Recent content by laurana

Hi, Just want to share something that I think will help. Do a search on "Epictetus" and read his works. I find contained inside, a simple/easy to remember solution that addresses the root of a person's "unhappiness" or "happiness" problems. Laurana

Hi Jack, I have been reading your posts for awhile, you mentioned somewhere that "volume is the leading indicator". I would like to ask, for trading ES on 5min timeframe, how would you use volume as part of your decision making? Do you compare the volume at an important formation of a pattern...

open position and their stops: - Queued limit and stop orders : sell 2 @ 11160 / 4 hard buy stop @ 11219 sell 1 @ 11183 sell 1 @ 11195 Stats : P/L : -287 ticks Total Trade : 1 Win:Loss = 0:1

None taken. I have taken a look at your journal, and will study it moer thoroughly. Hope to simultaneously test out a few different systems on YM. Thanks for the tips! Laurana

MDT: Yup, discouraging, but will continue on! I did not use fixed time frames but switched around with the time frames just to make sure the portion I want to see fits onto my screen. Decisions made is based on patterns I see on the screen and is pure discretional. Testing it out, not doing...

Most recent closed trade : -2 @ 10879, stopped out at 10978 -1 @ 10919 stopped out at 10978 -1 @ 10960 stopped out at 10978 Total ticks :-275 + (4 x -3) = - 287 ticks(include slippage and comm) open position and their stops: - Queued limit and stop orders : - Stats ...

open position and their stops: -2 @ 10879 / hard stop 2 @ 10978 -1 @ 10919 / hard stop 1 @ 10978 Queued limit and stop orders : sell 1 @ 10960 / hard stop 1 @ 10978

Thank you. I am just posing my trades here. Is there a free simulator with no expiry out there?

HI, my method is totally discretional, but you can say it is based on price patterns. I have been observing this market for about 2 years now, and have traded before but have busted my account. I still believe I can do it though, which is why I am here. Hope to learn and be closer to becoming...

open position and their stops: --- Queued limit orders : sell 2 @ 10879 / hard stop 2 @ 10978

I am starting this journal to record my paper trading of the minidow. Some rules : 1) Max net position is 4 lots, either direction. 2) Possible open positions of both long and short positions.(can be confusing here as only one instrument) 3) Scaled exit, possible scaled entry. Please...