Recent content by Virtual_trader

March 10, 2003 Today I made a few trades, but I don't know if I am up or down, because it seems my account is empty and it didn't show any trades. Spreadem: Most of the time, I use market order to get into the trades, cuz I know if I bid/offer into a trade, it would most likely not...

Mar 7, 2003 This is a really crappy day. Normally I would get quote freezes only 3 or 4 times a day with PFG, but today, my quotes freezes like 10 or more time. My stop order didn't get filled and it kept on pending, which I can't cancelled. Those pending orders stayed as long as 2 hours...

March 6, 2003 Net Loss today: ($265.10) After thinking about my trades, I understand what I did wrong. I try to follow the trend when there isn't any trend. What I should have done instead is first wait and identify if it is a trendy market or a choppy market, then I should act...

March 5, 2003 No trade today. I didn't feel too well today and I know trading during sickness could be dangerous. So I stayed in bed most of the time. Virtual Trader

I was expecting today to be really choppy when I enter into the market around 1pm. It went up a couple of point and then went straight down, which caught me by surprise. Hence I only did a few trades and most of the time, I sat out on the sideline. I am up $81.80 today. It is not much...

March 3, 2003 Well, today I did better, but not a lot better as to get back all the money I lost from Friday. I am satisfy that I end up positive today and that I am up $235.70 with commission included. Today was an easier day to trade with obvious trends, but I did got shaken a bit...

February 28, 2003 It seems like my strategy didn't work. :/ I followed my strategy well, but still I end up losing $883.90 including commission. I really thought my strategy works, but I guess it doesn't. I have to modify my strategy and modify my mind as well. Virtual Trader

February 27, 2003 Today is not a good day. I traded during lunch hour and I was gettiing shaken back and forth. I have to admit today was not a profitable day. My gross is $75, but my net is -165. Right now I am not using VSE to daytrade anymore. I am not using PFG Best's futures...

February 26, 2003 Interesting day. I have to say I wasn't mentally ready for trading. I even felt a bit scared even though this is just a simulator. It turns out to be a good day. I am still profitable. After commission ($2.4/contract), I should be up around $120. Virtual Trader

LOL you are funny trade555. You know what you should do? Instead of shorting the futures a bit at a time, you should go short with all your money at once! See if you can move the market with the proceed you got from selling the farm. hehe Virtual Trader

traderman: I worked at Swift Trade Securities. Yes, I have to say I've learned a lot more after I left, because I was able to open up my mind more and try out different strategies. I would like to apply for different prop firm, but unfortunately, there is only one prop firm at where I am...

February 25, 2003 Hey everyone! Sorry for the absence. My computer literally exploded in a power surge and I wasn’t able to get back on this board until now. I just want to say thank you for those of you who have given me advices on how to trade stocks. The advices are very valuable...

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 I just downloaded QuoteTracker today. It’s a good program. The installation was easy, but it took me awhile to set it up completely. It took me nearly half a day to find the free streaming quotes. Right now I have streaming quotes from Scottrade and...

Monday, November 25, 2002 Over the weekend, I stayed at home sitting in front of my computer, drawing resistance and support lines and trying to identify chart patterns on S&P and Nasdaq. I can see things are looking bullish. The inverse head and shoulder pattern is forming on both Nasdaq...

David1: I have to agree that the fundamental data I was using to make my trading decision wasn’t useful. The fundamental stuffs I learned from college have no value when it comes to dealing with the real thing. There is no way to capitalize on the news and fundamental data because they...