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So I have been stock trading for a while through IB... their button configurations for day trading have a lot of options and I feel like I'm not doing something right. I have looked around for how to configure these and no matter what I do I always feel like my orders are placed and filled in...

I really wish I hadn't spent the past 8 years trying to day trade - though I learned price principles doing it. I have found longer term trading is much less stressful, time-wise, less costly, and more fitting for my personality. I look over the major commodities and look to take the best trades...

Does this work in Win 10 , Excel 2013...? You're video is an old setup.

Trying to start doing some basic analysis in Excel using DDE with Stage 5 Trader. However, appears that the OEC.Functions doesn't get installed as it says in the instructions it should when you install the DDE application. There are also invalid references in Excel Test Sheet. As I just started...

Were you able to get OECs Excel DDE working on your win 10 machine?

Argggh . . . The only thing that matters is the trend and S/R whether it is horizontal or diagonal Now form a concrete plan to trade it

6 months for my slow brain going over screenshots of my charts and trades from the day has resulted in high accuracy trading. Thankfully I have been taking screenshots since 2013, just a shame I didn't know what I was doing till July last year.

That is over analysis and mostly mental masturbation - like most of this forum. Trading is not that complicated. Over trading and holding longer can both be fixed by watching a larger time scale. You will see less trades and see the larger turning points. It's that simple.

I've been doing some night duty.. I'd focus more on the currencies, 6C and 6A had good movements last night. Most of the time the indicies are not moving much at night

How many people in this thread are trading more than 3 lots ...? Prty sure one day I could fit 15 on the EMD esp with as many dbl/trpl tests there are without any issue... by then I won't care about the money I'm making

Eh... All this about NQ and ES... those make me puke though NQ is not as bad. The Russell 2000 was king till they halved the size... only wish I knew what I was doing for the years I was trading it... try trading EMD then you're in for some real fun!

When I say insane, what I mean is there is not a day that goes by that I don't tell myself, "you could have made money if you were a better trader (or had held/had taken that trade)" Stats aren't really important because I know what's killing me from studying my trades. I'm dying to classic...

As a manual trader I have had on in the last few days of trading about $4k worth of 1 lot positions on my primary market. However... I am sure what holds me back are deep rooted fears from childhood - we were very thrifty, never spent much and I was always scared to spend money bc I didn't have...

This is why most traders fail haha, they think that they can actually process all that. Without automated help there is no way you can use all that stuff

160, (790), (1070), 560, 430 This week I swung a lil heavier than usual trying to do 3s every time - I've finished up last 3 months. I only did 1s on Mon and Friday... IE should have made 3x what I did today. Even though there is no excuse for the 2 negative days - I had trades that would have...

(80),450,160,200,10 Before commission - my commission is 75c + exchange fees per contract. 4,4,12,18,8 contracts total M - was down 800 and recovered all of it. Taking trades pre market have been mostly bad recently... Most every one of the good trades could have been held for 3-4x what I...

Yes. I looked them up, mostly positive. Though I never had problems with OEC/gain capital. When you're turning into a scalper and seeing a lot of good trades you need those lower commissions!

None taken. Having awareness that you're trades will run x amount/won't go x against u (as a discretionary trader) are both mental things to concentrate on when in a trade and practice in your mind (mindfulness). (380), 500, 380, 270 (without commission, do need to try to get it lower)...

290 (80) (90) 380 (924) If I had taken any of the PM continuation trades or held any of the ones I had earlier in the week, I would have made 3-5k this week.