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mk, welcome back and congrats! so you offering a deep discount on that Ferrari? took my first losing day in EUR in along while. (-350, plus commish.) faded intraday divergence, 2 times and lost. waited for a trend continuation setup for a long, but i missed it. equities trading was ok. made...

a. made 18K in the 1st year (2000), BUT learned how to NOT lose money namely because of Mark Douglas books, by the 3rd year profits were respectable. i missed out on the entire bubble! a belief i have is that newbies focus on just staying alive (breakeven), and in time your opportunities will...

ok i broke my rules, as i was going to sit today because of the jobs report. yet i had a few real nice setups in EUR, and JPY, so i took the trades. (+442.50 gross) mike, i agree working with futures and developing strategies, as tax savings is a great incentive. have a super weekend...

risktaker, i stopped trading the healthcare stocks on opening orders a long time ago, as they played way to many games. i agree with your comments.only a couple trades today in EUR & JPY (+75). I will not trade the currencies tomorrow per the jobs report as my stats shows that i tend to lose...

mnx, i took 1 trade yesterday in the last hour on the merger and lost all of my profits in equties that i had made on the day, as i blew it and did not get the hedge on. i simply tried to read UNH and play PHS. historically UNH is one tuff specialist, and i am sure that trend will continue...

just be sure you are trading the smallest that you can. one of the hardest things to do is to detach yourself from the p / l window and your win rate. if at the end of the day, you lost money, ask yourself IF you executed your method correclty? IF so, then believe in your paper trading...

sammy, nice trading. i see that you consistently make money trading the Qs. i put up the GBP and CAD today, to watch for a setup, and sure enough CAD had a couple nice pullbacks. i missed the first pullback as i still am having problems with esignal and tick charts, but was able to enter on...

... and is it the responsibility for someone who posts here on ET, to "bring someting constructive to the discussion"? i have been posting here on this thread, with an alternative motive and that is to met and chat with traders who trade the EUR and JPY because they are somewhat new to me as...

kicking, sorry you feel this way, yet i have been able to share with people on this thread, and also i have asked and learned some stuff from others at this thread. i have noticed over the years that lots of constructive input goes on with emails and private messages. no i dont mentor...

3 for 3 and a breakeven in EUR & JPY. still 1 lots. i am done for the day, as i am bored and going to work on the house instead. patrick

kicking, i see your point that you cant learn from your mistakes, IF you get caught with big size on a news event. I would think these guys do their best simply to get out with the best possible loss. however, the point i would make is that you LEARN to believe in your stats/numbers. maybe...

joey, you have great concerns and i am not critizing your points but you make the comment "what happens when you get the rug pulled out from under you on big shares?" Simply put ... newbies or unsuccessful traders dont learn to change/modify their trading/approach .. and they keep having...

finished the week on par in equities - nothing special but i will take the 1k+ daily until i can figure out how to increase that 3 x like some of the traders here on this thread. nice job, and thanks for the motivation. 3 for 6 on EUR & JPY today so basically BE, yet i am still comfortable...

little better today. did not do much in EUR & JPY per Fed Meeting. I have found that my setups work better with the lack of reports. patrick

nothing special in EUR and JPY, but had more trades today - yet got basically nowhere. equities ... on track. patrick

listedguru, i have just recently started to write down rules for a couple ideas that i want to use for an automation strategy. i have been so lazy the last 2 years by not going down this road, but i do know that if i want to grow as a trader, and adapt i should be using automation. at the...

no EUR or JPY trades today as i did not get any tradeable signals. last 2 days, intraday market swings in these instruments have been none existent. equities ... came back mid-day after losing $350 on opening orders. nice trading matt! see ya tomorrow patrick

tried to get both blotters on the same post !?

typical day, yet i am done early as i am moving into a new home. not much going on for me in EUR or JPY, only 1 trade for a winner, and typical consistent day in equities. get'em on the close ...matt. mschey ... you points are right on! keep up the solid trading. patrick

gwac, i think the #1 question to ask yourself, is could you handle 6 months in a row, or 1 full year whereby IF you are fortunate you are only break even each month? you might say "yeah i can handle that" ... but wait for the true experience and living it. it is one heck of a ride and...