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very good question easyrider ! maybe we can elaborate also on the use of market depth as an indicator; regs, paulus

any other suggestions as to how to recognize a trendday at the beginning of the session ? paulus

it does work Sulong, thnx paulus

Hi, how to recognize a trendday down (or up) AT the beginning of the session ? regs, paulus

hu ... scientist did you get my PM ? paulus

interested ! regs, paulus

where can i follow the TICK- indicator ? i suppose you won't get it from IB feed ... paulus

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very nice post, thanks ! i'll certainly give it a lot of consideration; concerning size (and frequency) i do not want to rush because i've been working very hard on 'flawless execution' i.e. taking my stops; my execution skills should be 100% (no more emotion to take a stop); your...

i assumed that this was one of the questions every (new) trader was confronted with ?

hi, as a new trader i have a system with a risk reward 1:2, meaning mostly 0.75pt:1.5pt's or 0.5pt's:1pt; with a win-rate around 35/40% (*) i am almost flat on a monthly basis (not taken into account commisions, slippage, etc..); (every now and then i lose discipline but that's another...

hi, i was wondering, what are the steps you make in deciding whether/when to enter a trade and when to exit ? to be more concrete you look at the charts, think of some criteria, look at the inside market & market depth, particular indicators etc ... (ex look at chart - compare with...

Globex is not busting any trades; (just contacted IB via chathelpdesk) paulus

Hi, I am a fairly new as a trader (8 months) and I've learned from what I've read that every trader should trade a style compatible with his own personality; experience should point the way to this personal style ... what are the questions a trader should ask himself as to find out which...

thnx murray t turtle & all the others that have responded so far ... i like Dr K Tharps work also, goes also for M . Douglas but who's Dobson ? any other suggestions for a newbie trader ? regards, paulus

Hi, Anyone who has read 'Trading to win' and/or 'Trading in the zone' by Ari Kiev; someone who has read both in which case 'which one do you prefer ?' kind regards, paulus trading in the zone is also the title of M Douglas book but that's another one ...

oke thanks for the suggestion, perspective you gave me kermit ! i will try that one; other suggestions are wellcome; regards, paulus

kermit, i am using a softwarestop already (ex 3pt's) behind my mental stop (ex 1pt), just to avoid disaster; but i would like to develop the discipline in a way that i don't have to place stops anymore and to be able to quickly act on every market move and trade flawessly ... regards...

thanks for responding Kernan, but the problem with 'doing it' is that when a position is starting to go against me, i am internally building up some kind of resistance ! making it very difficult for me to close out my position, i.e. to take my mental stop; i've already tried some mental...

hi gotta trade, just posted a private message to you concerning a related subject , named discipline ! maybe we can discuss this subject here because lack of discipline is the one thing that keeps me from winning right now; (started trading ES only 7 1/2 months ago) my question of...