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Hi Fred, I am not doing so much back testing so far. I am starting now to find out how to use backtesting software. For the 123's and RH's I do not need so much back testing I guess but for the new strategies I want to test it makes definitely sense. How much data do you need? Well, I...

Trading I did get out of my ED - ED spread already at 0.46. Hyp. loss is -$2,250 - commission = -$2,750. Hyp. account is now at $35,339. My FC - FC spread looks good. I just let it run. Happy trading, Andy

Today’s Day Trading – 04/29 I did a nice trade on EC 60 minutes today. Short at the RH at 12925, first target 10 ticks - covered first lot at 12915, second at 12877. Some major changes for May. I am switching completely to the longer time frame of 60 minutes. Entries and exits are...

At Moore research. They have historical charts. Andy

Hi Brad, all I can see at the moment is, that the seasonality should change on the EDU5-EDU6 spread. Anyway, the spread is not trade close to it's seasonality at the moment. Happy trading, Andy

Trades I did enter two new trades: 10 x EDM5 - EDZ5 on 04/25 at 0.55, risk is $250 and basis is seasonal. Spread is not going my way at the moment. 6 x FCK5 - FCQ5 on 04/25 at -0.55, risk is $400 and basis is seasonal.

Today’s Day Trading – 04/27 No trading today!

Depend on the market. In Grains, Soys, Meats 500 are enough, sometimes even 200 or 300 (just check the 1 or 5 min chart to see the trading). In the energies you need normaly over 1000. regards, Andy

Hi Italo, because of the volume I would not take any wheat spread in the elec. markets. The volume is ok in the elec. markets for the interest rates and the currencies spreads. Unfortunately that's it for the moment. All otheres do not have volume. Regards, Andy

Today’s Day Trading – 04/21 Today’s results for the Mini Russell 3 minutes new method: -8 ticks (-$80) 1 trade To be consistent with my recordings I add my monthly summary (hypothetical result due to 2 contracts): January: Euro FX: +76 ticks (+$950) 23 trades Mini Dow: -46...

Trade I did get out of my KW - W spread on my time stop. The spread didn't move up enough to stay in any longer regarding my trading plan. Sold 8 x KWN5 - WN5 at a spread value of 2.25. Hyp. profit is $800 - commission -$400 = +$400. Hyp. account is now at $38.089 (please note I did...

No trades today 04/22

Trade I did enter the following trade a few days ago: 8 x KWN5 - WN5 at a spread value of 0,25 (close was at -0,75 that day). The entry was based on seasonality and a break out above 0. Risk is $300. Spread is moving up but is very slow. Will not give it to much time.

very simple...you will see it later. Andy

Hi Fred, the new method is soemthing I came up with. Let's see if it works. Andy

Today’s Day Trading – 04/21 Today’s results for the Mini Russell 3 minutes new method: +10 ticks (+$100) 1 trade To be consistent with my recordings I add my monthly summary (hypothetical result due to 2 contracts): January: Euro FX: +76 ticks (+$950) 23 trades Mini Dow: -46...

Today’s Day Trading – 04/20 Hi All, as I said already yesterday (btw the wrong date) I will stop trading the 1-2-3 and RH for the moment. It just doesn't work for me. I started with a new trading idea I have been following for a while. Will not tell you the details so far because I...

Trade My time stop got hit and I got out of my LC spread: 6 x LCV5 - LCM5 on 04/06 at 0.27 with a risk of $400/spread. Basis is seasonal and the target is 4.0. Exit on 04/18 at 0.15. Hyp. Loss $432 - Commission = -$612 Hyp. Account at $37,809

Today’s Day Trading – 04/20 Sorry guys, just can not find the time at the moment…here are the results of today. Because of my bad results I will move to paper trading till it gets better again. Euro FX: -8 ticks (-$100) 3 trades Mini Dow: -4 ticks (-$20) 4 trades To be...

Today’s Day Trading – 04/18 Mini Dow 60 minutes: Long TTE (1-2-3) at 10100, risk/first target 10 ticks – covered first lot at 10110, second at b/e. Mini Dow 3 minutes: Short TTE (RH) at 10051, risk/first target 6 ticks – all out at 10057. Result for today: -2 ticks (-$10) 2...