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cool thread mine was 102 pts on 3 rts...allin and scaleout actually that wasn't the highest, my highest was 129 on 15 rts but the former was vastly more efficient (got and stayed in a huge trend)

the 'what' and 'how' of it. what: 4 futures mkts: ym/qm/er2/eur how: intraday trend following using cci... from the description you gave, you averaged about 1.5 trades per day for the last month? That's close to me, i'm avging about 2.5 trades per day....higher frequency....maybe...

your trailin stop rules are arbitrary. You would do better to use sup/resis on the chart than an arbitrary (if i have +15-20, then move up stop). you should be shooting for general advances and minimizing general declines against your position. Specific targets and stops (especially...

if i dis-believed these guys' numbers i never would have gotten into trading to begin with. I never came into trading thinking there was a ceiling. THERE IS NO CEILING. You can make as much or as little (or lose as much) as you want. that is the beauty of it all. you people who...

i think the biggest point to remember is that your stop should not have anything to do with money management. your stop is there for a variety of reasons (trade no good, fast move against you, etc) but if it's placed at a point because you don't want to feel any more 'pain'.... and not...

i am an intra-day trendfollower small losses large wins under 50% win rate 2:1 and up risk/reward i also stop trading in a day when i've lost 2% of prev. day's equity (2% from the bottom or off the top) trade management is based on cci readings oh and i wait till new trend or an...

remiraz, when you state that you essentially don't think trend following is worth it...or that it's 'that' good do you realize you STOP your own thought process? instead of saying, 'this is bunk, it doesn't work' you might do better to say, 'i don't understand it, but it might...

example: long 3 ym contracts exchange goes down... question: how would you hedge this position with option(s)? doesn't necessarily need to be a full hedge, but just to take some of the potential heat off, if it started to move hard against you? all replies welcome.

considering he didn't even respond to my earlier question which was basically, "hey, want to let us in on your idea?" i would agree too

i would be interested in hearing the general principles of your method bensyl. i'm not asking you to divulge details, but the general assumptions or postulations. cause i can't think of how you would go about doing what you say you can do.

do trends exist? find a way to bet in the direction of the trend. why? because a trending market isn't the same as a trend in coin flipping. why? because peoples beliefs and psychology influence the outcome of the next mkt movement....whereas no beliefs or psych. influence the next coin...

why in the world would you be trading (i'm assuming the contract is the ZB/31.25/tick?) when you've consistently lost so much? (i'm not trying to sound like a jerk but you need this) HELLOOOO MCFLY!!! TRADE SOMETHING THAT IS MORE FORGIVING like the ym/$5/tick...sheesh. start...

risk, you don't have to worry about all that stuff if you don't trade the chop... and you won't have to trade the chop if your edge doesn't occur in it. the less you trade chop, the less you'll have to worry about being pickpocketed.

have an edge and trade it. if it's not present, do nothing. what's the problem here?

a target of 2 times your stop is an easy way to overcome the patience issue. you'll have to backtest of course to see what your ideal target is.

no, no hosting just keep at it, and stay small till you get some verifiable evidence (example, 1-2 months) consistent results, then look to change what isn't working but changing your entry system every day (and believe me i know the temptation to do so) will not give you consistent results.

here's a thought coolweb. keep it simple. follow 1-2 stocks everyday only trade 100 shares at a time USE a stop loss place a target that is 2X your stop loss for your entry, KEEP IT SIMPLE, just enter on some simple trend line break or a pivot cross or whatever, (the point is not...

there are two things here. as traders we need to let profits run...but we also need to secure the trade as it moves in our favor for precisely the reason/example the original poster gave... in your trading you HAVE to have some criteria that tells you, "ok the trade WAS proven correct...

yes martys i know. if you have a 45% win rate, 2to1 will make you profitable commissions and slippage these days shouldn't be a problem for you. if they are, then you're trading too much.

being 'convinced' and following your rules are two different things. you ACTED upon a feeling, an emotion, a thought, outside your rules. If you HAD acted upon your rules, you could in NO way feel bad about your losses (though over time your losses would show you that you're doing something...