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HG - What are your thoughts on range bars? I have heard that they are similar to P&F charts, some say they are an extension thereon. Thoughts?

I agree with what you are saying. Just so that noone else is confused though, when you say 'think of economies of scale', that is suggesting that bigger account / more money is *easier* to trade. Economies of scale suggests power/advantage through greater size. The spirit of your post is the...

I've only been at this for a few weeks myself, but just to setup the template. Here is what it *might* look like. Anyone want to try their own syllabus? A - Fundamentals 1 - Basics of Supply and Demand 2 - Market structure and participants, what happens when you place an order 3 -...

I see a lot of discussion this afternoon around 'How long will it take to become profitable' or 'How will I know when I 'get it'?" I'm not sure there is much value in that question though.. If the answer is reported as '5 years', are you going to train for 5 years and then quit if you're not...

Yoohoo, I appreciate your posts here. Since my original post I've come across EChat, dacharts, and Buffy Bline / 2X. I am running both of these indicator setups at the bottom of my charts, along with a multi-level MACD setup as well. While I am doing this, I am also going to be looking at price...

I hear lots of people talk about blowing their account, and it seems to happen as a single, instantaneous event sometimes. Others say you havent passed a level of maturation until you blow your account (wow, not even sure what to say to these people). I wonder though - how does this happen...

I've been looking a lot at the b-line stuff and multi-timeframe stochastics, so I've gotten some stuff to think about. I guess I've found the saphire in the mud (not sure it's a diamond in the rough yet).

Yeah I really like the volume bars on top/below the candles. Very cool. Even though we've gone past Stochastics now, I'm still getting great value out of this thread. 1 - Gotta look at PnF charts. I feel like I am learning a new technique everyday though, so I am probly not going to rush...

Hey, just came across this thread, going to go back and read it from the start but for anyone who knows - does the technique HolyGrail is describing here work for short-term (intraday 1-5 minute) ES/YM trades?

I still believe that the question is valid. The question is asking for an average ym stop. You have one whether you know it or not and it's a single value. I'm not asking what the best stop is, or what stop you recommend. I'm trying to get a feel for what average stops people are using, from...

I'm not sure that link works, could you host it somewhere or email to shortorlong@gmail.com ?

Is that a good question? It seems that different people at different stages in their trading experience would trade different size. Different capital, etc. I'm not sure raw # of contracts speaks to technique/method.

1 - average ym stop # I average about 20 average stop from the get-go but will often slide it in to 15 or so if the trade isnt working how i'd like. 2 - average ym target # I take profits quickly (if at all, heh) @ 8-10 pts 3 - description of why you think your stop + target are...

I think this might be an interesting poll. I wonder, what is your average YM stop, looking specifically at the last 4 weeks or so.. I'm curious to see what kind of leeway different traders are allowing themselves. If you can respond to the poll and also make a post, then your post could...

Mandel - what do you figure is happening in yoohoo's image? What do you think the different configurations for the stochs in his image might be? I was reading some books on stochs yesterday and started to understand the difference between Fast and Slow stochs - I think all of yoohoos are...

I'm pretty new at trading, only a couple months. From what I can see though, it looks like different period stochastics are being used similar to how an MA cross-over system might be used. Line up a half-dozen or so stochastics at different speeds, and look for faster stochastics to cross over...

A couple interesting things in this thread for sure. Majority of people seem to be using stochastics as signals towards entering a position. For example, as the stochs cross above 80, or cross below 20. I don't see as many people saying they are using the stochs as an 'anti-signal'. In...

is such an order possible? I read somewhere that globex had stop-limit only. I am using NinjaTrader with Mirus Futures and Zenfire datafeed. Does anyone with this configuration trading the ES know how to setup stop-market-if-touched orders? The reason I ask is because I was just...

curious, what is your target for: a - monday's close b - thursday's close c - april expiration Anyone feel free to chime in. My thoughts: a - monday's close - 1260 b - thursday's close - 1240 (expecting more downside from financial earnings this week) c - april...

anyone know of chat rooms on the web or irc chat rooms that are talking about stocks, financials, trading etc? perhaps some specifically about index futures? otherwise any live chat rooms about trading that are well-populated? the ET one is prety empty atm. is there an ET irc channel that...