Recent content by Biomech

You forgot the Illuminati!

I feel like I am getting a handle on my strategy of playing reversals in the ES. The problem is, I can go a couple days without a good trade, then have a few very nice setups all in one day. If I watch the ES very closely just for reversals, I tend to force patterns where there are none and...

Agree! Check out some Tony Robbins cds from your local library. His work has made very significant changes in more than one aspect of my life.

lindq, when you scanned for EPS stocks, did you actually do the scan 12 months ago? If you did the scan recently then these results aren't valid. I could do a scan today for the best EPS stocks and build any number of systems that would do well on those stocks in the past. If you have some...

DB, quick question about when you exit a reversal. Do you use similar rules to what you use to get out of your opening trade? Do you have a target in mind or do you just use the break of a trendline to pull your stop in tight? Thanks.

Wow. Obviously we have no common ground to even have a discussion. Nevermind.

Wrong. More than one person backtested his methods. None of them showed a profit. Not one. I personally tried his technique using the Replay functionality for about a month period, and I wasn't impressed. With any kind of slippage it all, it wasn't profitable. I was using the very basic...

It's funny. I've noticed when I am trading very poorly (overtrading especially), I am either taking shallow breaths or holding my breath for extended periods. When I start the trading session with a breathing exercise it helps to center me. I haven't really tried anything advanced as far as...

I haven't tried self-hypnosis, but I have tried breathing exercises. They definitely help keep me calm and keep my emotions under control.

Whoa. Relax a bit on the conspiracy theories there. Debka is up. Latest report is that the deputy prime minister and the vice-president of Iraq have defected and are being questioned by US authorities. Edit : Actually it looks like the vice-president has just made a run for it.

I may end up doing this to start. I do *want* to exercise discretion, I'm just not sure I have enough experience to do so yet. I haven't been able to determine a good time period to start with. I'll try to spend a few hours doing that tonight. I think what you have presented is a great...

Well, I have to fess up. I didn't trade your ORB exactly as you have stated it. I tested a few weeks of January using your rules and I don't have enough confidence in the exact parameters to trade it yet. I am going to go over my notes again tonight and try some of February. I think I have a...

Well, I guess I should say I'm not sure if today was a good test or not. It was a fairly atypical day compared to the last couple of months, but I have only been trading futures for a few weeks. Do you feel like your style performed differently today than most other days or is today pretty...

Well said. I agree. I just had a bit of an epiphany over the weekend after reading all of the first Simple thread. Previously, I had 4 charts up with a half dozen indicators each. I am down to just an ES and an NQ chart with just volume and no other indicators. Today was obviously not a...