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I did two trades today, followed the rules but got stopped out with a nasty slippage. P&L=-$130 I stopped trading for the day, as I was by no means composed and objective anymore. Watched SSFs for a while and stalked what could've been a nice short in QLGC - from 12:34 to 13:10, down about...

I use IB, and currently trade Eminis. Used to trade Nasdaq stocks. I use QCharts for market data (US$89/mo), StockWatchPro for backtesting (US$39/mo) and Briefing for news ($10/mo). For more details you can read my post at http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=13012 Paying...

Here it is - I've included the P&L for each trade (commissions rounded up to $5/trade) so you can see where I did good and where I f#&*ed up. db, No worries, it's all constructive debate. Now, in your earlier post, are you talking about Emini NQ? 'Cause it sounds to me like the big...

I'd call crappy a day with a choppy, narrow trading range. But today, there were some nice swings, on which one could have scored big. I agree the moves were on the wild side, and they ripped through levels, but had I not been a fool and followed my strategy, there was nice cash to be made. I...

I didn't post yesterday as I didn't trade - started the new job and was too tired to get up. I did trade today though. Was up about $140 after 3 trades, then it all went to hell. Got overconfident, broke the rules and didn't follow strategy. 10 trades later was down $225 on the day. That's...

Hold'em longer (dominate the fear of losing profits) and refrain from overtrading (stupid urge).

Try http://www.alaron.com/ssf_resource/ssf_quotes.htm They have the charts from futuresource.com. Here's an example: http://www.futuresource.com/charts/charts.asp?sym=NQQQG03

True, but I still think that having an actual price chart would be useful. You wouldn't see the trend in a short time frame, but in a longer frame it'd be visible, and so would be the price levels. [/B] So when the near contract goes up, the next contract goes down? Isn't this spread trading...

Once you got a good feel for SSFs, you will have to come up with a strategy. If it mirrors the underlying you gotta trade it the same way you would trade the stock, taking into account the low vol (meaning that you'd have to pay the spread if you wanted to get out fast). Since you turned a...

Today I traded NQ in the morning, after I backtested an MA crossover strategy the whole weekend, with promising results. Did 13 trades: 6 wins (+$111.20) 7 losses (-$208.80) Daily P&L -$97.60 Major problem was discipline - just couldn't stick to the strategy. Either took profits too...

So the SSF price is leading or lagging the moves in the underlying? It sounds kinda awkward not to have a chart and T&S of the instrument you're trading. Which month is the most actively traded - is it the front month (in this case, Feb 2003)?

You told me, and you were right. I will stay in the game, I don't plan to quit just yet. I will try out a simulator, just downloaded one at http://www.futures-trader.net/ Thanks Marathon. hii a_ooiioo_a, I'm sold for QQQ futures. I need to try out a different charting software that...

Is what I've done today. I've given away money. And some of you were out there taking it :D . It was like a rollercoaster, but going only one way, down. I always seemed to be on the wrong side of the market. List night I put together two strategies: Reversals - retest of higher low/high or...

Here's the chart. Sorry!

Thanks Surfer, didn't want to leave you out since you were the first one to suggest trying Eminis with my account. :p

Thanks for the input everyone. Musicman, I did get them wet today. Started trading NQ as its multiplier is less than ES's and I've been trading tech stocks for a while. Did 7 trades, one contract each. Boy it's something else, being able to put on as many trades as you want. Can work...

machine, Great idea, let's do it. PM me when you get back. I say we extend the invite to the other Vancouver traders .

That's the question, which ones to pick. I wasn't going to buy them anyway, especially that most trade on the TSX.v. Will watch a few just for fun. Who's Murray Pezim? :p

My account is now margin, but it wouldn't let me trade. Every time I tried to open a position, I got and error message - "potential patterned day trade". The account window says 0 day trades left. Hopefully it'll reset tomorrow. Does anyone using IB know what "Securities GPV" in the account...

Checked out the gold show on Sun. Lots of people, lots of info. About gold starting to be recommended by big brokerage firms, how gold entered in a secular market, and how silver and other precious metals didn't pop yet and are due for a big move. Also doomsday predictions of mkt meltdown...