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+ 1,500.00 ES Traded the ES today, went short 2 contracts. And caught much of the afternoon move down.

+ 474.10 Got out early. Hit my goal and then some.

Do you feel 9 days is long enough to make conclusive decisions on replacing those stocks?

+ $201.40 Day + $1,171.22 WTD + $3,550.17 MTD Having issues loading the pnl blotter. Will try later. Happy Memorial Day all!:D

Told you it was a bullish reversal for your equity curve :D

$(44.78) Some up, some down. Taking the VXX trade to hedge my longs worked in my favor. Got out before last half hour of trading though and it looks like if I had held to close to end I would have come out positive for the day.

+ $109.30 Got out early today. I don't trust this market right now, I think we're way overextended on the long side.

If you drew a chart of your last 3 days trading today would be the bullish doji or hammer reversal! it's all up from here! :)

+267.60 Another good day. Caught the huge bump on BEAT for most of my gains today.

Very tempting! I've been sticking to my trading plan and strategy for about 2 months now and haven't had a losing week so far, but then again the market has been on a tear during that time. I want to sim trade for another month or two then jump in with a small amount at first and try and...

I'm curious why you went short several times on a day like today...

+ 637.70 A good start to the week with another solid day and good returns.

You could swing trade and then you wouldn't need the 25K for PDT...but I think if you are able to watch the market intraday then ES is a pretty good idea. Wishing you good trading this week! I had a pretty good week last week, let's hope it holds up :)

Cool! Do you ever sim trade stocks? I traded the ES last year for a while but decided to try stocks because I couldn't day trade anymore (job doesn't allow me to watch the market all the time so now I'm trying out a semi swing/day trading strategy where I'll enter a stock in the AM based on...

Michael, How long have you been sim trading the ES?

+500.00 today +2378.95 week Just one trade today. Been a good week. Looking forward to next week!

+1,392.10 Pretty good day! Only 1 losing trade. Been sticking to my trading plan religiously for about 6 weeks now. Of course I don't know if I can keep my cool as well if it's real money :)

+34.00 nothing to write home about but at least it's positive :)

+452.85 I think this is a good idea for those of us who are still learning :)

hey jazzsax, awesome thread! i've been following it since the start. i was curious as to your selection criteria for stocks, as well as how you are picking your entry and exits. thanx!