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Where do you set your targets (or did I miss it)? A fixed sum, or what? Thanks, Vienna

for taking the time!:)

I am trading the ES, with 10 contracts, for intraday swings, average gain maybe 4-6 points. My average initial stop is about 3 points, which is what my system needs. Reliability is high, around 70% (R/R etc. has nothing to do with my question). I am accumulatiing gains, and I have a system...

Glad you are full of energy and guts! I studied the mechanical courses of Gann somewhat, and I liked the way he entered his "long pull" trades: when he saw a sign of a trend, he bought 1 "unit", when he saw it confirmed, he added another unit and so on until he had his full position- this...

Let me add the (probably interpreted as passive agressive) comment that I wish YOU the best as well, in case you are long. And in case you are short. Youre right, It's all good...

"Surf just missed the optimal timing of entry (2/13 - 14)... Also, he's trading a different timeframe. Now that said... do you get it??? Give Brother Surf some space. "- ???? Do I get what? Wowowow- defensive, aren't we? Relax- I give everybody whatever space they want- was just asking how he...

to predict an upmove out of this consolidation... I see the potential, but if you check a monthly chart, it does not look so sure to me. Looks like a steep slope ratcheting down with a consoldidation right now- could just be a pause. If 800 in the Spx does not hold... Where does your...

Thanks so much for your time!

Thanks. Tradestation 2000i, version 5.0 it seems. What I try to have is a line on my screen (like a MA) which shows the ATR based stop. Have seen it in publications etc., but have no idea how to get it. It's not one of the canned Tradestation indicators...

I use standalone Tradestation. I would like to set a trail stop let's say 3x ATR for my positions. Anybody knows how to do this? Do I need to buy an add-on from somebody? Thanks!

This thread is so silly that I will NOT post to it. If I would post to it, it would just help to perpetuate it.

I have a nice little system that so far works nicely for intraday trading the qqq's with 5 Min charts. I have also tried the nq's and will probably gravitate towards them, however, they are a bit "spiky" for my taste. My system catches a trend that lasts more than 5-10 minutes beautifully, i am...

Marketsurfer (see surf report tread0 uses some variant or version of it and the seems to call the turning points quite well

You mean unlike yourself in this glorious thread?:D

Said exactly right, Don! Murphy, the technical analyst, said that many people have problems to see a trend, while his 4 year old could always tell when asked "is this line going up or down?". We think too complicated and try to anticipate- desire to control the market, I guess...

I am not saying you are wrong- you have a 50/50 chance to be right. All this prediction does not do anything, I think. If you think simple, the trend is down: If you look at a longer term chart of the Nasdaq, it looks like a ski slope. There is a HUGE amount of overhead supply of stock- all the...

This tread reminds me of one I used to check at Microsoft Money. It was full of bottom callers all the way from March 2000 for more than a year. One guy I remember called a bottom, and when challenged said with indignation "so what ARE you waiting for? For Cisco to fall to 60???". It was at 75...

I don't think anybody does.

Keep in mind, however, that there are statistics about owning your own company as well: 90% fail in the first 5 years and of the survivors, 90% in the next five years. That means that 99 out of a 100 fail. Does this mean much? Not really- I run mine, and happily am still around after 10 years...