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I usually don't trade before 9:30 AM but tried a long for a small loss around 9:15 AM. Hit a short, then thought to hit it again and lost. Somehow managed to finish with +10 points net and I will stand at that for today unless I get a nice long look from a previous high and soon. I switched...

I have no idea how holidays affect trading the next day. For example, am I looking for a pullback to yesterday's ES high or Tuesday's SPX high? For ES the difference is about 5 points, 67 vs 62.75.

I'm still very new to this and feeling my way around. Two weeks ago I wouldn't have even thought of comparing last leg to this leg. Next week I'll be on about something else. Maybe Bollinger bands.

What is it called when gaps don't get filled? Are those "breakaway" gaps?

Maybe just look at a longer term bar chart without any extraneous indicators? If this current leg up equals the last leg up from October to April, ES will trade as high as 6175. Weekly chart looks hella strong.

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I'm taking a little mini-vacation today and tomorrow, so I doubt the market will move too much without the help of my 1 or 2 lot prop firm sim trades. Good luck to you guys today.

Either way, that's trading.

The morning:

If you take the bands off it takes away any reason to sell.

My profit target was Friday's RTH high and it got close. Trailing stop was one tick below last week's close. Stopped me out, then went to the target. que sera sera

I'm doing an evaluation account with TradeDay currently. I chose a $100K account, with a $3000 drawdown and a $5000 profit target. Maximum trade size is 10 emini's. If I pass, the next step is a funded sim account. This means that while it is a sim account, the profits are still mine and I...

If you think I'm not trading this like I have real money on the line you're mistaken.

9:30 Looked like a buy 10:15 Looked like a buy 10:40 Looked like a buy One thing that has helped me is that even when I am short the ES, I'm always looking for the next long. I'm never betting on the market to tank. I know sell offs happen. But even on days when ES is down, my best trades...

ES just traded at yesterday's RTH low. If I were still trading today this is where I feel I'd be looking for a long entry with a stop about a point below the current RTH low.

Done for today with a profit and glad of it. The wheels came off when I Bought 19 soon after the open and realized I somehow had 4 contracts. Closed the whole thing at 19 (circled) and then tried to figure out what I did wrong. I still don't know how my order size changed from 1 contract to...

I'm done for today. Caught flat-footed and hesitated on an entry. I placed a limit order to sell at 36.75 but market punishes those who snooze and it only came back to 36.50. Tomorrow is another day.

A little scalpy this morning. I trade off the RTH chart, but I do so in reference to Globex. Covered shorts when price didn't break the low of the news reaction. Trailed the stop tight on the long when price didn't break 42.75 on the second try. Each entry right now is and has been one ES...

I know I have probably left money on the table, but when we are in new high area without a previous high to look to for guidance, I take a 10 point profit and count myself lucky. Reading your post, I'm going to put the "00" and the "50" levels in my mental back pocket. Took profit on the...

Ninjatrader and Tradovate froze for me for about 10 seconds like you said.