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Believe it or not I say that to myself all the time. This is not that hard. but there's something hardwired or something inside this brain of mine that makes it difficult. That's what I'm trying to fight past. And the sad part is I'm always looking for reversals. when I do hit one I'm...

Yes.. there will always be another one. That's a fact. It's still aggravting and frustrating to miss one and then see the market take off in your direction. I put in a sell stop on the ER at 784.20.. but the time I got the order in the price passed through it.. I cancelled the order and...

My God.. everyday I miss at least 3 good trades.. either from not being at my machine or even more annoying is not realizing the setup is there until after the fact. The good thing is in the past I'd always jump in late when I'd miss a trade or revenge trade out of aggravation. I'm at least...

I agree Jack. I'm so programmed now that I find myself becoming immobilzed when time to put on a trade that isn't countertrend. I think this was instilled in me from all the books I've read in the beginning that concentrated mostly on trading reversals

I've been losing at this game for years by fighting the trend and trading emotionally. I decided to start following the trend. Only take trades with it and I just cannot do it. I've had 3 opportunities to get short this morning and keep talking myself out of it cause I'm looking for the...

Hey Steve, I hope you continue to post some real trading examples if you have the time. I still have trouble following the trend and am working on some trend following systems.

Started trading again last week and was actually glad to take a loss today.. I haven't had a loser since I started back trading.. a few scratches but never a loss... I was actually relieved today to take a small 1pt. loss in the mini SP.. simply cause I'm training myself to take small...

Balda, I agree with you totally. Had his book and couldn't get through half of it.. All he talked about was his squash playing championship.. what is squash anyway??? Whats at the end that'll make you puke?? can you elaborate please.. I damn sure don't plan on picking that book up...

Spectra, Why the Cajun part of the name?? u from down here in Louisiana???

Is there a website that displays all stocks with a market cap of 500mill.?? edit: that would quickly display them w/o having to look at each individual stock.. sorry. but I never look at stocks..

The website isn't very informative about this.. Can I ask?? You guys are referring to a weekend edition?? When is it delivered?? or are yall getting it electronically?? thanks

This is weird cause I find trading after opening hours' volatility to be much easier.. I have much difficulty with the first Hour and a Half of trading.. and find the afternoon the best time for me

Do they give futures/commodities trade ideas or just stocks??

NihabAashi, In these cases you decrease your position size mainly due to the increase in volatility, not necessarily due to the signals being any less reliable. Is this correct?

Just posting a 2 min. chart from ER today that has 2 hammers viisible (enclosed in the rectangles). These hammers do not fit the hammer patterns discussed in this thread and neither of them would have resulted in a good trade. The first White Hammer line could have resulted in a b/e trade...

Thanks... Thats what I was looking for.. Just the chart itself..

I still agree with that approach.. Hammers are much less reliable after breaking out of a continuation pattern.. I was just asking to see if there was anything I was missing in what you usually see in the price action. By the way.. I took that long in the ER (Paper trade) based on the price...

Sorry.. Chart is attached here..

NihaBaAshi, On the attached chart I've placed a rectangle around some price action that occured in the ES today.. there are 2 hammers present in this rectangle.. and I know they don't meet your criteria as discussed in this thread.. (the middle bar in the rectangle.. would that be...

thanks.. I was hoping you'd answer with the rules here so I didn't have to go digging for them...