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Nothing like cutting those winners short and getting a b/e stop out only to have it run 80 ticks :) I suck :) j/k definitely learned a lot today about how my thought process has changed from going from SIM to the real deal. First thing I really noticed, for example, if i have a 20 or so...

yes, yes, and yes...While Im in SIM its like whatever...wiggle around, go against me, come within a tick or my stop, it doesn't really effect me that much. Real money is a different story. What you say is exactly why Im trying to figure out how to work my way thru this. As lame as it sounds...

So Im back trading live...short break I know :) I really debated last night on how I wanted to handle the next couple days/weeks if Im really going to give day trading one last shot, so to speak. Didn't know if I should SIM, trade live, not do anything for a bit, read some books... Anyway...

I don't want to go to in depth here b/c Im not a psychiatrist/psychologist nor have any schooling of the sort. I completely understand what you are saying, but I feel you are looking at it from a rational point of view. From what I understand, one's "level" of trust, decision making whatever...

So I think some of you may be missing my point about trusting your system and what "i believe" is going on right now. Currently, my systems, trust (and in myself), how I take profits, etc don't really matter. There became such a disconnect between what I was thinking/writing down and what I was...

Hey Guys, Thanks for all the input and suggestions. I stepped away from most of the "trading stuff" over the weekend and have started spending this morning focusing on other issues. Im hoping I can maybe start a discussion to resolve some of my issues... The first point I would like to...

So I've had a pretty rough past 3 days. Things have spiraled out of control fairly quickly. I just can't get my emotions under control. Its gotten to the point where it is fairly blinding and the emotions totally control my thinking and I don't see things clearly. Im trying to be really...

Man I feel like someone shot my dog...Had my first real losing day in awhile, which is a total bummer b/c I just went back and redid the day...and ya, there definitely would've been some losers on the day, but there is no reason I should not have walked away with 40+ ticks. Just shaking my...

Ya oh well...at least we are done by midday? You guys getting hammered by rain? San Diego news is so funny, theres a little rain and 15 mph winds and you would think its the Armageddon of storms... :) I guess its all relative...sorry back on topic.

Ya I right...I wish :) I was half asleep until like 10 mins ago...decided to sit this one out coach. Man, getting up at 5:45 every morning is getting rough...this definitely takes some getting used to...it would be nice to be up even earlier but thats just not in the cards. Hey BCE...

Ya I guess this is my dilema and maybe im not quick enough to figure it out. Take yesterday, the fill I missed at 84.41 around 9:50. That is a trade I obviously should've chased the entry on, however, for me, and my limited experience...the CL moves so fast, it hits s/r, then will bounce 7-10...

I may not be the best person to ask...maybe Nod or another seasoned trader can chime in... but for me, i started out with a max stop of 17 ticks...i have moved that max to 15, however, the majority of my stops hover in the 8-12 range....if it gets over 12...the entry usually isnt all that...

Boli, Ya as I wrote on the other thread, I had this exact problem with 2 or 3 different Netgear routers. The most recent being the wnr-3500 Since I got the linksys its been rock solid...pretty much always maxed out at what my isp spits out. Might want to look into...

Its pretty fun to trade...Im not going to lie.. If you go live...I would be curious to see how ToS handles your fills. I really didn't want to deal with the higher commissions AND potential for bad fills/slippage I think an indirect thanks goes to NoDoji as she was the one that really...

No problem duders...and duderets BCE, what feed are you using? When i was setting up NT (v.7)...there were all sorts of issues with firewalls and ip stuff. Shoot me a PM if you have issues...it may be that your firewall is blocking an ip and/or ports. I have all the NT ips and ports as...

Kinda a so-so day...I felt like I really didn't trade all that great. Im putting a list together to work on my major weaknesses/flaws in my trading. I think the flaws lead to poor trades and have the ability to compound themselves quickly. So Far in no particular order... 1.) As stated...

NT has a problem rolling over contracts...I think I read about this on their support forums... Click on "Tools" ==>Options Then click Data Tab... Under historical Chart data, Make sure "merge policy" is set to "DoNotMerge" That should fix it.

Err stopped out at 84.02....decided not to move the stop :) of course the trade goes against me that time

Im trying it also...long 84.10

Granted Im a newbie so take this with a grain of salt...but I completely agree. I started off trading the ES and didn't do very well. I backtested a fair amount...not a ton of SIM but enough backtesting to know I "should" be profitable. After taking a break, and switching over to the CL its...