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averaging over 8 or so a day is a bit high.

I'd say the NQ is a little more friendly with whiplashes and the lower price per movement will mean less money lost between stop outs.

My trend following system is getting killed also: Monday -$900 Tues -$900 (as bad as -$1200) Wed +$400 (recovered from -$1100) Thurs -$1900 this whipsaw after the fed announcement just killed me, as I trade on longer term charts and it made new highs and new lows of the day within 10...

Today's volatility killed my trend following system.. but it must have been heaven for scalpers.

Can't beat Quotetracker for free.

I use: Parabolic SAR for confirmation on trend breaks MACD and ROC for divergence signs However, I buy solely on price action and trendlines.

http://finance.lycos.com/home/livecharts/default.asp?symbols=CME:NQ02Z on the time/sales usually it'll say bid and ask. However, afterhours it says "STTL". What does that stand for and/or what does it mean? :eek:

Your equity curve fluctuating wildly from negative to positive is a pretty good sign of poor risk control or bad reward/risk ratio (premature profit taking usually). However, it looks like you must have figured it out with your recent winning months. Without knowing anything more about your...

With IB, you can stop limit and it will activate after hours .. don't believe you can stop market afterhours

It's just like day trading the QQQ, except you control more shares for less money and you can profit on just a tick movement with the leverage. Likewise, you can lose money really fast with some bad trades. Yes, you can use stops and yes it's very liquid during normal hours. If you have a...

Thanks for the link.. I do see Phoenix's point and the futility in this thread .. and will therefore cease posting. For what it's worth, if anyone finds this useful or might want to get the thought process of another trading during trading hours, PM me and I'll give you my AIM name.

lol, what times do you consider to be mid day?

Yeah, but how do you know when it's trending or not until after the fact ?

5. 1:50 Sell 979.50 2:00 Buy 982.50

4. 1:40 Buy 984.00 1:50 Sell 979.5 5. 1:50 Sell 979.50

3. 1:00 Sell 985.00 1:40 Buy 985.00 4. 1:40 Buy 984.00

Valid point, I don't know quite how to answer your question without just simply giving away every details of how I do it. Figured if someone wanted to learn, they could just follow where my trades are made and find a repeating pattern on their own. If nothing else, this will serve as a mental...

2. 11:00 Buy 977.00, 1:00 Sell 985.00 3. 1:00 Sell 985.00