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The 3 shorts I mentioned plus 1 other short I got burned on: Short at 10:26 at 94.86. Chickened out because it didn't drop fast enough & I thought it was stalling & reversing. Out at 10:26 at 94.81. Result +5. Short at 10:37 at 94.62. Got burned on this one. Stopped at 10:39 at...

Wow...........thanks for answering. You are like an artist when it comes to trading. It's amazing how much difference the tiny details & the precision makes. I imagine many traders made the following trading decisions, which really don't "seem" to be bad decisions, but the results speak...

How do you enter & exit your trades on a day like today? Do you enter on sell stops? Use a bracket for a stop & target? Do you trail a stop? Do you just keep targeting the same amount on each trade..................if so, what target amount did you use today? Do you ever exit early for some...

Let me know if you get this to work for NinjaTrader. I gave up trying to figure it out. It "will" draw the trendline on all charts, but it will not be in the correct location on the other charts. I posted to their forum once trying to figure it out, but I never got a solution...

Thank for all of the comments ! I appreciate it. Time to begin again.

So I'm still not sure how to proceed if my goal was to trade similar to the NoDoji style or Volman style. "I need to make a plan" sounds simple enough, but what is the process to create that plan? Do you just determine 1 setup at a time & then test the heck out of it & add filters to it...

Yes, I've read the Volman book. It all made sense, but I have never been convinced enough in my head to strictly follow setups the way he does. The last time I checked there was a group of traders on T2W who were trying his method & they weren't doing very good, but nobody ever does when they...

On my 3rd trade I could clearly see 3 pushes down on the 1-minute chart. Obvious climactic action at yesterday's low. This is a great long setup which may turn out to be the low-of-the-day. But I concoct a scenario in my head that it hasn't dropped below yesterday's low very much, and...

On my 2nd trade I caught a low with my long. It was a climax bar at support. I'm allowed to take that trade. Now I knew in my head I should just go for a scalp since price direction was still strongly down overall. It was up 14 ticks at one point. I saw it stall. I thought to myself that...

Thanks again NoDoji & eveyone else for the comments. I'm always wondering where you entered & exited during the day, so I really appreciate it. I know it's not the keys to the kingdom or anything, but it's just helpful for my brain to see how it's done by somebody successful. I could not...

1st: Long (-0.17) This looks too obvious for a short. It'll probably reverse to run stops. Just get in…….now ! 2nd: Long (-0.12) I had 2 60-min levels drawn. It broke the 1st easily. This 2nd level should hold. Was up 15 ticks. Saw it stalling. Thought it would roll over, but I...

1st: LONG (-17) At 60-min support. 2nd: LONG (-12) At 2nd 60-min support. 3rd: SHORT (-14) Retracement in downtrend 4th: SHORT (-12) Retracement in downtrend 5th: SHORT (-13) Double Top 6th: SHORT (7) Resistance + volume climax 7th: SHORT (-15) Scalp 8th: SHORT (-14) 9th: SHORT...

Any chance you could explain a little more on how I'm influenced by charts in ways I don't understand? I think I'm aware of what you're saying, but not totally sure. A chart is nothing more than a record of the price going up & down. I understand that the "patterns" and "indicators" can...

These entries make sense (very impressive & aggressive), but when & where do you get out if price immediately turns against you? What if the last trade didn't hit your 20-tick target...............when & where would you get out on that one?

Thanks for both of those posts NoDoji. Very helpful. I appreciate it !

1st: SHORT (8) Chop. Target a stop run below swing low. 2nd: LONG (1) Thought a congestion area would result in a bounce, but it blew right thru it. Probably not the best idea for a trade entry. 3rd: LONG (-8) Pullback after BO. Exit because it shot down seconds after entry. 4th: LONG...

I've observed this many many times. I was just thinking about it before you posted this as I was watching the chart today. The difficult part when trying to catch the big moves is that there are usually numerous reasons to exit throughout the move. How do you convince yourself to stay in...

Thanks for all the comments !

1st: LONG (-12) Bougt 60-min suppport. No price confirmation. Went up 11, but then came crashing down for the stop. 2nd: SHORT (10) Small retracement in downtrend. Exit for no reason. 3rd: LONG (-10) Terrible. "Thought" it was stalling & going to turn up. Obviously not a good reason...

I have absolutely no idea what taking 20 ticks on every trade would do for me? Is that bad? :) I did think about why I chose the targets I chose today, & when you get down to it I had no good reason & no clue. So I looked a little deeper & found that maybe better preparation would lead to...