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Explain how a US citizen might do this? You got my attention. No fees?.... Hmmmm

Back to the first chart I posted - and speaking of indicators- The teal OBV line IS in fact below the price when I entered long on the first trade here. Good catch! But here is the thing with both OBV and CDelta-- they both give their signals several bars BEFORE price. And that OBV spike...

The indicators are not my Mom. I don't have to obey them. They tell me the market conditions and I decide if I will fade them or go with them. I love to trade with no indicators at all, but because I am not 100% focused on the market most days, the trendlines and support and resistance lines...

Next 6 trades on the MES. 2 trades on the M2K. You can see the bottom trade matches the top one on the previous report.

The way the trade blotter works is confusing. I scaled in on one trade, as you can see with the connecting lines. I trade up to 7 micros at a time right now. I can trade all 7 on one chart simultaneously or spread that out over all four instruments (MES, MNQ, MYM, M2k).

Next 5 trades: Again, all long. The trade blotter is in reverse order, with the newest at the top. You can see the bottom trade is the same as the top trade on the previous post.

The previous chart shows perfectly why I added some volume analysis to my charts. There are things going on behind the scenes that are very valuable. Cumulative Delta and On Balance Volume are so amazing, and they improved my changed my trading completely. If you decide to use them, you only...

My first five trades of the day today: Green triangle is the entry on these longs, and red triangle is the exit. The green line shows the trade was a winner. Times are in Mountain Time. The blue line is the Open at 7:30 am. Despite the downsloping 50 sma on my 3 tick MES range bar chart...

Yes, more charts coming soon.

Please understand that I am trading on all four of MES, MNQ, MYM, and M2K. And I often have simultaneous trades on. So in my reporting, I guess you could divide the "S&P Ticks and Points" by four to see my performance if I were only trading the MES with a larger size. Doing Your Own Thing. I...

Interesting transaction tax discussion. If enacted, I would simply go back to FX or options, or swinging ETFs, all of which I have done. Until then, let's get the $$$$. At $335 net, yesterday was indeed my best day so far on this challenge, but when added to the day before, I merely got back...

I am going to go out on a limb here and say keep your $10k and open an account with it. Perfect your trading on sim. Trade only one E-mini to start. Shoot for 2% per day. Once you get to $20k, then trade two contracts at a time. Add one contract with each $10k in the account. 2% is $200...

Yesterday was Losing Day #1. Yesterday was a chop fest and I ended the day down $27 after commissions. I was actually slightly positive at the end of the day, but then the statement came out and showed me the true impact of micro commission. LOL. Usually balanced or big range days like...

I really like the "correlated markets" idea. It helps me so much to see all 4 going the same way. Likewise, if the market is going to stall, then one of the 4 often gives a heads-up. The disadvantage with multiple instruments, of course, is occupied screen real estate. Could I trade just...

I do a mix, depending if we are in a range or not. I have always been a scalper. I have been trying to get some bigger moves to go along with my scalps. My first mentor, Mike Reed from TradeStalker.com (now defunct) always said "Every trade starts out as a scalp." I think you know what he...

(I will private message you about CDelta on Multicharts.) I could trade the ES or NQ or YM or RTY right now, but I have chosen not too. I want to take this account to $1M, and I DON'T have the "trading muscles" to even trade 3 mini's right now. LOL. I traded 1 or 2 a few weeks ago and...

I get the AMP report late each night: Spreadsheet updated: Wow, all you guys are really working over my stats! Impressive. @virtusa ,you have an awesome table there! Indeed, preventing catastrophic downside losses is vital to the longevity of my system. Along with that, I definitely...

Some are asking about stats. The stats are messed because the Multicharts "Trade Summary" doesn't have a way to incorporate fees for discretionary trades. Nevertheless, I believe this is a fair representation of my trading. I will be more granular going forward. Still working on a decent...

@Millionaire I think the outlier years you mention are like home runs. I am going to attempt to change your mind with lots of no-algo, no-HFT simple raw base hits. I am not a huge baseball fan, but I am a big fan of great analogies. Ty Cobb vs. Ted Williams: Who is the greatest hitter of...