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I've been following this thread for awhile because I trade in a similar fashion with a few differences. Anyway, I added the 8 SMA with the offset today as an intermediate trend indicator. Made a big difference for me. Thanks to whomever suggested it.

For those of you who trade primarily index futures in real time, do you use minute bars, tick bars or volume bars and why? Just curious.

For myself, I think in terms of weekly goals. Another factor you have to consider is what kind of set ups you like to take and what the market is doing on a particular day. If you like to trade with the trend or counter trend trade and the market is trending a lot, it is a disservice to...

Is anyone aware of any statistical research done on the use of daily pivot points in trading index futures? Specifically, how often does price make some type of break out move around them? Are there some markets where they come into play more than others? I have been tracking them on the NQ...

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