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YM 60 min 10-17-06 Prediction - well see if I'm anywhere near the ballpark

YM 60 min chart 10-17-06 at 10:13 am

Earlier tonite I was going through some charts in a attempt to figure out a trading plan. I was getting frusated (just like the past few previous nites). The more charts I looked at the more frustrated I got. I felt as if all the studying in the world wouldn't bring me closer to figuring...

My previous forays into trading have been ... shall we say lackluster. I feel I need to get down to the basics to improve my trading. So in the beginning I will be focusing alot on the who's, why's and where's ... I am also a 'chartist' at heart ... I love looking at charts (It is...

I actually tried this about a year ago ... got layed off blew my savings on futures ... Was still looking for work in the meantime so was only trading 1/2 time ... but still ... if I could do it over again (which I cant hence I am trying to learn from the past and do it right this time)...

In the land of Perfect ... - every trade you enter gets filled at your limit - there is no spread - you dont need stops because it only goes in the direction you traded in - you get in at the bottom and out at the top - there is no such thing as a profit/loss statement; in Perfect there...

hmmm how do you rate how smart you are? by the degree(s) you have? by your IQ? by how much money you have? by how much your face is on TV?

First off let me tell you what I am using atm ... I'm using IB and Qcharts ... atm I am mainly 'paper-trading' and doing some small trades stocks/options. I plan to get into futures/forex once I feel more comfortable/confident (I've traded these in the past but I need to work on my...

I'm getting back into trading and I feel I really need to concentrate on a more concrete trading plan. In the past my trading plan was 'sketchy' and this led to lots of losses. ie my entry might have been good but my exit blew or my entry would be bad and I'd take too much of a loss on a...

Hi Tom, Welcome to ET I saw your other post too :) There's lots of diffent charting packages out there; depends what you are looking for ... I just signed up for Qcharts again ... great charts (no forex yet thou - I see you are looking at forex). Supposed to be coming out soon...

CBOT has gold and free r/t quotes too if I remember right ... CBOT is cool :)

Newb post ... How does ninja trader help with trading the YM ... I have the demo of ninja trader here; havn't bought it or anything yet but the trading part looks interesting ... Does it show you the book basically where the limit orders are at etc and then you just push a button and...

The sad thing is people watch him and the networks love him for getting people to watch him ... I remember reading a article about him and he himself talked about how alot of what he does is an act (obviously) so he can attract viewers ...

Actually I think you could backtest candle patterns if you really wanted too ... 10 years ago I set up a simple scan to look for hammer bottoms; I used quotes plus at the time; and I really wasnt a good programer; but I figured it out ... I'm sure there are programs out there that can scan...

QQQBall, How do you have a stash of money where she wont know about it ... especially when it comes up with taxes/or even in a divorce etc ...

SethArb wrote "if you wish you can daytrade stocks using single stock futures .. .but this might require a learning curve on your part ... plus the liquidity is nowhere near as good as in the underlying equities." I traded SSF in the past - I didnt have the 25k to day-trade let alone I...

You know Willeung ... I dont know. First off alot of people feel Bush stole the presidency - Then it seems alot of people belived Bush just because he is the president. Also alot of politicians stuck up for the war in iraq (even thou they didnt believe in it - probably because it was...

In regards to the US using the bomb on japan during WWII This was taken from the history channel so I cant verify it as fact just reiterating it... It was stated that one of the main reasons the 2 nuclear bombs were used is that the US wanted an unconditional surrender from japan. And...

My 2 cents on the whole subject ... First off Bush and his cronies do not = america There are some americans like myself that did not believe the 'trumped' up reasons for us to go to war with iraq. As far as I can tell; Bush and his cronies and ALOT of american people wanted a war so...

Great article BCE, this is what I have been talking about ...