Recent content by mcteague

It seems that I might be guilty of the sin of asking questions before completely reading the manual and understanding the appliction. It is just that I almost excpect to have to figure ecerything out on my own. Thanks for the replies and sorry for needless post.

Yes that is what I was thinking of. Another idea that was suggested to me was to use the macd crosses as stop signals. But I know many prefer the swing pivot for stops. Just wondered how programable that is. Because it looks like a sharp valley or mountin peak on the chart. Not simply a...

I am looking at developing some automated systems in tradeninja for the emini s&p. / The problem I have is with stop setting. Ideally I would prefer to use the previous swing pivot as the reference to the stop. But this is somewhat mathematically challanging for me. As I am unsure how to...

It seems like you could hold positions somewhat blind as a day trader; with the following exceptions. Be flat at these times: 1. On the weekend hours when no trading occurs 2. During the daily maintainance windows 3. 15 minutes before and after ny, london, and Hk open and close (perhaps...

Thanks I just want to add that I am not necessarally recommending the rip van winkle technique of emini S&P trading. Only asking about how and when gaps occur

How and when do gaps occur in the ES? One might think that you could enter a position and then attach a trailing stop before going to sleep. Recognizing some slipage, you would expect your stop to be filled within 1point. I am saying this because it trades almost 24 hours, so gaps should be...

Probably a very basic question It was recommended to me that instead trying to get an edge by fooling around with the setting on my indicators that I simply use the standard setting. This was mostly because it is best to see what the crowd is looking at. But! as an example: Stock charts...

Thank you. This is an excellent answer.

I am looking at where to set my stops and was planning on using ATR to give me some guidelines. For stocks I might just look for support and resistance prices. But I am looking at emini futures, and they are not as clear cut. Or rather they don't appear at points particularly useful for day...

I have been testing out trading the es through IB. By testing I mean looking at how my setups perform using their online demo system. I am happy with what I see, and will open an account very soon. My setups do not occur very often. Usually 1-3 times a day. Sometimes not at all. But...