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  1. toucan

    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    Here is part 2 of my pm trades. cheers toucan
  2. toucan

    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    Trend started down again after lunch so I started trading again... the pm was spread out too far for a good picture so here is part 1 of the pm trades.... part 2 in next post. cheers toucan
  3. toucan

    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    My trades for this morning.... nothing after this due to lack of good trends... after the fact, I realized that I probably should have used targets for exit rather than trailing stops. Cheers toucan
  4. toucan

    Vista and Multiple Monitors

    I run a dell xps 420 with vista using 2 -24 inch monitors... no problems at all after I replaced the ATI card. cheers toucan
  5. toucan

    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    Here are the setups that go along with the above trades. toucan
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    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    My contribution to this thread. My trades for the day. NQ was the only future that I could trade today due to the others with wide bars and frequent pullbacks. And, I could only trade it for a while before NQ started in with the wide bars and frequent pullbacks, as well as me not...
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    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    Here is the lower timeframe chart and the actual entries and exits. The look should be very similar to the longer timeframe chart. 4 trades today, all long, with 3 profitable and 1 breakeven. Currently, I use one contract and if I continue to be successful through the end of the year, will...
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    Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders

    This has been a good thread for me and I too want to keep this thread alive. So I will try and post charts for your review. I use 2 charts to trade... the longer timeframe chart is used to identify possible setups and the shorter timeframe chart is used for entries and exits. I trade ES, YM...
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    Price Action Journal V1.5

    Gavich.... I took the standard heikin ashi paintbar study and added a "potential 3 bar reversal" (the blue/yellow bars)... The Heikin Ashi helps me see trends and I use the potential 3 bar reversal and the HH/HL, LL/LH to look for possible pullback setups. I'm not sure how to add the eld...
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    Price Action Journal V1.5

    I left early, thinking no move coming.... :( Had I stayed, I would have shorted these 2 setups about where I marked with the red arrows. the exits for each would have been the next pullback. Cheers toucan
  11. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    My single trade for the day.... I left before the nice trend starting 3pm eastern time. Cheers toucan
  12. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    EPETROV Here is my setup chart and price action looks much more orderly... at least I think so :p Hope this helps toucan
  13. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    EPETROV This is my execution (entry/exit) chart of my trades for the day. I will post my setup chart next. There is quite a bit of volatility in this chart and entries/exits are late many times. Cheers Toucan
  14. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    There might be several answers to your question. 1. Higher time frame charts typically show well ordered price movement. 2. If traders show charts that include real time trades, you should see less order and entries that are not perfect. 3. If traders take a chart and highlight where...
  15. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    My NQ trade near the end of the trading session, and after the volatility eased up enough for me to trade. cheers toucan
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    Price Action Journal V1.5

    My ES trades for the day, before price movement became too volatile for me to trade.... the first trade was a late entry and a loss... the second was also a little late but profitable.... cheers toucan
  17. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    :) :) thanks for explaining yours too.. toucan
  18. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    stoneface... what is your stop value for those stop market orders in your exits. thanks toucan
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    Price Action Journal V1.5

    a couple of very lucky end of day trades Cheers toucan
  20. toucan

    Price Action Journal V1.5

    Thanks HooLee
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