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Seriously, if you have to ask about this, you need a ton of study before attempting to do any live trading. Gap trading on it's own won't get you far because some days they are filled while other days the markets will just continue on in the direction of the gap. To know the difference you...

I already posted the solution to you. Why is this thread still active? Use a chart that only shows regular trading hours. If your current broker does not offer that, find another broker. If you don't want to switch broker and still think @BKR88's method is too complicated, then just give up...

That was not supposed to happen. :) Closed out for 20 points on a trailing stop. Too wide stops pre-market and chopped up on the Open digging myself into a hole. Bad day, but could have been 20 points worse. Still a green week, but not by much. In this volatility we can still puke into the...

I can see my former self trying to pick a bottom here. And that would usually not end well. Let's get that rug pull now. I need it. :)

Nice. I changed my view this morning and actually entered short on the morning breakout and have been holding it ever since. I wasn't around when the market reversed off 3933 and it turned into a "hope" trade after that nearly stopping me out, but I knew 62 was a likely pivot so decided to...

They keep selling that 62 level, but no follow through as of yet. I still think a rug pull into the close is more likely than an up move. Anyone seeing anything else? A strong move above 62 today seems improbable to me on a "normal" day, but maybe with quad witching it's different and more...

Most days ain't a trend day on ES. Not at my trading computer at the moment, but I think it's about 10 % of all down days. As long as we hold below ~ 62 and doesn't make a higher high here I think we still have good chances at new lows here by the close, but with quad witching it's probably a...

Level traders getting creamed trying to pick a bottom on the way down. I'm enamored by 3925 on the day. I trade by levels myself, but on a trend day down and when someone simply wants to sell those levels have as much support and significance as butter against a hot knife. :) Nice! Thanks...

I was thinking the same. $3500 have to be the cheapest tuition I ever heard of for an aspiring trader. The OP should consider himself very lucky to not have lost more. That said, we don't know where the OP lives. In some parts of the world $3500 is a lot of money, but unless it's a third world...

Ballsy on a trend day down.

Interesting. That failure at 10:05 was a big tell. Easy to see in hindsight. At the time, my mind was reading it as a pullback. Not sure if I'm the only one experiencing it, but I can tend to override my data from time to time. Technically (not a prediction), I don't see why this can't slide...

Maybe @chillibean will get his 3930.

Can't rule out an Inside Day after yesterday's monster move. My statistics does suggest this could be a short after this failure on the Open, but I don't have the confidence to short this today. Especially with NQ being so strong. So, primarily looking for the long side here and will probably...

NQ really going for it here, but ES not playing with. Yet at least.

Why 3930? My educated guess would be that if we go that low - we're not going to see a reversal higher for today. I'm thinking 3950/60 for support if we should have any chance at another go at 4K today. I'm stalking a long down here, but may wait for the Open.

Sounds good. The tools may not be the most important, but the skill in using those tools and from what you've shown I'll say you're doing very well. :)

~ 3960 - 70 is about where we broke out yesterday. Maybe a good pullback low if we didn't already put it in here. NQ's been holding up fairly well so far. Your entries generally seems very good, though. What constitutes a signal for you unless it's a secret? Classical TA/charts or something else?

So. Reversal or continuation today? My statistics are inconclusive, but there's a bullish bias. So, primarily looking to buy on the Open whether that's a gap down or a flat Open. For a gap down Open I would be targeting a gap close and possible continuation above 4K. The key, IMO, is to look...

Do you find that to be true in this environment as well or is this post QE/FED market harder for swing trading? Personally, I want to add swing trading to my repertoire eventually, but regarding stress in some ways I find swing trading more stressful as I'm usually thinking about my positions...

Truly this may be the best advice for the OP and other aspiring traders. At 2.5 years in it's still not too late to let it go. Money lost is one thing, but the opportunity cost is what's been bothering myself the most. If I pursued a career or a business with the same amount of hours and grit...