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After my series of losses at the beginning of the month I ordered 'Trading in the zone' by Mark Douglas, still reading it now. It's mostly mindset and how to approach and manage emotions, there are no setups or strategies discussed.

transfer completed from IB to TradeStation today, took 2 weeks due to some clearance problems. 2 trades today -109 -86 (holding overnight)

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spent the weekend playing with TradeStation tuitorials, I like what I see. I regret not starting with TradeStation long time ago..spent all this time with IB. Not blaming the broker but did not know there are so many strategy testing and bells and whisles out there...but I was stuck with...

"albeit Quotetracker is now a subsidiary of Ameritrade" I wonder how TD Ameritrade makes money off of QT?

I did not know Amertitrade offers API option for creating auto-traders? Is it one those out of the box customizatable trade things?

Not sure why you think I have $5K? If you are concerned with am0ount of money I allocated for testing strategy look this thread...I even attached the equity curv. But I'll review ES...it's always been of interest to trade futures

Well here is the problem with winning trades...I enter a trade then it moves in my direction UP and then I set a stop-limit sell order if it drops few ticks below certain level sell and 80% of the time it has been jumping around like that...it'll come down just enough to take my order...perhaps...

True this guy made 3 winning and 3 loses...plus his winnings y esterday were 3 and loses 2...more wins then losses but his money management seems to be the problem because his winnings are small and losses are big...reverse of pfitable traders. I'll tell him to focus on trades...print his...

Well, what can I say....it's the worset feeling when you voilate your own rules and guilt makes sure to come after you and bite you right in the ass - that's the condition I am in. Greed kills people...was it Gordon Gecko who said "greed is good..." in the movie Wall Street with Michael Douglas...

I am headded in the wrong direction

So far today -$229

The only reason I am considering Fidelity is to get Wealth-Lab Pro...feature... Should I switch just because of Welath-Lab? I can't seem to find a viable alternative to Wealth-Lab pro?

Ended trading early as I have to go to work (have a full time job but have flexibility to work from home) -$303 Got burned on ZNH with particular signals bot ZNH as it dropped signficantly...just to see it drop further more... Wins =3 Losses =3 I must work on my descipline and...

I need something that works with IB preferrable to alert me when certain stock hits given technical pattern, for example bullish macd crossing or bearish MACD cross. I appreciate any suggestions.

Bob111 - I don't think I understood you...so you do use NetTicker?

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I trade stocks only for day trading, all positions closed at the end of the business.