of the a/d line. For example, right now on the Naz it's less than -1000;...
I tell you what, my trading has improved since I weeded out entry methods with a bad BS ratio. Next I'd like to find out how my entries compare...
By the way, Murky told me his BS ratio for swing trading stocks was 4, which would beat the crap out of any daytrading method I know of. I'm...
BS Ratios for my S/R trading: 1.4 (2 pt risk) <--- good 1.3 (3 pt risk) <--- ok 0.9 (5 pt risk) <--- no better than random This includes...
This program is AWESOME, somewhat of a pain to install, but a pleasure to use (and it's free). It has a very advanced algorithm underneath....
For the emini, sim fills = real life fills. Hell, for the emini, you can backtest on the 5 minute chart, take your entry price as the first trade...
** Lavaca Street Bar ** Thurs Dec 11 at 7pm Thanks to Arch from HillCast, beers will be on the house. See you all there, Pete
Thanks very, very much. Here's what I learned: (1) take trade setup; (2) mixed signals about how the trade is going: get smaller; (3) hit...
They already know what your educational background and work experience is. If they weren't seriously interested in you they wouldn't call you in...
I would very much like to also see a bad trade-- how you recognize it's not going well and how you get out of it. Thanks, Pete
on the afternoon run up, notice that even though there is a divergence in your oscillator there is not even one price failure on the way up (no...
Your #2 and #4 were great entries. If you look at the candles, notice both entries were immediately after a 2nd failure, with the failures...
From his DAX Journal in the Forex forum. I think #7 is the most important element of trading. 1. Get out of losers quickly. Once you feel a...
Since I haven't seen this ratio (MFE/risk) anywhere else, I guess I invented it, which means I get to name it: The BS Factor "BS" stands for...
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