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    POLL - Futures: How do you determine the trend?

    Well I do not have first hand experience with it but know someone who recently attended a seminar. He told me the class was taught over the weekend and then was able to see live trading on Monday occurring in front of him. Now the part I would not have believed unless he told me was that every...
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    the basic flaws in TA

    Another person to look at that trades some fundamentals but times all his trades based on basic technical patterns and on the assumption of trend is Dan Zanger. He has an excellent record and is basically trading breakouts and other patterns like that. I think his key is to just apply the...
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    POLL - Futures: How do you determine the trend?

    That is a very honest post on how the seminar went. What you mentioned later is kind of funny too because you have not made any mention of even having a site or giving seminars. It was all the other posters who brought these things up. I think it is frusterating for traders to think someone...
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    POLL - Futures: How do you determine the trend?

    Thanks for the reply. So in a simplified example of the way you look at the market, if you assess the market is in a bull trend phase on your trend chart then you are looking for a conservative entry on your trading chart. So at this point you are looking for a spot to buy. IF you are more...
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    POLL - Futures: How do you determine the trend?

    I wrote this on another thread but it must have been over looked. I thought I would re post it here to see if I could get a response since we the thread is back on this subject. I think the difficulty exists in defining when to enter a trend as they are being created in real time. How do you...
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    Predicting randomness

    I think the difficulty exists in defining when to enter a trend as they are being created in real time. How do you go about timing your entry in real time as these tops and bottoms are forming compared to just reading what price has done in the past and saying I should have bought there? Can...
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    Predicting randomness

    Can you please explain a little more about what you were talking about with all that you need is 3 bars of price to stay on the right side of the market. Maybe even show a chart explaining what you were talking about in your post. It seems that you were stressing the importance of picking...
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    Can scaling/averaging down be a viable trading system?

    First you need an actual stop out point. If you don't have an actual stop point then you can avgerage in until the acct blows up. In a choppy market you might make money doing what you are doing but the first trend day you will blow out. Maybe go back and look to see if you can improve your...
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    Is Cramer Just a Moron, his calls on INTC

    The power of Cramer just like the momo days of yore when he spoke and people listened. What is funny is if you read his book it made is sound like he only did really well because at that time there was not full disclosure so he had an edge getting news before the public and all the other games...
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    Market Monk

    What I thought was funny was that he thought you might be a competitor. A competitor against what -- a hedge fund or a chat room/teaching service? The 10K thing seems to be all that is needed to call BS on the whole thing.
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    Thanks for the suggestion. I was on my way to starting the trade log like you said. I have no problem holding the winning trades until they hit some kind of target or my exit signal is given except when they don't go right away. It is the trades where a good signal is given but they don't...
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    Great example of the struggle.
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    I would say yes to the control/reduce perceived risk of why I switch gears and that it is uncomfortable having at times good trades go against me because I am an not used to dealing with the short term adverse moves against my initial entry spot. You are correct that I need to change my...
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    No I never have done the overnight after hours thing and neither have the others I know of. There might be some oppts there though. I heard of some trading fixed income spreads overngith which I have been told is somewhat easier. However I think I am heading in the right direction of where I...
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    There is an actually exit signal for trades that follow through as planned but after intially entry the exit is suppose to be either the entry signal going away or the trade hitting a specific stop loss which is greater then I have been trained to take. However it needs this size stop to avoid...
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    Thanks for the posts. Your right about sticking to the system I am trading. That is where the difficulty has been. What feels kind of dumb on my part is I found something I believe in, know that works, yet I am having trouble following because it goes against the instincts and habits that I...
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    How to change from futures book scalper to longer term trader

    I have been watching and trading a system for a little while now that I believe to be viable and fairly accurate. It is not a black box or automated, but just gives signals on when I want to participate and which direction. However I am having some difficulty trading it like I should be. Part...
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    Proflogic method - successful?

    I wish the thread did not go to the sh-ter here but I guess it was inevitable. You brought up some legitimate points and many of these questions would seem to be rather reasonable in the context of using the method especially since you paid for the information. One thing that of course did...
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    Proflogic method - successful?

    Hey thanks for speaking up. I did not start the thread to bash proflogic at all. I just wanted to honestly find out if there was anything there and if anyone was using any of his ideas profitably. Thanks for the input.
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    Proflogic method - successful?

    Thank you for the informative reply. Yea it would seem odd that he only charges $300 for access to hours of phone calls and all the stuff on his website. Even if you have 100 people sign up it would not be worth the time to do it for the money after a few months. I guess that only matters...
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