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1915 to 1925... Will take trade against either.. Looks like no man's land here around 1920. Also smells like a low volume slow day, hopefully not. Also thinking range could develop with bottom 1895 to 1900, top 1925 to 1930.

No one else has this problem.. what is wrong with you??

This afternoon chop probably nothing new. What's new is my insistence on trading it.. A complete waste of time and stress on the brain cell. NDX was slightly negative 30 secs to close and as the media would say "surged" to close up .62, keeping the streak alive.. No doubt in my mind that was...

Why didn't this trader cover 1915 but give back 5? Bias (markets ALWAYS reverse at the FIRST defense area of the prevailing trend.. not the second.. 1910 in this case) and trading one unit. With one unit the only option is to guard that soldier and get him out of harms way asap.. Drop him in...

In that scenario, you are in chop which happens between the trends and you do have a point as chop does seem to exist more often. Bottom line, seems that in the Pantheon of trading stands CT trading, creating a sometimes wrong aspiration for us noobs..... whoa.. a sell-off??

Ok I was under the impression everyone here was short most of the time.. I do have serious bias leading to CT (not the skilled kind) also.. by the way..

I think counter trend is a serious ego driven ailment.. For a given trend I highly doubt an equally skilled counter trader can take more than one going with the trend.. so WHY???? And don't tell me the trend can end any second, if so this all random and we need to quit immediately. Trends, up...

Mac, Made 75 pips on my second euro trade.. 1.3685 to 1.3760 overnight. I think one needs to broaden their trading options as the risks of trading one instrument in one way is limiting.. Index futures in my opinion are good daytraders sometimes and not other times. Once 1830 was taken NQ...

Must have been the lowest volume day of the year.. Days like this it is hard to be mentally present... So hard to buy on the 12th NDX up day in a row... Everyday a big huge bid sits at support... A swing traders market.. move stop up each day.. +3.25 for the day..

The following chart of the overnight session leading into yesterday (march 9) shows a disadvantage of tick charts. On the 10 minute there is a decent declining trendline and an easily read bottoming setup that are completely lost in the tick.. This is less of a problem once regular session...

The following chart of the overnight session leading into yesterday (march 9) shows a disadvantage of tick charts. On the 10 minute there is a decent declining trendline and an easily read bottoming setup that are completely lost in the tick.. This is less of a problem once regular session...

Closed out at 1903.5 too busy to trade today.

There can be no success in trading with bias.. Got in front of the train twice AND canceled stops... Fading is dangerous and stupid.. to do it without a stop is stupider... Finally long 1901.5, had to leave and trailing stop canceled as PC restarted for whatever reason in my absence.. Still in...

hoping (BAD word) this effort peters out soon..

Broke 2 rules... traded early and didn't wait for setup.. Short 1888.5 and moved stop... grrrrr..

Morning Prep... Well here is the low 1880's area I planned to buy yesterday (can't wait to swing trade this). Hope it trades slow down here for a good setup.. Hourly wedge forecasts a break up.. BUT NQ going up 10 days in a row?? Anything possible but the odds... Most likely I won't...

Simply accept the day for what it was. For a multi point trader days like today should be scratch or small loss days. If the points are not there they are not.. You will go crazy trying to switch trading styles ahead of what you THINK will happen, trend or chop. I worried about this lack of...

Yes, must appreciate it even more than the big winning days as days like today usually decimate my acct. However you do it (doing nothing included), handling slow chop days is a good test for a trader. That initial "break" of 1892 similar to the 1873 on Friday.. The only reason I didn't take...

I was sure my PC was frozen many times today.. They put markets on Hypnotize setting but have to have an eyelid open lest something happens not easy.. $15 for my time.

Looking to get long 1878 to 1882 area. No reports till Thursday so hope there is some tone to trade.