What is that part that you can't automate? Can you describe the actions that you do that can't be automated?
Last year I replied to you “I’m sorry for being so blunt. You need to start taking responsibility for your behavior because behaviors have consequences and produce results. It is impossible to become a trader until you start taking full responsibility for your results.” https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...versal-vs-pullback.380942/page-5#post-6014443 What did you do? You continued to gamble, piss away your money, and transfer your issues onto the market. I’m not criticizing you, but rather encouraging you to think about your own limited perceptions of the reality of trading. Anyway, as a general rule of thumb, cheap coaches and therapists are a total waste of time and money, especially when it comes to trading. The really good trading coaches are not only expensive, but more importantly, they have highly developed BS detectors and therefore wouldn’t waste their time, energy, or reputation on people who confuse desperation with commitment. A good and very affordable way to start turning things around is the "Peak Performance Course for Traders and Investors" by Dr. Van Tharp. https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CQMWBQ4Q?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk I wish you all the best.
Read Van Tharp. He died, still seem to be sites affiliated with him that might help. Read Brett Steenbarger, he might not take clients. Google trading psychologist. There are lots of hits to try. For many years I read every self improvement guru book out there, not sure it helped. Why is trading specific needed instead of run of the mill stuff in your town? Are you journaling?
Here's yesterday's chart. 5 min ES. PA analysis Programed signals are marked up with the vertical lines. Entry is above/below the marked up signal bar (so entry is typically on the bar after the vertical line). "Context isn't right" is the hard part to program. Basically, the signal doesn't align with the order of events of the market cycle (Trading Range, Break Out, Pull Back, Channel, Trading Range). This is something I've tried a lot to ID. Basically, are we trending or in a TR? More importantly, when did we start the transition. TRs have been my biggest area of study for this reason. Programming wise, so far I've only figured out how to ID it when it's confirmed. Sometimes I can anticipate a TR as it comes into view/unfolds, and have a couple criteria that say "it's possible to happen right now", but again, difficult programming that feeling. "Too late" is the second hardest part. Notably easier than the content part, and likely more programmable. These are more of a safety check to make sure I'm not on the wrong side. Easy to program these signals, harder to trade off. Sometimes important, sometimes not. I don't by any means doubt it's possible to go fully automated. My understanding just isn't there yet, for my style trading. Rest assured though, I'm always workin on programming it. Like most everyone here, I'm goin for fully automated someday... 4 Good signals IDed 2 Signals not IDed 12 signals not used If you have any tips on the beginning of a Trend / TR identification part, I'd love to discuss. Right now, I can only program IDing them after it's too late to be very useful, for me.
Bruddah, those signals are all programmed in automatically. The trades marked are live; those are the signals that matter.
You are trying to automate noise. That's why you fail. In every market there is random noise at lower time frames. Specially in highly liquid futures markets. Price Action is made up. The behaviour of the past does not explain the future. Ever. And then there's confirmation bias, when you get what you are expecting is simply out of luck. You are never going to be able to automate noise. You are using your programming skills for the wrong task. First you have to look for something that is achievable.