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Weekly report: First, a P&L correction from previous week (forgot to include 1 day) Correct P&L for WE 5/21 (no trades on Friday): WE 5/21: ($1,238) YTD (start date: 4/21/10) : ($4,656) ================= Seems some people like to see daily P&Ls for comparison, so I will also post...

What? That makes no sense. People do have a right to bitch, with or without money - that's irrelevant. I don't even think lescor was "bitching", he just made a simple comment on vol. Give me a break... os

gaj, Yes, adjusting to mkt conditions is def key. Just look at my P&L. lol os .

Weekly report: WE 5/22/10 Ok, study is complete - conclusion? Trading after almost 10 years is NOT like riding a bike. :eek: :D The bike went from chopper handles & banana seats to a frikkin' algo/hft monster on roids. I traded Mon-Thurs and then decided that it was time to stop and...

gaj, I'd rather not discuss what I do now for obvious reasons, but I'm mostly a price action guy. As far as what I did 10 yrs ago, it was such a different mkt that the strats were very different. But some of the "layup" trades used to be: MOC imbalances, specialist spreads (soon as we...

ath, Sadly, I have no choice, the firm I'm with only uses LightSpeed. :( os

gaj, I know it'll take time. I just hope it's before McDonalds runs out of jobs. :) Seriously though, I'm not someone who will keep plugging away when there's no hope. I am optimistic that my trading will come around, but I do have to be realistic. So, after I make some adjustments, and...

oc, I'm speaking with the LightSpeed folks to figure out why my stop loss functions aren't working. It was so easy to set a stop (hate saying it, but) "back in the days". Now when I open up the configuration windows, it looks like a F'ing NASA control panel. I wish the platform was more...

lol - your words young lady, not mine. You CL was my GS today. Very clean short tilll about lunch time and I was picking up nickles and dimes instead of dollars. I was lucky to catch a few dollars on CECO and APOL at the end and saved my day a bit. I seriously thought one of them was...

Lee, I look at daily charts for the big picture everyday. But I don't really get married to the bias. I definitely look for major S/R levels, but if the tape goes the other way from my bias, I will trade with the trend until broken. This is a black and white rule for me. Many times when...

western, Great analogy. I was actually an avid cyclist and rode about 50 miles a day (Bianchi - that wonderful green color). I totally get your point though. After my weekend of fishing, I know that I need to go back to the starting gate. Maybe not completely, but P&L's don't lie and I...

pair, You are absolutely right. Couldn't agree with you more. Even at 100 shares, sometimes I get the "old" feelings back from the days and get a fat finger or two. Although I don't review every single trade like before, I do know at least 1/2 of losses thus far were the daily "oh...

CaveMan, Thank you for the encouraging words. Funny, I happened to go through something similar this weekend. Went fishing and ran into some "old salts". Talking about the fishing "back in the days". I knew right away that I should just shut up and listen (which I did). But, I agree with...

"CL for stress relief" - I should hang that on my wall when I look at high vol stocks. :) Please check your PMs. Hope you had a good day! os

cool, I actually did that today even before seeing the thread. :D After a few trades, I realized I'd be better off on SIM if I was to re-learn the keys. Instead I spent about an hour with tech support (pre-mkt) to properly configure the keys. I reverted to my original settings and things...