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The $750 you were quoted is probably the daytrading margin requirement. Check Alaron's or the CBOT web site for the overnight or full margin requirement, which is close to $2500/contract.

dkm, My thoughts on the "X" point noted on your chart came to light at the end of the day during my debrief. We had a stall about 11:00 with a number of lower volume black bars followed by the red expansion bar. A lower volume hitch (?) and two more increasing volume red bars. This had all...

Interested to see how the rest of you annotated the FOMC reaction.

Got a little sloppy during the afternoon grind.

Here is my ES chart for the day...

Firstly, I'm probably in the beginner stages of this like many of the rest. So...take anything with thr proverbial grain of salt. With regard to the FTT, the annotation was a little late...hence what appears to be a great call.

Yep...also, I reset the last channel with a new point 3 at 11:00 (bar 19) with pt 2 remaining at 10:40/45. At 11:40 & 50 I indicated FBO's on this new channel and we just had a channel expansion.

This is what I have so far, FWIW.

Speaking from experience, I have used this method to make money and, when I got ahead of my understanding and experience level, lost money. Obviously, Spydertrader has put a lot of thought, effort and time into this approach. By moving at this pace, IMHO, he is trying to be certain step 1 is...

Back over the past few days there are several different discussions on pro-rata volume (or PRV). These different sheets break the volume down in intervals of 30sec, 1min, 2min, 2.5min, 3min, 4min and 5min. I have the color transitions set-up at these points so I can quickly determine where the...

Go into the format for the stacked volume and look under "style". Change the style for each level to "histogram". In the same place, you can change the width of the bars to suit your taste.

REB, Yes, I am using TS. The Stacked Volume came from Mikeytrader in this post. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1297418#post1297418 For whatever reason, I ended up having to start the session 10 min before the RTH to get the first volume bar to show up correctly. JD

Sorry, file did not attach. Also, the MACD, F&S Stoch are there, jsut "turned off" to concentrate on this exercise.

Spyder and anyone else, I've been following the ES portion of this journal and doing comparisons between my 5-min ES charts and the ones you are posting. It is a great help to have a comparison. With things being so slow, I did some work on the ER2. The lines are done in real time, the...

I suspect that there might be an initial reaction down, then up, briefly. However, once past those reflex moves, I would not be surprised to see a big move down. Taking Iran's oil off the market would place the oil market in a position that demand suddenly outstrips supply and $100 a...

It seems like CNBC has been trying to find a place for Dylan for a while. He was bouncing around earlier this year during the shake-up and seems to have found a home with these two shows (OTM and Fast Money). I like the mix of people on "Fast Money". I thought the interview with Mark Cuban...

I think that Johnnie T hit the nail on the head with several of his posts. If you know that you will not be hurt by any one loss or series of losses, the fear of entering a position will be greatly diminished. There is a benefit to paper trading to determine if your system has a positive...

VST, I enjoyed the story...printed a copy and gave it to my high school aged son (who can have quite an attitude at times :D ). I am fighting some similar issues that you noted in a prior post. When I follow the rules I have set out for myself, I do okay. The problem comes when I enter a...

Without knowing what type of machine you are using, it could be that the suspend feature in the Power Management portion of the BIOS was set-up by whomever originally configured the rig and that is what is causing the problem...just a thought:)

Nix, Invest a little time actually reading the responses. As Gordo points out, there is some good information contained within many of them. In addition, there is a wealth of information on ET if one is willing to take the time to read through. The CME and CBOT sites have education...