Recent content by MethylSeasons

I'm very confused. The CL charts look different on all the charts/programs I use. I'm not sure which one has the correct levels. On metatrader 4, Thinkorswim, Ninja, and Tradestation, all the CL charts line up differently. How do I know which one is correct?

What post in this thread are you referring too?

Sometimes i need to continuous contract to get levels from far back... Still they look different on different feeds and I dont know which is correct

Here's an example. I drew a horizontal line at the recent swing low. You can see going back that this lines up with different levels on each platform. I can add a third chart from thinkorswim, and the level looks different than these two. It's very confusing. I did not have to deal with this in...

I am new to futures trading. When i pull up charts for ES and CL on different platform, I get different levels on each one. How do I know which chart is the correct one? My levels on thinkorswim, ninjatrader, tradestation, metatrader 4, etc..... will all be different. It's confusing and I...

Going over your threads on TradersLab. Great stuff! Do you find trendlines work better on NQ than ES? What do you think about using tick charts instead of time?

Ok...... So what do you advise?

Yes I do

My win rate is about 65%. On CL my stops are usually 200$ at 1 contract with at least a $400 target. Similar stops/targets with ES. So I'd be risking a little less than 1% of my account per trade. I was taking on average 7-8 traders per day. Pretty consistent results and I feel confident in...

I have been demo trading ES and CL for a few months now and am going to take the plunge and open a live account. I'm planning on starting with 25k. Is this sufficient capital for daytrading these 2 instruments or should I wait until I can afford to put in 40-50k?