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I believe that a large portion of my trading process is unique to me and gives me an overall edge. when i have discussed parts of my trading process with others, their eyes either gloss over or they tune me out because its "different" from what they see everyone else doing. toucan

I was trading stocks wth high volume... 1997 to 2007

I was having a hard time getting filled for 1000 shares and a friend of mine traded futures and convinced me to switch

The short answer is that I never could make my trading process work with indexes due to fast indexes and quick turns. But it works on currencies, energies, Natty and metals that have better trends... That's my opinion lol... I trade with a guy that day trades indexes and does well, I couldn't...

i switched from daytrading stocks to daytrading futures about 17 years ago... just my 2 cents. but, it seemed like stocks trended longer and futures had shorter trends. it was an adjustment, and once i made that transition it took me some time to develop my first trading process. and the...

Yes and that is the best metric for trading and living longer

gold, crude and natty

LOL... im 70 plus 12 and still trading toucan

10-15 years ago i could watch 10-15 different futures and now im down to 3 LOL toucan

i have been partially automated for a number of years now and over the last 3 years have added contracts as i become more comfortable with my trading system.

nice algo returns.. how long have you been running this algo and are you considering adding contracts now that it looks like this is a viable algo thanks in advance toucan

I run an algorithm that looks at the last X trading days and finds the stoploss that gives me the highest probability of staying in the trade to my profit target.

agreed... 25 ticks works as a starting place for the futures markets that i trade... but during the day, i adjust that if the trade/tick volume increases.. i remember that stocks each had their own personality and time frames and time of day activity was important because of volatality and...

thanks... as ever, all traders use different tools and trade differently to get those elusive profits.

i trade CL, NG, HG, GC AND SI

i agree if by time, you mean certain times of the day are better than others. not so much if you mean time of charts like minute, hour, etc. events like news, opens, etc that happen at predetermined times are very important.

well... they work for me and ive been using them for 25+ years. so... what types of charts do you use and why... do you daytrade or longer term. are you a futures trader and if so which futures do you trade. it would be nice if we shared both ways. cheers toucan

I could, but its easier for my old age to use multiples of 25 ticks and dont understand what i would gain. Why would i sync? Thanks in advance

You must trade much longer times than me... Most of my trades are less than 10min, some trades can take up to an hour and a few trades take longer than an hour.. WhAT futures do you trade?

Ahh for trading I start each day with 25 tick charts and increase tick size on charts if the number of trades increase. My trade management software needs as much granularity as possible to make the right decisions. I trade metals and energies so the number of trades can vary widely.. Not like...