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Sim traded second signal given, net +4 pts So far, new method is giving me decent signals..... not sure how long I'll keep sim trading it though, but liking outcome thus far

I just sim traded the first signal given by my new method today, net +14 pts

btw I have to say the market is acting VERY strangely.. if anything I thought we'd gap DOWN not up to start the day with the fed meeting this afternoon.. I am not sure what to make of all this confidence in the markets on such a big day.....

jimmy, I only give myself another year, I have been trading 2 years, about one of them in futures.. I am only giving myself another year if I cant become profitable by then, then trading isnt for me and I have to worry about more important things such as my family. I do not see what is wrong...

jimmy, Not that it should make a difference, but i'm 23.

boro, I know, but I like having a lot of entries.... I get too bored if I only make 1 or 2 trades in a day, I need a few more to stop me from taking imaginary signals just to keep busy ;) My overtrading habit is something I'll tackle next I suppose..

BTW, that chart I just posted is on a volume chart, the actual one I will be using will be a 40 tick chart, but the signals are very close. It seems to give decent signals, at least its a game plan to follow.. hopefully it works out ok..

Here is a screenshot of my new method. I just coded a quick paintbar in medved quote tracker to display my entries. These are only the entries, not the exits or stops. The red bars is where I would go short, green where I would go long on todays data. The bar where you see the signal, you would...

Well, starting tomorrow I am trading a different method based on observations I have made over past few weeks. I would like to backtest the method to know if it is even any good, but its sort of too complicated to backtest. the best I have been able to do is backtest it using charts from past...

4re, Trust me I'm trying to listen and trying to change..... change is a hard thing to do, especially everytime I attempt to make a change I get bad results...... makes it that much harder to change.. but I am trying.. not going to give up......I'm still young enough where I can blow up my...

Once again could not prevent my afternoon blow up in my account.... why do I even try... especially after being rattled by the bot's horrible performance..... its to be expected, those results are in line wiht both back testing and forward testing.. I knew days like that would come.. perhaps I...

Bot has lost $282 today, shutting it down... this is why I cant trade the bot, it can loose too much money too fast for my liking.. yea it will be net positive over the longer run but I cant take the drawdowns....... I am currently up +$78 from my trading, but means absolutely nothing after...

I was pissed off my bot took that short again after I manually closed it..... now bot is down -$47, it recently did a stop and reverse.. and I dont think that was such a good Idea.. but I need to stop interfering with it.. had I not interfered the first few times It would had made more money and...

LOL, while typing the last message the BOT reopened the short again!!! guess it got pissed off that I closed it...... this could be bad...

the bot had reopened a short a few minutes ago, I closed it out for a small gain.. this seems to be one of the few times I did something good by interfering..... Me;+$47 Bot;+123 Seems like I make a good decision, but I'm sure when all is said and done I wont have.... It seems like at...

CRAP, I have got to stop screwing with the bot, looks like this will have been another big money trade possibly.. at least a lOT more than what I got for it..... If there was anyway for me to trade my real money account open on 2 seperate computers I would, If i didnt see the bot trading I...

I did it again! tinkered with the bot, just took it out of a short position on the ES and already it woudl ahve made more money. I know I said I woudlnt tinker again, but I like having a feeling of control... who knows maybe this time I did a good thing... Me: +$47 Bot: +$90 EDIT: Bot...

boro, I'll try to keep that in mind. Never was a good speller. update: Just closed a bot trade out because I dont want to be caught in a trade when the data comes out. Me: +$47 Bot: +$32

I know I said I woudlnt play with the bots trades that much... but one thing I am going to do is as it gets closer to the inventory data in the next 30 minutes, I will manually close positions if needed so the bot doesnt take a big loss for no reason. If I had to pick the biggest flaw of the bot...

Jimmy, yes the bot has a couple of exit criteria. Its best and most profitiable is to simply exit on the oposite signal... Through testing this has shown to actually be the best. However, I am experimenting with a few other things in backtesting in an attempt to find ways of holding on to...