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Simple solution to candlestick woes - Switch to OHLC :cool: Seriously speaking, yes these feed issues are a pain. You just have to accept that you had no signal and move onto the next trade. Best you can do is make sure you have a good reliable feed, adjust your chart's session settings to...

With constant risk of 2% (2 pts/car/5k), RR of 4-6 (8-12 pts target), Win ratio of 30-40%, it is doable. That's my system (rather the one taught to me, which I am trying to adapt), unfortunately my D (or lack of it) keeps me from making progress.

Mentor. I am still working my ass off just to tailor what he taught me to my psyche and trade it with D.

Would be good to keep a buffer before you increase size, this way the buffer can be used (for stops) to get a winning trade back in your favor with the new size. Last thing you want is to go to new size, take a stop and have to go back to previous size.

A wise man once told me to extend my targets instead of trying to save on stops.

6/28/2011 $370

6/27/2011 $495

You can get them for free from Zen/NinjaTrader. Just open a sim acct with Mirus Futures or open a small trading acct with them if you want perm access to the data.

I have been using TradeStation platform for a while but have recently closed my acct due to platform fee (was mainly using them for the feed and charting). I am now looking for an alternative (preferably free :)). Only interested in end of day data (daily) and also a nice charting platform...

Oanda is good, but their platform may go down when you are about to enter a trade. :D

Is this for real or am I missing something? You are saying price has a very high chance of moving up and down from the open?

Neke, do you have a max risk per trade limit?

Leave the ES alone. Some of us like it just the way it is :)

A 2 point stop in the middle of nowhere is no use. A 2 point stop which protects you from a critical PA level can be golden. So it is not the size of the stop, rather the trading strategy and where the stop is, which is relevant. Remember stop is there to protect your capital and you want...

It is a tough business for sure. Much like becoming an Olympic Athlete is a pipe dream for most, trading can be a distant dream as well. It sure helps to have someone guiding you instead of having to learn things on your own.

I agree cry babies and those who just keep complaining don't need the help. That doesn't mean one can't help those who are really struggling and are looking for guidance.