Recent content by jasper6

Thanks for the good suggestions, Broomy. I'll take a look.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ammo.

I developed and sold a vertical website for the oil and gas industry between 1994-1999. It was essentially the "Yahoo" of the petroleum industry.

I'm still here. I appreciate everyone who posted to this thread. For the moment, I have quit trading and am looking at my options. There is a wide variety of opinion here from quitting and getting a job to keeping at it and trying to find something that actually works. I am looking at all...

I'm sorry I haven't been responding to every reply. I guess it's hard to hear that I'm just not cut out for this after 8 years. It's also hard to face the fact that I spent a considerable amount of money supporting myself while trying to make it. It's also hard to face the fact that I might have...

Well, there are close to 6000 pages in the ES Journal right now. I was just trying to narrow it down if that's OK with you.

Thunderdog, I started trading the ER2 when it was fairly new. I guess the main attraction was the daily range compared to other eminis. I gravitated to the constant range bars because it helped cut down on the noise. I found the volatility stop was helpful because it has a constant ATR and...

I'm hesitant to answer any more questions in deference to Buy1Sell2. The original idea was to setup asymetrical bets - betting one point to possibly be involved in multipoint swings. I haven't paper traded this or backtested. I don't have the means to backtest with the range bars. My main...

I'm not trading at all.

Here's a chart of this morning's action so far. There was one long at 721 with a stop of 720. You either scalped out a few ticks or watched it get stopped out for -1. There is now a short trade in effect at 719.40 with a stop of 720.40. It remains to be seen what will happen. Exits are...

Buy1Sell2, I have watched your swing trades with admiration in the ES Journal. Perhaps you could give me a synopsis of your general methodology or point me to the pages where it is listed. Thanks

The idea was to trade the ER2 using 1 point constant range bars with a Volatility Stop (15,1.5). Both short and long trades are taken between the hours of 9:30-11:30 EST when the market has more conviction. A stop of 1 point is used for each entry. On good trades, that stop is rarely...

I just want to thank everyone for their input and concern. I am still trying to digest everyone's ideas and all of the PM's I received. For now, I am not trading, looking for a job or anything else. Just trying to find my center and see which way to go next. I really appreciate the...

I am trading one lot. Not all of the 75K is in my trading account.

Thanks for all of the responses. There is really too much for me to address. I don't consider myself a gambler. I never gamble on anything but the market and I've tried to find an edge so it isn't gambling at all. I chose constant range bars with the volatility stop because it was something I...